My Quilting History

Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Island Batik New York Beauty Blog Hop - Winter Wonders



Welcome to week three, day three of the Island Batik New York Beauty Blog hop!





Today I am showing off my creation using the new Island Batik Winter Wonders fabric line by Kathy Engle and I have info on two give a ways at the end of the post!



These are beautiful festive prints hitting stores now, just in time for Christmas in July!
I started with four different New York Beauty blocks and picked fabrics for each section as I went along.




Switching from green to red to tan.  It was fun to cut and sew and not really worry about what was going where. They all play so well together!





 I sewed the blocks in sets of four.  Four patterns, four different color variations for each one.




Choosing a layout was fun.  I could have turned the blocks so many different ways.  There were so many different combinations, but four circles ended up winning the vote here, so that is what I went with.





I added some sashing blocks between the New York Beauty blocks and for the outer border.



For the backing I used a red print from the Island Batik Foundation collection called Scarlet. The strips in the middle are all from the Winder Wonders collection.




I quilted it with with Hobbs Heirloom Premium Cotton Batting and Schmetz Chrome Microtex Needles.






It quilted up fantastic.




I never would have guessed I would have a project ready before Christmas in July.
It sure feels good to have a new Christmas quilt done early! Lol!




Now for my Giveaway!  

I used almost the entire half yard bundle I received for this project, but I did have enough left over to make a couple stash builder roles and cut 100 mini charms.  If your interested  in winning these, leave a comment below and I will Pick a winner this weekend after the blog hop.

**WINNER UPDATE**

Congratulations GranChris! The random number generator picked your comment! You won my little giveaway! I sent you an email.


**WINNER UPDATE**






Island Batik is also having a giveaway.  

They are giving two people a chance to win a Fat Quarter bundle of fabric from the complete Island Batik collections featured this week – Tranquility by Deb Tucker’s Studio 180 Design or Woodblock Bouquets, designed for Carol Moellers Designs by Kathy Engle!





To enter for your chance to win these gorgeous batiks, please follow the easy-to-use prompts on Rafflecopter!

Check out the Island Batik blog for all the new fabric lines coming out and all the Island Batik Ambassadors showing off their New York Beauty Quilts.










Happy Sewing!


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28 comments:

  1. When I saw your quilt I thought "O-Wow!" Your quilt is great! While reading through the construction of the blocks they remind me of a compass. This is a very pretty Christmas quilt. petuniakr@aol.com

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  2. Love your quilt. I always love Island Batik fabric. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. I liked the contrast between the colors in your quilt! Very pretty!

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  4. Beautiful quilt. I love the sashing you created.

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  5. I love the way the colors rotate in your blocks.

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  6. Like these fabric colors, they are the cllasic Christmas colors to me!

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  7. Beautiful, Leah! Where did you get the NYB blocks from?

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  8. Beautiful quilt. I love your interpretation of this block. Thanks for sharing

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  9. I just love the dark green and dark red fabrics.

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  10. wow your quilt is just fabulous and so very creative and unique. thanks for sharing and inspiring. thanks for your generosity with the give a way. these fabrics are delightful quilting dash lady at comcast dot net

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  11. Beautiful quilt! Thank you for the giveaway!

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  12. Gorgeous. That quilt is so rich looking.

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  13. Wow! That is a gorgeous quilt. I would love to have one like that ready to go for the holidays as well!! That was a lot of piecing, and so nicely done. Thanks for sharing.

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  14. The colors in this line are fabulous, and you have made a fabulous quilt with them. Nancy A: SewingGranda@gmail.com

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  15. Beautiful quilt! I really like the sashing between the blocks!

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  16. Your sashing was a brilliant idea--it really adds another element of "sparkle" to your Christmas quilt. wordygirl@earthlink.net

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  17. That is absolutely beautiful! I love the color placement and design. Definitely one of my favorites.

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  18. Wonderful quilt. I love that red and green. I will go looking for that fabric.

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  19. Love those Christmas colors!!! Greens are my fav!!

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  20. I love your quilt! I always enjoy seeing how each of you has such a unique end product.

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  21. I love your quilt!! It is so beautiful!!

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  22. Does red/white/blue count as a color? I love making patriotic quilts!

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  23. Oh how Beautiful your Quilt is!!! Wow! I would looove to win your give-a-way..thank you for the chance :)

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  24. Love all the variety of NY Beauty blocks you used! It's so fun to see all the projects that are made in this hop. Thanks for the chance to win some "leftovers."

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  25. I love everything about that quilt, and have been wanting to make a New York Star quilt for a long time.

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  26. Oh and most of my fabrics are greens, my favorite color.

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  27. Beautiful, Leah. I love the layout. It is perfect!!

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  28. Your quilt is stunning! I love the way you used different variations of the block and the colors. It draws in a viewer to see it all. Thank you so much for sharing this!

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