Island Batik Ambassadors were asked to do a project with the theme "New Beginnings" for the month of January. What a perfect theme for this month.
For many people "New Beginnings" is starting over, or the birth of a child, or a new life in a different place but for me it is starting off the New Year doing something I have wanted to do for a long time.
Many years ago I purchased the Accuquilt Go die "Ring of Oak" # 55378. I have stared at it many a time thinking that one day I am doing to do a quilt using that die.....the days came and went.
So when this "New Beginnings" blog hop came up I thought there you have it. I am going to start the New Year out doing something I have wanted to do for a long time and stop putting it off.
Using the Fresh Catch Fabric.....you can find the whole line of fabrics here:
you can find a store locator here
I love love this quilt and love love these fabric. This one is 54" x 54"
But
I did not stop there
I loved these fabrics so much and there were some that I did not want to cut into or at least I wanted to have a large enough square so I could see the cute fish.
I used the book "Sew One and You're Done" by Evelyn Sloppy.
I have to admit that I had to adapt the quilt to the amount of fabric I had. There were some miscuts (yes.....so frustrating).
I had to rearrange my thinking but I think it turned out pretty good.
See the awesome fabric???This one is about the same 54" x 54" as the one above.
So much fun.
Now we have some fun for you.
Two winners will win a Batik bundle just use the rafflecopter below
If you want to view the line up for this "New Beginnings" Blog hop just click on this sentence.
Now for my part of the giveaway, I am giving away this pattern "Gecko Invasion" (actually I had decided to give this pattern away to anyone who says Gecko in their comment.....with their email address).
