Back in July I found my last leftover from being an ambassador for Island Batik for several years- I found a 2 1/2″ roll or part of it- I think it was leftover from the quilt I had sent to McCall’s or one of those magazines and then when they went almost bankrupt they cancelled …
I recently cut out these left over batiks from the years of being an ambassador for Island Batik, this was a bundle that was all coordinating so I had put it aside with my Underwater Stars pattern This time I cut the pieces out with my Accuquilt dies (of course!!) And here’s the quilt all …
Remember the Quilt of Valor blog hop I did last year with Island Batik? I used this 10″ stack and some yardage from Island Batik ad if you click the link you’ll see I was inspired by the 50 states book I’ve had for years but then changed the blocks into Accuquilt friendly blocks I …
This month’s “theme” for Island Batik ambassadors is “3D” At first I thought of a quilt that “looked” 3D, like my “Blue lagoon” quilt Or maybe some sort of 3D element on a quilt, like a pinwheel or a pocket? But instead I decided on something I’ve done in the previous years around this time …
November’s theme for Island Batik ambassadors is TOOL TIME! no…. not Tim the tool-man Taylor! but a quilting tool!! I wrecked my brain and also asked about what is a considered a tool. My favorite “tool” is really the GO! cutter and all the dies and we have recently highlighted Accuquilt, but I can’t help …
Were any of you at quilt market? I’ve never been but always yearn to do it when the time rolls around each year (twice) though I’ve heard the fall one is the best one…. I’ve shown these quilts before but here’s 3 quilts I made with new patterns and Island Batik fabrics! These were hanging …
After I did the winter table runner’s for the IB challenge earlier this month and realized I needed applique, I had seen an email or post from Accuquilt with this fall runner which I made for them last year and wrote the pattern too. and I had a bundle of Christmas fabrics leftover in my …
I posted about this in the IB FB group before October for the Oct “theme” of table runners, then someone posted that it’s supposed to have applique on it, OOPSIE! I actually made it before the winter toppers I showed already, so I put it aside and worked on a Christmas topper you’ll see soon. …
It’s time for the witchy stitchy blog hop! When Carol posted about this blog hop I was a bit hesitant as I don’t celebrate Halloween at all and don’t like it, but I’m a sucker for blog hops! so I figured I could at least do something with pumpkins on it, so I signed up …
It’s hard enough to keep a secret about a quilt going in a magazine! Then THIS happened…. I made this quilt in March (with “All Geared up” batiks from Island Batik) When magazines email with requests for designs it’s maybe 9 months before publication or at least 6 months! I’d submit a design or several …