Triangle Medallion - Island Batik Ambassador December Challenge

  The December Challenge for the Island Batik Ambassadors is

"Medallion Quilt"

and

today I am excited to share my quilt

Triangle Medallion.

We are to make a medallion quilt which is all about a center block and borders

using

Island Batik fabrics.

I went in a different direction and may have stretched the challenge a bit.

I took my inspiration from an article in the Fall of 1995 magazine, Quilt, called Corn and Beans.

At first glance, the quilt in the article looked like a medallion quilt made of half-square triangles set on point.  After reading I learned the quilt was all triangles stitched in rows - perfect!

I cut the triangles for the rows with the Accuquilt GO! Half Square Triangle-4" Finished square (55710)  from the Accuquilt Go! Qube Mix and Match 8" Block.

This is my favorite way to cut triangles - the accuracy is amazing.

The fabrics are from a lot of past Island Batik quilts. I wanted to make the quilt look scrappy.

The center focus block features one of the fabrics from the new summer 2020 Island Batik collection, Bliss by Barbara Persing. (Design: Dot RIngs - Color: Ravine)

Each piece was stitched with Aurifil 50 wt 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.

I had so much fun watching this quilt come to life with each row.

I did the quilting edge to edge with my

 Handi Quilter Avante long arm pro-stitcher

using Glide Trilobal Polyester 40 wt white thread.  

Hobbs Heirloom Premium Cotton batting is in the middle.

Triangle Medallion is about 50" x 50"

It's not a traditional medallion quilt, but it has a center and borders.

It's bright and it's so fun to see all the Island Batik fabrics come together to create this scrappy look quilt.

This is my last post as an Island Batik Ambassador.

It's been a super 2 years and I want to thank 

Island Batik and the industry partners

 for the great products and super fun challenges.

The experience has been priceless!

It's time for me to take on some new challenges.

I will miss my Island Batik Ambassador family

but I'll still be designing quilts with Island Batik fabrics

and

I am really looking forward to plans to come.

Christmas in July - Sparkling Gold Table Mat

This month the Island Batik Ambassador Challenge

is a little different but such fun.

Island Batik and Accuquilt

teamed with the

Island Batik Ambassadors

to

bring

Christmas in July

to a lot of special someones.

Each Ambassador received a

GO! Me Fabric Cutter Starter Set

to create a small project with Island Batik fabrics

and
then gift both the project made and the

Go! Me Fabric Cutter Starter Set.

Today, I'm thrilled to share my
Sparkling Gold Table Mat story.

My daughter, Trista, has always enjoyed sewing and has shared her time with me on
several occasions to have mother/daughter sewing days.
Right away, I knew she just had to be my "special someone" to receive the
Go! Me Fabric Cutter Starter Set.

She has dabbled with quilting a little, but her time is limited to devote to it.
The Go! Me Fabric Cutter Starter Set is perfect for a new quilter.
She can cut with accuracy and speed.
It's ultraportable, so she can bring it for our sewing days.
(that's a win for me too!)

With Trista's Christmas decor in mind,

I chose to use 2 gold fabrics from

the Island Batik Winter 2019 Collection

Season's Splendor by Kathy Engle

and

an Island Batik Foundation Neutral in Egg White.

The Go! Me Fabric Cutter Starter Set

includes two Go!Dies and I chose the

GO! Half Square Triangle-3" Finished Square (55703)

and had the cutting done in minutes.

Each square was stitched with Aurifil 50 wt #2134 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.

It was so fast to stitch all the half square triangles together in a chain

which made the pressing super fast and easy too.

Seriously, I've never made accurate half-square triangles so fast.

All that was left was putting my design together.

I did the quilting with my Handi Quilter Avante long arm pro-stitcher

using Glide Trilobal Polyester 40 wt white thread. 

 Hobbs Heirloom Premium Wool batting is in the middle and

the binding is another fabric from the Island Batik Season's Splendor Collection.

Giving is such fun and what a treat to see the other

2020 Island Batik Ambassadors Christmas in July posts. You can find the links HERE.

Surprising Trista made for a fun day and we enjoyed taking photos.
Here is my favorite!

Maybe soon it will be sewing days for 3.

Leave a little sparkle where ever you go...

It's an Island Batik Christmas in July - 2020 Ambassador Second Round Boxes Revealed

As an Island Batik Ambassador for 2020,  I receive products to use for the ambassador challenges.
Check out this stack of boxes!

So cool and it's like Christmas - the anticipation to see what is inside...

Instead of just tearing into the boxes,

one of the tasks as an ambassador is to make an unboxing video.

Not my comfort zone, to say the least, but here it is:

I went for the shortest unboxing video, but this is the longest one I've done yet.  (insert smiling face here!!!) It's all in fun, right?

I’ll be sharing projects, quilts, or tutorials each month using the items

from the video.

I want to thank Island Batik,  Aurifil, Hobbs Batting, Accuquilt, byAnnie, and Studio 180 Design  for sending me all of these goodies.

You can find the complete list of  2020 Island Batik Ambassadors HERE.
The Island Batik Ambassador challenge for July is a little different than usual  you won't want to miss it.

I'll be posting all about that challenge soon.

The last week of July I'll be sharing in the

Christmas in July (then and now)

Blog Hop 

hosted by my friend Carol at Just Let Me Quilt.

Coming Soon

A  new blog hop to sign up

to play in September, so come back and check it out.

Whew, there is a lot of Christmas in this post.

Can you ever have enough?

Not me...

One Die Wonder - Swept Away

The March Challenge for the
Island Batik Ambassadors is

One Die Wonder with Accuquilt

and

today I'm excited to share

Swept Away.

As Island Batik Ambassadors,

we were to create a quilt

using the Accuquilt GO! Block on Board® (BOB®) Dies

that were included in the ambassador boxes.

My Block on Board® was the GO! Chimney Sweep - 10" finished die.

The fabrics are

the Island Batik Cascadia collection strip set that was designed by Claudia Pfeil of Claudia Pfeil Designs and white fabric from the Island Batik solid collection.

The Accuquilt GO! cutting system makes quick work of cutting and I had my blocks cut out in no time.

I paired the Chimney Sweep blocks with snow ball blocks. I was able to cut the corners I used for the blocks with the same triangle that was used in the Chimney Sweep blocks.

They made me hungry for Doritos...

The blocks took an afternoon to make and then the quilt was set to put together.

The piecing was so fast.

Each block was stitched with Aurifil 50 wt #2021 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.

I used an Island Batik Foundation fabric in yellow for the outside border.

I did the quilting with my Handi Quilter Avante long arm pro-stitcher

using Glide Trilobal Polyester 40 wt white thread (pattern: Broken Glass).  Hobbs Heirloom Premium Cotton batting is in the middle.

I pieced the binding with leftover strips from the Island Batik Cascadia collection.

Check out the  2020 Island Batik Ambassadors HERE.
For the times, I included a picture of  Swept Away with our sidewalk drawings. What a month, right? It's the first time I've posted on the last day of the month for my ambassador challenges.

Stay home and stay safe!