Island Batik’s “Wild Blooms”

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Wild Blooms is an awesome fabric collection!

I made 2 quilts for the Island Batik ’22 Fall / Winter Catalog: “Stepping Out” with a black background and an light background (Sprinkles). I LOVE how the different backgrounds give the quilts a totally different look!

McCall’s Quilting: May / June issue

I was very excited to have another quilt in a magazine!!! The magazine put out a call for quilts that are “out of this world.” I immediately thought of this star quilt that’s been in the back of my mind! I submitted the draft (from EQ8) and it was accepted.

After, “talking” with Island Batik, the fabric collection, Wild Blooms, along with Ravine (a basic) was selected and they sent it on it’s way very quickly! It arrived and the top was completed before I went on holidays last year. I LOVE quarter square triangles and it was a fun quilt to put together!

After my holidays, there were a few very intense days of quilting (and shoulders complaining!) then Nova was on it’s way to the publisher!

The directions for making this quilt are in the magazine and digital copies are still available.

I also used Wild Blooms to make this crazy quilted composition book cover. You can read more about it HERE. (and find the links to the pattern).

And, I made this cute tote bag, using Wild Blooms …. using left-overs from the Nova (the star quilt above).

I made the following quilt as a Pattern Tester for Brenda at Songbird Designs. You can order the pattern from her HERE.

This Picnic Tote was made for a Sew It-Show It Blog Hop. See HERE.

And now, all I have left is a few scraps … but the joy I had in making all these projects is huge!

Can you tell I LOVE this fabric collection?

Where you can find Wild Blooms:

  • Hancocks of Paducah, KY
  • Threads That Bind, OR
  • Creekside Quilts, OR
  • Missouri Star, MO
  • plus many more … ask at your local quilt store.

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Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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  2. Hi Gail, Stepping Out and Nova are just stunning! It’s great to see the difference between the dark and light backgrounds. This fabric collection has been very versatile. Congrats on some wonderful quilts and projects (and another magazine quilt!) Thanks so much for linking up to Free Motion Mavericks.

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  3. One collection…so many beautiful projects!! I love your catalog quilts. Congrats on the publication! We have so many wonderful left overs from our IB projects and you’ve used them all well! Thanks for sharing the link to my pattern. Have a great week, my friend!

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    • Thanks, Brenda! Your pattern is so very pretty! I can’t help but share it! And yes, Island Batik is very generous with the fabrics they give us! Hope you’re feeling better and have a great week as well!

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