Island Batik Ambassador Great Outdoors Blog Hop and Giveaway!

Hello and welcome to my day for the Island Batik Ambassador Great Outdoors Blog Hop!

Jennifer Strause, the Dizzy Quilter and I will be showing off the gorgeous colors and furry designs in the Island Batik "Fur-ocious Friends," fabric collections which can be found in your favorite quilt store near you.

The theme of this Ambassador Blog hop is "The Great Outdoors."  When I looked at the theme and the colors of the "Fur-ocious Friends" collection, the first thing that popped in my mind was a bright and cheery garden.  As a kid, I remember playing with Pinwheels that were placed in gardens to keep the birds and animals away, that is my inspiration for this quilt. Of course, as a newly Studio 180 Design Certified Instructor, I needed to design a fun pattern using my some of my favorite tools.

From these inspirations, I designed "Pinwheel Garden."

Pinwheel Garden, brings those bright cheery days watching the slight spring breeze just spin the pinwheels around and around.  The final quilt measures 60" x 60".

I used several different fabrics to highlight the "Fur-ocious Friends" Collection and these beautiful Auriful threads to make this project.

The combination of Split Rects® and Shaded Four Patch units using the Tucker Trimmer® I tools were used in the making of the two different blocks.

For the batting of for this quilt, I want to try out the Tuscany Collection Cotton Wool Bend that was provided to use by Hobbs company in our Island Batik Ambassador Box.  I think the batting provided an antique look to the quilt.

This was a fun and easy quilt design to make, the pattern will be coming soon. So be sure to follow my newsletter and blog here, to find out the release date.

Giveaway!!!

Thank you for stopping by my blog today, but before you go; be sure to check out the giveaway on the Island Batik blog page, they are giving away Precuts.  

But wait, I have one more giveaway for you.  I'm giving away 3 Fat Quarter from the Fur-ocious Collection for US residents Only. If an International resident is selected they will receive the free PDF Pattern.

All you have to do to enter the Giveaway is to leave a comment on my blog post and follow me on my Instagram page.  I will announce the winner on Wednesday, September 5th.  Be sure you read the rules and guidelines below.

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Quilting Affection Designs Guidelines and Rules for this give away.

No purchase necessary. Fabric Giveaway is only Open to residents of the USA only. International Residents will receive a Free PDF Pattern, due to the shipping rates overseas.

While we hope you will leave a comment on the post of the day because we love comments, we want no reply bloggers to have a chance at winning also. Rafflecopter will collect your name, country, and email. 

The Winners picked at random via Rafflecopter at the end of the day on September 4th. Winner will be drawing be on September 5th, the winner will receive notification via email. 

Winner will have approximately five days to claim their gift, if five days pass, the gift will be offered to another eligible entrant. Winner must provide name, address, city, state. 

Only US Address, please

Winner will be announced on this blog and in the Rafflecopter window here on this page. Winner agrees to allow their name, city, state to be publicized.

Odds of Winning a prize are based on a total number of Rafflecopter entries.

You are responsible for claiming and paying any tax owed on the value of any gift that you win where applicable. Some restrictions on gifts will apply based on shipping policies. This sweepstake is void where prohibited by law.

More Quilts and Giveaways!!

Be sure to follow the blog hop as we go along this month.  Since this is the last official event for the 2018 Island Batik Ambassadors and some of the ambassadors will be leaving after this event, be sure to continue following these ladies on their blogs, they are so talented and great designers.

Monday, August 6 - All A Flutter - Yellow Cat Quilt Designs, Creative Blonde

Tuesday, August 7 - Birds N’ Bees - Ark Angel Creations, Patterns By Jen

Wednesday, August 8 - Canterbury Manor - Sally Manke, Powered By Quilting

Thursday, August 9 - Eclectic Garden - Desert Bloom Quilting, Sew Karen-ly Created

Friday, August 10 - Vintage Morris - MooseStash Quilting, Devoted Quilter

Monday, August 13 - Safari - Sew Incredibly Crazy, SweetGrass Designs

Tuesday, August 14 - Spring Blossoms - Mary Mack Made Mine, If These Threads Could Talk

Wednesday, August 15 - Victoria and Albert - Bejeweled Quilts, Clever Chameleon

Thursday, August 16 - Wild Things - Freemotion By The River, Kauffman Designs

Friday, August 17 - Petting Zoo - Den Syende Himmel, Sarah Goer Quilts

Monday, August 20 - Ocean Odyssey - Gateway Quilts, The Quilt Rambler

Tuesday, August 21 - British Rose - Busy Hands Quilts, Mania for Quilts

Wednesday, August 22 - Dear William - The Inquiring Quilter, mmm! Quilts, Living Water Quilter

Thursday, August 23 - Dragonfly Dreams - Inchworm Fabrics, BeaQuilter

Friday, August 24 - Fur-ocious Friends - Quilting Affection Designs, Dizzy Quilter

Monday, August 27 - Globetrotter - Pamela Quilts, Curliecue Creations

Tuesday, August 28 - Jungle Cruise - Vicki's Crafts and Quilting, Little Bunny Quilts

Wednesday, August 29 - Lavendula - Carole Lyles Shaw, Masterpiece Quilting

Thursday, August 30 - London Calling - Quilt in a Not-Shell, Lizard Creek Quilting

Friday, August 31 - Spirit Rhythm - Steph Jacobson, Whispers of Yore

Monday, September 3 - Sweet Tweets - Kathleen McMusing, Adventurous Applique and Quilting

Tuesday, September 4 - Whatnot - heARTS Creations, Slice of Pi Quilts

Studio 180 Design Corner Pop Tool!

This week’s Quilt Talk Tuesday continued getting you ready for the Rainbow Serenade QAL which starts September 11th. The focus was to give you a better understanding of the Studio 180 Design Corner Pop® Tool and to provide a sneak peek to one of the units, you will be making in the QAL. 

The Studio 180 Design Corner Pop® tool is an excellent tool for adding fabric corners to basic shapes and blocks successfully every time.  The tool was designed to give you perfect filled four corners with less waste.  You can apply this tool to any unit or block that you want to add color to, by just referring to the tool’s instruction cutting chart.  

Initially, you would use the folding corners method, where you would layer small squares on a big square, then you would have to mark each of the small squares and stitch them to the larger square. Then when finished, hope it lines up correctly so it doesn't come out crooked or the wrong size.  This was both wasteful of time and fabric.  

With the Corner Pop® tool, you will only have to trim rather than a mark by add an oversized replacement triangle and then square everything to a perfect size.  The tool has twenty-two different sizes options, which include whole, half and quarter inch increments.  

Find out more about the Corner Pop® Tool by watching this video from this weeks Quilt Talk Tuesday.





Rainbow Serenade QAL

The Quilt Along will Start September 11th and will run for about 4 months. I will be demonstrating each step of the process by making the units and blocks every Second and Fourth Tuesday at 2:30 pm EST, on my Facebook page. You can find the link to my Facebook page HERE. 

Not on Facebook, no problem, all the Facebook Lives are recorded, and I put them on my YouTube Channel so you can subscribe HERE so you don't miss an episode. Plus you can follow along with my blog post on Thursdays.

Also, over the next couple weeks on QTT, I will be preparing you for the QAL, with discussions on how to use the tools and other Tips. So you don’t want to miss a thing.

I hope you will join me on this Quilt Along. If you have any question about this Pattern or Quilt Along, please post in the comments section below.

See you next week,

Tina

Getting To Know the Studio 180 Design Tucker Trimmer!

This week on Quilt Talk Tuesday, I had a discussion on "Getting to Know the Studio 180 Design Tucker Trimmer® 1 tool.  The discussion was to prepare you for the upcoming Rainbow Serenade QAL.

The Studio 180 Design Tucker Trimmer® 1 is a versatile tool, you can make up to 11 different size block from 1" to 6".  You can make the following units from this tool: Half Square Triangles, Combination, and Quarter Squares.  You can also make Shaded 4 Patches and Shaded 8 Patches using this tool. Note, the technique sheet is sold separately.   The Studio 180 Design Tucker Trimmer® 1 is great for squaring up your 6" and smaller blocks.

The tool has fine lines to help you get that accurate cut, no more figuring, guessing, or struggling to find a center point.

All Studio 180 design tools come with easy to read instructions for making your units.  These instructions include Right and Left handed cutting instructions, instructions for making the units, Charts for easy conversion of other pattern instructions.

Be sure to watch the video below to get more information on the Studio 180 Design Tucker Trimmer® 1, such as understand the tool markings and how to use the tool.

Quilt Along Details

The Quilt Along will Start September 11th and will run for about 4 months. I will be demonstrating each step of the process by making the units and blocks every Second and Fourth Tuesday at 2:30pm EST, on my Facebook page. You can find the link to my Facebook page HERE. 

Not on Facebook, no problem, all the Facebook Lives are recorded, and I put them on my YouTube Channel so you can subscribe HERE so you don't miss an episode. Plus you can follow along with my blog post on Thursdays.

Also, over the next couple weeks on QTT, I will be preparing you for the QAL, with discussions on how to use the tools and other Tips. So you don’t want to miss a thing.

I hope you will join me on this Quilt Along. If you have any question about this Pattern or Quilt Along, please post in the comments section below.

See you next week,

Tina

Rainbow Serenade QAL Coming Soon!

Yesterday, I announced during my weekly Facebook Live Series "Quilt Talk Tuesday," that I will be hosting a Quilt Along starting September 11th.

The Quilt Along is based on my newest pattern "Rainbow Serenade."  The Rainbow Serenade Pattern may look complicated but is quite Simple to assemble. The pattern uses a combination of Half Square Triangles and Combinations units, then finishing off with a little Corner Pop to complete the easy units. This pattern was designed to use the Studio 180 Design Tucker Trimmer® 1 and the Corner Pop tools. When complete the quilt measures 60" x 60", which great for any room. 

The pattern and tools can be both purchased on my website.

You will have plenty of time to get your fabric together, the picture above is from the Timeless Treasures “Solid-ish” collection. This quilt is great for using the basic solid fabric collections. Unfortunately, I will not be kitting this pattern.

Quilt Along Details

The Quilt Along will Start September 11th and will run for about 4 months. I will be demonstrating each step of the process by making the units and blocks every Second and Fourth Tuesday at 2:30pm EST, on my Facebook page. You can find the link to my Facebook page HERE. 

Not on Facebook, no problem, all the Facebook Lives are recorded and I put them on my YouTube Channel so you can subscribe HERE so you don't miss an episode. Plus you can follow along with my blog post on Thursdays.

Also, over the next couple weeks on QTT, I will be preparing you for the QAL, with discussions on how to use the tools and other Tips. So you may not want to miss a thing.

I hope you will join me on this Quilt Along. If you have any question about this Pattern or Quilt Along, please post in the comments section below.

See you next week,

Tina