Island Batik Magnificent Minis

The first project for the 2019 Island Batik Ambassador were challenged with was to make a Magnificent Mini that measured 24" x 24 or smaller.

For my project, I wanted to make a modern looking mini out of my Studio 180 Design tools and some of the fabrics from my Island Batik Ambassador leftover blender and basic fabrics from previous years. I also used four 5" x wof strips from my Stash builders bundles that I received in my Island Batik Ambassador Box.

My mini blocks were 3 1/2" unfinished,  I needed to make  1" finished units from my Studio 180 Design following V Block® trimmer and the Tucker Trimmer® 1 tool.  Many of you are probably asking can I get blocks that small with my Studio 180 Design tools.  Well, of course you can make units that small with the Studio 180 Design tools.  That why I love these tools they are so versatile with so many sizes in one tool.

To make the blocks used in my mini, I started off making a total of 36-1 1/2" unfinished V Block units out of two different stash builder strips.

Next, I made 36-1 1/2" unfinished combination units using my Tucker Trimmer® 1. 

Once all my units were made, I cut 9-1 1/2" squares for the center of my blocks. 

Time to lay out the blocks and sew them together. Each block measure 3 1/2" unfinished.  A helpful tip if you make a miniature quilt is to press all the seams open so you will not have a lot of bulk in your seams.

All I have to do now was to add a border and quilt it.

Speaking about quilting,  I was just about finished quilting my last project on the longarm, I had enough backing and batting fabric to quilt my mini.  So I added it to the end of the project and did a quick stipple and it was complete.

My modern mini measures 12" x 12" and is really cute. 

Make sure you check out the other Island Batik Ambassador Magnificent Mini Projects this month. Already planning out my March project with Vintage Reimagined.

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

See you next month with Vintage Reimagined, should be some exciting projects.

Tina

"Designs to Inspire"

Twilight Chic Week

Welcome to the final day of the Studio 180 Design Twilight Chic Week. There have been so many great projects from the Studio 180 Design Certified Instructors that featured Deb Tucker's Signature Collection "Twilight Chic" by Kathy Engle for Island Batik this week.  Today, we are finishing off the week with two more projects from my fellow Studio 180 Certified Instructor Karen Overton, The Quilt Rambler and myself.

Today, I would like to show off my newest pattern "Getaway." These lovely butterflies are taking a flight to “Getaway” from the busy world around us.  This quilt that measures 45” x 45” when complete features the Studio 180 Design Square Squared® 6”, Split Rects®, and Rapid Fire® Lemoyne Star tools.  

I originally designed this project especially for Island Batik Ambassador "Getaway" blog hop to that showcase the Twilight Chic fabric collection. You can read about the original quilt, HERE.   So, when I was asked to be part of this Studio 180 Design Twilight Chic Blog Hop, I thought it was a good time to write the "Getaway" pattern because I had so many requests for it. 

Additionally, I wanted to test it out with another color version using the rest of the Twilight Chic Collection I had leftover.

My original Getaway quilt used colors from half of the collection which are more the purples, blues, and tans in the quilt. The colors in this half of the Twilight Chic fabric collection are so vibrant and bold. 

The second quilt I made uses the other half of the collection, which features more of the golds, and greens of the Twilight Chic collection.

This version makes the purples and greens really pop out.   

I love making this pattern, it is so much fun and easy to put together.  The only hard part about making this quilt is choosing the fabrics and making sure the block orientation is going in the right direction.

I really can’t decide which quilt version I love the best. The fabric collection is perfect for both versions.  Which one is your favorite? 

If you are interested in purchasing "Getaway", it is currently set for release next Friday, February 15th.  Please sign up for my newsletter to receive notification of the pattern release and upcoming events going on with Quilting Affection Designs.

Make sure you sign up for the Giveaway, for a Twilight Chic Fat Quarter Bundle.  Just Click on the image below to enter.

Blog Hop Giveaway

Also, If you have missed any of the fabulous projects displayed this week you can catch up now:

Monday, February 4

• Gaggle of Geese Tuffet with Sharyn of The Tuffet Source, here on the Studio 180 Design Blog

Tuesday, February 5

• Jackie O'Brien, If These Threads Could Talk
• Gail Renna, Quilt Haven Threads

Wednesday, February 6

• Deb Tucker - Twilight Chic Projects

Thursday, February 7

• Jill Seitcheck, Binding Bound
• Bonny Peters, Cat Den Mountain Quilts

Friday, February 8

• Michelle Hiatt, Sew On The Go
• Debby Brown, Debby Brown Quilts

Saturday, February 9

• Karen Overton, the Quilt Rambler
• Tina Dillard, Quilting Affection Designs

Thank you for joining me for this exciting blog hop day. 

Tina

"Designing to Inspire

2019 Island Batik Ambassador

Over the last 3 years, I have had the pleasure of being an Island Batik Ambassador.  As an Island Batik Ambassador, I have the joy of creating some wonderful themed quilted creations using the beautiful Island Batik Fabrics.  I have also been blessed in having my quilt patterns designs in their Catalog.

So with that said, I'm so delighted to announce that I will be returning for my fourth year as Island Batik Ambassador.  I will not be the only one returning, many of your favorite Island Batik Ambassadors from 2018 will be returning as well, and we have about 14 new members joining us this year.  I want to Welcome all the new members to our group.

Meet the New 2019 Ambassadors! You may want to sign up to receive their blogs, so you don't miss out on any of the wonderful projects.

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

As an Island Batik Ambassador, we receive two large boxes of fabric and wonderful supplies twice a year.  With these fabrics were are required to make monthly projects based on various themes throughout the year.  We also have two blog hops this year that we will be participating in as well.

I would love to show you some of the beautiful Items we received in our first box.

In the box, we receive various 2018 Island Batik fabric Collections, plus fabrics from their batik foundation collections which includes solid basics, blenders, and neutrals.  We also received two bundles of stash builders.

You will also notice we received five different Aurifil weighted thread to play with and use in our projects.

At the bottom of the box, under all the fabric was a generous supply of Hobbs batting to be used in finishing our projects.

I also found an Island Batik Rayon Scarf, buttons, and rayon fabric. 

The biggest surprise to the all of us was the big box from Accuquilt.  We all received a brand new Accuquilt Go package. WOW, WOW, WOW!

Basically, that is everything we receive in our first Island Batik boxes, our second shipment will be sometime in July.  

I want to give a big Thank You shout-out to Island Batik, Aurifil, Hobbs batting, and Accuquilt for all the beautiful goodies we have received so far.  Hopefully, you will enjoy the projects we design and I hope you will go out and try some of these products yourselves.  

Oh, be sure to watch my box opening for you all to view below:

Also if you love Quilt Alongs and Studio 180 Design Tools be sure to check my "Graceful Point" Quilt Along Started on February 1st. You can read more about this Quilt Along, right HERE and get the First Block!

I'm also participating in the Studio 180 Design and Island Batik "Twilight Chic" week which starts today through Saturday, February 9th, you can get more information HERE.

Tina
"Designs to Inspire"

Graceful Points QAL Kick Off Day!

Yeah!  It's time to get started on the Graceful Points Quilt Along (QAL).  Thank you to everyone who plans on participating, and I do also want to thank Deb Tucker Studio 180 Design for giving me permission to use the BlockBuster Blocks in this Quilt Along.  I am hoping you will have great fun for you all. 

Before we start all the fun, I want housekeeping chores before we start.  Starting with going quick over the QAL.  

Please remember to read your Newsletter and Blogs, this is important in providing you update and notifications, plus valuable information on the blocks.

Let’s go over this QAL before we start:

1. You will need to subscribe to my Newsletter and Blog to receive notifications on when the next block is ready.  Both of My Newsletter and Blog Posts will provide you with valuable information, such as updates and announcements when the blocks are available. 
2. Each of the Blog posts will provide you with two essential items to help you make your blocks successfully.  First off, they will provide you a Download Link to the Block Instructions and BlockBuster Pages which are both needed complete the block.  Secondly, the blog also provides you with a photo tutorial on how to make each of the units used in the blocks.
3. A new block will be posted every two weeks.  I will provide the dates and tools that will be used in the next block so you can have them ready.  If you forget to download a block don’t worry, I will be leaving the blocks up on my website so you will have unlimited access to them.
4. If you need the details on the Fabric Requirement, Studio List or Color pages for the quilt, you can find that in the original announcement: Graceful Points Quilting Along Coming February 2019.
5. Remember, we will be working with two different sizes of the quilt, so you will have your choice in quilt sizes.  Wall Hanging that will measure 62” x 62” will use three different block sizes 6”, 9” and 12” blocks and a King Size that will use the 12” and 18” block Sizes.  We will have a total of 17 blocks to complete, we will be finishing up around the End of August.  Some weeks I will be adding bonus blocks or units in this will aid in the finishing process.  The finishing Instructions will provide at the end of the QAL.
6. You can join the Graceful Points QAL Facebook Group. This group is not required but is fun and you can post questions to the group if you are having problems. (Please Note: You must answer the question provided to get approval).

You will only need to make one of each of the Blockbuster Blocks, so these are easily manageable in 2-3 hours to complete.

The Fabrics I will be using in the Wallhanging are from the Island Batik “Birds and Bees” Fabric Collection, and the King is from the Island Batik “Londons Calling” Fabric Collection.