Websterquilt: Island Batik Ambassadors Runner Up Blog Hop

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Island Batik Ambassadors Runner Up Blog Hop

This month the Island Batik Ambassadors were challenged to make a quilt using a Deb Tucker's Studio 180 tool. I was excited to receive the Corner Pop III tool. We were also encourage to use other tools we own so I also decided to use the Wing Clipper tool to make some flying geese.

I finished my runner yesterday. Usually I like to take a pretty photo outside. But it's Minnesota and currently -11 degrees outside. Not a good day for a photo. So I took my runner with me to work and hung it on my classroom door!

This is the Corner Pop III tool. It worked so slick! You trim off a corner and then add in a new piece all using just the one tool. It won't be the last time I use it.

For this challenge I received the Petal Poetry collection by Jerry Khiev for Megan Best of Best Quilter. It's a gorgeous collection of purple, green, and blue florals.

I made two different sized flying geese using my Wing Clipper tool. I decided to make one of the triangle corners a different fabric so I could use as many of the gorgeous fabrics as possible! Plus it's not something I have done before which also makes it fun. I of course sewed all my blocks together with my favorite Aurifil Thread and Schmetz Microtex needles. I also used my new Oliso M3Pro project iron. I love that it has a headlight! It makes things so easy to see when you are ironing.

I then used the Corner Pop III tool to trim off a corner and add a skinny purple triangle. Here you can see the three finished blocks I made. I decided to use different fabrics in each block and had fun mixing and matching the prints.

I layered my quilt with my favorite Hobbs 80/20 Cotton/Poly batting. Then I got to quilting. I had fun making feathers in the skinny purple triangles and green and purple prints. I left the green one alone so it would pop some.