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Sunday, July 21, 2024

Island Batik Ambassador July Unboxing

It's like Christmas in July for all the Island Batik Ambassadors because they receive their second shipment of supplies and goodies for the second part of the year's challenges.

I live in Georgia and it's hot and humid here! Rather than be outside in the heat, I'm indoors sewing and I have already started on my August Miniature Quilt Challenge and will be moving onto the September Challenge very soon! I'm loving the fabrics that Island Batik shipped to me and am happy to share them with you.

I have to be honest, I'm not video savvy ... Yet! I recorded two videos, one for the box of fabrics and the other for the box of battings. Here are the links to my unboxing videos...

Box 1-Fabrics & Box 2-Battings

Here are photos of each of my supplies shipped by Island Batik and provided by our wonderful sponsors.

One Half-Yard Bundle of Spring 2024 Collection - TRANQUIL MOMENTS for the September Challenge and Blog Hop. This bundle includes 20 half yard cuts plus 2 coordinating 2 yard cuts of fabric which will be available in shops later in the year. Plus matching thread from Aurifil for our Adventurous Applique Challenge in September!

Spring 2024 Precut - Poetic Bouquet with Matching 2 yards each of light and dark yardage.

Gradations Precuts - Brilliant Blue 2.5" Strips

Gradations Precuts - Playful Purple 10" Squares

Stash Builders are a set of 5" wide strips, 20 per pack.

A By Annie Kit to make our October Challenge project.

One Half-Yard Bundle of Summer 2024 Collection for our November Challenge and Blog Hop. This will remain a surprise until November!

Island Batik provides us with a generous supply of a Neutral, a Black, White and Dark Grey, so we have plenty of background fabrics or backings too!

We received a full box of assorted battings from Hobbs.

As an Island Batik Ambassador I am thrilled to be working on these monthly challenges along with designing my quilts in the EQ8 software. Every month is an adventure of playing with different quilt ideas and fabrics. I do hope you sign up to follow my blog so you get notified when I post my completed monthly challenges and please also follow me on Facebook and Instagram for weekly posts and sharing of other Ambassador's projects.

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you can get 20% off any order of $50 or more and I may receive a small commission.

Thanks Missouri Star Quilt Company!

Sunday, June 23, 2024

Create for a Cause - Island Batik June Challenge

The month of June Island Batik Ambassador challenge was to make a Quilts Across America donation quilt.

Studio 180 provided me with the Four Patch Square Up trim down ruler so I made LOTS and LOTS of four patches!

I gave a lot of thought to the fabrics I could use from my January shipment that children and teens would like. I had a good amount of the Heavy Metal line of fabric left over from my February challenge and knew purples would be something kids and teens would love. So I started making four patch blocks from all the leftover fabric and used the remaining large chunks on the back. I used the Studio 180 Four Patch trim tool on all the four patches to make sure they were all the perfect size. I do hope this quilt makes the child receiving it very happy. It was made with lots of love and good wishes for the recipient.