Welcome to April’s Island Batik challenge – Creative Borders and Binding… I completed this challenge just in time (she checks her watch, yep with hours to spare), we have certainly all found ourselves in different and sometime difficult times over the last few months, but we are all a little bit closer to getting back… Continue reading Borders and Binding challenge…
Hey, I really hope this post finds you safe and well… March’s Island Batik challenge was called ‘One Die Wonder’, and was all about using the truly awesome AccuQuilt Ultimate cutting machine and one die from our first Ambassador box to make a quilt 45″ x 60″ or larger. I’m been bursting to using the… Continue reading Island Batik One Die Wonder challenge…
Hello… I’m so excited you’ve joined me on this very exciting blog hop, at the end of this blog post you will find an amazing giveaway i’m hosting, head to https://www.islandbatik.com/log-cabin-blog-hop-and-giveaway to see all the beautiful quilts so far and to enter the giveaways. The challenge was to use the classic Log cabin block, but… Continue reading Island Batik February Blog Hop…
Its my third year as an Island batik Ambassador, and I’m super excited to of been chosen again… Every year we receive two boxes of goodies, the first arrives in January and the second have way through the year. Its filled with Beautiful Batik fabrics, and other amazing products from their industry sponsors ; Accuquilt,… Continue reading Island Batik Ambassador Unboxing Video…
I’m closing this year with my Island Batik December challenge ‘3D challenge’. With my presents bought and wrapped, I thought it would be lovely to add some special touches to the Christmas table. I love the art of fabric manipulation, so I decided on making some fabric flowers, perfect for napkin rings, present toppers and… Continue reading Island batik December challenge…
I’m so excited to share with you the goodies I received in Box 2, as part of the 2019 Island Batik Ambassador program. We receive 2 boxes a year, you can watch my first ever video at the link below… https://creativeblondeblog.wordpress.com/2019/02/01/my-first-video/ There were a few collections from Island Batik I had fallen in love with, […]
Welcome to the Island batik July challenge , the fabric and threads used in this project were given to me as part of the Island Batik Ambassador program 2019 Artsy Fartsy using three different Aurifil thread weights. I’ve used thread weights 28,12 and floss. The larger the number, the finer the thread. I’ve used the… Continue reading Artsy Fartsy…
This month is all about the AccuQuilt cutting machine, this A-mazing piece of equipment was given to us by Accuquilt as part of the Island Batik Ambassador program 2019. AccuQuilt Ready. Set. GO! Challenge Baby Quilt – Make a 40″ to 48″ square baby quilt using AccuQuilt dies So how long would it take you cut… Continue reading Island Batik April Challenge…
Hey, Thanks for coming along with me on this journey… last year when i became an island batik Ambassador, I was asked to make an un-boxing video “WHAT?” I said, with my first initial thoughts being how do I get out of this… Big confession alert!!! I didn’t do one, instead I watched in ore… Continue reading My First Video…
This month challenge was to complete a paper pieced project (Foundation or English) I knew straight away which project i wanted to try, its been on my ‘to-do’ list for a while… The fabrics i chose to use in this project were given to me from island batik, as part of my island Batik Ambassador… Continue reading Needle, Paper, Scissors
