Island Batik Getaway Blog Hop

The fabrics shown in this post were given to me by Island Batik

Deb Tucker’s Twilight Chic by Island Batik

Well, if you can’t getaway, go to the library for a good book! The Utica, NY Public Library opened in 1904. I love the inside of this Library.

The upper floors of the Utica Library are made of thick glass. I used to love coming here as a child.

In every box of fabric we Island Batik Ambassador’s receive, there is a secret bundle of the newly released batiks. I was lucky enough to be assigned Twilight Chic by Deb Tucker for Studio 180 Design. This is my third quilt from the Twilight Chic line.

Shaded Chic is based on BlockBuster # 35 Hidden Blossoms.

Each block has 8 Shaded Four Patch units and 8 Sliver units.

This block is made using Studio 180 Design’s Tucker Trimmer I & Corner Beam tools with the Shaded Four Patch & Sliver Technique Sheets.

Shaded Chic consists of nine 12″ blocks and measures 50″ x 50″.

Be sure to visit Island Batik to enter their give away of 20 fat quarter bundle.

Here is the list of all the ambassadors for this month-long hop!

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 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

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

Jackie OBrien – If These Threads Could Talk

Tina Dillard– Quilting Affection

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

Terri Vanden Bosch Icicle – Meanderings along Lizard Creek

Anne Wiens- Icicle – Sweetgrass Creative Designs

Mania Hatziioannidi Candy Cane Lane- Mania For Quilts

Barbara Gaddy – Candy Cane Lane –Bejeweled Quilts by Barb

# Islandbatikgetawaybloghop #islandbatik #twilightchic #debtucker #studio180design #bestofbali

24 Projects in 2018

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I saw a post on Facebook that asked the question “how many quilts did you make in 2018”. So I went back and started counting.

February included GAlentines day Mug Rug and Mini Love for Island Batik Ambassadors

March included my infamous attempt at a mini tuffet , Hunter Star – Tortola from Royal Treasures Book, Scrapodopolis using the first 6 BlockBuster patterns and Whirling Dervish.

April included Prism and Refraction

May was Pillow Possibilities and The Heron.

June included A Blast form the Past and Crossfire.

July was A Field of Popped V’s & Paris OBW # 64.

August included Split Personality and Firefly.

September was New Years Star & Sue Nami.

October was paper pieced trees wall hanging.

November included Paisley Cats OBW #65, Evening Elegance & Converging Geese

December ended the year with Plume OBW #66, Calm Seas & Holiday Tipsy Tree .

Phew, I’m tired but I’m already working on more projects.

Twilight Stars

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The fabrics shown in this post were given to me by Island Batik.

Next week, January 7th begins Island Batik’s “Get Away Blog Hop” I’m all ready for my reveal. My secret bundle for this blog hop is Deb Tucker’s Twilight Chic by Island Batik which was introduced at this past fall market.

I participated in Studio 180 Design’s blog hop in November in which I made this version of “Evening Elegance” from the Twilight Chic line.

With fabric I had left I wanted to make a quilt to showcase the seven technique sheets created to expand what you can do with the Rapid Fire Lemoyne Star tool.

The Banded Lemoyne Star can be made in 9 sizes from 4″ to 12″.

The Blazing Lemoyne Star can be made in 10 sizes from 6″ yo 24″ blocks.

Lemoynes as Triangles can be created and used in many ways.

Fussy Cut Lemoynes offers many ways to create unique Lemoyne stars. I chose to sew strips together to create two sided Lemoyne points.

Liberty Lemoynes can be made in 7 sizes from 6″ to 12″ blocks.

Starburst Lemoynes can be made in 10 sizes from 3″ to 12″ blocks.

Strip Pieced Lemoynes can be made in 8 sizes from 5″ to 12″ blocks.

I love all these blocks and encourage you to play with your fabric scraps!

Plume – OBW #66

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I am very goal oriented. Today is December 23rd and is One Block Wonder Day for me. Tomorrow I bake!

I used Plume for my example in my post “Using Panels in a One Block Wonder”. I also used it this fall in several OBW workshops. I wanted to get it finished so it wouldn’t get too beat up.

I also cut out two more OBW projects.

I’m going to use this panel in workshops to show how I integrate the blocks and the panel. It measures about 13″ x 20″ and will be much easier to work with in class than Plume. It is called Dreamscapes by Ira Kennedy for Northcott. I actually bought 14 panels, 7 panels for the class example and another 7 panels so I can finish one for me.

I also cut 6 of these spectacular panels that measure 34″ by 40″. I got 8 strips from these panels which yielded about 144 blocks. This is called Abraham Hunter for Elizabeth’s Studio’s.

Not a bad days work finishing Plume and cutting out two more OBW’s.

Of course I was supervised by Tucker, as always! Happy Holidays everyone!

Calm Seas

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The fabrics featured in this post were given to me by Northcott Fabrics.

A Storm at Sea quilt has been on my “need to make list” for a long time. I especially love the kind that use graduating colors. Lucky for me, fellow Studio 180 Design Certified Instructor Michelle Hiatt created her pattern “Calm Seas“. This fabulous pattern offers you a choice of 3 sizes; Throw, Double or King. I chose to make the Throw size (62″ x 72”). Calm Seas is a companion pattern for Studio 180 Design’s Large Square/Squared, Diamond Rects & V Block Tools.

I chose to use the fabulous fabrics from Northcott’s Canvas line. I needed 12 graduating colors in 2 different values each. Canvas is richly textured and has a depth of color that is gorgeous!

Definitely use your best organizational skills when making this pattern. Michelle has made it much easier for us to conquer a storm at sea.

If you know me…you know I use paper plates to keep myself organized. I snipped a piece of each fabric and pasted it to the paper plate, writing down all pertinent info to keep my brains from falling out.

I was very fortunate to spend a few days at Bridle Creek Bed & Breakfast for an annual mini quilt retreat with friends. I managed to get all my diamond rects, large square/squared and small square/squared units done!

Following the pattern instructions, I laid out my units in the proper color order to achieve this beautiful flow.

I numbered my rows and pinned them together to begin stitching them together,

A little precision pinning goes a long way when it comes to nice crisp points.

After four days of hard work I finished the top. Thanks to Michelle’s pattern Calm Seas & Deb Tucker’s Studio 180 Design tools I have checked another awesome quilt off my bucket list!

#northcottfabrics #NorthcottCanvas #debtucker #studio180design

Whimsical and Wonky

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The Island Batik Ambassador’s December challenge was to create a project that is Whimsical & Wonky”. Well, I settled on Tipsy! My Holiday Tipsy Tree is based on BlockBuster pattern # 27 Roll the Dice . This year I have made many quilt projects using Split Rects Units so it is only fitting I end the year with Split Rects.

For this quilt I used Island Batik’s “Alpine Jungle” line of beautiful batiks. I also used Studio 180 Design Split Rects, Square/Squared, Wing Clipper I & Lemoyne Star tools. I chose four different green fabrics, 9 for block centers.

Cut your elongated triangles according to the Split Rects tool instructions.

Cut your background side triangles the same way.

Lay out your split rects, align and center the two pieces with just a bit of overlap at the ends. Stitch and press seams open. I love using my “Stick Strip” for pressing seams open.

Following the tool instructions trim, rotate & trim again.

Make the 9 Square/Squared units following the Square Squared tool instructions. I chose 9 different unit centers but you could make them all one color if you like. Each side of the square/squared unit will be different to match the fabric used for the split rects units.

Lay out your units as they will be stitched. Choose a square/squared unit for the center, rotating the square/squared unit so the side triangle matches the same fabric used in the split rects unit.

This block is constructed using a partial seam. Place the square/squared unit right sides together with one of the split rects units being sure to match the fabrics and stitch half way down the square/squared unit.

This gives you the next complete edge to stitch another split rects to, again matching the square/squared unit fabric with the split rects fabric.

When stitching the split rects to the square/squared unit, always place the precision cut square/squared unit on top be careful to stitch using the unit center as a guide.