Island Batik Ambassador 2019 - BOXES!!

Imagine my surprise when  these HUGE boxes arrived here in the Sticks.

Did I miss an email? Yes, the day before I had received an email to announce that I had made the cut and I am an  Island Batik Ambassador for 2019.

I'm so excited and I have to show what is in these boxes.
These items were provided to me by Island Batik:

Lots of Batik fabrics, rayon fabric,   Aurifil threads, Hobbs batting galore,  a gorgeous rayon scarf, Island Batik pins, a surprise package and  an Accuquilt - Ready, Set, Go! Ultimate fabric cutting system!

WOW! But let's take a closer look.
Look at these Island Batik fabrics!
I received a surprise package of fabric that I can't share yet but it is beautiful and it will be worth the wait.
8 foundation Island Batik 1/2 yard cuts

I received two packages of 5″ strips of assorted batiks, there are 2.8 yards in each package!

Look at all these fabric bundles of yardage.

How about these beautiful blues?   This is an Island Stacks in French Blue with coordinating fabric yardage.

Rayon fabric for maybe a skirt?   and a fringy scarf.

A sweet assortment of my favorite Aurifil threads.

A huge stash of Hobbs Batting.

Oh, and one last thing...

Accuquilt - Ready Set Go! Ultimate Fabric Cutting System.

Oh my goodness.  

I had to try this out right away!

(I didn't even do my hair for the video)

That's a lot of fun!

I want to thank Island Batik for sending me all of these goodies.

I’ll be sharing projects, quilts, or tutorials each month as an

 Island Batik ambassador.

Here is a list of the 

2019 Island Batik Ambassadors:

Carolina Asmussen ~Carolina Asmussen

Gene Black ~ Gene Black

Pamela Boatright ~ PamelaQuilts

Connie K Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River

Anja Clyke ~ Anja Quilts

Tina Dillard ~ Quilting Affection Designs

Becca Fenstermaker ~Pretty Piney

Jennifer Fulton ~ Inquiring Quilter

Barbara Gaddy ~ Bejeweled Quilts by Barb

Dione Gardner-Stephen ~ Clever Chameleon

Sarah Goer ~ Sarah Goer Quilts

Vasudha Govindan ~ Storied Quilts

Lori Haase ~ Dakota City Quilter II

Joanne Hart ~ Unicornharts

Mania (Magdalini) Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for Quilts

Carla Henton ~ Creatin’ in the Sticks

Stephanie Jacobson ~ Steph Jacobson Designs

Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

Joan Kawano ~ Moosestash Quilting

Kim Lapacek ~ Persimon Dreams

Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood

Leanne Parsons ~ Devoted Quilter

Bea Lee ~ BeaQuilter

Toby Lischko ~ Gateway Quilts & Stuff

Bill Locke ~ Studio Bill Locke

Denise Looney ~ For the Love of Geese

Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights

Sally Manke ~ Sally Manke

Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack's Blog

Kathleen McCormick ~ Kathleen McMusing

Carol Moellers ~ Carol Moellers Designs

Karen Neary ~ Sew Karen-ly Created

Lisa Nielsen ~ Lisa Lisa and the Quilt Jam

Jackie O’Brien ~ If These Threads Could Talk

Laura Piland ~ Slice of Pi Quilts

Michelle Roberts ~ Creative Blonde

Vicki Schlimmer ~ Vicki's Crafts and Quilting

Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail

Sherry Shish ~ Powered by Quilting

Anita Skjellanger ~ Quilt in a not-Shell

Laticia "Tish" Stemple ~ Tish's Adventures in Wonderland

Jennifer Strauser ~ Dizzy Quilter

Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations

Terri Vanden Bosch ~ Lizard Creek Quilts

Alison Vermilya ~ Little Bunny Quilts

Sandra Walker ~ mmm! quilts

Suzy Webster ~ Adventurous Applique and Quilting

(Debora) Anne Wiens ~ Seams like a Plan

Geraldine Wilkins ~ Living Water Quilter

Janet Yamamoto ~ Whispers of Yore

This should be a crazy, fun year!

A Time For All Seasons - February Blocks

Yesterday was the first day of the

A Time For All Seasons

Block of the Month.

Our team of designers is so excited about this new 

Block of the Month

 and 

Amy started us off with 

2 super, sweet blocks:

Love at First Spike

and

A Piece of My Hearts

It was so hard to keep these blocks secret.

Aren't they the cutest?

Find Amy's pattern information by clicking HERE.

You can find a list of the fabric requirements and more information about the

Block of the Month

by clicking HERE.


I love printing the applique patterns right on the fusible adhesive with

 HeatnBond EZ Print Lite 

(no tracing!)

I'm stitching around my appliques with

Aurifil 50 wt thread #6730

It's a nice neutral color for all the pieces and the thread is awesome.

Join us for this fun Block of the Month. 

 There are over 3000 friends on the Facebook group and we are having a blast.

Everyone is so encouraging.

Come have some fun with us.

A Time For All Seasons - 2019 Block of the Month

Welcome to the 2019 Block of the Month

A Time For All Seasons!

In this Block of the Month,

 we will have two 10-inch blocks every month for one year.

One block will be pieced and one block will be applique.

The Quilt:

The quilt at the end will be 62" x 74"

with 2" sashings and border.

5 blocks across / 6 blocks down

There will be 6 bonus blocks for a total of 30 blocks.

With 2" sashings

you will need 4 yards of background fabric and 2 1/2 yards of sashing fabric.

I'm using scraps from my stash for the rest of the fabric,

but you could use a fat quarter bundle for the appliques and piecing.

The Blocks:

We start this month and end next January in 2020.

We've been working hard to design a super fun quilt!

Here is the list of designers 

who will be participating in

this year's hop 

and 

my version of the blocks.

February-

Sew Incredibly Crazy

March-

Just Let Me Quilt

April-

Creatin' in the Sticks

April Bonus

May-

Moosestash Quilting

May Bonus

June-

Just Let Me Quilt

June Bonus

(June Bride and Groom - Picture coming soon)

July-

Creatin' in the Sticks

August-

Sew Incredibly Crazy

September-

Moosestash Quilting

October-

Creatin' in the Sticks

November-

Moosestash Quiting

November Bonus 

December-

Just Let Me Quilt

December Bonus

January-

Sew Incredibly Crazy

All of the blocks are free

for the month that they 

are released.

After that, there

is a small fee.

Come

quilt along with us.

There will be a 

monthly prize drawing 

for those

who finish the blocks

from great sponsors!

Make a block and link it up over at Amy's blog to enter.

And 

if you haven't already,

 join the

Facebook group

you can find it HERE.  

It's A Time For All Seasons!