Romance Garden Fabric Blog Hop

Sherry @ Powered by Quilting is hosting a blog hop for her new signature Island Batik fabric line -- Romance Garden.  This is a great collection of pink, green, and purple fabrics.

I made a baby quilt (48 x 48 inches) using a modified rail fence pattern to showcase the great prints.

The colours are vibrant and bright.

Head over to Sherry's blog post to enter the giveaway and to see all the bloggers participating in the blog hop.

I keep the quilting simple -- an all-over loop motif using light green thread.

Morris Mist Fabric Blog Hop

Have you seen the new signature Island Batik fabric collection -- Morris Mist -- for Sherry @ Powered by Quilting?  I was honoured to have been asked to participate in the blog hop showcasing the collection.

I played around in EQ8 using the Arrowhead block.  This is a large sized baby quilt at 46 inches.

(It's hard to get photos in the morning before work, and then it's dark after work.  I can't wait for spring.)

I used Aurifil #2309 Silver White thread.  It blended in so well with both the front and the back.

I couldn't decide on a quilting plan, and the quilt was pinned to the frame before I settled on free-motion quilted flowers and loops.

I also added my name in the bottom corner.

I finished piecing the top at Sewtopia Nashville early in November.  The Warm Company generously donated batting.  I'm so glad I took a piece -- cotton batting is sooooooooo very soft.

If you haven't already done so, head over to Sherry's blog to enter her giveaway.

TGIFF - Nova Scotia Sea

Welcome to this week's edition of Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday.  TGIFF is the opportunity to share your finish from this week.  You can find out who is hosting each week by heading over to the TGIFF blog.

My finish this week is a quilt top I finished in December 2021.  I made the Storm at Sea pattern using a signature fabric line by Sherry @ Powered by Quilting -- Calm Lagoon from Island Batik.

As this quilt will be hanging in a concurrent quilt show at Quilt Canada 2023 being held in my city next week, I have named it Nova Scotia Sea.  Naming quilts is hard, but this one was easy.

Quilts for the show had to be delivered to my friend Brenda so I took advantage of a photo shoot at her house as she has many canoes on her property.

I quilted wavy organic lines using a blue variegated thread by Connecting Threads.  The batting is Hobbs Heirloom Premium 80/20.

I'm hoping this will give me some motivation to finish up my ever-growing pile of quilt tops.

It's time for you to link up your finishes from this week.  We encourage you to visit a few of the link ups to get some inspiration and to share some quilty love. ♥

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Wonky Wedges Baby Quilt - Citified Blog Tour

Today is my turn on the Citified blog tour hosted by Sherry @ Powered by Quilting for her fourth signature line from Island Batik.

I used a technique I learned from a Melissa Marginet workshop -- Wonky Wedges -- to showcase these wonderful fabrics.  This baby quilt finishes about 37 inches.

This is great fabric collection of wonderful colours and prints.

I need to add the binding, which I hope to finish later today.  I am planning a matched binding.  I overestimated my ability to get up early this morning to finish. 😊

I am in a temporary apartment while my house undergoes repairs, so I have limited sewing supplies and have been sewing on my Singer Featherweight.  So I did big stitch hand quilting using Wonderfil perle cotton.  Here are close up photos of each of the four quadrants so you can see the fabrics and the quilting.

Stay tuned for more photos once I finish the binding.

*Giveaway Alert*

Leave a comment for a chance to win the leftover fabric from my project.  The giveaway will end at midnight, Monday, March 21, 2022.  If you are a non-reply commenter, I will have to re-draw for a new winner.

Although I am at the end of the blog tour, here is the schedule so you can check out all the projects:

March 8 – Sherry Shish of Powered By Quilting 

March 9 – Tammy Silvers of Tamarinis

March 11 – Kate Starcher of Katie Mae Quilts

March 12 – Leanne Parsons of Devoted Quilter

March 13 – Sally Williams of Paleofish Designs

March 14 – Afton Warrick of Quilting Mod

March 15 – Sarah Vanderburgh of Sew Joy Creations

March 16 – Jen Strauser of Dizzy Quilter

March 17 – Kathryn LeBlanc of Dragonfly’s Quilting Design Studio

March 18 – Laura Piland of Slice of Pi Quilts

March 19 – Anja Clyke of Anja Quilts

March 20 – Sherry Shish of Powered By Quilting

Plum Pudding Table Runner and Placemats

Today is my day on the two-week blog hop featuring Plum Pudding, the new signature fabric line for Sherry @ Powered by Quilting.

There is a great mix of light and dark fabrics in this collection, so I went with a classic log cabin block.  The table runner is 16 x 32 inches.

I made two matching placemats that are 12 x 18 inches.

I did straight-line quilting with Aurifil #2350 Copper.

*Giveaway Alert*

Leave a comment for a chance to win this table runner and two placemats.  The giveaway will end at midnight Saturday, June 26, 2021.  If you are a no-reply commenter, I will have to re-draw for a new winner.  Due to high postage rates, this giveaway is open to residents of Canada.

• June 8 - Sherry Shish of Powered By Quilting
• June 9 - Joanne Kerton of Canuck Quilter
• June 10 - Vasudha Govindan of Storied Quilts
• June 11 - Kate Starcher of Katie Mae Quilts
• June 12 - Sally Williams of Paleofish Designs
• June 13 - Leanne Parsons of Devoted Quilter
• June 14 - Jessica Caldwell of Desert Bloom Quilting
• June 15 - Jenifer Dick and Trisch Price of Everyday Stitches
• June 16 - Patti Bochey of Lemon Tree Snippets
• June 17 - Debra Davis of Tuning My Heart
• June 18 - Laura Piland of Slice of Pi Quilts
• June 19 - Lisa Ruble of Love to Color My World
• June 20 - Anja Clyke of Anja Quilts
• June 21 - Suzy Webster of Webster Quilts
• June 22 - Sarah Vanderburgh of Sew Joy Creations
• June 24 - Jen Strauser of Dizzy Quilter
• June 25 - Sherry Shish of Powered By Quilting

One Monthly Goal - February Goal Setting

I'm two for two in 2021 for linking up with Patty @ Elm Street Quilts for the One Monthly Goal (OMG).

My goal is to pieces the remaining blocks for the Morewood Mystery QAL which is hosted by Cheryl @ Meadow Mist Designs.  This QAL started back in July, and I have managed to keep up.

These are the blocks we made in January.

I need to piece these smaller blocks into larger blocks.

My plan is to finish making all the blocks and to then piece them into a top.

TGIFF - Island Batik Ambassador 3D Challenge

Note:  All products in this post were given to me by Island Batik as part of their Ambassador program.

This is my final project as an Island Batik 2019 Ambassador.  It has been a great year working with Island Batik fabrics and the products of their sponsors, Hobbs Batting, Aurifil, and Accuquilt.

The theme of this month's challenge is:

Explore the world of 3D using your creative talents for this month’s challenge. Bring your inner artist out by using optical illusions, textures, trapunto, or whatever else will make your quilt pop into life!

I decided to use Island Batik solids in white and black.  I used an optical illusion pattern by Debby Kratovil Quilts:  Modern Vortex.  It is easily made with a Dresden ruler.

I used Sprinkles neutral fabric for the setting triangles.  It didn't have as much contrast as I thought it would, but I still think it makes the centre pop.

I used my favourite Hobbs Heirloom Premium 80/20 batting.

Piecing and quilting was done with Aurifil #2024 White.  I didn't have a full plan in mind when I started quilting.  I quilted one section and then made a decision on the next section.  And then it was finally done.  I always struggle with how to quilt projects.  I used a combination of free-motion quilting and straight line quilting with a walking foot.

Being an Island Batik Ambassador this year has been a great experience, and I encourage you to look for the fabulous projects to be created by the 2020 Ambassadors.  I still have some Island Batik fabrics, so stay tuned in 2020 for some projects showcasing them.

I am hosting Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday for the final link up of 2019.   If you have a finish from this week, please link up your blog/Instagram post showing your finish by using the linkup below.  Don't forget to visit a few blogs to spread some quilty love and encouragement.  Please include the TGIFF button or a link to the TGIFF blog in your blog post so your followers can also view all the great finishes.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Here are some other link ups to showcase your finish:

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict 
Finished or Not Friday @ Alycia Quilts

Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation

Brag About Your Beauties @ From Bolt to Beauty 
Friday Foto Fun @ Powered by Quilting

31 Day Blog Writing Challenge - Day 2

It's Day 2 of the 31 Day Blog Writing Challenge.

I realize that I often don't create a blog post because I don't feel there is "enough" content.  But a post doesn't have to be long or have lots of photos.

The December challenge for the Island Batik Ambassadors is:

Explore the world of 3D using your creative talents for this month’s challenge. Bring your inner artist out by using optical illusions, textures, trapunto or whatever else will make your quilt pop into life!

I'm using the white and black Island Batik solids.

Stay tuned for the finished project.


✔ Day 2 completed

Island Batik Ambassador Challenge - A Piece of .... Blog Hop

Note:  All products in this post were given to me by Island Batik as part of their Ambassador program.

Half of the Island Batik Ambassadors are participating in a blog hop this month.  There will be weekly round-ups highlighting the Ambassadors and their projects.  There will also be a weekly giveaway for one of the featured collections of the week.

The fabrics featured in this A Piece of ... blog hop are from the Summer 2019 collections that will be available in quilt shops soon.

Here is my lap-sized quilt:  A Piece of the Ocean.

I wanted to create a design that showcased all the great prints in this collection.  The internet, once again, provided inspiration -- hexagons and triangles.  The triangle placement is random, and I was a bit worried while I was piecing as I wasn't sure how it would look when finished.  No need to be worried...I love it!

Island Batik Islander Summer 2019 collection was created by Kathy Engle.  It features 20 fabrics in a variety of colours and prints.  Look at those bubble prints.  😍

I used the Accuquilt Half Hexagon 4.5 inch die to cut the yellow hexagons.  I didn't have a triangle die, so I used my Hex N More ruler.

Hobbs Heirloom Premium 80/20 batting - what can I say?  I love this batting.

I used Aurifil #2892 Pine to sew on the binding

There were two great prints in the collection that were too large to be cut into triangles.  So I made a matching pillow to showcase this wondeful octopus.  I couldn't bring myself to quilt through his face.

I put the turtle print on the back and used Aurifil #2975 Brass to hand sew the binding.

One last photo.

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