End of Week Two It’s in the Bag Blog Hop and Giveaway

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Posted Sep 18, 2020

Our Ambassadors had a blast making backpacks, bags and tool organizers for Week Two of It’s in the Bag Blog Hop! We hope you loved all their projects and feel inspired to make something for yourself or someone special in your life! Our friends at ByAnnie.com have a pattern for everyone, and our Ambassadors are here to prove it!

It is time for a Friday recap of all the fabulous projects, created by our talented Ambassadors during this fun week. As usual, be sure to click the direct link to each post to read more about the designer’s process and see more detail shots! Besides the display of gorgeous projects, today we’re launching a new weekly giveaway, so make sure to get to the end of this post to see how YOU can win!

Without further ado, let’s begin the round-up! This week’s projects featured the following Island Batik collections:

Gatsby by Kathy Engle
Lemon Grass by Kathy Engle for Chris Hoover of Whirligig Designs
Mandala Magic by Jackie Kunkel of Canton Village Quilt Works
Metropolis by Kathy Engle

Back At Ya 2.1 by Sally Manke, Fiber Artist (plus a bonus giveaway!)

Ruler Wrap by Gail Renna of Quilt Haven Threads

Running with Scissors by Emily Leachman of The Darling Dogwood (plus a bonus giveaway!)

Divide & Conquer by Mania Hatziioannidi of Mania for Quilts (plus a bonus giveaway!)

Take a Stand by Connie Kauffman of Kauffman Designs (plus a bonus giveaway!)

Divide & Conquer by Leah Malasky of Quilted Delights

Got Your Back 2.1 by Vasudha Govindan of Storied Quilts (plus a bonus giveaway!)

Round Trip Duffle by Joanne Hart of Unicorn Harts

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

If there is a quilt shop in your area, 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.

Are you ready for a new giveaway? Follow the easy Rafflecopter prompts below and YOU might win a Fat Quarter pack of one of the two new Island Batik collections that will be featured during next week of It’s in the Bag Blog Hop – Nouveau Soul by Kathy Engle and Urbanization, designed for Kari Nichols of Mountainpeek Creations:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

This giveaway ends on September 25th at 11:59 pm PDT. Two random winners will be notified on September, 26th and announced on our Facebook page on September, 29th. 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 Fat Quarter bundle of Island Batik Mandala Magic or Lemon Grass collections by visiting End of Week One It’s in the Bag Blog Hop and Giveaway!

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

Island Batik Ambassadors: https://islandbatik.com/2020-ambassadors

Island Batik Designers: https://islandbatik.com/designers

Check our Facebook and Instagram pages on Monday for more projects from Island Batik Ambassadors on Week Three of It’s in the Bag Blog Hop!

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It calms me.

I absolutely love learning more & more about quilting& sewing. I really love sewing & quilting too. It calms me just to read about it. Enjoy your day! angielovesgary2 atgmail dotcom

It has taken over my spare time, not to mention every spare room in my house; and I have enjoyed every minute of it!!

Quilting fulfills my desire to create. It opened up a whole new world where I met many new people who have that same desire to create and to make things for others.

Quilting has changed my perception of who I am. It is my artistic outlet. It is one of the ways in which I am able to participate in charitable giving. When something significant happens, my thought goes to how I might commemorate it with a quilt or ease the pain of the moment with a quilt. When I travel, I see architecture and nature through the eyes of a quilter and a maker. Quilting has changed my life in this way: If you ask me about myself, one of the first things I will tell you is, “I am a quilter.” Not, “I quilt”, but, “I AM a quilter.”

Charity quilting gives me a sense of purpose and a way to give back. Thank you for offering this giveaway!

Love red and white quilts.

Quilting has helped me make friends. Go on retreats, go on shop hops. Relieves stress.

I have always sewed, but when I started quilting it was a whole new experience. I get totally into the process which makes the time go by (especially these days) and have a cuddly finished project! Thanks!

I think I need to add round trip duffle to my to do list. Thanks for all the inspiration!

Quilting has given me something productive to do in my spare time. It’s enjoyable and calming.
I’ve also been able to make gifts and charity quilts.

Quilting has been a creative and artistic release for me. I can get so involved in a project I forget to eat. I have even worked on a project into the early morning hours.

I started quilting when I was in high school. I believe that it has made me more sensitive to others and their likes and needs. I love to give away quilts and something quilted to others

Quilting is such a creative outlet for me, learning to combine fabrics and cokours is sew much fun!

Quilting has helped me to find yet another creative aspect to my life. It has also enriched my set of friends.

It has allowed me to express my creativity while making gifts for people I love!

Quilting has taken over half of the living room and most of my weekends. Seriously now, I have met some wonder, helpful quilters at shops, classes, retreats, and guilds. It has expanded my creativity and enriched my life.

Quilting has helped me challenge myself to learn new techniques and create gifts for my family and others!

Quilting has helped me learn how to create complex items out of small pieces of fabric.

Quilting relaxes me and gives me a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment, but the best part is the joy from sharing my quilts with others and seeing the smiles on their faces.

Love Nouveau Soul by Kathy Engle and I can see that becoming my next big project. I just love quilting, been doing it for 40 years. And in the last few years I’ve learned new techniques and a love for modern quilts. I’m always trying something new doing something new. I think Quilting is keeping me young!!

Quilting is my sanity break from the day to day craziness that is our new normal. Thanks

Quilting brings me joy twice, the first time when I make something and the second when it brings joy to someone else.

Quilting keeps me out of trouble!! It keeps me so busy, I don’t have time to get into “gossip fests”. If you don’t hear it, you can’t spread it, Lol!!

Quilting gives me a sense of accomplishment in being able to create something beautiful as well as useful. I also have made new friends through quilting.

Quilting has been a creative and artistic release for me.Love your fabric

Quilting makes me happy twice: once when I make a quilt and once when I give it away and see the smile on the recipient’s face. I have met my best friends in quilting groups. My sister tells me I am so lucky that in my retirement I have such a wonderful hobby. I know my Grandmother is sitting in Heaven smiling at me. She started it all over 60 years ago.

Quilting has given me an opportunity to create beautiful one-of-a-kind things for myself and my family.

I love this series – I am a new quilter, but I am excited to try one of these in the near future, and all of these blogs will help give me confidence that I can do it!

Quilting gives me something to look forward to–it has been especially so during this Covid 19 pandemic and having to be sequestered most of the time.

Quilting keeps me calm and connects me with my creative side. It makes me very happy. Thank you for the chance.

Quilting lets me express my creative side and reduces my stress!!

Quilting saved my life when I was working…the best way to destress and have something beautiful to show for it. Since I retired, it provides me with an opportunity to be more creative and to find new friends to quilt with. A wonderful blog hop with gorgeous fabric, great bags and talented quilters. Thank you for opportunity to see these new products.

Quilting gives me the creative outlet I needed when I retired – and also an instant group of quilting buddies!

I have met great people, done things I never expected and it has kept me sane these last few months of quarrantine

When I made my first quilt, I was expecting our first child and made a baby quilt. Not knowing what I was doing, the quilting ended up with lots of puckers. With young children, sewing, and crafting to keep me busy, it was about 18 years before I quilted again. Once I started, there was no holding me back. I’ve learned how to do things right and rotary cutting made a world of difference. Quilting is now my go to for relaxation and I love making quilts as gifts and for fundraising events.

Quilting has become my creative outlook in the winter months when I can’t be outside. It is my way to bring color into a dreary time of year.

Quilting has helped me slow my life down and relax.

Quilting is a wonderful hobby that I started when my youngest left for college. It gave me something to do while I was adjusting to not having children at home anymore.

Quilting is a wonderful way to express creativity.

Quilting keeps me from being an inmate on death row…many lives have been saved….

Quilting gives me an outlet to dream and be creative.

Great fabric

Quilting is my therapy! Beautiful fabrics and thanks for the chance to win some!

Quilting has brought me closer to family members who also quilt or who know someone who does. It also is a creative outlet that has a useful outcome!

Quilting is so satisfying and it helps reduce the stress in my life. Hard to think about other things when I’m quilting! As an added bonus I’ve been making some shelves and found my quilting skills have improved my ability to cut on the line with the circular saw! Lol!

My quilts keep me warm in the winter!

My mother calls me a fabric collector. Lol The colors make me happy.

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End of Week Two It’s in the Bag Blog Hop and Giveaway