What do you get when you combine two lines for fabric (Aurora and Sunset by Island Batik), one Block Buster pattern (#51: 60 Degree What? by Studio 180 Design), two Studio 180 Design tools (Star 60 and Corner Beam), and background fabric (also by Island Batik)? One beautiful project!
A light fabric, medium fabric, and dark fabric were selected from Aurora and from Sunset for this project. Two blocks were made from just the Aurora line and two from the Sunset line. The other blocks are a combination of the two fabric lines. Aurora and Sunset by Island Batik work beautifully together to make this wall-hanging.
Studio 180 Design (https://studio180design.net/blogs/news) has two new lines of fabric coming out, Aurora and Sunset, by Island Batik (Lumin Fabrics) . They are beautiful! The Certified Instructors for Studio 180 Design were asked to participate in a Blog Hop to introduce these two lines of fabric. We were asked to pick a Block Buster pattern from their website. You can find the Block Buster patterns under the Free Downloads section. There are over 100 of them! We were also asked to choose fabrics for the block from each line of fabric. (I could not choose, so I had them pick a light, medium, and dark from each line for me.) They wanted us to show how these two lines will work very well together. So, here's the results of what I did.
First, look at these beautiful fabrics!
The pattern I choose was #51: "60 Degree What?" It uses the Star 60 tool in a different way than you would normally use it. It also uses the Corner Beam tool. Both are fun to use.
Here are the fabrics for my project, plus the tools and pattern. I decided to make the smallest block, which finishes at 6 1/4". There are two other sizes for this pattern (11" and 19").
I made the units required for this project. Here is one of the Corner Beam units being trimmed. The Corner Beam tool makes it so easy to get perfect units every time. Thank you, Deb Tucker, for these great tools!
Here, I am trimming the Star 60 unit. These are from the Sunset fabrics.
Here are two blocks from the Sunset line.
Here are the two blocks from the Aurora line.
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The blocks on the left have the center square the same fabric as the Star 60 units and the blocks on the right have the center square the same fabric as the Corner Beam units.
The other blocks I made for this project have both lines of fabric in them. It was hard to remember which fabric is from which line, Aurora or Sunset.
Once the blocks were pieced, I started arranging them on my design board.
I arranged them by the colors of the Corner Beam units.
Then I rearranged them according to the center squares.
Now to add sashing and corner stones. I made mini Star 60 blocks for the corner stones. I had four larger ones that I made from the leftover Star 60 units from the blocks. So, those are going in the four corners. They are made from Aurora and Sunset fabrics. The Star 60 blocks that are used for corner stones finish at about 2" x 2 1/2".
Here is a photo of one of those little Star 60 blocks. The fabrics are the dark fabrics from each line.
A close up of one of the Star 60 units that I used in the corners. The fabrics are the light fabrics from each line.
Adding the sashing pieces. I had to add some background fabric to the outside of the side Star 60 blocks to fit in the larger Star 60 blocks in the corners.
It is ready to sew together.
Sewn together and still on my design board.
Outside for one last photo before quilting.
I hope you enjoy my project using Studio 180 Design's Aurora and Sunset lines of fabric by Island Batik. I enjoyed making it and experimenting with the Block Buster pattern #51 "60 Degree What?".
Be sure to check out the other CIs and what they have done with these lines for fabric. They are list below.
Happy Quilting!
Terrie
Quilters Journey
Salem, Missouri
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