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.

Island Batik Ambassador Getaway Blog Hop!

Welcome to Day 10 of the Island Batik Ambassador Getaway Blog Hop.  Today Jackie O' Brien aka If These Threads Could Talk and myself are bringing you wonderfully bright and gorgeous fabrics from Deb Tucker's Studio 180 Design Signature Collection "Twilight Chic." Jackie and I, are both Studio 180 Design Certified Instructors, so it was only fitting that both we received these fabrics for our Surprise fabrics in our Island Batik Ambassador box for this blog hop.

This was not the first time I played with the Gorgeous Collection, I was part of the "Evening Elegance" Blog Hop, which introduced the fabric collection to the public. In the blog hop, we added two new blockbuster blocks using this fabric collection each day over a week. I love the bright and bold colors that are featured in the collection.  

For this blog hop, the theme is Getaway.  Getaway means time to travel home to the West Coast to visit family, or we love to take long drives to get out of the Hustle and bustle of the busy Washington DC area.

  

Anyway, the project I designed for this blog hop reflects that flight of the great getaway.  In this design, I used nine different 1/2 yard fabrics from the Twilight Chic collection.  I also used the following Studio 180 Design tools; Split Rects®, Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star®, and the Square Squared® 6". 

I started by making some mirrored split rectangles using the fun Split Rects® tool.  Each of the split rectangles used the same light background color, but the other half of the rectangles were in 4 different blues and purples. I think the Split Rects tool is my favorite tool of all the Studio 180 design tools. 

Next, I made some fun Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star for the corners of the blocks.  

In these Lemoyne's I used to different background fabrics to add some interest to the blocks. Each of the points are done in blues and purples.

The last units I made were the Square Squared® units.  You will notice from the picture about each of the triangles in the corners are the opposite the other.

Now, that all my units for the blocks were complete, It was time to assemble them into two different blocks.

Once my blocks were completed I assembled my quilt top.  All I needed to do next was add borders and get it quilted.

I finished the quilt using the Hobbs Heirloom cotton batting.

Finally, I finished this gorgeous quilt, which I'm naming "Getaway."  The butterflies in the quilt are taking a flight to get away from the busy world around us. This quilt measured 45" x 45" when finished. I'm currently working on developing this into a pattern, so please stay tuned for the official announcement, by following 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 a Rainbow of 20 Fat Quarters.  

GETAWAY BLOG HOP SCHEDULE

WEEK 1

MONDAY, JANUARY 7 – CRYSTAL BALL

Maryellen McAuliffe –Mary Mack’s Blog

Sandra Walker- mmm! quilts

TUESDAY, JANUARY 8 – DITTY

Stephanie Jacobson –Steph Jacobson Designs

Michelle Roberts- Creative Blonde

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 – ELK LODGE

Connie Kresin Campbell – Free Motion by the River

Anna Branch –Ark Angel Creations

THURSDAY, JANUARY 10 – FELINE FINE

Bea Lee –Bea Quilter

Sharon Parcel- Yellow Cat Designs

FRIDAY, JANUARY 11 – FLEA MARKET

Geraldine Wilkins – Living Water Quilter

Jessica Caldwell- Desert Bloom Quilting

WEEK 2

MONDAY, JANUARY 14 – FORTUNE TELLER

Sarah Goer –Sarah Goer Quilts

Sherry Shish –Powered by Quilting

Jennifer Fulton –The Inquiring Quilter

TUESDAY, JANUARY 15 – GYPSY ROSE

Jen Strauser –Dizzy Quilter <– That’s me! 

Janet Yamamoto- Whispers of Yore

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 – PAISLEY PARK

Dione Gardner-Stephen- Clever Chameleon

Nancy Scott –Masterpiece Quilting

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 – SOUL SONG

Carole Lyles Shaw- Carol Lyles Shaw

Toby Lischko –Gateway Quilts & Stuff

FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 – TWILIGHT CHIC (Today)

Jackie OBrien –If These Threads Could Talk

Tina Dillard- Quilting Affection (ME)

WEEK 3

MONDAY, JANUARY 21 – WINTER PARK

Jennifer Thomas- Curlicue Creations

Anita Skjellanger- Quilt In a Not Shell

TUESDAY, JANUARY 22 – BAZAAR

Karen Overton- The Quilt Rambler

Alison Vermilya- Little Bunny Quilts

Turid Bakken- Den syende himmel

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 – BLOSSOM

Karen Neary –Sew Karen-ly Created

Leanne Parsons –Devoted Quilter

THURSDAY, JANUARY 24 – BOHO

Laura Piland- Slice of Pi Quilts

Suzy Webster- Adventurous Applique and Quilting

Myra Barnes- Busy Hands Quilts

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25 – BROOKVIEW

Vicki Schlimmer –Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

Amy Warner –Sew Incredibly Crazy

WEEK 4

MONDAY, JANUARY 28 – FRENCH BLUE

Pamela Boatright –PamelaQuilts

Joyce Mullis –Hearts Creations

TUESDAY, JANUARY 29 – MIDSUMMER NIGHT

Kathleen McCormick –Kathleen McMusing

Connie Kauffman – Kauffman Designs

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30 – OH DEER

Jen Shaffer- Patterns by Jen

Jeanette Jones –Inchworm Fabrics

THURSDAY, JANUARY 31 – SNOW BERRY

Sally Mannke –Sally Manke Fiber Artist

Joan Kawano –Moosestash Quilting

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1 – CANDY CANE LANE AND ICICLE

Icicle

Terri Vanden Bosch – Meanderings along Lizard Creek

Anne Wiens –Sweetgrass Creative Designs

Candy Cane Lane

Mania Hatziioannidi –Mania For Quilts

Barbara Gaddy –Bejeweled Quilts by Barb

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

Tina
"Designs to Inspire"