A camping we will go

Last year while camping the light coming in the little door window was waking us up to early!  The next time we went camping I threw up a piece of denim just to block the light, this worked but was so ugly.  Now ugly just won't do for this quilter!   

This month for our Island Batik ambassador challenge we are to make a mini.  It has to be 24" x 24" or less.  So I set about playing in the new box of fabric that Island Batik had given us for the first 6 months of this year.  I chose to work with some blue and green blenders for the sky and grass. Next was to pick out something that would work for the camper, gotta love me some spots for that.  A dark brown blender worked great for the door, and a light tan for the windows. 

I had drawn up a plan in EQ8 for this mini, and then when it was time to make it I didn't have access to a printer for the pattern.  Well how hard can it be to draw it by hand.  Super easy, the camper started out as a rectangle. Some rounding to the corners and a slant cut off for the front. Round wheels were easily obtained by drawing around a spool of thread. The windows are rectangles with rounded corners.  After all the pieces were cut I used my new Janome Skyline 7 to do the applique, piecing and quilting.  That's right I did not quilt it on my longarm.  This is a very rare thing indeed.  But I wanted to try out the walking foot.  

Ahem...a word of warning, read your manual before trying a new machine!!!!!!!!   I was being a bit of a smarty pants I guess, I thought it would be straightforward to use the walking foot.  I mean I have used one a few times on my other Janomes.  So I struggled quilting this little piece without having everything all set on the walking foot.   Then I had a free evening and I read the manual and learned I didn't really have the walking foot engaged even though it was on the machine!!!  Things are just a bit different on this machine.  I tried it on a different piece the next day, what a difference, (hanging my head in shame), LOL

My piece is 17" x 26" to completely cover the window.  The pinwheels on the top and bottom are decorative of course, but were needed to make it the length I needed.  I know, with all the snow and frigid temps that Minnesota has been getting, it seems weird to be making something for the camper.  But this way I'll be all ready for the summer camping season. 

My magificent mini is made using fabrics Island Batik provided, Hobbs cotton/wool blend provided by Hobbs, and pieced with Aurifil thread supplied by Aurifil. 

Here is a list of the 2019 Island Batik Ambassadors:

Carolina Asmussen ~Carolina Asmussen

Gene Black ~ Gene Black

Pamela Boatright ~ Pamela Quilts

Connie K Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River

Anja Clyke ~ Anja Quilts

Tina Dillard ~ Quilting Affection Designs

Becca Fenstermaker ~Pretty Piney

Jennifer Fulton ~ Inquiring Quilter

Barbara Gaddy ~ Bejeweled Quilts by Barb

Dione Gardner-Stephen ~ Clever Chameleon

Sarah Goer ~ Sarah Goer Quilts

Vasudha Govindan ~ Storied Quilts

Lori Haase ~ Dakota City Quilter II

Joanne Hart ~

Mania (Magdalini) Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for Quilts

Carla Henton ~ Create in the Sticks

Stephanie Jacobson ~ Steph Jacobson Designs

Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

Joan Kawano ~ Moosestash Quilting

Kim Lapacek ~ Persimon Dreams

Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood

Leanne Parsons ~ Devoted Quilter

Bea Lee ~ BeaQuilter

Toby Lischko ~ Gateway Quilts & Stuff

Bill Locke ~ http://studiobilllocke.com/blog/
Denise Looney ~ For the Love of Geese

Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights

Sally Manke ~ Sally Manke

Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack's Blog

Kathleen McCormick ~ Kathleen McMusing

Carol Moellers ~ Carol Moellers Designs

Karen Neary ~ Sew Karen-ly Created

Lisa Nielsen ~ Lisa Lisa and the Quilt Jam

Jackie O’Brien ~ If These Threads Could Talk

Laura Piland ~ Slice of Pi Quilts

Michelle Roberts ~ Creative Blonde

Vicki Schlimmer ~ Vicki's Crafts and Quilting  

Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail

Sherry Shish ~ Powered by Quilting

Anita Skjellanger , Quilt in a not-Shell

Laticia "Tish" Stemple ~ Tish's Adventures in Wonderland

Jennifer Strauser ~ Dizzy Quilter

Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations

Terri Vanden Bosch ~ Lizard Creek Quilts

Alison Vermilya ~ Little Bunny Quilts

Sandra Walker ~ mmm! quilts

Suzy Webster ~ Adventerous Applique and Quilting

(Debora) Anne Weins ~ Sweetgrass Creative Designs

Geraldine Wilkins ~ Living Water Quilter

Janet Yamamoto ~

Linking with Free Motion by the River and Main Crush Monday

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