
Here is my finished 12" mini! I'm calling it Micro Radial. It was super fun and I can see myself making more mini radials in the future.

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy
Be sure to see what the other Ambassadors are creating this month.
I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy
Be sure to see what the other Ambassadors are creating this month.
Check out my video to see all the amazing goodies from Island Batik, Accuquilt, Studio 180, ByAnnie, and Hobbs Batting!
I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy
This month the Island Batik Ambassadors have partnered with AccuQuilt to use the Tree of Life die in any way we chose. They encouraged us to be creative.
Looking at my quilt you are probably wondering where the tree is. And you're right. I definitely didn't use it in the traditional way. If you look at the image of the finished block below do you see those odd shaped white pieces to the left and right of the trunk of the tree? Those were the pieces that intrigued me because they were different. Not square, not triangular.
I considered this design for awhile, but decided against it.
Then I realized I could make a star!
Accuquilt requested that we give our quilt to someone who needed some Joy in their life. My friend him has been so helpful with teaching me to garden during the course of the pandemic and I wanted to bring Joy to her! She was thrilled!
I remember my mom telling me a story about my very first quilt. I got to pick out blocks to make and then she was going to help me. She let me pick triangles. Which she herself had never done at that point. I have always like them ever since.
However, I will admit that cutting them with my AccuQuilt GO Big! has made me use them a whole lot more. I love that the dog ears are cut off for you!A while ago I decided I wanted to make a scrappy quilt using triangles using all my gorgeous Island Batik scraps. I have always loved the traditional ocean waves pattern, but after a disastrous attempt early on in my quilting journey I have never gone back to it until now. The GO cutter just makes it so much easier. I of course had to put my own spin on it and adding sashing and corner stones to make construction easier (for once I actually thought about this ahead of time instead of at the end when I'm trying to put blocks together).
I started off with many many triangles. I always pin them so my ends don't separate while they're under the machine. The pin also works as a nice rudder so I can make sure the needle hits the end exactly where I want it to with my favorite Schmetz Microtex needles and Aurifil thread of course.
Finally she decided to sit on my quilt because she was curious about it. Hannah has had some adventures!
I chose the fabric for her upper body because I thought it looked spiky like hedgehogs. Then I couldn't resist the orange ears and legs. I didn't have stuffed animal eyes so I found a teal button and a black bead to use instead. She was sewn with Schmetz Needles and Aurifil thread and they worked quite well with no rips as I was stuffing her.
I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy