Tuesday Archives #5: Backs & Batiks

Welcome to the linky party that rejuvenates your old quilting/sewing posts! 

Click here to read more about this linky party and I'd love for ya to help spread the word by adding my button to your party lists!

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This week is all about the BACKS of our quilts and everything and anything made of BATIKS!

BACKS...of our quilts

Sometimes I like to think of the back of a quilt as a "surprise". Like this back I made to finish for my daughter's 4-H quilt.  She made the top as one of her club projects and a few years I came across it in the attic and had fun making a quilt back that included her name and even her club t-shirt! 

BATIKS

And Batiks....aren't they the most wonderful colors when put together!

This is my only quilt made with Batiks, so admittedly,  I'm really looking forward to seeing what you have made. I want to create more quilts using batiks!

The Other Side of the Quilt

I woke up to some great inspiration by Katie at swimbikequilt! She created a linky-party to share "the other side of the quilt". How clever!  I was excited to link-up and share a couple of  quilt backs I've made that offer an element of surprise and whimsical fun. Here's two of my favorites:

My daughter's 4-H Quilt:

She made the top, or should I say she started the top, while she was in middle school. She was crazy about the color purple and was busy raising rabbits for her 4-H projects...thus all the cute bunny and purple fabrics. While sorting through her childhood things last year, I decided to finish the quilt top for her: 

I incorporated her club t-shirt, and fabric from her favorite bunny PJ's on the back along with some "out-of-the-box" piecing that included her name:

And of course, good ol' Jackson thinks the photo shoot is all about him! LOL!!

Here's a close-up picture of the back:

Whimsical Butterfly!

This is my 30's flower quilt! (One of my favorites!!)

 I ran out of fabric for the back so added some strips and couldn't resist making a butterfly to go with the "garden of flowers":

 Cute huh!

I created a quick shortcut to Katie's Linky Party for ya and the cool thing is she is keeping the party open for a couple months! So we all have plenty of time to share.

Linked up with: http://marelize-ries.blogspot.com/

With smiles!

Val:)