island batik

Splash quilt in McCall’s with Island Batik

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 …

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Seaside summer blog hop

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 …

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finished the border

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! …

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Batik Serendipity pillow

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 …

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Batik Strip quilt is done

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. …

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Goodies from Island Batik

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 …

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Christmas in July with Island batik

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 …

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Modern Batik Challenge with Island Batik

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 …

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Playful paper piecing

I finished the kitty block and turned it into a pincushion stuffed with crushed walnut shells. I used the Sea salt sandy collection from Island Batik and the kitty FPP pattern from quiltart Here I added some blue pins for the eyes My 11yr old daughter picked out fabrics for a large version so I …

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Bible blocks, mini block and a pincushion

I’ve been working on some different things and in between I’ve been doing more women of the bible blocks! Again I used batiks from Island Batik This one is Rahab (wall of Jericho) This one is Deborah (honey bee) This block is Jael (Anja’s middle name BTW) If you know about Jael in the bible, …

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