Island Batik Quilt Modern Blog Hop

The items used to make the quilt in this post were given to me by Island Batik as part of their 2021 Ambassador program.

Hey Guys,

Welcome to my stop on the Island Batik Quilt Modern Blog Hop! For this challenge our brief was to make a modern quilt using a brand new fabric collection! The fabric i recieved is called Forecast designed by Ebony Love of Lovebug Studios, a super fun collection of weather inspired prints in colour and low volume including suns, rain, thunder and clouds. The fab collection is shipping to stores this month.

I absolutely love modern quilts so this was a super fun challenge for me! i decided to start with improv crosses, making one cross in each of the fabrics from the collection, with the idea of adding negative space with the low volume prints of the line.

Once i was happy with my placement and design i stitched each block together into 8 rows of 5, and finished with matchstick quilting which i think looks so great on a modern quilt. For the stitching and quilting i used Aurifil 50wt thread in colour 2024 and Schmetz micro tex chrome needles, For the batting i used Hobbs 100% Hierloom Cotton and backed the quilt with Forecast – Ligntning Teal.

Its been aother super fun challenge with a super fun fabric collection! and i cannot wait to see what my fellow Ambassadors make, please see the schedule below to see who is posting on what days and be sure to enter each weekly giveaway here.

Week 1:

May 3:

Preeti Harris Farm Fresh

Denise Looney Farm Fresh

Brianna Roberts Farm Fresh

May 4:

Joanne Hart Forecast

Leah Malasky Forecast

May 5:

Pamela Boatright Glacier Bay

Jane Hauprich Glacier Bay

May 6:

Andi Stanfield Harvest Blue

Suzy Webster Harvest Blue

Week 2:

May 10:

Jennifer Thomas Holly Holiday

Claudia Porter Holly Holiday

May 11:

Megan Best Jewel Quest

Maryellen McAuliffe Jewel Quest

Jennifer Eubank Jewel Quest

May 12:

Gail Sheppard Napa Valley

Emily Leachman Napa Valley

May 13:

Gail Renna Plum Pudding

Michelle Roberts Plum Pudding

Week 3:

May 17:

Sally Manke Poetic License

Elizabeth DeCroos Poetic License

May 18:

Connie Kauffman Pumpkin Delight

Jennifer Fulton Pumpkin Delight

May 19:

Janet Yamamoto Smokey Mountain

Mania Hatziioannidi Smokey Mountain

Thankyou so much for reading! Until next time…

Happy Sewing!

Jo xx

Island Batik June Challenge

The items used to make this quilt were given to me by Island Batik as part of their Ambassador 2020 program.

Hey Guys,

I can’t believe it is the end of June already! This year is whizzing by! For this months Island Batik Ambassador challenge we had no brief to follow, It was a free theme and we could do whatever we wanted.

I wanted to make a scrappy quilt and I had some of the lovely Smooch (designed by Kathy Engle) Fabric left from last months project that I wanted to use along with some other scrap pieces I had from previous projects. I used these pieces for the stars and a selection of low volume and solid prints for the background.

For my stars I used 3 1/2″ finished half square triangles keeping the same background for each quarter of the block, to create 6″ uniform squares in the background.

I pieced and quilted using Hobbs 100% Heirloom Cotton Batting, Aurifil 50Wt in white 2024 and Schmetz microtex chrome needles in 80/12.

I quilted using my favourite matchstick technique that takes forever to do and uses up oh so much thread, but I do love the finish and its well worth it in the end.

Its been another great challenge, and I love how my quilt turned out! thankyou so much to Island Batik and industry partners for giving us the awesome supplies to work with!

Thankyou so much for reading!

Stay Safe all!

Until next time….

Happy Sewing! xx

Jo xx

Island Batik April Challenge

The items used to make the quilt in this post were given to me by Island batik as part of the 2020 ambassador program

Hey Guys,

April brings a new Island Batik ambassador challenge and this month is all about creative borders and binding. For this project, we had to create a quilt 36″ x 36″ or larger and be as creative as we can with borders/binding. The fabrics I used were:

Almond – Neutrals range (for the background)
Fern leaves – Basics range
Carnation – Mini Flower
Mustard – Basics range
Dot – Dreamsical (one of my favourite prints)
Lemonade – Circles
Thistle Bloom – Wildflower (for the backing)
White – Solids range

I wanted to do foundation paper piecing for this challenge (as i always want to do foundation paper piecing!) I started out with my Unicorn pattern for the centre piece which i enlarged to be 17″, and created a simple modern border to go around to tie in the the modern feel of the quilt block.

For all the piecing and quilting on this project, i used Hobbs Heirloom Premium cotton batting, Aurifil 50wt white thread, colour 2024 and Schmetz microtex chrome needles in 80/12

For the outer 3D border i used solid white 5″ squares folded corner to corner twice to create the prairie points and 4 1/2″ cirlcles cut in half to create the half moon shapes. I then basted them evenly around the quilt and sandwiched them imbetween the layers and topstitched around the edge to finish.

Thankyou Island Batik and industry partners, its been another super fun challenge as always, Stay tuned for next month where all Ambassadors will be sharing brand new fabric lines! x

Thanks for reading guys! Stay Safe!

Untill next time..

Happy Sewing! xx

Jo xx