Blue Frost Batiks by Riley Blake Designs

Frosty, snowflake-filled winds swirl through Blue Frost Batiks, surrounding whimsical snowmen and winter trees in beautiful shades of blue. The collection's cool palette ranges from pale, icy blues to denim, Celeste, Blue Calm, Coastal Cabana, Peacock, Lapis, Rainstorm, and deep Midnight.

The result is a winter collection that can move easily from Christmas sewing into projects that can be enjoyed throughout the entire winter season.

Snowmen, Snowflakes & Winter Trees

Blue Frost combines playful winter motifs with the distinctive color and texture of batik fabric. Look for snowmen, blowing and swirling snowflakes, Christmas and winter trees, geometric designs, and coordinating printsthroughout the collection.

Use the whimsical snowmen as focal fabrics, mix snowflakes and trees into winter quilts, or combine multiple blue colorways for a monochromatic quilt filled with movement and contrast.

Find even more seasonal project inspiration in our winter quilt patterns.

Beautiful Blue Batik Fabric

Blue Frost explores an unusually broad range of blues, from soft Powdered Pastels and Baby Blue to Celeste, Blue Calm, Denim Bijou, Mystic Skylight, Coastal Cabana, Peacock, Lapis, Rainstorm, and Midnight.

This tonal range makes blue batik fabric especially useful for quilts because light, medium, and dark values can work together to create contrast while maintaining a cohesive color palette.

Explore our complete selection of batik fabric for even more hand-dyed colors, prints, and coordinating fabrics.

Blue Frost Precuts

Enjoy the entire winter palette with coordinating Blue Frost precuts. The collection includes a 40-piece Rolie Polie, 42-piece 5-Inch Stacker, 42-piece 10-Inch Stacker, and 21-piece Fat Quarter Bundle. Riley Blake notes that the Rolie Polie does not include BT24101-331.

These convenient precuts are ideal for strip quilts, patchwork, quick winter projects, and patterns designed specifically around popular precut sizes. Browse our precut-friendly quilt patterns for even more project ideas.

How Are Riley Blake Batiks Made?

Batiks by Riley Blake Designs are hand-dyed in Indonesia and developed through relationships with Indonesian batik artisans. Riley Blake describes its batiks as ethically sourced, with the fabrics developed through the work of Tjap designers and makers, color specialists, and stamp artisans.

The hand-dyeing and stamping process gives batik fabrics their distinctive depth, variation, and handcrafted character.

Blue Frost for Winter & Christmas Quilts

The snowmen, snowflakes, trees, and icy blue palette make Blue Frost a natural choice for winter quilts and Christmas sewing projects. Create bed quilts, lap quilts, table runners, wall hangings, placemats, tree skirts, pillows, and other seasonal home décor.

Because the collection relies primarily on shades of blue rather than traditional red and green, Blue Frost can remain on display long after Christmas and throughout the winter months.

Browse our Christmas quilt patterns for holiday projects or our winter quilt patterns for designs you can enjoy throughout the season.

FAQs

What is Blue Frost fabric?

Blue Frost is a winter batik fabric collection by Riley Blake Designs featuring whimsical snowmen, snowflakes, winter trees, geometric motifs, and coordinating designs in a wide range of beautiful blues. The collection contains 21 fabric SKUs.

Is Blue Frost batik fabric?

Yes. Blue Frost is part of Batiks by Riley Blake Designs. The fabrics are hand-dyed and made in Indonesia using traditional batik artistry.

Where are Riley Blake batiks made?

Riley Blake Designs' batiks are made in Indonesia and developed through relationships with Indonesian batik artisans.

Are Riley Blake batiks ethically sourced?

Riley Blake Designs states that its batiks are ethically sourced and developed through relationships with true batik artisans in Indonesia.

What is a Tjap in batik fabric?

A Tjap (often pronounced “chop”) is a stamp traditionally used in Indonesian batik production to apply repeating wax designs to fabric before dyeing. Riley Blake specifically credits Tjap designers and makers as part of the artisan process used to create its batiks.

What colors are in Blue Frost Batiks?

Blue Frost includes a broad spectrum of blues ranging from pale and icy shades to richer tones such as Celeste, Blue Calm, Coastal Cabana, Peacock, Lapis, Rainstorm, and Midnight, along with additional coordinating blue colorways.

What designs are in Blue Frost fabric?

Blue Frost features snowmen, snowflakes, winter trees, swirling and blowing snow, geometric motifs, and coordinating batik designs, creating the feeling of a blue winter wonderland.

Is Blue Frost Christmas fabric?

Blue Frost works beautifully as Christmas and winter fabric. Snowmen, snowflakes, and trees give the collection plenty of holiday character, while the predominantly blue palette allows projects to remain relevant throughout the winter season.

What Blue Frost precuts are available?

Blue Frost is available as a 40-piece Rolie Polie, 42-piece 5-Inch Stacker, 42-piece 10-Inch Stacker, and 21-piece Fat Quarter Bundle.

Is Blue Frost fabric 100% cotton?

Yes. Blue Frost Batiks are 100% fine cotton and approximately 43/44 inches wide.

What can I make with Blue Frost Batiks?

Blue Frost is ideal for winter quilts, Christmas quilts, table runners, wall hangings, placemats, pillows, tree skirts, bags, and seasonal home décor.

Create a Blue Winter Wonderland

Fill your next project with snowmen, snowflakes, winter trees, and gorgeous shades of blue with Blue Frost Batiks by Riley Blake Designs. Shop Blue Frost fabric by the yard and coordinating precuts, then discover more batik fabric and winter quilt patterns for your next seasonal project.