Today I am so very excited to share another new Batik Quilt finish with you. I am just so in love with all of the new fabric collections in Expression Batiks! They are just so fantastic, and this new Plant Based Collection totally caught my eye, as I just love anything with purple!!! But I also loved the color groupings and I knew right aways it would make a perfect Double Dutch Quilt and here it is.
Like I said, Double Dutch is all about color grouping. As I went through the line, I was so happy to find that I could easily group the colors into 4's so I could make 4 blocks in each color. I was one short on the pinks so I grabbed an extra pink from my stash and away I went!! I also loved taking all of those darker greens and moving them to the outside to make a lovely border. It is a great eye stopper and matches so well with the binding. But I have to say . . . my all time favorite thing about this line is the Sugar Cookie Print. It is the one neutral print in the line and I just love it as the background fabric! Don't you just love all of that happy pop of color in the print? A super happy combination!
The Double Dutch is Fat Eighth/Quarter Friendly, depending on what size quilt you want to make. So you can just grab a bundle and get piecing. The pattern also comes with 5 size options, so you can make from a baby size all the way to a queen/king size ;) The quilt shown here is a picnic size and with the added borders it is closer to a Queen Size. It is going to make such a lovely wedding gift!! And I just love how the offset layout gives the look of windmills spinning in the breeze.
And while this might look a little complex, the Double Dutch Pattern is truly is a beginner quilt with one basic quilting techniques. And that is No-Waste Flying Geese. And if you have never made No-Waste Flying Geese, trust me, you are going to love this method of Flying Geese! And as you can see, these Geese are rather on the large size, so you have a little more wiggle room as you learn the technique. Two geese paired together make a cute little "house" and 4 make a neighborhood.
And this was quilted with gorgeous feathers and a loose traveling loop de loop design!! My amazing MIL, Barbara did the quilting on this and it is just beautiful. It has added so much lovely texture to the quilt and just makes me want to cuddle up in it with a good book!
And that is my Double Dutch Quilt featuring the brand new Plant Based Expression Batiks . I hope you have enjoyed this post and consider making your own Double Dutch Quilt!!! And if you do, I would love to see them! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags #happyquiltingmc and #doubledutchquilt and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can't wait to see your Double Dutch Quilts!!
Thank you so much for sharing this finish with me! I have just found such a joy in Batiks and can't wait to share more Expression Batiks quilts with you all. I love how happy and bright you can make these quilts as they just make ya smile! Thank you so much to my wonderful friends at Riley Blake for having so many amazing Batiks to choose from so I can just keep making more happy quilts!
I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Day!
Beautiful quilt!!
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