Andromeda featuring Victorian Garden Batiks

Hello Riley Blake friends. It’s Melissa Corry, from Happy Quilting and today I am am just so excited to share a new Batik Quilt finish with you. I am just loving the new fabric collections in Expression Batiks! All of the collections have such beautiful combinations of colors and prints. And something about this new Victorian Garden Collection just drew me in and I knew it would make a stunning new Andromeda Quilt.

I just love how this is not a “standard” color combination of batiks! There is a wonderful combination of warms and cools along with pops in Lavender and Low Volume! And you know, I just love that Lavender! And I really didn’t want to lose any of those softer colors on a light background, but I still wanted to make the dark colors stand out . . . so I choose a lovely Hand Dyed Teal for the background. It is the perfect medium tone and it just makes all the colors of Victorian Garden just pop! So pretty!

The Andromeda Quilt is Fat Quarter Friendly, so you can just grab a bundle and get piecing. The pattern also comes with 5 size options, so you can make from a Baby size up to a Queen size. The quilt shown here is a queen size and is going to make such a lovely wedding gift!! I always love using a darker background for bed sized quilts, helps keep them clean 😉

And while this might look a little complex, the Andromeda Quilt Pattern is can be broken down into some basic quilting techniques.   The block is also large, so it is forgiving, especially as each block is made with just one fabric. You will learn Quarter Square Triangles, Tiny No Waste Flying Geese (I like to call them Goslings), Stitch and Flip Corners, and some Half Square Triangles. So ya, lots of technique, and wonderful step by step instructions and diagrams to walk you through each.

And this was quilted with a gorgeous all over traveling feather design!! My amazing MIL, Barbara did the quilting on this and it is just beautiful. And we even found a beautiful teal thread that blends perfectly into the background and pops on the prints. So pretty!!

And that is my Andromeda Quilt featuring the Victorian Garden Batik Collection!! I hope you have enjoyed this post and make your own Andromeda Quilt!!! And if you do, I would love to see it! You can share your projects with me on social media with the hashtags #happyquiltingmc and #andromedaquilt and tagging @happyquiltingmc and @rileyblakedesigns or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can’t wait to see your Andromeda Quilts!!

Thank you so much for sharing this finish with me! I am just thrilled to have found the joy of Batiks and can’t wait to make more Batik Quilts. Thank you so much to my wonderful friends at Riley Blake for having me here to share with you all!

I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Day!