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Friday, May 29, 2020

Winner of Season's Splendor

Blog hops are a great way to show
new quilting methods, patterns, fabrics, projects,
and
products you may not have seen before.

Last week we had so much fun with the
and the week before I participated in the


There were so many awesome comments.
Thank you!
I'm a little late to visit each and every post in both blog hops, but I will soon.
I can't miss the inspiration!

Now it's time to announce the winner of the

Giveaway!!

I am happy to share a sampling of the 
Season's SplendorIsland Batik fabric collection 
with one lucky reader.


I have cut a charm pack from the fabric I have left
and
Cindy S. is the winner!

Our random draw winner follows Creatin' in the Sticks on Facebook.

Congratulations, Cindy.
I am emailing you right now!

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Celebrating Sunshine with Placemats

We are celebrating the sunshine over on the
today.

I have a free tutorial and pattern to share.



These will brighten any table and bring lots of sunshine too.
In fact, I may just hang them on the wall for sunshine every day.


I made these with yellow Island Batik fabrics which are perfect for sunshine.
Little mini quilts of sunshine!



I used a couple of my favorite HeatnBond products,

HEATnBOND® FUSIBLE Medium Weight Interfacing
and
HeatnBond Fusible Fleece

plus Aurifil 50 wt. thread (#1135).

I just love to dress up a table
and
what's better than a little sunshine?




The free pattern and tutorial is available
on the 

I hope your day is filled with sunshine!!




Monday, May 18, 2020

It's Cool to be Square Blog Hop - Bounce in Color

Welcome
to
the first day of the
It's Cool to be Square Blog Hop.

I'm happy to kick things off with
my
Bounce in Color Quilt.


Carol of Just Let Me Quilt invited bloggers to make a project with squares.
That was it, just make something with squares in it.
Thank you, Carol, for inviting me to join this super fun blog hop!


I've been wanting an excuse to make a quilt out of 
block #16 "Bounce"
 in my

The block is all squares and perfect for the hop.



After all, one of my goals is to make all 30 quilt blocks from 
my
into 30 individual quilts. 


I used stash fabrics in a rainbow of colors and white Kona for the background.

Rotate every other block in a 6 x 6 block grid (36 blocks) 
and
 add a 2 1/2" finished border for a 65" x 65" throw.

It's quilted in what quilters call a "Baptist Fan" pattern,
but I think it looks like rainbows...

My dogs always enjoy quilt photo sessions.


It's fun to play with blocks and rearrange them into designs.
I love that all the fabrics used were from my stash.
That's like a free quilt, right?

Be sure to check out all the square projects over at these blogs today:

May 18
Creatin' in the Sticks  You are HERE!!

Here is the rest of the schedule:

May 19

May 20

May 21

May 22

Are you a square quilter?
I'm sure by the end of the blog hop, you will have more ideas than time.
I always end up that way...



There's only a week or so left to enter my giveaway for a charm pack of the
new Island Batik fabric collection 


I'm covering the postage so this giveaway is limited to U.S. only.  (sorry)
Entries are open until May 26th
I'll announce the winner by May 28th.


Thursday, May 14, 2020

The Ultimate Home Decor Blog Hop - Pleated Effect Pillows and Giveaway

Today is the 2nd week of the
Ultimate Home Decor Blog Hop
where all the new fabric collections are being showcased.

What better way to show the gorgeous new Island Batik fabric collections
than with a little home decor?

I'm thrilled to share my project today,
"Pleated Effect Pillows"


featuring the new Island Batik Winter 2019 Collection
by Kathy Engle.


I was so excited to receive the fabrics in my first
2020 Island Batik Ambassador Box
and
imagine my surprise when I opened the surprise package to find these
holiday-inspired fabrics.


Each pillow was stitched with Aurifil 50 wt #2890 and a Schmetz Microtex (Sharp) Chrome 70/10 needle.  If you haven't tried these needles, they are perfect for the tight weave of the Island Batik fabrics.


The pleated effect is so quick and fun to do.


I made a tutorial for you to give it a try.
Click HERE for the full free tutorial.

It's a quilt as you go technique
with 
 in the middle.





will be coming to stores very soon. 
Perfect timing for holiday crafting. 
Be sure to ask your local quilt shop for Season's Splendor!

Giveaway Time!!
I am happy to share a sampling of the 
Season's Splendor
Island Batik fabric collection 
with one lucky reader.
I have cut a charm pack from some of the fabric I have left.



I'm covering the postage so this giveaway is limited to U.S. only.  (sorry)
Entries are open until May 26th
I'll announce the winner by May 28th.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This giveaway ends May, 8 at 11:59 pm PDT. A random winner will be notified on May, 9 and announced on May, 12. If the winner does not respond within the first three days after being notified, a new random winner will be chosen and notified.

Thank you for visiting.

Check out all the new Island Batik fabric collections,
sign up for a giveaway,
 and
see the complete Ultimate Home Decor Blog Hop schedule by clicking HERE.