Flocked Star Mini Quilt Wall Art

The Island Batik Ambassador challenge for June was “Try It.” This was perfect timing for me! I also work with Thermoweb and recently they released a new product – Flock Transfer Sheets. I knew this was a fantastic opportunity for me to see how the Flock would work on fabric. I used scraps from a different Island batik project (which of course I can’t fully reveal until August just to mess with you all!) to create a mini star quilt. I decided that the black flock would look really cool as an accent to the star. Using Hot Melt Adhesive and patience I was able to add the Flock to my project. When I first started this project I had in my head that I wanted to frame this mini quilt out in an embroidery hoop. By doing this though I lost a bit of my flock details and a couple of the points in the star. This made me pause and think about the embroidery hoop decision but in the end I decided to stick with my initial gut feeling and kept the hoop. I layered my mini quilt top with Hobbs Heirloom Natural Cotton Batting and a piece of Island batik. Once I had the mini quilt layered and hooped, I knew I wanted to add a bit of big stitch quilting. Variegated Aurifil thread in 12 wt was the perfect solution for this.I used both a blue and white Aurifil variegate and a black and white Aurifil variegated thread. Once I had the center star quilted I stopped and decided that the stitching was enough. Yes – I could have stitched more but I always tend to overdo things and I liked how the quilting focused your attention on the main star. I also love the texture the flock created in this piece. I’ll definitely be incorporating it more in my art quilts.