End of Week One Try a Tool Blog Hop and Giveaway

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Posted Aug 13, 2021

Thank you for following along during the short Week One of Try a Tool Blog Hop! We hope that seeing all the amazing ways our Ambassadors have been using the tools from our friends at Deb Tucker’s Studio 180 Design, new Island Batik collections and products from our industry sponsors in their fabulous quilts inspires you to create something great! If there’s a tool that caught your attention the most, click here to purchase it and see what blocks it allows you to make.

In case you missed any of this week’s projects, we put them all together in a recap! There is a direct link to each post for you to learn more about the designer’s process. Also, some of the Ambassadors are doing bonus giveaways, so make sure to check them out! Besides the parade of gorgeous quilts, there’s a new giveaway, so make sure to get to the end of this post!

This week’s projects featured the following Island Batik collections:

Autumn Wings by Kathy Engle
Butterfly Blooms by Kathy Engle
Fancy Feathers by Kathy Engle

Quilt by Gail Sheppard of Quilting Gail + BONUS GIVEAWAY! (made using the V Block tool)

Quilt by Mania Hatziioannidi of Mania Quilts + BONUS GIVEAWAY! (made using the Corner Pop tool)

Three quilts and table runner by Preeti Harris of Sew Preeti Quilts (made using the Corner Pop III tool)

Quilt by Elizabeth DeCroos of Epida Studio (made using the Corner Pop III tool)

Fancy Feathers by Emily Leachman of The Darling Dogwood + BONUS GIVEAWAY! (made using the Wing Clipper tool)

Table runner by Jennifer Thomas of Curlicue Creations + BONUS GIVEAWAY! (made using the Split Rects tool)

We hope you enjoyed all the wonderful quilts above! Let us know how much you like them in the comments below!

If there is a quilt shop in your city, be sure to let them know how much you love Island Batik collections and Batik Foundations! Please, visit the store locator on our website to see which shops around you carry Island Batik.

For the next week’s giveaway, we are giving two lucky people a chance to win a 2.5″ Strip Pack of Island Batik Floral Wonders by Jerry Khiev or a 10″ Stack of Midnight Dazzle by Kathy Engle.

To enter for your chance to win these gorgeous batiks, please follow the easy-to-use prompts on Rafflecopter!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This giveaway ends on August, 21 at 11:59 pm PDT. Two random winners will be notified by email on August, 22 and announced on our Facebook page on August, 24. If the winners do not respond within the first three days after being notified, two new random winners will be chosen.

There is still time to get your last minute entry in for the chance to win a 2.5″ Strip Pack or a 10″ Stack of the complete Island Batik Autumn Wings or Butterfly Blooms collections by Kathy Engle 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:

Facebook: Island Batik

Instagram: @island_batik

Check our social media pages on Monday for more projects from Island Batik Ambassadors on Week Two of Try a Tool Blog Hop!

There Are 36 Comments

Color is most important when I am selecting fabric.

First is color, then design…

I look for brand as well as color. I love your batiks! They are always gorgeous!

Colours, fabrics, patterns
If I see a fabric that I like,I buy it.
Hopefully I have fabric at home to match.
Otherwise, I go and buy more fabric

Ya can’t choose just one so you just choose them all. Gorgeous array of beautiful projects!

Color & design. Patterns needs to be written for easy understanding… your Batiks are the best. Always love the range of colors.

Design/texture and color are most important.

Color Is my first and second and maybe third reason for picking up a fabric.
Then Scale comes into play

Also wanted to say that I really appreciate the gathering together of the projects at the end of each challenge.

I would say that when shopping for fabric, colour is the first thing that I look for and then the size of the print on the fabric. Thanks!

Color and design!

Material first (it has to be cotton!), then color. Of course if there are batiks, I go there first!

I look for colour first and then quality of fabric.

I look for colors that match
well for two sided creations.
Carla from Arizona

Color and design and fabric feel!

It varies depending on my project, but definitiely colour is a top one. Thanks

Color is first, then design. I do like to feel the fabric as well and make sure it feels soft.

I love color and design. I can’t wait to try a new design.

Color and design! Thank you for the chance.

Color, visual texture and color value and MUST be batik!

Color is my first priority.

Depends on the project, but usually color and how the fabric feels first, then brand and design. Sometimes it’s the design and colors that inspire, though. Great Question!

Quality is first if I am spending my time sewing it better be great fabric. Next comes color. I love the color. The better, more vibrant, the happier I am. Price is third. I’m retired so this matters.

Cotton that has a nice feel to it. If it doesn’t feel right, I’ll keep looking.

Oh, yes! Color is what I look for! Texture–whether by design or weave–is next!

Color and quality of fabric are usually my priorities.

Material, color, and design are the most important aspects.

Quality is most important to me.

color, quality and design are all equally important to me when choosing fabric.

I usually pick a focus fabric 1st, the fund coordinating fabrics and a pattern. Sometimes I pick a pattern 1st.

Color and coordinating fabrics, I already have my pattern picked out so just need the fabric.

Color and feel are important to me – if it looks great and feels wonderful – it will quilt well!!!

This is fun – I love learning about the different tools, because I don’t have many, and they are good to have.. I did buy the Wing Clipper 1 and 2, and the Magic Wand after learning about them here!

I like them all… color and design

I look for colour first and then quality of fabric.

I am usually drawn to fabric by its color, but if the quality of the fabric is not good, I will not purchase. Quality is so important to the life of a project!

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End of Week One Try a Tool Blog Hop and Giveaway