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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.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Happy Sewing!

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Ghastly Ghouls Blog Hop

Welcome to day two of the Ghastly Ghouls Blog. Thanks to Carol of Just Let Me Quilt for hosting!

I love playing along with the Halloween Hop each year.

This year I knew my October would be super busy but I still wanted to play along and create something fun for Halloween and use up some of the good Halloween prints I have, so I decided to go with a quick quilt pattern, and one I have made before: The Chevron quilt aka Zig Zag Quilt.

The top was super fast to put together and I had plenty of orange and black Halloween prints to choose from. From fabric selection to the last row stitched together, I had the top together in about 4 1/2 hours.

There are two really good tutorials on the internet you can use if you want to make your own.

Crazy Mom Quilts' Version

and

The Little Fabric Blog Version

When the top was done I picked out some spooky fabric for the back: some cute bats with a hint of green in the moon light. With the back done I knew the quilting would only take a few more hours and I could have a nice quick project done in a weekend.

But I kept staring at the newly pieced back and decided it wasn't the right fit for the black and orange top. I felt like it would go better with a different color version of chevrons.

So instead of loading this on the machine to quilt the top I just made, I picked out another batch of fabrics for a new top that blends better with the my newly pieced backing.

Something with a few more greens and a touch of orange.

I'll be cutting these out tonight!

Who makes a backing first and then picks fabrics for the top?? Me I guess. Haha!

Be sure to check out the other hoppers today and see their Ghastly Ghouly projects.

OCTOBER 19

Just Sew Quilter
Quilted Delights (me)
Websterquilt
Patchouli Moon Studio

Happy Haunting...er Quilting!!

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Friday, September 24, 2021

Falling for You Blog Hop

Welcome to my stop on the "I'm Falling for You" blog hop hosted by Joan of Moose Stash Quilting.

I have two projects to show off today. The first project is a UFO I started when I joined the "Leafs Me Happy" blog hop oh so long ago in October of 2012. I have been putting this project on my Finish-A-Long lists for years and finally sewed the last stitch just in time for this hop! Yay!

The pattern is a combination of two elements.

Bonnie Hunter's Spider Blocks and a pieced maple leaf block I found here.

The leaf pattern is for a 15.5 inch block, so I had to re-size it to fit in an 8.5 inch square.

I did some custom quilting on this one. Playing around with my rulers, ribbon candy, leaves, and feathers.

I love how the sun really shows off the quilting.

I am so excited to have this one finished!. It will be gracing my couch this Fall season.

Next up is another old project... sort of. A couple years before I started the project above, I bought three fall themed charm packs with the intention of making the Charming Stars quilt by Stefanie of Little Lady Patchwork. Well last week I finally opened up those charm packs! Wahoo!

This quilt went together super fast! These are big blocks with big pieces.

After I cut up the white background fabric I zipped out those star corners lickety split.

I didn't even spend hours trying not to get another print next to another print, I just put them on the design wall and let it go!

When I bought the charm packs I also bought a half yard of brown in the same fabric line, just in case. Good thing, it turned out perfect for the binding!

I did some all over leaf meandering for the quilting in a pastel yellow thread. It matched perfect with the browns and oranges and didn't stand out too bright on the white.

The quilt is super soft and fluffy With the looser quilting.

I am loving this fabric and this pattern! Yay for finally getting the fabric off the shelf and into a quilt!

I really enjoy playing along in these hops. They really help me use up all the wonderful fabric I've pick up over the years. Not sure if I am quilter or more a fabric collector. Haha!

I did another stripped backing for this one. A lot of my fabric stash is two yard cuts or less. That usually gets me the length of a quilt but not wide enough, so I slice it down the center and add smaller strips in the middle to fill it out out.

Great way to use stash up and add extra color and fun on the back.

Check out this fun brownish egg-ish fabric I used for the back. I love it!

So there you have it... One quilt 9 years in the making and the other quilt finished in week after I finally opened those charm packs I bought oh so long ago ago!

Check the links below to see all the other Fall inspired projects today from my fellow hoppers!

Friday, September 24

QuiltFabrication
Ms P Designs USA
Lianne Makes Stuff
Quilted Delights (me)
MooseStashQuilting

Happy Quilting!!

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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Inspired by Nature Island Batik Blog Hop - Tropicana Twist

For the past few weeks Island Batik Ambassadors have been showing off their nature inspired creations using the new fabric lines coming out from Island Batik.

I got to play with Tropicana Twist designed by Kathy Engle.
These beauties should be hitting your shops in December.

This fabric line reminded me of big bright flowers and tropical beaches. I could see yellow and orange tropical flowers with an array of green leaves, and of course the blues of the ocean.

It is bright and colorful, right up my alley.

My design started out with a simple drawing with a lot of two and half inch strips.

But as I played around with layout designs in EQ8 I finally settled on this one.

My kids said it looks like a background you would see in Bikini Bottom, the home of SpongeBob Square Pants.

The flowers were paper pieced. Same for the small leaves, well if you want to call them leaves.

When I sketched it out it looked like a leaf, but when I sewed it up it looked more like an asterisk. Either way I was already committed so I sewed up 26 of those little asterisk leaves.

I was taking my time in the beginning of the month paper piecing everything, enjoying the process, and watching the flowers and leaves develop one piece at a time.

But, the the end of the month was coming closer and I still had a lot of little leaves and a few more flowers to sew. I timed myself and it took me 20 minutes to sew just one small leaf.

It was definitely time to start chain piecing. I took some time to cut out all the pieces I needed and put them in order to sew. I sewed all of piece one and then moved on to the next numbered piece. It actually shaved off lots time this way. When I chained pieced 14 leaves at once it only took 3 hours. I saved myself about an hour and a half.

As I was sewing them, I realized how practical it was for Henry Ford to come up with the assembly line for production. Sew a piece on all 14, iron all 14, prep for the next piece on all 14, sew the next piece.... Repeat. I didn't realize how much time is used picking up and putting down the rotary cutter each time for each individual piece. If you keep the rotary cutter in your had and cut all 14 at once, you have saved time, and when you are trying to beat the clock, every second counts.

I quilted an all over flower swirl design using a nice bright yellow Aurifil Thread number 2120 - Canary Yellow.

And of course I used some Hobbs Natural Cotton Batting. It is some good stuff.

And I don't get far without my Schmetz Needles. They are my go to needle for everything. I am still using the microtex needles for these Island Batik projects. They stitch up batiks super nice.

This is a fun quilt lap size quilt. It measures 48 x 56.

Make sure to visit Vasudha Govindan of Storied Quilts.
Today she is also showing off her creation using the Tropicana Twist Fabric Line.

And stop by the Island Batik blog for a chance to win these fabulous Island Batik Bundles.

And if you missed any days, make sure to go back and see all the wonderful creations made by my fellow Island Batik Ambassadors as they were inspired by nature with these fabulous fabric collections.

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