Of a quilt with spliced batting....

Last summer, when we were at one of the quilt stores in town, I saw these two new fabric lines and immediately loved them!  They reminded me of the English countryside and home decor, which I really like. I bought two 'charm packs' and Mom got me another two!  (Charm packs are sets of 5 1/2" squares of each of the fabrics in a collection or line.)  I sewed them up into a lap quilt in the 'Trip Around the World' pattern.

 

 Last week I finally got it basted with the backing I got at JoAnns when they were closing, and my spliced batting (see below)!  The backing is a cream color with small soft green polka dots.  :)

About the batting....

I had some batting left over from other quilts, but nothing big enough to use for this quilt.  I remembeed that in one of my quilting books (The Art of Classic Quiltmaking) I had seen instructions for splicing batting.  I had 3 pieces of batting that were the same weight and fiber content so I tried it.  I should have taken a picture before I basted the quilt to show how I did it, but here is an explanation: I overlapped the batting 6-8" and cut a serpentine line through both layers.  The gradual curves butted together perfectly once I removed the end of each layer.

Then I used the herringbone stitch to gently hand stitch the batting together.  And, to quote my quilting book, "This serpentine-stitched splice will eliminate any unsightly evidence of where you made the splice."  =)  I love using up 'leftovers' like this!!

Now I am quilting it!

I love to have a project to work on in the evenings!