Speakeasy Blog Hop Has Begun

 

Welcome to the Speakeasy Blog Hop!  I'm so excited to share my newest fabric collection with Island Batik, Speakeasy!

While the name implies secretive speakeasys, illegal bathtub gin, flapper girls and smooth jazz, the line actually began with the marvelous works of Gustav Klimt.  I am a HUGE admirer of his works, and pulled many of the motifs from the mosaic aspects of his paintings. 

 

Does the fabric LOOK like these paintings?  Nope.  They were inspired by his works - and these are just two (copyright free use, per the Image Envision website I found, so I SHOULD be good in posting these!).

Let's look at the fabrics.  I am super excited about this collection.  If you follow me, you'll know that I usually gravitate toward saturated, eye-popping brights.  This collection is very much the opposite.  While there are lovely, saturated purples and golds, the colors tend to be softer, and offer a wide variety of hues and intensity.

The motifs echo the mosaic style Klimt favored in many of his paintings, and offer awesome neutrals and amazing variegations that add movement and light to your projects.  The cream (811901020) has a stunning opalescent effect and seems to pair wonderfully with every fabric - it is going quickly!

Which is your favorite?  You may change your mind over the course of the week, once you see the various projects created by the talented designers that worked with the fabrics.  Please join us every day as we explore all of the wonderful projects and quilts.

There is a bit of something for everyone - quilts, bags, accessories, table runners.  You'll be sure to find something to add to your "must make that" list!

Let's go ahead - I mean since we're here already - and look at the projects I created with my new Speakeasy line.

This is Compass Points, the latest installment in my guided improv series.  Yes, that's right.  No paper piecing. No templates.  Just easy peasy guided improv.  This pattern should be available in the next few weeks (life has been, well, life these past few months and I'm running a bit behind in patten writing!).

I love this for several reasons.  It really shows the wonderful range in the fabrics, and I particularly love how the line offers lights and mediums in the gold and magenta, allowing for a wonderful dimensional effect when the fabrics are used together.

Yes, you can preorder the pattern now so you can be sure to get it as soon as it is out!  You can find it here.

Fizz, while not the first released, is the first Studio 180 friendly pattern I designed.  It uses a variation of the Triangle Pizazz technique.  And because the technique yields units that aren't used in the quilt, the pattern comes with a bonus project that uses those "waste" units!

Fizz patterns are available to ship November 15th, and you can get them here!

Last but not least, Sea Salt. This, believe it or not, is a one block wonder.  Yes, one block makes these wonderful overlap tiles that spill out into the border.  I love when a quilt is so dynamic that borders can't contain it!  You can get Sea Salt now in the Pattern Shop!

Oh - and I have a special deal for you, just during the blog hop.  Use the code SEBH 1119 to get $1 off a $10 order.  Remember, this expires November 8!

These aren't the only quilts available in the new Speakeasy line.  Visit all of the other designers to see what they made!

Some of the designers are offering prizes too!  How fun is that?! Enter via the Gleam widget below and on each post to be entered to win.  I'm giving away a set of fat quarters!  Who wants some new fabric to sew with??!!

Good luck and thanks for joining us!

Here's the schedule of posts:

Monday November 4            Tammy Silvers  Tamarinis    (you are here!)

Tuesday November 5          Kris Poor   Poor House Quilts

Wednesday November 6    Kate Colleran   Seams Like A Dream 

                                            Lisa Amundson   Around the Bobbin

Thursday November 7        Joanne Hillestad   Fat Quarter Gypsy

Friday November 8             Swan Sheridan   Swan Amity Designs

                                            Jessica Caldwell   Desert Bloom Quilting

                                            Jessica Vandenberg   Sew Many Creations

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Speakeasy Blog Hop