Recap of Week Two of the All Puffed Up Blog Hop and Giveaway!

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Posted Feb 17, 2023

Greetings, fellow quilters!

Another week of the Island Batik All Puffed Up Blog Hop has come to an end, and what a week it was! Our talented Ambassadors yet again wowed us with their amazing puff quilts, each one more creative and colorful than the last. Next week’s hop is going to be just as wonderful, so, get your fabric, thread and your sewing machines ready!

If you missed any of the quilts featured during Week Two of All Puffed Up Blog Hop, don’t worry. We’ve got you covered with a quick recap! You will find direct links to each post to learn more about the designer’s process. Also, some of the Ambassadors are doing bonus giveaways, check them all out!

This week’s projects featured the following Island Batik collections by Kathy Engle: Foundations, Fruit and Veggies, Garden Delight and Juicy Mosaics.

Love Letters Puffy quilt by Renee Atkinson, Pink Tulip Quilting + bonus GIVEAWAY!

Quilt by Denise Looney, Quiltery – For the Love of Geese

Quilt by Gail Sheppard, Quilting Gail + bonus GIVEAWAY!

Fruit Salad Puff quilt and cushion by Anorina Morris, Samelia’s Mum

Rainbow Trip Around the Garden by Sandra Starley, Textile Time Travels

Batik Blossoms quilt by Susan Deshensky, Lady Blue Quilt Studio + bonus GIVEAWAY!

Quilt by Randi Jones, Randi’s Roost

We hope that seeing all of these beautiful Puff quilts has inspired you to start working on your own. And if you need a little extra motivation, we just kicked off our final giveaway for next week’s featured collections! We put aside two Fat Quarter bundles of two new complete Island Batik collections – River Walk by Jean Wells Designs and Princess Rose by Kathy Engle.

To enter for your chance to win one of these these stunning batik bundles, please follow the easy-to-use prompts on Rafflecopter!

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This giveaway ends on February, 24th at 11:59 pm PDT. Two random winners will be notified by email on February, 25th and announced on our Facebook page on February, 28th. If the winners do not respond within the first three days after being notified, two new random winners will be chosen. Please check your spam folders!

There is still time to get your last minute entry in for the chance to win a Fat Quarter bundle of Juicy Mosaics or King’s Castle collections by visiting our previous post!

Make sure to follow Island Batik on Facebook and Instagram, so that you always stay updated on the beautiful quilts and home decor items from the talented Island Batik Ambassadors and Designers:

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Check our social media pages on Monday for more projects from Island Batik Ambassadors on the Final Week of the All Puffed Up Blog Hop!

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I remember working on a quilt that I felt was really difficult. The pattern seemed very challenging, the seams quite fiddly, and I made many mistakes–and I knew I was making them, knew that my work was not up to my expectations. I set it aside, worked on more basic projects, improved my skills, and when I returned to this quilt, I found that it wasn’t as hard. My seams nested more easily and I understood the directions more quickly. I would like to say that it was part of an intentional plan, that I had realized I was out of my depth and had “schooled myself” in order to return a better quilter, but really I just stepped back from something that was making me frustrated and unhappy and when I happened upon the unfinished quilt (which, thankfully enough, I still liked and was willing to spend time with) I was better suited for the skill level it called for.

I had rippled borders…so I removed both rounds of borders. Measured the centers of the quilt, trimmed the length on the borders and reattached them the way you should…the right way!

another great week of great projects shared. if something doesn’t turn out quilting try a different way … not everyone does it the same. try again, keep practicing.

I havent really liked or got the hang of paper piecesing ….Ty for the blog hop this week great ideas

River Walk is so pretty!

So many beautiful quilts this week. Looking forward to the upcoming week’s quilts!

When I was new to paper piecing, I was about to throw my machine out the window. I had chosen a not-so-simple project, which was my first mistake. I stuck with it as my patience wore thin, but my stubbornness to win took hold! I would sew a line and end up tearing it out to only sew it again because of having the fabric facing the wrong way or having it cut short. Perseverance got the job done!

I am more into making scrappy blocks than challenging ones so my blocks are usually very simple. But I love making them and my quilts are very pretty to me. Thanks for another great giveaway.

The quilt I made for my son and daughter-in-law had 8 different blocks repeated in it. I wasn’t sure how I wanted to quilt it. I traced each block type onto paper and played around (with paper and pencil) till I decided the best way to quilt it. Then I quilted all the blocks of that type. Then onto the next block type. It took me a while, but eventually I got it all quilted.

wow great job and I love the colors you got

I am always challenged by how to quilt the quilt, once it’s constructed. I am currently working on one now where I am doing a lot of custom quilting. I tend to work on it for a bit and then put it away and work on something else, until the next idea of how to quilt it comes to me. I will give myself breaks so it’s not so overwhelming all at once.

i haven’t done anything difficult yet!!!!

I have not been able to conquer free motion quilting 🙁 but I plan on watching a few on line videos and tackling it again! Thanks for the fun week ! Great fabrics as usual!! So many inspiring projects! Puff quilts – who would have guessed so many ways to construct them!

I’m working on a 5 ft by 7 ft landscape quilt that will hang in our church sanctuary. I’m using lots of batiks and hand dyes, but still struggling a bit to avoid a cartoonish look. I need to add a lot more shading with different Batiks and maybe some Inktense pencils. So I’m not sure that I have overcome the problems yet, but I’m working on it. 🙂 Thank you for this beautiful blog hop and the introduction of all these beautiful new batiks.

Love all the puff quilts so far. I would like to make one this year. My mother helped me fix a quilting challenge. She had me rethink the quilt block for the quilt and try to simplify the design. Thanks to her help I was able to successfully complete the quilt and not totally rely on the pattern. I guess you could say I improvized.

I have a block of the month I did with an on-line group. When it came to the August block, I just couldn’t get it to come out right. I ended up putting that block in “time out” and continued on. The whole project got out in time out at the end because of that one block. I ended up coming back to it a couple of years later, after I had learned more and was able to get it together.

Week 3 – I had a center star that cut off shapes of pieces under it. I had to hand measure the missing hole, transfer measurements to fabric add 1/4 inch around and fill in with the correct small piece of fabric.

Paper piecing has been my biggest challenge. I overcame it by making sure that my fabric pieces were big enough to allow for enough overlap.

I usually struggle with how to quilt a quilt. It can really sit for a while waiting for me to be inspired. Looking at quilting choices on similar projects is a good way for me to get ideas.

Years ago I made a Twisted Log Cabin. It was hard for me. In the end, my husband fell in love with it and claimed it for his office. Every time I look at it I remember all the hours and the pain. So worth it.

Love all the puff quilts.

For my sons wedding, I made them a civil war reproduction quilt. They bought a queen size bed, so he asked for a king sized quilt so it would go over the edges enough. Now my son is a taylor/sewer in his own right, and well respected among others. Anyway, I found a book Barbara Brackmans Civil War Sampler. Each block has a little history behind it. My first challenge was finding civil war reproduction fabrics that I liked. After much searching I found a quit store only half an hour away that dealt with all kinds of civil war reproduction fabrics and the owner was very knowledgeable. I got my fabrics and started having fun making blocks. Then came the point where putting them together had to took right in my opinion. Ok I can do this. And I did. Then came the point of quilting it all together. Well this was not going to work on my home machine. Hmmm Oh yes, go back to the lady who owns the civil war quilt shop. I let the lady know what I wanted and how I wanted it quilted. Well she was very good. She made time for me to come over and we went up stairs and she made the time with me and we talked about thread and quilt patterns. When I left we were both so confident that my son and his fiancé would love it and it would last for a very long time. I got a second book to go with the quilt. Both my son and his wife do a lot of sewing, I knew they would like the book and reading about each of the blocks. I was right. Year long mission accomplished and this quilt is very loved.

I learned to quilt in a high school class. I began my piecing at school but had to take it home over break and do some piecing at home. It turns out the quarter inch feet were not the same on the different machines and so my blocks were all slightly different sizes. Rookie mistake to not check the seam! I don’t remember exactly how I fixed it but it all worked out in the end.

The challenge I am struggling with is a Jacqueline DeJonge quilt. Somehow the pieces aren’t fitting together as they should and the more I fuss with it the more the marks disappear. SIgh, I haven’t overcome the problem yet but this may be one of those projects that gets turned into something else!

I love how the puff quilts turned out. I didn’t realize they are different ways to make them so it was very interesting to see one from each maker!

I overcame trying to get an accurate 1/4-inch seam by going to paper piecing.

My challenge is always how to quilt a quilt–love to piece the top–not so much the quilting!!

My biggest challenge is in quilting the quilt. I am still very nervous when free motion quilting and trying to use more adventurous designs.

I have been noticing that my seam allowance got narrower as I got closer to the end. Turns out the problem was that I let my mind wander as I got nearer the end. Not as easy to fix as I hoped for.

I also really like the puff quilts and my make one some day.

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Recap of Week Two of the All Puffed Up Blog Hop and Giveaway!