Bali Hai

I feel in such a tropical mood.  Yep I am sporting the coconut bra and grass skirt,

in my mind that is, and listening to Bloody Mary sing Bali Ha'i.

                    

When I volunteered to do a pattern test for HRQ (Her Royal Quiltiness) Quilt Sue at Quilt Times I decided to use some color inspiration.  I decided I wanted tropical!  Kind of tropical seas with the blues, aquas, greens. 

I started with this image from design seeds.
Pulled and auditioned these fabrics.

Threw some out, and added new ones.

Including what I thought would be a bubbly border.

 Pieced a backing from my stash.

And Out came Tropical Shores Tubix.

I even quilted this one on the domestic machine using Aurifil white thread.  Can you tell I am in love with the colors, and even my quilting on this quilt and so wish I had a more beachy place to photo the quilt than my back lawn.

Oh and that sense of foreboding I had was all for naught!  Everything came out clean and white.  Even the spot that I dropped a bing cherry pit onto the white border late last night while I was trying to finish up my binding!