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Megan Best
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December Island Batik Project: Its all up to you!
The Island Batik ambassadors got to choose their project for this month. I chose a Christmas-ish wall-hanging. It reminds me of...

Megan Best
Dec 23, 20242 min read
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Dresden Challenge
November Challenge with Island Batik was to create a quilt using Dresden as our inspiration. I got to use this beautiful group, Island...

Megan Best
Nov 7, 20242 min read
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ByAnnie Bag Challenge with Island Batik
I mad the Courtside Bag with this challenge. I always look forward to making a ByAnnie bag. This was a fairly challenging bag and I am...

Megan Best
Oct 21, 20243 min read
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Adventurous Applique with Aurifil Thread AND a Giveaway!
This month is an applique month where the Island Batik Ambassadors had to do some creative stitching around applique with our sponsor,...

Megan Best
Sep 10, 20243 min read
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Miniature Quilt for August
The challenge for the Island Batik Ambassadors this month was to make a miniature quilt. I grabbed a bunch of scraps from my recent...

Megan Best
Aug 26, 20243 min read
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Create for a cause
As an Island Batik Ambassador, we make a LOT of quilts. This month we are creating donation quilts. The charity we at Island Batik and...

Megan Best
Jun 22, 20243 min read
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Paper piecing and a Mothers Day Brunch And a Giveaway!
This month Island Batik challenged the Ambassadors to create a paper pieced quilt. Scroll all the way to the bottom for the giveaway from...

Megan Best
May 13, 20242 min read
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Pillows: Its all up to you with Island Batik
I loved the quilt I made last month that I decided to add some quilted pillow covers for my living room. March is a free month for Island...

Megan Best
Mar 30, 20242 min read
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Mardi Gras And PATTERN RELEASE
My Island Batik quilt for February 2024: This is a 55" square quilt with a traditional log cabin block. Scroll to the bottom of the page...

Megan Best
Feb 6, 20243 min read
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A Place for Everything
This is one of my FAVORITE challenges. I love ByAnnie patterns. We were challenged to make a bag. I made 2. A place for Everything and...

Megan Best
Sep 29, 20213 min read
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Try a tool with Studio 180 and a GIVEAWAY
The challenge with Island Batik for August was to use a new tool(to me) from Studio 180 and use a specific line of fabrics. Scroll down...

Megan Best
Aug 24, 20212 min read
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IT is never too early...
Or is it too late? as I may have some Christmas decorations that I never actually put away from Christmas 2020! See that Nativity set in...

Megan Best
Jul 31, 20212 min read
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OHHHH what is new?
As an Island Batik Ambassador, we get a couple of shipments each year of fabrics, battings, threads and more to create our beautiful...

Megan Best
Jul 20, 20212 min read
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Spread Love and Joy with Island Batik
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...

Megan Best
Jun 30, 20213 min read
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Quilt Modern Blog Hop and Giveaway
This months Island Batik Challenge was to use a specific group of fabrics and create a Modern Quilt. Read to the bottom for the...

Megan Best
May 11, 20214 min read
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Its All up to YOU!
This months Island Batik challenge gave the ambassadors free reign to create whatever we wanted. Meet Margarita! Sometimes a free...

Megan Best
Apr 29, 20213 min read
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Scrapbuster Challenge
Oh, how I love a Scrappy quilt! This month, Island Batik challenged us to use make a scrappy quilt. I love a challenge as it really...

Megan Best
Mar 29, 20213 min read
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Inspired by Nature! And a Raffle!
Scroll to the bottom to sign up for a chance to win some great fabrics. This month for Island Batik, we were instructed to use a...

Megan Best
Nov 12, 20203 min read
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Blog Hop with ByAnnie! And a Giveaway!
This month we were challenged with something special. A BAG and a Raffle, info is at the bottom of this post. I made the Got Your Back...

Megan Best
Sep 24, 20203 min read
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Try a tool with Studio 180 : Here is my quilt Bohemia.
This month my Island batik Ambassador challenge included a fab tool from Deb Tucker: The Tucker Trimmer. It is not a tool I had used...

Megan Best
Aug 29, 20203 min read
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