Making an improv log cabin quilt was a fun challenge. In my newest Island Batik challenge, I combined two themes to create an improv log cabin wall hanging–here’s the tutorial showing how I did it. Cozy Log Cabins is the first challenge theme that I used! Log cabins are a great traditional pattern and I […]
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This month’s challenge for Island Batik is Star Struck and this is my quilt tutorial and free pattern for my modern version of a star. The Island Batik Ambassador challenge this month was to create a Star Quilt. I decided to take a modern approach and create an oversized wonky star using a limited color
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Hello Everyone! In this post, I’ll show you the different modern looks you can achieve with the Patriotic Diamonds Modern Quilt pattern (on page 80) when you use a variety of modern quilt fabrics. I’ve also added a tutorial on adding an inner border –see the bottom of this post. And go HERE and HERE
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Welcome to the Island Batik Great Outdoors Blog Hop. There are so many cool things happening each week so I am posting links to make it easy for you to get in on all the FUN! My Giveaway Coming on August 29th My Giveaway will be posted on August 29th and will include batting, fabric
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Island Batik Box #2 has arrived! I love being an Island Batik Ambassador because we receive 2 boxes a year full of fun stuff. And, Island Batik also gives us challenges each month to stimulate our creative thinking. My 2nd Island Batik box was sent to me from the generous people at Island Batik with
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Hello everyone, This is the first in a series of blog posts inspired by requests from workshop and lecture attendees. Some of you have seen and purchased a copy of my book, Patriotic Modern Quilts. My sincere thank you for that! These patterns are great for decorating for patriotic holidays here in the USA. But
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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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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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