Snails Squared - New Quilt Pattern

I have a new pattern for sale in my Shop! Snails Squared!

Today kicks off the Island Batik September Blog Hop showcasing the new Island Batik fabric lines hitting stores now.  Today's posts by Elita Sharpe (Busy Needle Quilting) and Denise Looney (For the Love of Geese) are all about the Blushing Garden fabric line by Kathy Engle.   

Photo by Jerry Kiev

I created this Snails Squared quilt for the Island Batik Catalog using the same fabric line and thought today would be a great day to show it off to everyone and announce the pattern is now available in my shop!

Click the image below to go to my shop and to get a discount on the pattern during the duration of the blog hop!

The Snails Trail block is the main block in the quilt, but with the unique placement of fabrics and colors, the sashing and cornerstones become the true stars of the quilt with the Snails Trail blocks becoming supporting blocks that create curls flaring off the diamonds.

Instructions are given for traditional piecing, but you can also use specialty rulers if you have them.   I used several of Deb Tucker's Studio 180 Design rulers to create most of the blocks.

Finished Quilt Measures approximately 63 x 63.

Be sure to follow along with on the Island Batik blog for weekly giveaways too!

This week they are giving away a Fat Quarter bundle of the complete Island Batik collections – Two winners will receive Chromatic by Deb Tucker’s Studio 180 Design or Blushing Garden by Kathy Engle!

Click the picture below and scroll down to the end of the blog post to enter.

This giveaway ends on September, 8 at 11:59 pm PST. Two random winners will be notified by email on September, 9 and announced on the Island Batik Facebook page on September, 12.

Happy Sewing!

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Island Batik August Challenge - Power Outage

 This month Island Batik Ambassadors had the choice to make what ever they wanted.  At first I wasn't sure what project I wanted to make, but I was definitely sure about what fabric I wanted to play with!
The Island Batik Chromatic line by Deb Tucker of Studio 180 designs.

I fell in love with this line as soon as I saw it!

So I was super excited when I received a strip set of it in my July Ambassador box.

But what to make with it? 

My brain went right to diaminds, and 2.5 inch strips cut nicely into diamonds.

Next I needed to come up with a layout for them.  I didn't want anything too fiddley where I would have to match up a lot of points, so I played around on a sketch pad and came up with a 6 inch block with three diamonds side by side where none of the points met up.

 I drew the block in EQ8, made a mirror image, colored it with Chromatic fabric and created several layouts. 

This layout won the vote and I got to Sewing.

I started out with strips sets, which made quick work of cutting diamonds with white edges.

Squaring everything up gave me a lot left over white triangle trimmings. I used some for the Half Square Triangle Border, but still had a lot left over.  I'll use the extras in another scrappy quilt, but if I ever make this quilt again I might use templates for the shapes to save on the white fabric.

With some careful cutting I was able to get all my Diamonds for the quilt from half of the strip pack. I used part of the other half to cut out the Half Square Triangles for the border.

Island Batik sent me two different blenders to go with the strip set. I chose to use the Teal Foundation for sashing, borders and binding.

The new kitty, Avi, is fascinated by the process. 

He tried to be paws on, but he needs a few safety training classes first. 

I used a Schmetz universal 90/14 needle for piecing. I like the Schmetz mocrotex for batiks as well but I ran out of those.

These blocks remind me of those old roof antennas. My neighbor had one for the longest time. The diamonds also make me think of lightening bolts. So I have decided to name this one Power Outage. 

Hobbs provided me with several different types of batting in July and I picked the Heirloom Natural Cotton for this quilt. I love this batting! It's so soft.

Again, using a Schmetz needle for the quilting as well.

I used an all over jagged quilt design in a light yellow thread and added teal binding to finish off the quilt. 

The hurricane pass by us last night with lots of rain and strong wind, but luckily we didn't have a power outage.

Today is blue skies, no clouds in sight, but the water at the park is super high from all the rain.  It is up to top the the bottom of the boardwalk

I love all the colors in this fabric line!  It is one of my favorites.

  

Quilt measures 65 x 79

  

Happy Sewing!

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June Island Batik Ambassador Challenge Recap - Fly Away

June was a fantastic month of projects for Island Batik Ambassadors.  With the help of my son, (and by help, I mean he did most of it)  we put all the projects together in one video.  Check them out!  You can click on the links below to go to their websites to see more photos and details about their projects.

 

2023 Island Batik Ambassadors

Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs

Renee Atkinson ~ Pink Tulip Quilting

Pamela Boatright ~ PamelaQuilts

Susan Deshensky ~ Lady Blue Quilts

Brittany Fisher ~ Bobbin with Brittany
Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts
Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts
Reed Johnson ~ Blue Bear Quilts
Victoria Johnson ~ Forever Quilting for You
Randi Jones ~ Randi’s Roost
Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs
Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood
Denise Looney ~ Quiltery – For The Love Of Geese
Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights  (me)
Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack Made Mine
Anorina Morris ~ sameliasmum.com
Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion
Sarah Pitcher ~ Pitcher’s Boutique
Claudia Porter ~ Create with Claudia
Lana Russel ~ Lana Quilts
Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail
Sandra Starley ~ Textile Time Travels
Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations
Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt

Happy Quilting!

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Island Batik Ambassador Unboxing - July 2023

Island Batik Ambassadors have received their second box of goodies for the year.  Check out the video to see what came in my box.  Island Batik and their partner links are below.

https://www.islandbatik.com https://www.hobbsbatting.com

https://www.accuquilt.com

 https://shopaurifil.com

Happy Quilting!

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Fly Away - Island Batik June Ambassador Challenge

This month Island Batik Ambassadors were asked to create a project using Flying Geese blocks and an Island Batik Precuts we received in our Ambassador box.

I used the 2.5 inch strip pack "Celebrate" by Kathy Engle and paired it with Island Batik solid Black.
If you need to get your hands on these prints you can find them in these shops:

Hancocks of Paducah, KY
Stitch Therapy, AL
Nine Patch Fabrics, VA
Sew What Fabrics/Batiks Etc., VA
People, Places, & Quilts,  SC
Creekside Quilts, OR
A Royal Quilt Shoppe, LLC, SC
EQuilter.com, CO
Kapaia Stitchery, HI
Sew Together Quilt Shop, MA
Bob's Variety, AZ
Mulqueen Sewing & Fabric Centers, AZ

You can cut 15 Geese from one 2.5 inch strip of fabric. That's a lot of Geese from one strip pack! 600 to be exact!  

I needed 294 so I used half the strip pack.  The other half was used for my binding.

I only had a vague idea of what I wanted to do with these geese at first.

I knew I wanted them to be somewhat curvy, but still wanted to stick with traditional geese blocks.

Once I figured out the motion I wanted, I played around in EQ8 to get exact sizes for the black background rectangles.

I was happy to have a bag of Hobbs Heirloom Black batting in my Ambassador box. 

It is so nice for quilts with lots of black.   

The piecing and quilting were done with a 90/14 Microtex Schmetz needle.
I use these needles all the time and have never had any trouble sewing with Batik fabrics.

The colorful binding is the icing on the cake!  I cut a bunch of 8 inch strips from the other half of the strip pack and sewed them together to create all the pops of color around the edge.  And a 2.5 inch strip makes a nice wide binding when turned to the front of the quilt.

The thread looks grey or white on my monitor, but it is actually an aqua color.  It really pops on the black!

The quilting pattern in the black background is what ever came to mind as I was moving the needle along.  Some spots make me think of water.

I thought of  naming this quilt Geese in the Night.

Or Geese Passing in the Night, since some geese are going the opposite direction.

With some of the quilting giving off a water vibe, I thought about naming the quilt Geese Passing in the Night Over the Lake...

But that is pretty long.

I guess I'll stick with Geese in the Night.

Happy Quilting!

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