Disclaimer: The products in this post were given to me at no cost by Island Batik and their industry partners.
Talk about last minute! It's the end of the month, and I've just finished up my Island Batik Ambassador challenge for August, Star Crossed.
The challenge was to create a star themed lap size quilt.
Here's a close up of the gorgeous Island Batik fabrics I used in my quilt. Notice, I combined batiks with solid white, gray, and black. I love the way they play together.
I used my Accuquilt Go to cut out all of the pieces for the Star Crossed quilt.
This quilt will be perfect for snuggling under on the upcoming crisp Autumn evenings. I like to sit on my front porch and watch the sunset. My favorite time of the year in North Carolina for sunsets is October. And yes, I do have a church pew on my porch.
I quilted Star Crossed with Hobbs Silk Batting and white Aurifil thread. I quilted concentric circles out from the center of the quilt.
I used the solid black fabric to bind my quilt. It matches the outer border and gives a nice clean finish.
I wonder how the Star Crossed quilt would be as a sail? Would it help to navigate at night, sailing under the stars? I don't think so, but it would make a good story.
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I've been back to it, sewing on my hexie project again. I'm almost finished making it back into a huge hexagon by adding blue hexies in the star corners. Next, I'm considering filling in the corners to make a big square and finishing it off. What do you think? All hexies are 3/4" per side, cut out with my Accuquilt Go, and made from my scrap basket.
Disclaimer: The fabrics for this quilt were given to me by Island Batik at no cost to me.
This summer I made this Island Batik Freedom Fabric String quilt.
It was made with two packs of Island Batik's Freedom Batiks 2-1/2" strips. These fabrics are gorgeous! If you like sewing red white and blue quilts the Freedom Batiks collection is for you. The colors are vibrant and true.
It was a quick to piece string style quilt. I sewed my blocks in a mostly random fashion by mixing up the strips. It was a fun surprise to see how each individual block turned out as I finished them.
I pieced most of the blocks for this quilt while we were on a family trip to North Topsail Beach. The beach is so quiet and peacefully uncrowded there. Our cottage is in a small coastal town ten minutes from the beach, right next to Camp LeJeune. The Marines use the road our cottage is on constantly and helicopters and other military aircraft fly overhead. My boys love it. It seemed like a perfect setting to be sewing with the Freedom fabrics.
Here's a group of the blocks together so you can see the fabrics a little closer and the fun randomness they created, while still showing a pattern through the white lattice strips.
This quilt was gifted to Jessica Rocheleau, a former member of the Triathlon Gold team.
Bright Ideas Halloween Decorative Painting Booklet. Very Good condition. 22 pages. Soft cover. Copyright 1990.
This beautiful decorative painting booklet includes many painting projects, and a General Instructions section. Designs are all shown in full color and include detailed painting instructions. Designs include Whimsical Wilma, Sugar Sock Witch, Swingin' on a Star Witch, R.I.P. Wreath, Boo and Company, Split Leg Witch, Greta Granny Witch, Bats, Cornelius Cat, Night Rider, and Gary Ghost.
Bunnies Bears 'n Babies Decorative Painting Booklet. Very Good condition. 38 pages. Soft cover. Copyright 1992.
This beautiful decorative painting booklet includes many painting projects, and a General Instructions section. Designs are all shown in full color and include detailed painting instructions. Designs include Baby Kleenex Box, Baby Diaper Box, Baby Toy Box, Rocking Horse Lamp, Baby Bear Mobile, Love Flower Pick, Baby Photo Album, Baby Sampler, Bunny Bear Shelf, Baby Giraffe Measuring Stick, Bear Diaper Holder, Bunny Diaper Holder, Diaper Bag, Bear Love Wall Hanging, Bunny Switch Plate, and Baby Bear Switch Plate.
Bunntybrooke Farm Decorative Painting Booklet. Very Good condition. 47 pages. Soft cover. Copyright 1997.
This beautiful decorative painting booklet includes many painting projects, an Acrylic Painting Instruction section, a Color Comparison Chart, and a Painting Terms section. Designs are all shown in full color and include detailed painting instructions. Designs include Garden Tote, Bunny Pick in Clay Pot, Carrots on Clay Pot, God Counts Every Hare, Bunny on Clay Pot, "Un Lapin" Hookboard, Paper Mache Carrots, Wood Checkerboard Carrots, Bunny Bowl, "Un Lapin" Bucket with Handle, Bunny Angel Welcome Plaque, Garden Hearts, Bunny with Cart on Bucket, Welcome Bunny on Base, Bunny Couple (plaque and cover design), Bunny Jumping Over Carrot, Girl Bunny Angel, Boy Bunny Angel, Paper Mache Potting Shed, Bunny Picket Shelf, and Garden Sampler.
This beautiful decorative painting booklet includes many brush stroke techniques, scrolls, borders, flowers, and leaves suitable for acrylic or oil painting. Color photos and diagrams. Includes Freehand Brush Stroke Practice Sheet.
Freehanding with Jackie decorative painting book. Very good condition. 48 pages. Copyright 1980.
This beautiful decorative painting booklet includes many brush stroke techniques, scrolls, borders, flowers, and leaves suitable for acrylic or oil painting. Cover is in color. Designs and photos are black and white.
The Country Club Seed Co decorative painting book. Good condition. There is an advertisement page in the back of the book with red ink pen check marks on it (see photo 7) 40 pages. Copyright 1995.
This beautiful decorative painting booklet includes many painting projects, and a Basic Supplies and Techniques section. Designs are all shown in full color and include detailed painting instructions. Designs include Wheelbarrow, Baby Wheelbarrow, Garden Angel, Weathered Angel, and more.
Fall Friends and Winter Welcomes Decorative Painting Booklet. Very Good condition. 18 pages. Soft cover. Copyright 1998.
This beautiful decorative painting booklet includes many painting projects, Wood Cutting Information, Pre-Lined Wood Information, and a still intact pull out patterns section. Designs are all shown in full color and include detailed painting instructions. Designs include Trick or Treat Door Sign, Welcome to Our Patch Door Sign, Beware Skeleton Yard Stake, Happy Harvest Yard Stake, Jolly Holidays Yard Stake, and more.
All the Happy Holidays Volume 2 Decorative Painting Booklet. Good condition. 44 pages. Soft cover. Copyright 1989.
This beautiful decorative painting booklet includes many painting projects, a General Supplies section, a Color Comparison Chart, a General Directions section, and a Fabric Painting General Directions section. Designs are all shown in full color and include detailed painting instructions. Designs include St. Patrick's Day Shirts, Children's Easter T-Shirts, Springtime Hanging Basket, Irish Children Chunkies, The Egg Family, and more.
A Charmed Christmas Decorative Painting Booklet. Very good condition. 18 pages. Soft cover. Copyright 1992.
This beautiful decorative painting booklet includes many painting projects, a General Supplies section, and a General Instructions Section. Designs are all shown in full color and include detailed painting instructions. Designs include Elf Trio, Mr. and Mrs. Santa, Cone Ornaments, Angel Centerpiece, and Angel Ornaments.
Bright Ideas Simply Christmas Decorative Painting Booklet. Fair condition. Name written in Sharpie Marker on first page upper right hand corner (see photo 5), Slight paint spill on one page (see photo 6) 26 pages. Soft cover. Copyright 1991.
This beautiful decorative painting booklet includes many painting projects, and a General Instructions Section. Designs are all shown in full color and include detailed painting instructions. Designs include Nicholas Floor Santa, Catch a Falling Star, Pear Tree, Ski Tough, Beary Merry Christmas, Carma Jean, Rebecca, Door Santa, Star Bright Bear, Starry Advent Tree, and Snowflake Mittens.
Country Primitives 9 Decorative Painting Booklet. Very good condition. 80 pages. Soft cover. Copyright 2001.
This beautiful decorative painting booklet includes painting projects, and a General Information Section. Designs are all shown in full color and include detailed painting instructions. Designs include Wanda Winter Angel, Sara Spring Angel, Summer Sue Angel, Harvest Hannah Angel, Families are Forever Winter, Families are Forever Spring, and more.
Primitive Cotton Warp Thread Set suitable for weaving, tapestry, jewelry making, primitive stitching, and more.
This listing is for one set of 10 primitive cotton threads. Thread has a matte finish. Weights may vary. 10 yards of each color, for a total of 100 yards.
A beautiful cut of high quality quilting fabric, Enchanted Pines, by McKenna Ryan, for Robert Kaufman. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton. Easy care, machine wash cold water, tumble dry low.
The design on this fabric features a natural looking allover brown and beige streak pattern with tiny dots scattered in clusters. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!
This beautiful piece of cotton has been individually hand dyed by Island Batik fabric artists in the garden village of Sanur, Bali. Fat quarter cut of 100 percent cotton fabric. Easy care, machine wash cold water, delicate dry cycle, cool iron.
The design on this fabric features beige leaves, stars, snowflakes, and dots on a brown background. This fabric is perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!
A beautiful cut of quilting fabric, Rose Beige Floral Fabric. 100 percent cotton, fat quarter cut. Easy care, machine wash warm, tumble dry, remove promptly.
The design on this fabric features a medium scale allover floral design. Perfect for your next quilting or home sewing project. So unique - be creative!
