Head Over Heels!©

It's almost a year to the day that Island Batik was in touch to request design submissions for their new Summer 2025 fabric scans. When I saw this "Colorburst" collection, I knew immediately it needed to become a fun, happy, stress free quilt. The design selections were made within a few weeks by Island Batik, and the fabric arrived here in Amherst in November (2024).  In addition to the fabrics in the collection, I also requested a solid black for the heels (! :)) and a multicoloured batik named Sunset for the backing.

Since the collection is also available in precut strips, this made for a super-quick quilt. I love all of these bright batiks together! 

Keeping to the simple theme, the machine quilting is also pretty basic:  stitched in the ditch between all sections, and then serpentine stitched down the centre of each strip.  Because of all the colour changes, I used a neutral grey (#2600) 40 weight Aurifil thread for the quilting.

The wool batting makes it soft and puffy and oh-so-cuddly!

The one problem I had was that this is a summer collection, and Nova Scotia doesn't look very summery in early December when it was time to take the pictures.

I did try a few inside (top picture) and came back several days in a row to catch some sunshine to show off these glorious colours.

Not only is the pattern easy to sew (especially using a pre-cut strip pack) it's also easy to vary the size of the finished project up or down. Instructions are given for a 50" x 60" lap quilt, but you could stop at crib size for a cheery baby quilt, stitched in no time.

The pattern and quilt appeared in the Island Batik (now a division of Lumin Fabrics) Spring/Summer 2025 Look Book and the fabrics are shipping to stores now.  Canadian shops can order both fabric and patterns through Montreal based J.N. Harper, the Canadian distributor for Lumin Fabrics.  Quilt shops can also contact me directly to purchase the pattern wholesale.

If you are shopping locally, both fabrics and patterns are available at Quilts By The Bay in Digby, and at the Sunrise Trail Quiltery just outside of Amherst.  If you are in the area and would like to see the quilt in person, Head Over Heels is part of a mini-trunk show of my quilts on display at Sunrise Trail Quiltery.

Lumin Fabrics is hosting a blog hop of their 2025 Summer collections, and you can see more quilts made with Colourburst starting tomorrow Sept 10.  The links for the blog hop participants are listed at the bottom of this post. 

Maybe you will be as head-over-heels as I was for this collection. ;)