Island Batik Modern Challenge

I am squeezing under the deadline for

the Modern Batik Challenge.

As an

I was provided all the fabrics for the quilt 

that I designed for the challenge.

My inspiration for this quilt was

slow coming.

I was completely unsure on what

exactly I wanted to do, 

I don't usually do too much modern style quilting

This again was a huge challenge for me.

 I then searched through my beautiful box

of Island Batik fabrics and

came up with this.

I used a huge array from the Paisley Dot

collection.  Some of the colors included Bermuda Spot, 

Sky Speckles, Blueberry Spot, Cherry Freckle , Cardinal Freckle, 

Shark Pixel, Blush Speckle, and for the background

I used Buttermilk.

It was all pieced in Aurifil thread.

I was completely unsure if I would like it

all while I was piecing it, but now after the

top is all finished up, 

I absolutely love it.

Now just to figure out if I should quilt it, 

or have the amazing long arm quilter I know

finish it up for me.  

Decisions, Decisions!!

I thought just straight line quilting 

would finish off the modern 

look that I was going for.

What do you think., 

would you consider it modern?

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Fat Quarter Shop Snowballs Quilt

The Fat Quarter Shop

has done it again with a beautiful 

pattern that is fun and beautiful.

It is the Snowballs Quilt

For this pattern, I 

used this beautiful selection of fat quarters

called Meadow Moda Mix.

You can find it HERE.

It is a beautiful mix of aquas and soft buttery yellows.

I usually don't sew with much 

yellow, so this was a treat.

It was just beautiful!!

I used the yellows as my lights colors and

the aquas as my darks.  

Don't you just love those pineapples?

 And dainty roses?

After finishing sewing up all

the blocks, 

you get this beauty.

I absolutely love it.  

The colors and the design 

go so well together.

This beauty will be used in 

our living room to 

cover up during the

cold winter nights that 

seem so far away at 

the moment.

Stop in at the Fat Quarter Shop 

to pick up your supplies

and to pick up the pattern.

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Where Flowers Bloom Hop

Welcome to my day of 

This Blooming Fun Hop

is hosted by Carla of Creatin' in the Sticks.

Have you ever had buyer remorse?

The picture of the kit or fabric

you purchased looks totally different 

from what you thought it was.

Well, for this hop, 

I decided to break out a kit

that I had purchased a few years back.

And it had a whole bunch of flowers on it.

Let's just say a whole lot of flowers on it.

At this point, I am not

quite sure if I like it at all.

It might just be a little

to colorful (wild) for this gal.

So much for trying to use the

materials on hand.  

I absolutely love the blocks, 

but I am not so sure about

how the fabrics were selected.

They are all Kaffe fabrics, 

and the pattern is called Lovely Lattice.

I do need to finish it.

I have all the blocks sewn up, 

but my back was telling me to 

take a little break from my machine.

What do you think?

Is it a keeper?

Google is not wanting to talk to my email any 

longer, so forgive me if I do not respond to your comment.

Know that I read and appreciate each one.

Hugs

Check out the others who are stopping to smell the flowers...

Monday, June 11th

MooseStash Quilting
In The Boon Docks
Seams To Be Sew
Lily Patch Quilts 
Days Filled With Joy
Elizabeth Coughlin Designs
Seacoast Quilter

Tuesday, June 12th

Life in the Scrapatch
Words & Stitches
Kwilty Pleasures
Patchwork Breeze
AllThingzSewn
VroomansQuilts
Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats
Why Knot Kwilt

Wednesday, June 13th

Just Let Me Quilt
Hazel’s Daughter
Nettie Sews and Lucky Quilts
ShirleyC
Cynthia's Creating Ark
Songbird Designs
Creativeblonde
Patchouli Moon Studio

Thursday, June 14th

Sew Incredibly Crazy
selina quilts
PamelaQuilts
Ms P Designs USA
sunshinequilting
Melva Love Scraps
Quilty Pleasures

Friday, June 15th

Den syende himmel
QuiltFabrication
Blessings From Our Nest
DesertSky Quilting
Just Because Quilts
Quarter Inch Crafter
Creatin' in the Sticks

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Block #5 of the It's a "Wild" Life Block of the Month

Here we are at our 5th block for the 

There is a twist of piecing

and applique to this little cutie!

Isn't it a HOOT?!?

Instead of having just one 

owl on the branch, 

I opted for two.

This block is created by Pat of

 Life in the Scrapatch.

It is the Owl Tree block.

You can find the pattern 

at  Life in the Scrapatch.

It will be free for the month

of June, after that there

will be a small fee.

If you have missed the other 

blocks, here is a quick recap.

May's Block

Bear Paw

The pattern can be found HERE.

April's Blocks

The Big Tree and 

Little Tree Stand Tall

The pattern can be found HERE.

March's Block 

Deer Meadow

The pattern can be found HERE.

February's Blocks

 Maple Leaves.

The block pattern can be found HERE.

All of my blocks are created using beautiful fabrics,

by one of our BOM sponsors

It is a mix of my stash and

Lori Holt's Bee Basics,

Lori Holt's Bee Backgrounds,

and Outdoors Wood Grain in Cream.

I am also using a variety 

of different Aurifil Threads. 

To find the whole schedule for

the 2018 BOM, click HERE!

There are no sign ups,

just follow my blog to

to get access to the block when

they are released.

Here are the designers that will

be participating this year.

Their blocks for April

are all up and looking gorgeous!

Joan of Moosestash Quilting

Carla of Creatin' in the Stick

Carol of Just Let Me Quilt

Pat of Life in the Scrapatch

and of course myself.  

Feel free to join us on

Facebook as well,

HERE is our group.

Be sure to

Add your blocks to the link party below

for a chance to win

a fabric surprise from this

month's sponsor.

The winner of May's

prize is Melva of Melva Loves Scraps!

Check out this creative block.
So Pretty!!

Congratulations!!

She will be receive a prize

 from our May sponsor

An InLinkz Link-up

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