Island Batik Lone Star Blog Hop

We are on Week Two of the Island Batik Ambassador Lone Star Blog Hop.

Today I am showing off the Heartland fabric collection by Kathy Engle 

Heartland is also one of the bundles Island Batik is giving away this week! 
I am also offering a small giveaway today. Details for both at the end of the post!

This collection has fun barns, chickens, fences,  chicken wire, and more all in red white and blue.  It definitely makes me think of the Heartland of America. Perfect prints for a patriotic quilt.

Mix in in the Lone Star pattern and this fabric really sings!

You can kind of say I created this quilt in rounds.
The first round was the Lone Star in the Center.  Made up of 8 diamonds.

The next round is 8 Lemoyne star blocks.  Since these ended up bein an odd finished size in the quilt, I decided to use templates and sew them up using the traditional way.  I even used Y seams.  Call me crazy, but I actually had a good time making these.  Every time the Y seam came out good I got all excited! 

I was super glad to have the the wool pressing mat provided by Prairie Spirit Alpacas. It came in handy for these blocks,  sew, press, sew press.  Everything came out smooth.

Round three is another set of 8 diamonds.  With these additions, the quilt top was now an octagon.

To make everything square I added Round four.   Four half Lemoyne Stars in each corner.

I had a piece of left over Hobbs Heirloom Premium Cotton Batting that was the perfect size.
Softness approved by Sheen, the Senior Quilt Inspector.

I used the Schmetz Chrome Microtex needles to piece and quilt it.  They fit perfect in both my regular machine and my long arm and work great with batiks.

I did some custom quilting on this little quilt.

I like to use the shapes to help guide where I am going.

I used some of the extra fabric pieces for the back. It is a fun way to show off the chicken fabric and some of the other pretty reds and blues.

Be sure to check out my fellow Island Batik ambassador Andi Stanfield of True Blue Quilts.   
She is also showing off her Lonestar today using the same Heartland fabric line.

Now for my giveaway!

I had some left over strips from this project and cut them up to create these little Island Batik Stash builder rolls.  Each one is similar to the regular Island Batik Stash builder rolls you can find at your local quilt shop.  They have four prints five inches x WOF.  To be entered to win them both, leave a comment below about Lone Star Quilts.  Have you ever made one?  Do you want to make one?  Or do you just appreciate looking at ones others have made?  I'll announce a winner here over the weekend.

**WINNER UPDATE**

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

**WINNER UPDATE**

Island Batik Giveaway!

You can also enter to win the Island Batik Giveaway.  They are giving away two fabric bundles.  One of Heartland and one of Emperor's Treasures.  You can use the Rafflecopter below to enter or visit their blog post HERE. 

This giveaway ends on December, 16th at 11:59 pm PDT. Two random winners will be notified by email on December, 17th and announced on the Island Batik Facebook page on December, 20th.

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Happy Sewing!

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