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This months challenge was to use a specific coordinated group of threads from Aurifil. I love orange! I took the challenge pretty literally. I went to the Google and pulled up a few images of Sumatra tigers in the wild. With these images, I got a sense of what I could do! I have loads of Greens, and I can machine embroider the tigers! I cut a bunch of leaf shapes out of various greens. I fused them to a background green. I did not stitch the leaves down I chose a green threa

As an Island Batik Ambassador, we get a couple of shipments each year of fabrics, battings, threads and more to create our beautiful projects. Here is my current set of goodies! Watch as I unpack the goodies! Here are some still shots of the fabrics and more: I am pretty excited at some of the challenges coming up. Don't forget to follow all my other fellow ambassadors! Disclosure: The products featured here were provided to me free of charge by Island Batik, Accuquilt, Aur

This months Island Batik quilt is all about spreading some love. Part of the challenge is sponsored by Accuquilt and I had to use a BOB (block on board) die. I have the Maple leaf die and I was also to use the 8" cube die parts to accent the Maple leaf. I drew up a plan in Electric Quilt. I then chose fabrics. I love working with the solid-ish fabrics. I grabbed my Accuquilt Go! to cut the pieces. Accuquilt makes it really fast to cut accurately! With the high contrast fa

I decided to have a little fun with this challenge. I chose to be a bit untraditional and make these with really bright basic fabrics from Island Batik. I started with these solids and added these basic textures. I put all of them in the wash together. One thing I love about Island Batik is the fabulous color fastness of the fabrics. No running of colors at all! To make the "plate" and "cup" circles, I traced perfect circles on some fusible web. I rough cut them out and fus

I have been lucky enough to be chosen to be an Island Batik Ambassador for 2021. This is THE BEST DAY EVER. The day the Island Batik Ambassadors get their boxes of fabric for the next 6 months of projects. Island Batiks are Awesome. And here is the rundown of what I GET to work with: Accuquilt Maple Leaf Die. A set of 2 1/2" strips and a couple of coordinating fabrics in Melody. Some 10" squares and coordinates of Farm Fresh. Stash Builder rolls. I love these. They are

Island Batik challenge is finished! This month is a Medallion. Generally a medallion quilt is a central block or motif surrounded by several or many borders. I loved the fabrics I used last month for the Inspired by nature challenge, so I continued using them for this months challenge. Here is a modern look at a medallion style quilt. This one is 56" by 59" and will be used as a wall-hanging. The fabric line is from Tamarinis and is called Just my Type. It is available in