"Family" Quilt

Okay...so I've been dibbling and dabbling in quilting and now one of my co-workers asked me to make a quilt that she could give to her sister.  In my head I'm like...for real....I don't even think I'm that good yet!  So we take a trip to the local Hancock Fabrics Store and I tell her to pick a fabric she likes and I will create something using that.  So she picks this batik type fabric and my brain says..."what the..."!  Not knowing what to do with the fabric as I have not really even worked with batiks before...I decided to take a simplistic approach and go modern with it.  So after putting it off and putting it off...I spent about 2 weekends putting this quilt together.  Here are some of the specs:

Machine(s) used:  Juki Exceed F-400 for pieceing & Singer Quantum 9960 for quilting
Thread(s) used:  Superior Bottomline Silver in the bobbin and Superior Masterpiece White for top thread for and quilting.
Fabrics:  print-batik from Hancocks; white-quilter's showcase from Joanns; navy blue-broadcloth from Joann's.
Quilting method: using decorative stitch #71 in continuous line across quilt (except where panel is) with the walking foot on the Singer Quantum 9960.

 

I cut out irregular tumble sized shapes from the batik and fused them onto the white print fabric.

 

I framed the panel with the batick fabric.

Then I worked around the panel to add the sides, top, and bottom.

 

Here it is all pieced together.

 

HERE IS THE REVEAL...

AS YOU CAN SEE MY CO-WORKER AND HER HUSBAND LOVED IT!