The Great Outdoors Blog Hop + Giveaway!
All of the Island Batik Ambassadors are participating in a 5-week blog hop! Today is Day 3 and my day to share my project from my "SURPRISE" fabrics from our first ambassador box that we received in February! You can check out my unboxing video here.
My surprise fabric line is Canterbury Manor! This is such a beautiful bright rainbow fabric line! I love color so much and I was able to incorporate ALL prints into my quilt project.
The best thing I find about the great outdoors is the amazing view of all the stars at night. I used my July Monthly Color Challenge block and made 9 blocks with black as my background color to act like the night sky. Each of the stars is made of 2 different prints. The diamonds are made from a multicolored print and I waited to get all of the bits together to make sure the multicolor was spread out across the quilt.
I ended up adding a 2 inch border around the entire outside of the quilt to get the 20th fabric of the line into the quilt.
For my batting, I used a cotton wool blend from the Hobbs Tuscany collection. The batting was light and easy to work with. I spray basted the quilt and picked a rainbow of different Aurifil thread for quilting. This quilt has so many color changes and I love it! I used my walking foot to outline each of the stars and draw stars inside the diamonds.
The quilt finished at 40" square. I love how bright this quilt turned out and it's a great baby quilt size!
So what's a blog hop without a giveaway?!
I am giving away four (4) 5" rolls of Island Batik fabric. Each roll contains 4 different fabrics that are 5" by width of fabric. The giveaway is open to US residents only. The giveaway is open until the end of the blog hop at 12am Central Daylight Time on September 5, 2018.
Be sure to visit all of the other Island Batik Ambassadors to see their projects!
WEEK 1
Monday, August 6 – All A Flutter
Yellow Cat Quilts, Creative Blonde
Tuesday, August 7 – Birds N’ Bees
Ark Angel Creations, Patterns by Jen
Wednesday, August 8 – Canterbury Manor
Sally Manke, Powered by Quilting <-- You are here!
Thursday, August 9 – Eclectic Garden
Desert Bloom Quilting, Sew Karen-ly Created
Friday, August 10 – Vintage Morris
MooseStash Quilting, Devoted Quilter
WEEK 2
Monday, August 13 – Safari
Sew Incredibly Crazy, SweetGrass Designs
Tuesday, August 14 – Spring Blossoms
Mary Mack Made Mine, If These Threads Could Talk
Wednesday, August 15 – Victoria and Albert
Bejeweled Quilts, Clever Chameleon
Thursday, August 16 – Wild Things
Freemotion by the River, Kauffman Designs
Friday, August 17 – Petting Zoo
Den Syende Himmel, Sarah Goer Quilts
WEEK 3
Monday, August 20 – Ocean Odyssey
Toby Lischko, Karen Overton
Tuesday, August 21 – British Rose
Busy Hands Quilts, Mania for Quilts
Wednesday, August 22 – Dear William
The Inquiring Quilter, MMM Quilts, Living Water Quilter
Thursday, August 23 – Dragonfly Dreams
Inchworm Fabrics, BeaQuilter
Friday, August 24 – Fur-ocious Friends
Quilting Affection Designs, Dizzy Quilter
WEEK 4
Monday, August 27 – Globetrotter
Pamela Quilts, Curliecue Creations
Tuesday, August 28 – Jungle Cruise
Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting, Little Bunny Quilts
Wednesday, August 29 – Lavendula
Carole Lyles Shaw, Masterpiece Quilting
Thursday, August 30 – London Calling
Quilt in a Not-Shell, Lizard Creek Quilting
Friday, August 31 – Spirit Rhythm
Steph Jacobson, Whispers of Yore
WEEK 5
Monday, September 3 – Sweet Tweets
Kathleen McMusing, Adventurous Appliqué and Quilting
Tuesday, September 4 – Whatnot
heARTS Creations, Slice of Pi Quilts
But wait, there's more! Island Batik is hosting a GIANT giveaway for this blog hop! Be sure to enter on their blog and thank them for their generosity!
Join me again on Friday for Friday Foto Fun and on Sunday for the #365DayOfArtPBQChallenge! Link up and share your progress on your own projects!
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wow your quilt is gorgeous. the black makes these lovely fabrics pop. thanks for sharing.
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Your quilt is absolutely gorgeous. Thank you for the giveaway
I love being outdoors watching the many different birds flying around, and looking at the many flowers in my yard.
I love to hike in the Shenandoah National Park and surrounding areas. Also, just spending time in my garden soaking up the sunshine. Thanks for the giveaway. Love your quilt.
My favorite thing about the great outdoors is looking at the beautiful sky. It just goes on forever and is breathtaking!!
One of my favorite things about being outdoors is all of my gardens. Vegetables, flowers, frogs and my chickens running around them.
I am with you, love this fabric….your quilt turned out wonderfully
I’m having trouble leaving a comment on your site, so I’m going to try once more. Love your quilt; those vibrant colors are so pretty!
I love the colors and scents of the great outdoors
Gorgeous quilt. Love the colors against black, and you did a great job with the corner units to mix and blend. So pretty! I love the trees, lakes and the stars.
I love it! It’s really fun.
Wonderful quilt. The outdoors is relaxing and inspiring.
What a beautiful quilt. The colours look so rich on the background – starry night sky, indeed!
I live in the country so that’s easy the trees, the birds and yes at night we see the stars.
My favorite thing about being outdoors is enjoying all the plants in different seasons. Love your quilt. Thank you.
Your Island Batik star quilt is gorgeous against that black background! Thanks for sharing your talent AND your fabric in the giveaway!!
Your quilt is stunning. The black background makes all the color more vibrant. I love everything about the great outdoors. The feel of the sunshine on my skin, the scent of honeysuckle in the air, the feel of the grass under my bare feet, the feel of the gentle breeze as it blows through my hair, but mostly I love the communion with God as I take in His handiwork.
I love those bright stars against the black background. It’s fantastic.
Beautiful quilt! Love the stars!
Simply gorgeous and wow you managed to use all the fabrics:)
I love the way you used these fabrics. It is a spectacular star studded quilt! Another great job!