Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Meet Missy




Welcome to my stop on the Island Batik Ambassador blog hop-The Great Outdoors.   Meet 'Missy' !

You can get all the details about the hop on the Island Batik blog.  There are a whole lot of Ambassadors this year so a lot of inspiration for you follow along with.  Being an ambassador means that Island Batik gives us 2 boxes of fabric a year and then gives us challenges each month to use that fabric in.  Sometimes these challenges are just perfect for what we like to do and then sometimes it takes us out of our box-that is what a challenge is all about!

Along with the hop, which has been going on for 4 weeks,  there is lots of inspiration and giveaways, so hang in to the bottom of the post and I will tell you the info you need to know.

Missy started out as this...  When I received this Island Batik collection, called Jungle Cruise,  I just knew it had to become a giraffe wall hanging for me, I mean see the giraffe prints:0  I love giraffes!  I love the rich tones and the feel of Island Batiks.  This was one of several collections released at Spring Market.  It should be in stores right now.  If yours doesn't carry it ask them to!



The pattern, called My Favorite Earrings by Hissy Fitz Designs, had two giraffes but I chose to do only one as I only had a half yard of the green I wanted to use for the background.  And that size quilt is perfect for the wall I wanted it on at the top of my stairs.   Every piece of Missy is appliqued on.  I use Elmer's Glue to glue the edges of the applique down,  since it is Batik's I don't use fusible.  I will applique her after the quilting is done.  

TaDa, all done!   I changed up the borders as I wanted to be able to use all the prints in this collection.


 I decided to freehand squiggle quilt over the seam of the piano key border.  The background around Missy received some freehand hook swirl.  The quilting was all done on my Nolting Funquilter longarm with Hobbs batting.  Thank you to Hobbs, Aurifil and Island Batiks for providing everything for this quilt.


Now you can see some of the straight stitching of the raw edge applique.  All the applique was done after quilting and all done while still on the longarm.


Look at her eyelashes!!  I changed that up a bit and fringed a piece of Batik and stuck the edge under neath the eyelid before stitching it down.  I love the dimension! 

So if you hop over to the Island Batik Blog there is a Rafflecopter for you to sign up for the giveaway from Island Batik and it is a strip pack of this very line-Jungle Cruise!!!!!!!!


And my own personal giveaway is this 2 yard piece of Island Batik's Rayon.  If you would like a chance to win it leave me a comment, because of the cost of postage I have to limit this to U.S. residents only.   Make sure I have your email addy if you are a no reply blogger or I won't be able to contact you if you win.  I made a top with their Rayon last spring, I love it!   You don't have to make a garment, you could make lots of scarves and use as Christmas presents!  Being a red head this deep mauve color just isn't in my wardrobe color, but it sure is pretty.

I will pick a winner on September 5th.   This give away is now closed-a winner has been picked and notified. 


Here is a list of all the ambassadors:  And several of them are also having their own personal give aways, so check them out and leave them some comment love;)

Monday, August 6 - All A Flutter - Yellow Cat Quilt Designs, Creative Blonde
Tuesday, August 7 - Birds N’ Bees - Ark Angel Creations, Patterns By Jen
Wednesday, August 8 - Canterbury Manor - Sally Manke, Powered By Quilting
Thursday, August 9 - Eclectic Garden - Desert Bloom Quilting, Sew Karen-ly Created
Friday, August 10 - Vintage Morris - MooseStash Quilting, Devoted Quilter

Monday, August 13 - Safari - Sew Incredibly Crazy, SweetGrass Designs
Tuesday, August 14 - Spring Blossoms - Mary Mack Made Mine, If These Threads Could Talk
Wednesday, August 15 - Victoria and Albert - Bejeweled Quilts, Clever Chameleon
Thursday, August 16 - Wild Things - Freemotion By The River, Kauffman Designs
Friday, August 17 - Petting Zoo - Den Syende Himmel, Sarah Goer Quilts

Monday, August 20 - Ocean Odyssey - Gateway Quilts, The Quilt Rambler
Tuesday, August 21 - British Rose - Busy Hands Quilts, Mania for Quilts
Wednesday, August 22 - Dear William - The Inquiring Quilter, MMM Quilts, Living Water Quilter
Thursday, August 23 - Dragonfly Dreams - Inchworm Fabrics, BeaQuilter
Friday, August 24 - Fur-ocious Friends - Quilting Affection Designs, Dizzy Quilter

Monday, August 27 - Globetrotter - Pamela Quilts, Curliecue Creations
Tuesday, August 28 - Jungle Cruise - Vicki's Crafts and Quilting, Little Bunny Quilts
Wednesday, August 29 - Lavendula - Carole Lyles Shaw, Masterpiece Quilting
Thursday, August 30 - London Calling - Quilt in a Not-Shell, Lizard Creek Quilting
Friday, August 31 - Spirit Rhythm - Steph Jacobson, Whispers of Yore

Monday, September 3 - Sweet Tweets - Kathleen McMusing, Adventurous Applique and Quilting
Tuesday, September 4 - Whatnot - heARTS Creations, Slice of Pi Quilts

Linking with Linky TuesdayMoving it Forward, Monday MakingMidweek Makers


75 comments:

  1. Your giraffe is amazing! The eyelashes add a special touch.

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  2. This is so beautiful! Giraffes are awesome!

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  3. Beautiful! The batiks are perfect for it and those eyelashes are so neat!

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  4. Missy is adorable! The fabrics you received worked perfectly in making her and I love all of the fabrics in the border. Great finish!

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  5. What a fun quilt - and those eyelashes are so cute!!
    Fellow Ambassador Karen

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  7. I really love the giraffe! Nice choice for the batiks you received.

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  8. that is a beautiful pink color would love it.
    I would not have thought to make a giraffe what a great choice

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  9. Vicki, your giraffe is amazing! I love it! It definitely was the perfect project for that group of batiks.

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  10. oh goodness, Missy is adorable. and her eyelashes are so creative and pretty. you highlighted these fabrics well and did a great job with the "outdoor" theme. thanks for sharing and inspiring today.
    quilting dash lady at comcast dot net

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  11. Oh Vicki, Missy is darling and I can see her at the top of your stairs! I can't wait to meet her :-) The eyelashes were a great add, by the way. Tell me why you don't use fusible with batik? I'm curious.

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  12. I think I'm in love with Missy!! Adorable and perfect for your fabric collection! I'm with Wendy.... I'd love to know more about your appliqué process. I do lots of appliqué with batiks - are you telling me I can simply get rid of the fusible and Elmer's glue the edges instead? Because that sounds awesome. And cheap....

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  13. Oh My Goodness! Missy is sew CUTE! What a great job you did on her, including the eyelashes.

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  14. I love giraffes and I LOVE Missy! Awesome job. Could you share the source for the My Favorite Earrings pattern?

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    1. You are no reply Annmarie...pattern https://www.hissyfitzdesigns.com/product/giraffe-quilt-pattern/

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    2. Thank-you for the link & for telling me I'm no reply which I don't understand but I will figure it out. My email: tegens@charter.net

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  15. Missy is lovely! The batik choices are perfect and her coat turned out wonderful. Nice work!

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  16. I love, love, love Missy! What a great job you did.

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  17. Missy is Adorable!! The perfect choice for these batiks <3

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  18. Missy looks awesome and oh so friendly!

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  19. Your giraffe is perfectly beautiful!

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  20. Vicki, Missy is sure a cutie! Love the eyelashes! And that pink rayon color is "me", lol! Better hop and see what the others created.

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  21. Great use of the fabric! Love your quilting, Vicki!

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  22. Welcome to the world, Missy. Great eyelashes. 24Tangent@gmail.com

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  23. Fabulous! This such a fun quilt and well done.

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  24. Missy is just beautiful. Perfect for tha fabric collection. shades000 at gmail dot com

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  25. Oh, she's just darling, Vicki!! Love those eyelashes :) No need to enter me into the drawing, since I don't sew with rayon at all. Pretty color, though!

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  26. Wow! There are a lot of ambassadors. It's very clever how you modified this pattern to fit your desired size and fabric allotment. I love the eyelashes.

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  27. A design like that would pull me out of my "comfort zone", too!!!! You did a great job on it and the quilting is perfect for this one!!!!

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  28. Great wallhanging. Love how you adapted the pattern to fit what you wanted. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  29. Love love love this!! I collect giraffe items so this really appeals to me. What a great job you did! I'm wondering though, not being familiar with working with batiks, why did you mention "since it is batiks I don't use fusible"?
    kakingsbury at verizon dot net

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  30. Oh my goodness, Missy is stunning. I've seen the original pattern in solids, but this is better. Love your applique method too; I'll be trying it in the very near future. And those eyelashes... Femme fatale for sure.

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  31. WOWWow!!!! that is an amazing quilt - love Missy!!! Beautifully done!!! mumbird3atgmaildotcom

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  32. Oh I'll pass on the giveaway but wanted to leave a comment so you know how much I love Missy. I'm jealous of her lashes!

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  33. What a fabulous quilt. Everything about it is amazing.

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  34. You did a great job with that fabric collection! I esp. like the large piano key border.
    I do have a question, you used glue to fasten down the applique pieces and said because they are batiks you don't use fusible, is that because the material is thick enough?
    tvonzalez at gmail dot com

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  35. Love the giraffe! Your quilting is just perfect.

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  36. She is so cute tytyty for sharing your talents. ... happyness04431@yahoo.com

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  37. Hi Vicki! I saw this picture this morning and I let out a gasp. I couldn't read more because of blogspot being blocked at work, but I was wondering who made such a lovely giraffe. WOWEE! She is gorgeous. And those eyelashes - I am need to incorporate that somehow into my George the giraffe. Love this! ~smile~ Roseanne

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  38. Vicki.......this.....is.....amazing!!! I always like to check in and see what you are doing.......awesome stuff!

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  39. Missy is beautiful! I love her eyelashes! I would love to win this fabric, it is my favorite color!
    cecilialyoung at gmail dot com

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  40. Those lashes, what a novel way to add some huge " appeal " to her. Beautiful borders, and a wall hanging that will be so admired.

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  41. Cute giraffe! Great idea for the eyelashes!

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  42. What a sweet giraffe! That rayon sure would make up into a cute skirt! Thanks for sharing the fun giveaway!

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  43. Your giraffe is so cute and I love the eyelashes...nice touch. Thank you for the giveaway opportunity.

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  44. I love that beautiful rose pink color--Thanks for the Give away!
    barbkaup(at)(yahoo)(dot)(com)

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  45. I love love love the giraffe and the eyelashes - oh my! This is an adorable quilt and the piano key border is nice way to use all the different fabrics!

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  46. Giraffe is AWESOME 💚💚💚
    Love the pink fabric, lots of little ladies in my life that would love a scarf. Thanks for the chance.

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  47. Such a beautiful giraffe and so very clever of you to create her! She will provide many smiles through out her life! I'd love to make myself a blouse with the hot pink rayon! I've recently lost weight and need some new pieces in my wardrobe!

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  48. I would love that piece of rayon batik. Maybe I could get a pair of pull-on capris out of it!
    Love your giraffe!

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  49. My comment is really a question. You said, "Because it is batiks, I don't use fusible". May I ask why? I haven't appliquéd with batiks yet, but I plan to, and I'd like to learn as much as I can before I begin. Thanks.

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  50. I really like how it turned out. Great use of the fabrics. Your color placement was wonderful.

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  51. I love your giraffe. I love the pink rayon, too. Thanks for the opportunity to win. Cshelleyqbq (at) gmail (dot) com

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  52. Missy is beautiful! And what a creative use of fabric! Thanks so much for sharing your art, and for the beautiful fabric giveaway!

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  53. Love your giraffe, can sure see how those fabrics can inspire such a project!

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  54. What a cute giraffe wall hanging. The eyelashes just add to the cuteness. The fabric prints work great for this giraffe.

    tushay3 (at) yahoo (dot) com

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  55. I love your giraffe and the treatment of the eyes. I'm a huge lover of giraffes and think this would be a wonderful wallhanging. Thanks for letting us know about the pattern. Do you have problems with the needle going through the Elmer's glue after the glue dries?

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  56. Vicki, Missy is the sweetest!! Her eyelashes were the icing on the cake! Thanks for sharing how you did the appliqué too. :-)

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  57. What a sweet face! Including all those colors in the border makes such a perfect frame for Missy!

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  58. Vicki, I love, love, LOVE, Missy! She is absolutely stunning! Perfect for this collection of Island Batiks! The eyelashes are a perfect addition! Like some of the others, I too would be interested in your process for applique not using fusible. I love doing applique and love to learn new techniques! Thanks! And, that fabric is gorgeous too!

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  59. Missy is absolutely stunning!!!! Wow! What a fantastic use of a specific line.

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  60. Missy is so adorable! Those eyelashes are the perfect detail :)

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