Island Batik Ambassador "Drunkard Path Block" April Challenge

 

I hope you see birds flying away.  That's what I was aiming for!

This is my finished quilt for the April Island Batik Ambassador Challenge.

We were to use the Drunkard Path blocks for this challenge.

The fabric I used for this quilt was Island Batik's 10" Squares of the ESSENSE Collection which is coming to quilt shops in September 2025.

I started cutting out the 10" squares using the AccuQuilt Go Me!  It made the chore of cutting fabrics go so fast.  I had all my "ready to sew" pieces done in an less than an hour and started sewing right away!

I worked on this project using Aurifil thread, pressing with my Oliso iron, until I had all the drunkard path blocks completed... These are 3" finished drunkard path blocks.  I sewed 4 blocks together to get my birds making the finished bird blocks 6".  Then the blocks went onto the design wall to be arranged in a pleasing (to me) pattern!  This took some time arranging and rearranging the blocks and stepping back to review.  I wasn't satisfied until I had all the blocks in an order from light to dark so it would look like the birds were flying away with the lightest blocks at top showing distance.  Then all the blocks were sewn together and this is the quilt top before I quilted it.

I finished the quilt with purple backing fabric and binding.  I echo quilted the rows of birds in a heavier variegated thread.  Then there was the Cooper quilt inspection....

The quilt PASSED INSPECTION!!!

I hope you enjoy it too!

A very special thanks to all the sponsors of the Island Batik Ambassador program.

Please visit my fellow 2025 Ambassadors to see what projects they’re working on!

Brenda Alburl - https://songbirddesigns.blog

Renee Atkinson - https://wordpress.com/posts/pinktulipquilting.studio

Susan Deshensky - www.ladybluequilts.com/blog

Tina Dillard - https://quiltingaffection.blogspot.com/

Brittany Fisher - www.bobbinwithbrittany.com

Kimberly Flannagan - https://www.kimberlysquilts.com/blog

Preeti Harris - https://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com

Mania Hatziioannidi - www.maniaforquilts.com

Kim Jamieson-Hirst - https://www.chatterboxquilts.com/blog

Connie Kauffman - Kauffmandesigns.blogspot.com

Connie Kresin Campbell - https://conniekresin.com/

Emily Leachman - https://thedarlingdogwood.blogspot.com/

Denise Looney - https://quiltery.com

Leah Malasky - www.quilteddelights.com

Susan Michaels - https://dragonflyfiberart.blogspot.com/

Lisa Pickering - https://lisasquiltingpassion.blog/

Sarah Pitcher - www.pitchersboutique.com/blog-1

Gail Sheppard - https://quiltinggail.com/

Carol Stanek - stitchwithcolor.blogspot.com

Solomae Stoycoff - https://cuddlecatquiltworks.com

Jennifer Thomas - https://curlicuecreations.com

Suzy Webster - www.websterquilt.com

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