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.
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;)
Tuesday, September 4 - Whatnot - heARTS Creations, Slice of Pi Quilts
