As an Island Batik ambassador I have the pleasure of working with all sorts of beautiful fabrics and this new line, Interurban, from them is no exception. The challenge for the month of February 2022 was to make row by row quilt and I decided to design my own modern blocks for my quilt. The ...
I am delighted to announce that I have been chosen as a 2022 Island Batik Ambassador! This is my second year in the program and I am so happy to be participating again. As an ambassador, I receive a number of shipments of goodies throughout the year. In turn, I make a project each month based ...
Have you ever embellished a quilt? Are you saying to yourself…what does that mean? Basically, embellishing a quilt means adding something decorative to it. I sometimes enjoy adding a little something extra to my quilts, especially the decorative ones. If you have ever thought about doing ...
For the past three years I have participated in a fun and low-stress quilt along. I’ve made some lovely sampler quilts along the way and I’ve been inspired by all of the other participants. This year I went with a smaller version and came up with a fun mini quilt. Here is my 2021 ...
It’s hard for me to believe, but it is the beginning of my second year as an Island Batik Ambassador. Last year was so wonderful and I am excited to be back making more projects with their beautiful fabrics! Each month Ambassadors are challenged to make a particular type of project. We ...
I am in love with the new purple gradation hand dyes from Island Batik. I am a 2022 Island Batik ambassador and this is the bundle of 20 fat quarters that they sent me to work with. Aren’t these colors incredible? For my January ambassador project I made a gradient quilt, but I was lucky ...
I’d love to show you my 2021 quilting year in review. What a year it was for me! To start off, I was chosen as one of Island Batik’s 24 brand ambassadors. We got shipments loaded with fabrics and other products from industry partners over the months. Even after a year, I have to ...
Am I the only who is seeing quilt coats everywhere right now? You can see them on awards ceremonies, all over social media, and on racks at stores. I can’t get over all of the different versions there are, and they are all beautiful. I am completely wowed by them, and it is because they ...
In 2021 I was named one of Island Batik‘s ambassadors. What a wonderful year it has been. We were given loads of their beautiful batiks and other items from various generous sponsors. Each month we were given a challenge project. This month was something new to me, and, like usual, I fell ...
I am super excited to announce that I will be one of the featured bloggers in the upcoming Cotton Cuts Sew Sweet Puzzle Mystery Quilt! I always enjoy doing mystery quilts and was delighted when they asked me to participate. This will be a bit different for me. I normally host my own mystery ...
Well, here we are in December and it is finally time to put our quilt together! I’m so excited to show you final results of the 2021 Stars of the Prairie free mystery quilt. I hope you all had as much fun as I did when putting it all together. If you are interested in this quilt, I still ...
