October is... Island Batik Ambassadors and industry partner's challenge! Can you guess with whom?

"The products featured in this post were given to me by Island Batik"

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It's a thread painting month with Aurifil, the most loved cotton threads from the quilting industry! Don't forget to visit their website and check all the wonderful weights of thread and the download the amazing Color Chart with 270 colors for all your project needs!

My quilt sandwich "recipe" for this project is top batting layer with Hobbs 100% Tuscany Wool Batting and bottom layer of Hobbs Heirloom Premium 80/20 Cotton/Poly blend batting. Exactly, 2 layers of batting will give the perfect texture and dimension to the quilting!

For the quilting I decided to use different designs and colors to sketch and thread painting. Here is the color list of threads all in 50wt: 2535, 2545, 2810, 2884, 5023 and the variegated 4060.

One of my favorite details about this quilt is how you can alternate the light perception on the background by using variegated thread.

I also love to play with the quilting and the fabric design!

Some sneak peeks of the quilting in case you do not follow me on Instagram or Facebook!

And finally the Overall view!

And before I go... Time for some GIVEAWAY! Visit my Instagram account and tag as many friends you can in comments on my post THERE for a chance to win the 10 fat quarter bundle that I just curated specially for you ;) with some of the beautiful batiks of the Jewel Box Collection plus a 50wt coordinating Aurifil Thread spool! See you there and good luck! Giveaway closes on Sunday 10pm, NYC time.