Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Island Batik Getaway Hop ~ Oh Deer!

Welcome to my stop on the Getaway Blog Hop from Island Batik!




I'm excited to share my quilt with you using the amazingly gorgeous Oh Deer fabric line provided to me by Island Batik as part of their Ambassador program.




For this quilt I chose to use the Quick Curve Ruler from Sew Kind of Wonderful. I used their Fun Poinsettia pattern as inspiration. However I wanted to make it more "mine" and decided to use the units created to make subtle pinwheels.




This also gave me a chance to show off some of the larger prints, which definitely needed to be shown off.

Here is a very quick video on how I sew the curves.




This quilt finished at 60" square. I backed it with a soft, dark brown flannel as it will be headed to Montana soon.




This is my last post as an Island Batik Ambassador as I chose not to reapply this year. At the end of the blog post you will find a few giveaways to try your hand at. First, though, a look back at a few of my favorites as a 2018 Island Batik Ambassador.


















Etsy pattern

Now for the fun stuff! If you follow me you know I don't like to have a lot of extra fabric around. I like my space clear and free for creativity. To help keep that up I'm giving away ALL of my leftovers and scraps from Island Batik. Say what?! It's true! I have two bundles to giveaway. The first has mostly 1/2 yard cuts in it and then a bag of scraps. The second has mostly 10" squares in it and a bunch of scraps. Scraps can be anything from 1" strips to 4" strips. All YOU have to do is answer the question (through Rafflecopter, not directly in the comments): What is your favorite color? Simple! The giveaway is open through February 6th to give everyone a chance to join. Due to different laws governing giveaways in different countries I have to limit this to US only. I'm so sorry.


a Rafflecopter giveaway


Island Batik also has a giveaway going on. You can win a 20 piece fat quarter bundle. Go to their blog post and enter at the bottom. That giveaway ends on February 2nd.

Island Batik Blog

I hope you have enjoyed the Oh Deer! Pinwheel quilt, as well as the look back at a few of my favorite Island Batik Ambassador makes.

Happy Stitching!
Jen


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36 comments:

  1. A lovely quilt, Jen! Thanks for being a fellow ambassador this past year!

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  2. Beautiful quilt! Awesome challenge quilts as well. Enjoy your day! :-) :-)

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  3. You had a great year as an Ambassador. Thanks for sharing it with us.

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  4. Jen, you will be so missed! I've enjoyed all of your quilts through the year. Good luck with your future ventures!

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  5. Beautiful quilt, Jen. These fabrics would be awesome for a guy.
    Sorry to hear that you are leaving. I loved seeing all your projects this year. Thank you for the giveaway.

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  6. That's a beautiful quilt. I have so enjoyed getting to "know" you and your work through the Ambassador program this year, and will continue to follow your new creative ventures. Best of luck!

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  7. Oh Deer! definitely finished your ambassador adventure on a high note. Just love all your creations throughout the year. I look forward to sewing along with you as the future presents itself!

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  8. Love your quilt, also fun to have a review of your projects. We will miss you!

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  9. Wow your quilt for today is lovely. Thank you for sharing and for inspiring. I hope that the next leg of your journey is great and blessed. Your other quilts are so pretty.
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  10. I love all you've done this year. Great projects.

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  11. Love the Oh Deer quilt. Very masculine... which I have a problem creating. Go figure! I think my favorite project was the March (?) with the green. Congratulations on completing your year as ambassador. MelvaLovesScraps (at) NolanQualityCustoms (dot)com

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  12. Your "Oh Deer" quilt is just gorgeous and any guy would love it. Sorry to see you leave as an ambassador, but know the future is bright for you.

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  13. Absolutely beautiful quilts, Jen! I really enjoyed seeing all of them together as a collection.

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  14. You did a great job. I have the mini QCR and hope to get more practice with it soon. I ♥ orange.

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  15. Super design to show those fabrics off so well. And what a year with those past projects here for us to see/drool over/ and wonder about all over again.Thank you for those pics. Please leave me off the giveaway, as I am down in NZ, sweltering in the 30c and more, while so many of you are freezing in the cold.

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  16. Beautiful quilt Jen! You will be missed as an Island Batik Ambassador!

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  17. Love the quilt and that deer fabric. Thank you for a year of lovely batik creations. I love batiks and hope that these blog hops will get others to love them as well.

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  18. i love what you did with this quilt! You will be missed as an ambassador, but I am trying to do the color challenge so you should see me then. Have a terrific year and hope you get to accomplish what you have planned!

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  19. What fabulous quilts and yes, you will be missed as an ambassador!

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  20. Thank you for sharing your projects with us.

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  21. Thanks for sharing your quilt projects with us. This one is the perfect choice for showing off the larger format prints. Love love love your November Challenge piece! Such rich colours!

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  22. Love the deer in this collection! Beautiful quilt, and it's fun to see your favorites from your time as an Ambassador.

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  23. Great job and ty for showing us so many diffrent color ways and ideas. ..happyness04431@yahoo.com

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  24. Sorry you didn't go for another year. You are so talented. Great quilt.

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  25. Great post, and I'll miss you. You're quilts are always enjoyable.

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  26. What a perfect pattern for the beautiful batiks!!!

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  27. What a perfect quilt to showcase the Oh Dear line of Island Batik fabrics. So sorry to hear you are not going to be an Ambassador any longer but it was a great way for us to find you. Your favorited from this past year are stunning. Thank you for the eye candy.

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  28. There's so much movement in your quilt, Jen! It looks great and really shows off the fabrics well :)

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  29. lovely quilt. You had a good year as an IB Ambassador. Your quilts projects are very nice.

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  30. Your quilt is very striking; it showed off the deer designs beautifully! I now have another idea of how to use the QCR I received for my birthday last spring but haven't broken in yet.
    Thanks for sharing the photos of your Island Batik Ambassador projects. I especially love your November log cabin. So very pretty.

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  31. The color combination in your quilt is stunning! Thanks for sharing this, and for all the inspiration that you provided as an ambassador. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do next!

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  32. Thanks for sharing, Jen! I love the deer! I see them often running through my yard but like them better on fabric!! LOL

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  33. Your quilt is lovely. I am impressed with all the curved piecing. I have a quilt that I started some time ago that is waiting for me to get the courage to try to tackle it and finish it.

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  34. My favorite color is red, but I love a lot of different colors in my quilts.

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  35. Great quilt Jen. A great quilt to top off a year of beautiful creations. All the best with your ventures in the coming year.

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