Hello Dear Readers! I am having an Island Batik fabric giveaway of some of the wonderful Island Batik fabrics that I don’t plan on using in my upcoming projects. I’m staying true to my 2018 goal to either Sew My Stash or pass it along to loving homes. The stash photos are marked with an […]
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Hello everyone, My explorations as an Island Batik Ambassador continues and wow, I had fun this month! The Island Batik challenge for June was to make a modern batik quilt. Of course, this was music to my ears! I decided to make a modern batik quilt using the Parisian Curves technique from my book, Madly
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Modern traditionalism is one of the key principles in modern quilt design and it is one of my favorite jumping off points as well. So I was very happy to see that the Island Batik Ambassador Challenge for April 2018 is to use a traditional quilt block or design as inspiration. I chose the traditional
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I decided that I would provide my readers with links to the Blogs of the 2018 Island Batik Ambassadors in one place and links to each of my projects. Scroll down this post to see the list of blogs by my creative Fellow Ambassadors. You will see many wonderful examples of what they are working
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Here’s an update on making an inset circle. It was my Island Batik Try A New Technique Challenge for March 2018. I used one of my Inset Circle blocks to make a Tea Pot Mug Rug. A couple days ago I posted about learning to make pieced inset circles. I decided that one of the
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The Island Batik challenge for March 2018 is to Try A New Technique! I chose to learn the 6 Minute Inset Circle Technique. Here’s my Island Batik 6 Minute Inset Circle Tutorial! As most of you know, in the past, I always cut my curved piecing freehand–no templates or pinning. My circle shapes aren’t ‘perfect’–they
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Disclosure: The products featured in this post were given to me by Island Batik and includes products from Aurifil and Hobbs Batting. Well, the first Island Batik BOX has arrived!! In January 2018, I was selected to be an Island Batik Ambassador. I was very excited because I used to work with batiks quite a
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I decided to do some research so that I am learning about batik fabric–its history and how these fabrics are made today. I’m sharing a few links that I thought might be useful to my readers as I start my journey as an Ambassador. [divider] Island Batik Company First, here is some background about Island
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I am thrilled to announce that I have been selected as an Island Batik Ambassador for 2018! I’ll be posting lots of projects throughout the year using Island Batik fabrics and Aurifil thread. Some will be brand new patterns and others will be new versions of patterns from my books in batiks. It may seem
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I love fabric as much as the next quilter! But, I’ve resolved that I will NOT just hold on to that precious, precious, wonderful, absolutely special fabric anymore. We call it collecting, but really it’s hoarding. [divider]I Resolve to Use It or Destash the Fabric Stash! And, here’s why I will no longer hoard,
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