I sort of “killed two birds with one stone” this month. I needed a post for Accuquilt AND Island Batik’s theme for September was a Table topper, so…. I made this! It’s on accuquilt’s blog here it was based on this EQ sketch and I dug thru my scraps of Batiks in fall colors and …
If you get McCall’s quick quilts, you might already have seen my quilt!? It’s in the Oct/Nov issue A super simple and yet fun tumbler quilt made with SPLASH batiks from Island Batik I used the accquilt 3 1/2” tumbler die to cut out all the shapes, which was a snap! Then I arranged them …
Welcome to the Seaside Summer hop with Island Batik A while ago I this beautiful bundle of fabrics Sea Canyon collection Lovely browns/purples and browns then greens and blues! This was a quilt pattern I made for a quilt for Generation Q (green diamonds) a few years ago and I wanted to turn it into …
I finished the border on my triangle in a square quilt! It’s actually one of those fabrics that I thought looked good when I bought it online, then didn’t LOVE it when I got it… It’s a grape vine on a beige sort of background. It actually fits this quilt really well – color wise! …
I have another guest blog post with accuquilt here I used the new serendipity die set and used the flower die and made this cute pillow using scraps of Batiks from Island Batik It goes together sort of like a dresden plate quilt block, but still a little different. Here’s the pillow! Still continue with …
The batik spinner quilt is done! I used a jelly roll from Island Batik and added a small border using yardage I had on hand already from them! I quilted pointy swirls all over it in a light coral thread color. I also machine stitched down the binding and tried a decorative stitch in orange. …
Last week I got this box of goodies from Island Batik! In our Ambassador group on facebook I had seen pictures pop up, first it was just one, then the next day it was quite a few – fellow ambassadors showing pictures of their box of goodies! so at dinner time I figured that I …
This month’s theme is Christmas in July! I started off with these yummy strips Add a styrofoam ball and pins, I started making an ornament following the pattern here by ornament girl Here’s the finished result! I also added the canvas “ribbon” as my hanging ribbon Then I got another idea inspired by pics on …
I finished a project with Island Batik as my take on a modern theme. I used scraps of Sea salt batiks from Island Batik, then the 8” Accuquilt QUBE. I used the diamond shape and the large triangle (used some other blue batik scraps) I cut out 16 each of green and yellow diamonds and …
Can’t believe it’s the end of May already! The kids have a bit over a week left of school and are still doing EOG testing. My son is going to be a high school student next year!! YIKES. Our local high school is actually a great school even though we’re in the country. BUT, our …