island batik ambassadors

One Die Wonders with Accuquilt and Island Batik {Beginnings} from Little Bunny Quilts

This month, the project theme for us Island Batik Ambassadors is making one-block quilts using some of the new Block on Board dies from Accuquilt!

For my quilt, I picked the Hattie's Choice Die. As an Island Batik Ambassador, I am provided with samples of various lines of Island Batik fabrics, Aurifil thread, Accuquilt products, and Hobbs Batting to use and share with you!

I used pink and purple scraps as well as about a yard of a cream basic batik to do my cutting. I was able to squeeze out 20 blocks from my fabrics. To keep my ...

added by Alison V. 5 years, 1 month ago. under accuquilt , island batik ambassadors

Quarter Cabins in Mesa Verde {Log Cabin Blog Hop with Island Batik} + {Pattern Premiere} from Little Bunny Quilts

Today is my day to share as part of the Island Batik Ambassador Log Cabin blog hop!

I have been hard at work on this quilt this month -- featuring the new line, Mesa Verde! As an Island Batik Ambassador, I am provided with samples of various lines of Island Batik fabrics, Aurifil thread, Accuquilt products, and Hobbs Batting to use and share with you!

This line is a fun Western-inspired collection featuring greens, creams, golds, and browns!

For my quilt, I am using our new Honey, Bunny, and Doll pattern, Quarter Cabins, to show off these lovely fabrics!

I used ...

added by Alison V. 5 years, 1 month ago. under aurifil , blog hop , finished projects , free motion quilting , hobbs batting , island batik ambassadors , log cabin blocks

Log Cabin Blog Hop {Island Batik Hop Schedule} from Little Bunny Quilts

Today kicks off of the start of February's Island Batik Ambassador blog hop! Our theme this month is Log Cabin quilts!

My blog hop day isn't for two weeks, but I will show off the start of my project! I am using the Mesa Verde collection and I will be making a new version of my Quarter Cabins quilt! All of my cutting is done and I'll be sewing it up this week.

Check the Island Batik Blog regularly so you do not miss a thing! The full list of Ambassadors’ names, collections they will be using ...

added by Alison V. 5 years, 2 months ago. under blog hop , island batik ambassadors

2020 Island Batik Ambassador Unboxing from Little Bunny Quilts

I'm so excited to be returning for a fourth year as an Island Batik Ambassador!

Today I have my unboxing video to share -- live from my freshly painted sewing room!

Here are all the items, in picture form!

Two king size battings from Hobbs:

Rayon yardage and a rayon scarf:

A block on board die from Accuquilt, two color builder boxes from Aurifil, and Schmetz needles:

Two stash builder packs:

A half yard bundle and two yard cuts of Mesa Verde: (which should be in your LQS soon!)

Yardages of solids and a basic batik:

Half yard cuts of ...

added by Alison V. 5 years, 2 months ago. under hoarding fabric , island batik ambassadors

Blue Moon {Winter Blues Blog Hop} from Little Bunny Quilts

Today I am participating in the Winter Blues blog hop hosted by Carla at Creatin' in the Sticks...

...and I am sharing a scrappy project for my Island Batik Ambassador project for January!

As an Island Batik Ambassador, I am provided with samples of various lines of Island Batik fabrics, Aurifil thread, Accuquilt products, and Hobbs Batting to use and share with you!

For my project, I decided to play with the scraps I had left over from the Starburst wall hanging I made for my August Island Batik Ambassador project. I had a quite a few of the 2 ...

added by Alison V. 5 years, 2 months ago. under blog hop , controlled scrappy , island batik ambassadors , placemats , scraps

Announcing the 2020 Island Batik Ambassadors! from Little Bunny Quilts

I am so excited to share that I am returning for my fourth year as an Island Batik Ambassador!

This year, I am one of 25 lovely ladies chosen by Island Batik to work on monthly challenges using their fabrics and products from our partner companies!

As a reminder, you can see all of my Island Batik Ambassador blog posts by clicking on the "Island Batik Ambassador" tab at the top of my blog. I have recieved my first box of Island Batik goodies for 2020 and I will be sharing an unboxing video in a few weeks. This month ...

added by Alison V. 5 years, 3 months ago. under island batik ambassadors

Hip To Be Square -- Times Two {A Piece Of Blog Hop} from Little Bunny Quilts

Today is my day on the A Piece Of blog hop with Island Batik, showing off their new fabric lines, shipping to stores now!

The line of fabric I was assigned was "Little Sir, Little Miss"! This fabric line has a whopping 40 different prints!

Instead of trying to squeeze all 40 prints into a single quilt, I decided to split the prints up into two quilts! I used our fast-and-fun pattern Hip To Be Square for these quilts!

For the first quilt, I used the black and tan numbers print for the background with the neutral and warm colored ...

added by Alison V. 5 years, 5 months ago. under aurifil , blog hop , finished projects , free motion quilting , giveaway , hbd patterns , hip to be square , island batik ambassadors , throw quilts

A Piece Of... Blog Hop Schedule {Fall Island Batik Hop!} from Little Bunny Quilts

Today is the start of the fall Island Batik blog hop, featuring new fabric collections that are shipping to your local quilt shops now! Below is the full blog hop schedule and links to the bloggers participating, as well as photos of each collection!

Find your local Island Batik carrying quilt shop with this handy store locator! There will be wonderful giveaways hosted by each participating blogger, as well as on the Island Batik site, so make sure to check back each day of the hop!

My blog hop day is this week on Thursday! I have a *big* fabric ...

added by Alison V. 5 years, 5 months ago. under blog hop , island batik ambassadors

Spooky Halloween {Finished Table Runner} from Little Bunny Quilts

My October Island Batik Ambassador challenge is complete!

For the machine applique stitching, I used a simple blanket stitch in black thread for all of the blocks.

I then pieced everything together and layered it with backing and batting, only to realize, that yes, I was a couple inches short on backing length using a single width of fabric. Oops.

To remedy my problem, I added a strip of black fabric approximately 5" wide to my backing to get the necessary length.

Here's my quilted table runner, after trimming and before adding the binding:

In the block backgrounds, I ...

added by Alison V. 5 years, 6 months ago. under applique , finished projects , free motion quilting , halloween spooks , island batik ambassadors , machine applique , small projects , table runner

Topping it off {October Island Batik Challenge} from Little Bunny Quilts

This month's Island Batik Ambassador theme is "Top It Off" -- and we are making seasonal table toppers! There have already been a number of adorable projects already posted, too!

I decided to make another Halloween themed table runner -- using our Halloween Spooks pattern! I actually made one table runner using this pattern and some fun non-batik fabrics in May!

This time around, I changed up the color scheme slightly -- I decided to use solid black batik in place of the green prints and use some of the other applique designs included in the pattern.

This time, I decided to ...

added by Alison V. 5 years, 6 months ago. under applique , halloween spooks , island batik ambassadors , machine applique , table runner

Holly Jolly from Sew Karen-ly Created...

This month's challenge for the Island Batik Ambassadors is to make a seasonal table topper, using appliqué.

We could choose any season, colour, or size, as long as it featured appliqué.

No surprise I would choose to make something Christmassy, as it's by far my favourite season. In EQ8, I drafted out a shape that featured curves, and then cloned those curves for the outside edge. In between, appliqued holly leaves dance around the twisty red vine. I chose an assortment of fabrics, some from the Island Batik Basics and Blenders line, and some from Stashbuilder rolls. The ...

added by Karen 5 years, 6 months ago. under island batik , island batik ambassadors

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