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Monday, September 16, 2024

Island Batik Ambassador's Adventurous Applique Blog Hop with Aurifil

This month the Island Batik Ambassadors were challenged to create applique quilts using the edge coloring technique and 40 weight Aurifil thread. I have always loved the Fantasy Flowers Accuquilt die by Robbi Joy Ecklo. It's a larger flower at almost 14 inches across which means it's excellent to show off fabrics!

Applique has always been one of my favorite things to do and it was fun to learn a new technique.

For this project I received the Floral Fun collections. It's a gorgeous array of blue, green, and purple. It's designed by Kathy Engle for Terri Vanden Bosch of Lizard Creek Quliting.

I decided to make each flower in a different set of colors. Here's one such arrangement. I love this deep dark purple. So pretty.

Here is another set of fabrics for a flower.

In order to do the edge stitching method you glue down the pieces and don't use any fusible. I was having trouble with squeezing the glue bottle (it was hurting my hand). So I went online to see what other kind if bottles I might use. I found these tiny ones at Michaels and they worked perfectly and it was so much easier!

In order to get the hexagonal symmetry of this block right I ironed my background fabric so I knew where to put down the initial green leaves.

Then I added the petals.

I picked out threads to use for this project and was glad to be using 40 weight. It provided a thicker line than my usual 50 weight Aurifil. I found switching to a slightly larger needle also helped keep the 40 weight thread happy in my machine. I used a size 90 Microtex Needle by Schmetz Needles.

I used an open toe applique foot to stitch back and forth along the edge of the petal using my 40 weight Aurifil Thread. I also found it helpful to use the same weight and color thread in the top and bobbin while doing the edge stitching.

The top is complete! Time to get layering with my favorite Hobbs Batting 80/20 Cotton/Poly batting. I decided to offset the flower blocks with some piecing. This my version of a delectable mountains block.

I did some simple stippling to finish off the quilt and some curvy quilting in the blues. I love how this quilt turned out!

Island Batik is having a giveaway of two fat quarter bundles! Click below to enter.

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I hope you get to quilt today!

Suzy

Be sure to check out all the other amazing quilts in the blog hop!

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Monday, August 19, 2024

Island Batik Ambassador's Marvelous Minis Challenge

This month the Island Batik Ambassadors have been challenged to make Marvelous Minis. I love making mini quilts because they are quick, but I can explore something new. I have been itching to paper piece (which works slick with my favorite Schmetz Microtex Needles) lately so I decided to do a mariners compass.

One thing I know about myself is that I like to make all designs my own. So I pulled up a fairly basic mariner's compass block in Electric Quilt 8 and then played with the design adding more triangles, etc. Here is my final result! It's nice and flat due to a final pressing with my Oliso iron.

I used mostly solid scraps pulled from my scrap bin and some white. I also decided while I was having fun to do some quilting in colored thread. Each colored area is quilted over twice with 50 weight Aurifil thread. I used Hobbs cotton/wool batting because I like the extra puff it gives to my quilts.

This quilt was a blast and I can't wait to hang it on the wall!

I like to use matching bobbin thread when I free motion quilt so here's the back. Sometimes it's as much fun as the front!

I hope you get to quilt today!

Suzy

Friday, July 12, 2024

Island Batik Ambassador's Box #2 Reveal!

My second Island Batik Ambassador's box is here! Check out the amazing products from Island Batik, Aurifil, and Hobbs Batting and by Annie bags!

I hope you get to quilt today!

Suzy

Monday, June 17, 2024

Prisms Blog Hop

My friend Claudia of Create with Claudia has her first Signature Fabric Collection from Island Batik Called Prisms!

To celebrate the launch of her line I had the privilege of working with her fabric. I decided to make some Clam Up bags from Patterns by Annie.

The fabrics in this line are so fun!

These bags are so cheerful and useful!

I hope you get to quilt today!

Suzy

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Island Batik Ambassador's Create For A Cause Challenge

This month the Island Batik Ambassadors were challenged to make a quilt for an organization highlighted by Deb Tucker of Studio 180 called Sleep in Heavenly Peace. This organization makes beds for children so that no child sleeps on the floor. Their goal is to get kids off the floor, into a bed, and under a quilt.

I used the Dots and Doodles collection from Island Batik along with Deb Tucker's V Block trimmer.

The V Block tool works amazingly well! Here I am cutting and preparing one block for my project.

It turned out perfectly one trimmed and made sewing together the whole quilt a breeze! The quilt of course uses Schmetz Microtex Needles to pieces and quilt with as well as Aurifil Thread and my favorite Hobbs 80/20 batting inside. My Oliso iron worked wonderfully to iron all the blocks for this project.

I hope you get to quilt today!

Suzy

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Island Batik Ambassador's Paper Pieced Celebrations Blog Hop

This month the Island Batik Ambassadors are showing off brand new collections that will be out shortly! We were challenged to create paper pieced projects. These could be foundation paper piecing or English paper piecing.

I received Dots and Doodles by Carol Moellers Designs. The fabrics are very modern and large scale. I knew I wanted to make something with large pieces to really show off the fabrics.

Designs with paper pieced feathers have been popular for awhile so I decided to try my hand at one. However, I wanted them to be HUGE! What to do? I could draw my feather and then have the image blown up, but large scale copies are expensive. Then, one day, as I was sitting in my classroom it occurred to me that the large roll paper we use for bulletin boards was 3 feet wide. Perfect. I grabbed a piece and drew my feathers full scale. We had no white, but yellow paper worked great. Here you can see the pieces in progress. My Schmetz Microtex Needles and Aurifil thread had no trouble going through the paper. It also ripped really easily because it was so thin. My Oliso iron worked wonderfully to get these pieces nice and flat before adding the next one. It was a bit challenging with 36" long sections to piece!

And here are the finished feathers! So fun to see so much of the print. The quilting was done by my mom with my favorite Hobbs 80/20 Cotton/Poly batting. I love how it looks like the feathers are floating on the wind.

My bulb garden is showing off right now. What a perfect background!

Island Batik is giving away two fat quarter bundles this week. You can enter below.

Week 1 (Fire & Ice + Dots and Doodles) May 3 - May 11: a Rafflecopter giveaway

Here are a few of the shops that will be carrying this collection: Blue Magic Quiltworks in Arizona, Laura's Sewing and Quilt Shop in Florida, Laural's Fabrics and More in Minnesota, Queen Bee Quilts in Wisconsin, Wise Monkey Quilting in Iowa, and Patty's Heart Quilt Shop in Texas.

Be sure to check out all the other Ambassador's posts of new collections! They are stunning.

I hope you get to quilt today!

Suzy