Fabric

The Mini Quilt of Bali Batiks
With a friend leaving this month, my stitching group decided on the perfect gift. We would all contribute mini quilt blocks. What size and type?  2 inch ( finished) square blocks done by a technique called paper piecing using bright Bali batik fabrics. I'd never done it before, so there was researching to be done.

Mine turned out OK I think.

One member of our group finished the mini quilt complete with center larger embroidered and appliqued squares:

The mini quilt was then beautifully framed and presented on Thursday. The recipient loved it! Another member of our group is also leaving early in 2016 and we simultaneously created one for her but hopefully she does not realize it.  Everyone was pretty careful with emails about the mini quilt project.

Javan Batik

The second fabric topic is because of a gift B received. He received a 3 meter piece of batik fabric from the renowned collection of Iwan Tirta. (Go look him up, you'll get no help from me.) The gift includes creation of a shirt made from the fabric. The tailor will come to B's office to measure him, at his convenience, and then make the shirt. Yeah... yeah... yeah... —it's a hard life!  Note: This will not be a $2 US shirt! The fabric was packed in a very nice black box,wrapped in tissue paper, and the box was tied with a black bow. Very elegant presentation. There is a certificate of authenticity and a brochure. I will repeat, this will not be a $2 US shirt!

Here's a close up of the print. The diamond shapes are approximately 8 " diameter. It will make a gorgeous shirt.