I’m so honored to have been asked to join the ByAnnie 2024 #SewPINK Initiative. Every year in October, ByAnnie raises awareness while matching donations for breast cancer research. ByAnnie is also hosting a blog hop throughout the month of October. Visit a new host each day for inspiration, giveaways, and tutorials. Click here to see a link to each host.

At the bottom of this page you’ll find links to Breast Cancer resources.

Those of you who know me know that I ...

Thank you for participating in the Flower Pot blog hop!

The fourteen day celebration of my second Island Batik collection was a great success but now it’s time to announce the winner of a fat quarter collection from Flower Pot.

Drum roll please…..

Congratulations Sandra E.

Welcome to the Flower Pot blog hop!

My second Island Batik collection is finally here and to celebrate the release of Flower Pot, I’m hosting a blog hop!

For the hop I’ve gathered top quilt designers to make a quilt using my new collection, so prepare to be inspired! Each day of the hop, a new designer’s quilt will be featured. In all, there will be fourteen days filled with eye-popping quilt candy!

Isn’t Flower Pot lovely? The mix of those yummy pinks, golds ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Transportation.

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

When the theme was announced, I knew ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Books!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

I realize that my block may not ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Books!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

When the theme was announced, I knew ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Mountains!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

When the theme was announced, I had ...

Thank you for participating in the Reflections blog hop!

The twelve day celebration of my first Island Batik collection was a great success but now it’s time to announce the winner of a fat quarter collection from Reflections.

Drum roll please…..

Congratulations Lucinda Peterson!

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Desert!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

As you know I am an Island ...

Welcome to the Reflections blog hop!

My first Island Batik collection is finally here and to celebrate the release of Reflections, I’m hosting a blog hop!

For the hop, I’ve gathered the best quilt designers to make a quilt with my new collection—so prepare to be inspired! Each day of the hop, a new designer’s quilt will be featured. In all, there will be fourteen days filled with eye-popping quilt candy!

Isn’t Reflections gorgeous? I can’t get enough of those luscious red ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Beach!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

I have designed several beach themed blocks ...

Welcome to my day on the Romance Garden blog hop!

The twelve day celebration of this gorgeous Island Batik collection started Friday, March 1st. Every day on the hop you’ll be able to visit another designer to see Romance Garden featured in a quilt project. Such inspiration!

Romance Garden is a Signature collection by Sherry @ Powered by Quilting. Sherry is a super talented quilter, and a fellow member of the Partners in Design.

Romance Garden is arriving in stores now. Click here to find a quilt store near you that carries Island Batiks.

Introducing Broken ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Drinks!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

I have designed several beach themed blocks ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Maker!

This is my fifth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How to Get the Free Block at the end of this post.

With a theme like Maker, of course ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Party!

This is my fourth year participating in QBM, and I hope you’ve enjoyed my free block pattern each month! If you’ve missed any, the patterns for previous months are available in my shop.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How Do I Get the Free Happy New Year Pattern? at the end of this post.

With Party as ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Forest!

I love walking in the woods, and for this month’s block I imagined a quiet evening in the woods at Christmas. Above, a single star lights the way. The only witness? A tiny cardinal.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How Do I Get the Free Silent Witness Pattern? at the end of this post.

To me, a cardinal ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is Kitchen!

I love cooking—almost as much as I love quilting! And when I thought about this month’s theme, I knew I wanted to depict two indispensable kitchen tools that happen to go by the same name—spatulas.

Not sure why they share the same name. Sure is confusing. But I know I wouldn’t be able to cook without them!

To learn how to get my ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is the Baby!

Who doesn’t love babies? They are so soft and sweet. A few years back, my fellow Island Batik Ambassadors celebrated a newborn by making its mother a quilt. We each designed a block and made it. One Ambassador sewed them all together and another quilted and bound it.

My block was an elephant rattle. I’m not sure how I got the notion, but I ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is the Fall!

Fall is my favorite time of the year. I love to see the leaves changing color. The sheer number of colors I see in the leaves during the Fall simply amazes me.

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How Do I Get the Free Autumn Leaf Pattern? at the end of this post.

I got married in the fall ...

Welcome to my stop on the Quilt Block Mania Blog Hop. Each of the designers participating in the hop are sharing a block pattern inspired by this month’s theme, which is the Circus!

My favorite thing I associate with a circus is elephants. Frankly I prefer to think of elephants out in the wild, so I made my elephant wild and free, and happily blowing its trunk!

To learn how to get my free pattern, see How Do I Get the Free Elephant Pattern? at the end of this post.

My grandfather owned a circus ...