I hope you enjoyed the project I designed and shared last week for the Adventurous Appliqué Blog Hop. It was fun to create using Playful Posies from Island Batik fabrics and Aurifil thread. We are already into Week 3 of the Adventurous Appliqué Blog Hop. This is the final week of this blog hop and your last chance to win one of two fat quarters of newly released Island Batik fabric! Of course there will also be a week full of amazing projects from my wonderful fellow Island Batik Ambassadors! Every week during this blog hop, Island Batik has been giving away 2 fat quarter bundle ..read more

It’s September and time for another Island Batik Ambassador challenge and it’s my turn to share the project I made for the Adventurous Appliqué Blog Hop.   Playful Sunflowers      This month it’s the Adventurous Appliqué Blog Hop and Ambassadors were asked to create a project using the latest Summer 2024 fabric collections and using a specific edge finish for the appliqué pieces.     The fabric collection I worked with was Playful Posies by Kathy Engle. I loved all the wonderful rich colours in this collection and they worked so well with the design I created ..read more

    We are all ready into Week 2 of the Adventurous Appliqué Blog Hop and that means another week of wonderful Ambassador projects and…another giveaway from Island Batik! Every week during this blog hop, Island Batik will be giving away 2 fat quarter bundles of gorgeous new fabric and this week you have the chance to win a fat quarter bundle of Poetic Bouquet or Flower Pot.     Be sure to enter your details below before September 13, 2024 for a chance to win a fat quarter bundle of Island Batik fabrics for the Week 2 giveaway. a Rafflecopter giveaway      ..read more

    It’s a new month and time for a new Island Batik Ambassador challenge. This month it is “Adventurous Appliqué” and Ambassadors will be working with the latest fabric collections and sharing their creations throughout the month of September during the Adventurous Appliqué Blog Hop. I’m not quite ready to share my project but you’ll see it next week so keep your eyes peeled for that blog post. ? I’ll be working with the Playful Posies fabric collection by Kathy Engle. Lots of vibrant colours and floral motifs! There’s other exciting news this month and that is that each week Isla ..read more

    It’s August and that means a new Island Batik challenge! This month it’s the Marvelous Mini challenge and Ambassadors are challenged to create a small project, no more than 24” x 24” using any of the Island Batik fabrics that we’ve received (except for the latest collections which we’ll be using in September’s challenge). As always my mind was whirling with ideas but I decided to refer to my “want to make” project list and select one of those patterns rather than creating one from scratch. You’ve got a similar list too, don’t you?! ?  I selected the “Fox in a Box” pattern b ..read more

    Yippee! It’s that time of the year: time for unboxing another treasure trove of Island Batik fabrics and items from the Ambassador program sponsors! Thanks so much to Island Batik, Aurifil, Hobbs Quilt Batting, and ByAnnie.com for all of the amazing products that they sent in the second Island Batik Ambassador box. I really enjoy working with Island Batik’s fabrics and am so grateful to be able to work with the newest collections - ones that haven’t even appeared on store shelves yet! While Ambassadors usually create a project each month, in July we have a bit of a break as our ..read more

    It’s June and that means another Island Batik Ambassador project! This month Ambassadors are creating quilts to donate to Sleep in Heavenly Peace as part of the Quilts Across America initiative started by Deb Tucker of Studio 180 Design in 2023. Here is some information about this organization and their goal:     Quilts Across America is a program that relies on the generosity of quilters everywhere to provide a quilt with each bed that is delivered. Quilts Across America was initiated by Studio 180 Design and Tucker University in July 2023. Help make this the la ..read more

    It’s Week 3 of the Island Batik Paper Pieced Celebrations blog hop and my turn to present the quilt that I made for it ! The challenge for all Island Batik Ambassadors in this blog hop was to create: a lap size or larger quilt a project using a paper piecing technique a quilt celebrating your favourite holiday or celebration a project using a specific fabric collection. In my case, the fabric collection was The Grove, A Signature Collection for Raija Salomaa of Quilters’ Treasure Chest.     Here are all the fabrics in this gorgeous collection!     ..read more

    This week Island Batik Ambassadors continue to participate in the Paper Pieced Celebrations blog hop. Our mission - and of course we are going to accept it! - is to create a quilt representing our favourite holiday or celebration using new Island Batik fabric collections and using paper piecing. It might be english paper piecing, foundation paper piecing or regular paper piecing so I’m excited to see what the other Ambassadors will be creating with their fabrics. Each Ambassador is working with a new Island Batik fabric collection that is now available in your local quilt shop t ..read more

    It’s another blog hop from Island Batik! This month Island Batik Ambassadors are participating in the Paper Pieced Celebrations blog hop. Our misson - and of course we are going to accept it! - is to create a quilt representing our favourite holiday or celebration using new Island Batik fabric collections and using paper piecing. It might be english paper piecing, foundation paper piecing or regular paper piecing so I’m excited to see what the other Ambassadors will be creating with their fabrics. Each Ambassador is working with an Island Batik fabric collection that is new and ..read more