Tag: BERNINA USA
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The Dresden Challenge
November 2024 Island batik This month Island Batik Ambassadors were tasked to make a Dresden quilt. Editor’s Note: I researched the history of the Dresden Quilt for those of you who are new to quilting and might not yet be familiar with what a “Dresden Quilt” is, I know I wasn’t. In the days of…
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October Island Batik Challenge ByAnnie.com Bag
October brings on another Island Batik challenge, sponsored by ByAnnie.com. ByAnnie.com has been so generous to the Island Batik ambassadors by allowing us to go to their website and pick out any pattern we wanted to make for this month’s challenge. How does one choose what to make with so many bags to choose from…
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Island Batik September 2024 Challenge
This month brings another challenge to the Island Batik Ambassadors. We were tasked with making a thread painting quilt, lap size or larger. What is thread painting you ask? It is the process of finishing the edges of fabric with thread, either matching or otherwise. For me I will machine applique this project; I have…
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All Puffed Up Quilt
Island Batik Fabrics Well, now that I am an Island Batik Ambassador for 2023, the challenges have begun! What did I get myself into??? My first challenge was to make a video of me unboxing the first shipment of goodies from Island Batiks – a variety of fabrics, batting, a ruler, needles and thread. I…
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Exciting news!
What a great couple of days except for not finishing the elephant quilt but life happens. I will finish it just not on the time, date I set for myself. Now on to the exciting news. My sissy who is actually my best friend from kindergarten and I were having a conversation about the new…
