Square Dance featuring Urban Folk

Hello Riley Blake friends!! It’s Melissa Corry again, from Happy Quilting and today I am am just so excited to share with you a new finish!!! I had never really worked with a lot of Batiks until my good friends at Riley Blake introduced me to Expression Batiks!!! And ya, I have totally fallen in love with them. And all of the new collections that are coming out are just so beautiful. I knew when I saw this new Urban Folk Collection that it would make a perfect Square Dance Quilt for the fall!!

The Square Dance Quilt is Rolie Polie Friendly, so you can just grab a roll and get piecing. And what really makes all of those beautiful oranges, yellows, reds, and tans from the line stand out is the stunning blues in the accent and background fabrics. I pulled this Blueprint Matte print from the line to be the accent of all the interlocking squares and this super dark Midnight print for the background. I just love how it makes all of those warm tones just pop!! Just makes me want to curl up under this tree with a good book!

And while this might look a little complex, the Square Dance Quilt Pattern is truly is a beginner quilt with basic quilting techniques.   The block is super fun to make and super fast, and then you just use pieced sashing (that will totally nest on all the seams) to interlock the secondary squares. And you wind up with a super fun geometric quilt every time! This is the Queen Size quilt, but the pattern has multiple size options so you can make whatever size works for you 😉

And this was quilted with a gorgeous all over swirls leaf design!! My amazing MIL, Barbara did the quilting on this and it is just beautiful. And don’t you just love how the navy thread just pops on the all of the color prints. So pretty!!

And that is my Square Dance Quilt featuring the Urban Folk Expression Batik Collection!! I hope you have enjoyed this post and make your own Square Dance 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 #squaredancequilt and tagging @happyquiltingmc and @rileyblakedesigns or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can’t wait to see your Square Dance Quilts!!

Thank you so much for sharing this finish with me!! I just love that I have discovered the joy of quilting with Batiks and can’t wait to make lots and lots more Batik Quilts in the future. 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!!!