SLANTED HALF HEX QUILT WITH JENN!Y

                

When I saw this tutorial I just had to do this quilt.  I have the larger hex template but I thought I would use the smaller one to use up some of my Island Batik Scraps (joke is on me, they keep multiplying).

This is my little container after I cut my half hexies.

Here is my quilt.

I decided not to make it too large because I know my time constraints and I did not want another UFO.

The border Island Batik fabric I ordered at Missouri Star Quilt company...no, I am not affiliated with them in any way just love their fast delivery and awesome prices.

I worked on it off and on all day yesterday in between dishes, cleaning bathrooms, sweeping etc.

I had a hard time figuring out how many hexies I needed for each row.  Since it was on a slant my mind was not able to see it.  To solve this problem I just drew a line down each side as I did a new row.  There is some waste and to be honest, I enjoyed making this quilt but doubt I will make another, too complicated when it came to adding rows and cutting, at least for my small brain.

YOU ARE CURRENTLY BEING PHOTO BOMBED WITH A BOX OF FABRIC FROM ISLAND BATIK

As most of you know, I am an Island Batik Ambassador.  Every six months they send their Ambassadors a box of goodies.  We are to create and share what we make on a monthly basis.

This is my fourth year as an ambassador, which is hard to believe.

I have enjoyed it so much.  Sometimes I get a little stressed with life happenings but Island Batik stretches me in ways I would not otherwise be.

Needless to say I have been ill but that did not stop me from answering the door with no make-up, bed head, and I won't tell you what I was wearing.  Our Fed Ex person is a woman so I didn't mind too much.

Ooopsss we have something peaking out.

Here is the surprise fabrics....ummm ummmm good.  Can't show you till the designated time.

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Oh my gosh......

The yellow is a rayon scarf....and the blue is some rayon fabric....so beautiful.

Can always use some neutral fabric (notice 3 yards...holy cow).

I love these  Paisley dot fabric, in fact, I am using this for our March theme.  Oh yessssssss....gotta love dots!

Here are some 5" strips, I have so enjoyed these in the past.

This is called Mountain Majesty, just look at those yummy fabrics.

Aurifil threads.  I have said and I have heard others comment that

Aurifil threads create less lint than most threads.  Gotta love

their brilliant colors.  Can I say that I am in Heaven.

This brochure from Aurifil is full of information about what needle to use with which threads and has a chart in the back telling you which threads to use for what purpose.  

I am not familiar with Hobbs batting but am excited to use it and will be

happy to tell you of my experience.

The catalog is full of batting samples, their standard line and Tuscany Collection, along with a chart on the back telling you what batting to use and how it will perform for the purpose you are using it for..  It is interesting to read about each different batting.

Now if this box doesn't make a gal feel better, I don't know what will.

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The winners of the Put a little Love in your Quilt hop are as follows:

Hearts of Plenty topper goes to:

MoeWest said...

The 'you are here' block is darling! I like your pattern called Hearts of Plenty.

Spoken Heart Pattern goes to:

Sandi1100 said...

Very cute wall hanging. I love your Spoken Heart pattern and have enjoyed your Blog.

All you need is love goes to:

tac73 said...

Love all your heart projects! All You Need Is Love is favorite now. Thank you for sharing.

Tulips goes to:

West Michigan Quilter said...

Love your quilt. Sew sweet! Love all your patterns too!

Hearts and Flowers goes to:

Home Sewn By Us said...

Hi Barb,
Since the addition of our little great-nephew, I can certainly understand the pitter patter with your grandsons. Aren't they just the greatest?! And I get to have him in my life fairly often - so blessed. Your wall hanging is so darn cute! I love the arrow pointing to the heart. ~smile~ Roseanne

What a fun hop this was, just want to thank all of you for coming out and commenting and a big congrats to the winners.

"PUT A LITTLE LOVE IN YOUR QUILT" BLOG HOP

                                                     

                                                       

                                      Thank so much Carol for heading this awesome blog hop.

                      I knew immediately what I was going to do and what fabric I was going to use.

    It is probably not a mystery to any of you that I am using Island Batik fabrics.  I decided to use my purple scraps.

This sweet quilt is by Lyn Steinmetz from Marshfield, Wisconsin which I found in the Quiltmaker magazine.  Sorry I can not tell you the year.

As you can see I am using my awesome Island Batik Fabrics.

This pattern spoke to me when I first saw it.  I didn't have any grandbabies at the time but knew if I did that they would always be in my heart which I can tell you now that I have three grandsons that  definitely makes my heart go pitter patter.

Here is my finished quilt....you would think I could take a straight picture.

I just love this quilt design and I do love it in purple for sure.

Thanks for coming by.

Those who came to my Heart Attack week are probably sick of these patterns or maybe you didn't  win anything and want to try your hand at it again????

 I will give one pattern of each design below away, international bloggers are welcomed because they are PDF.  Just say which one you would like.

Spoken Hearts  

                                                             Round Valentine Topper

Hearts of Plenty

Tulips

All you need is Love

Hearts and Flowers

Free tutorial Here for this Candle mat

Here is my pattern site on craftsy.

Here is the line-up 

February 5

Life in the Scrapatch

Freemotion by the River

Marjorie's Busy Corner

Cynthia's Creating Ark

Vroomans Quilts

That Fabric Feeling

It’s A T-Sweet Day!

Elm Street Quilts

February 6

Creatin' in the Sticks

Quiltscapes

Bejeweled Quilts

Creative Latitude

Fabric Scraps

Just Sew Quilter

Ms P Designs USA

Made By Marney

Beaquilter

Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats

February 7

Kris Loves Fabric

What About Rheema?

Bumbleberry Stitches

Selina Quilts

Quilt Quest

Hazel’s Daughter

Quilt in a not-Shell

Words & Stitches

Sunshine Reflections

Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

February 8

Sew Incredibly Crazy

KaHolly

Moosestash Quilting

Kwilt Krazy

Kwilty Pleasures

Patchwork Breeze

Home Sewn By Us

Sew Many Yarns

Seams To Be Sew

Just Let Me Quilt

Ya'll Come back now, Ya hear!!!

SCRAPPING IT!!! SMALL TWIST TO THE JELLY ROLL RACE QUILT.

In August (post is here) I ironed all of my Island Batik Scraps

That is when I got the idea to do a Jelly roll race quilt, you can see a demo here.

I had so many strips, some 2 1/2" and some bigger.  I just cut the bigger ones down.

Here is my jelly roll race quilt with a small twist.

65" x 76 1/2"

I had oodles of 2 1/2" squares and so I would randomly put them in.  I actually like it and wish I had added more.

I truly enjoyed quilting this quilt.  I loved seeing all of the Island Batik fabrics.  Three years worth of gorgeous fabrics.

FREE TUTORIAL ON HOW TO MAKE A PINWHEEL OUT OF THE SUN BONNET SUE Dress USING YOUR ACCUQUILT GO CUTTER.

This month's theme for Island Batik Ambassadors is:

                                                   What a fun theme this month.

                                                    Who doesn't love babies?

                                                 Who doesn't love baby quilts?

                                                  and using the Island Batik Fabrics??

                                                           Accuquilt Go cutter?

                                                     What a combo, what fun!!

                                                  enough of the hype...already!

This is my baby quilt for the Month of July, using my Island Batik scraps and my sun bonnet Sue die.

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                     You need about a 10" square of fabric (preferably Island Batik) (shamelessly smiling here).    Put your fabric adhesive of choice on the wrong side of fabric.

                                                                            Fold it in half.

                                                               Fold in half again.

Then you take the folded edge as you see above and place  it between the top of the Sun Bonnet Sue Dress.  Cut...

This is what you get.  Iron on to ten inch square and blanket stitch down.  You will need nine of these.

Now you can put a small circle in the middle of the pinwheel or leave it alone as I have done.

Then I took the cut out and placed it on my printer at 45% to get the smaller pinwheel.  You will need 28 of these (sorry, you have to cut these out by hand, be sure to put your fabric adhesive on the back before cutting out).

You will need six 10" x  3" for the sashings between the rows.

As you can see, you have three pinwheel rows with a sashing between the three squares in each row.

Next you will measure your rows and come up with the length you need for the sashing going across.

You will need Two  28 1/2" x 3" for the sashings going across (your measurement might be different).

For the first border you will need two 1 1/2" strips measuring 28 1/2" for the top and bottom,

29 1/2" for the sides.

The last border 4" x 29 1/2" for the top and bottom,

4" x 33" for the sides (remember to always measure your quilt from top to bottom for the side borders and across from side to side for the top and bottom borders, we all sew differently).

Then you will place your pinwheels in between each square as shown on the sashings.

Then seven on the top and bottom and five on the sides.  Starting from the middle and working out centering them as you go.  Blanket stitch them down.

Quilt as desired.

Bind.

If you are interested in last months curvalicious quilts, you ca go and visit them below.

Desert Bloom Quilting
Freemotion by the River
Seams Like a Dream
Yellow Cat Quilt Designs
Quilting Affection Designs
Inquiring Quilter
Bejeweled Quilts
Sally's Quilting Corner
Inch Worm Fabrics
Kauffman Designs
Moosestash Quilting
Needle & Foot
Beaquilter
Cheryl Lynch Quilts
MaryMack's Blog
heARTs Creations
Kissed Quilts
The Quilt Rambler
Seams To Be Sew
Inspired Layers
Vicki's Crafts and Quilting
Masterpiece Quilting
Fun Threads
Meanderings Along Lizard Creek
Little Bunny Quilts
Webster Quilt
Sophie Junction
Kathy Kwilts and More
Slice of Pi Quilts


                                                   

WHAT DOES "FAT CAT PATTERNS" AND ISLAND BATIK HAVE IN COMMON????

CHICKENS!!!

                                                 LOTS AND LOTS OF CHICKENS!!!

          If you have read any previous post, I am doing a (secret) chicken quilt for my husband)

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Hence the bad quality photos, had a piece of material to throw over them in case he came in.

 Which he did while writing this post...causing me a heart attack.....not good when one is over fifty....

Some of them need eyes but I so love them.  I love using the Island Batik fabrics (of course you do Barbara, of course you do......smiling shamefully here).  Here is the link to Fat Cat Patterns, she has a lot of free patterns that You will totally love.

I have been doing these after he goes to bed, make sure he is snoring, and then I drown myself in my Island Batik Scrap bin.  It takes more time prepping these chickens than it does to blanket stitch around them.

Seven more to go.....  Probably won't have these done by his birthday in a few weeks but that is ok.....

ARE YOU READY FOR SOME SUNSHINE?

I know that several of my friends are having cold weather and snow.  Sorry to put that extra knife in your back but we are in the 70's here.

Time to plant those potatoes.

Well....

In my spare time I have been working on this quilt.

I had a hard time deciding if I wanted to make it bigger.

But that little voice in my head said.....if you even try it you will never get it finished.

So for once the voice is being obeyed.

Although I have a few ideas for another border.

Here is a better picture of the beautiful fabrics.

I just love this Island Batik Fabric.  This quilt is made from my scraps.

Most of you know that the "Planes, trains, and automobile" blog hop is going on right now.  Do see my side bar and fly on over there.  Lots of fun giveaways and inspiration.

HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

Once again I find myself doing something other than what I am suppose to be doing...

Got all these lovely Island Batik fabrics out.  Mostly scraps!

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Sewing strip together....

Now I am appliqueing....no picture for that.

But trust me, it will be fun fun fun and BRIGHT!!!!  So start tapping your fingers....it will be a few days.

The winner of the Island Batik fat quarter is

Carol- Beads and BirdsJanuary 22, 2016 at 7:40 AM

Love the Babe!!
Are you going to Hawaii? Love those colors!!

I do have to say that she is really really on the mark but so are a lot of  you.  It is not as if I am not hard to read???  But next week  I will show you what I have come up with for the Island Batik Blog Hop...see you then.

WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS ISLAND BATIK FABRIC AND THE ACCUQUILT GO CUTTER?

                                                A FUN CHRISTMAS RUNNER!!!

I just love Island Batik Fabrics.  You can even use your scraps.  I doesn't take much to make this little runner.

Here is another one!

It is so much fun trying to use the accuquilt go dies in different ways.

I think this would be fun as a wedding runner as well.  Maybe even have the names embroidered on the ribbon on each side.

How about some cute covers for your composition notebook?

It is hotter than hatties here in Texas....suppose to get up to 105 this week-end.  No fun going outside.

"Little Gems" blog hop......e book giveaway and Island Batik Fabric giveaway

Holy Cow, these little gems sure pack a BIG punch!!!  If you love to paper piece, then you will certainly love this book.

"Little Gems" by Connie Kauffman

Here is her "Spinners" quilt

Images above are from Martingale by  Photographer, Brent Kane

Here is mine!  Looks like I have mine sideways but hey....it works!

Her instructions are easy to follow which makes paper piecing fun!

You can find her book here  as well as on Amazon.

The fabrics used are "Strawberry Fields" by Island Batik, The light background fabric is from the "Latte Foam" line.

I truly enjoyed this Little Spinner, of course the Island Batik fabrics made it even more enjoyable.

Thanks Connie for allowing me to be a part of this.

Martingale and Connie are giving away an ebook of her "Little Gems" on each participating blog hop, the winners will be announced on April the 20th on each site.

To add to the fun:

I am giving away 54 - six inch squares (26 colors, so you get 2 squares the same fabric)

This will give a lucky winner a chance to see, feel, and smell 26 awesome Batik Fabrics.

Just leave a  comment and do visit the other blogs for a strong chance of winning Connie's e book.

Be sure to go by tomorrow and visit Barbara at:

April 12      www.sixgablesdesigns.blogspot.com

WARNING!!!!! DON'T DO THIS!!!! - A LITTLE SNEAK PEAK

Sorry if I have not responded to your comments or even visited your blogs.   It has been very busy over here with family matters.  When I do have the time, I am either tired or trying to play catch up.

Here is a piece of fabric...notice anything wrong with it?

Look real close on both ends.

Notice that someone had cut a little hunk off both ends....... I try so hard not to do this and just use one end for my applique pieces but looks like I wasn't paying attention.

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Next, I made this little bunny in Amerika Samoa and found her today.  So....I pulled it out (had other things to do of more importance) and made the cups and lettering to go around her.

This is so me in the mornings.  I don't drink coffee but I sure drag my feet.

Next is a little sneak peak at Island Batik's up coming fabrics.....  My husband just laughed when he saw me smelling the bundles.....  I think I am due another sniff.....

I really think a person can get high sniffing fabrics.

It sure makes me happy.