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Two boxes arrived at my door … and here’s what I saw when I opened the smallest and heaviest one:
Do you see the 4 Aurifil Threads in the box? I got to choose which ones I wanted to use in the September Blog Hop. They were to coordinate or contrast with the Spring ’25 bundle that I received. These are the 4 threads that I choose:
- #2880 Pale Green
- #2110 Light Lemon
- #5005 Bright Turquoise
- #2525 Dusty Blue Violet
This is Fossil Finesse (the Spring ’25 Collection), Designed by Kathy Engle. It will be shipping to shops in September. It was paired with 2 yards of Baby Powder (from Naturally Neutrals) and 2 yards of Jasper-Teal Bermuda from the Fossil Finesse collection.
Two bundles of 0.5 yard cuts to coordinate with my Spring/Summer ’25 collections.
- Amethyst Solid
- Lime Green Solid
- Violet
- Gecko
- Small Pointed Floral-Turquoise
- Cheerios – Burmuda
- Apple
- Cobalt Solid
- Turquoise Solid
- Cheerio – Navy
- Dandelion – Jelly
- Morning Glory
Aurora Strip Pack with 2 yards of Bluebelle and 2 yards of Navy (both from the Brilliant Blues collection).
3 packages of Stash Builders: Each package contains 5 rolls, consisting of 4 Width of Fabric 5″ strips … for a total of 60 strips in these 3 packages (20 strips per package!)
A Surprise package … I’ll be using this fabric in November … hmmm … I wonder what’s inside?
A Bundle of solids: 4 yards each of Dark Grey, White and Black
A Stack of Opulent Orange (10″ squares!)
A 2 1/2” Strip pack of Tantalizing Teal
A 6 Yard piece of Eggwhite. Perfect as a neutral that goes with EVERYTHING!
These are the fabrics that I choose to make the byAnnie “Switchback” pattern with. The fabrics are from the “Frosted Folliage” an original collection by Tiffany Hayes of Needle in a Hay Stack (along with Whip Cream [2nd from the right] and Slate [far right]). ByAnnie will be sending the pattern and hardware in a separate package.
Awesome batting by Hobbs Batting!
- Cotton Wool Blend (Throw size)
- Unbleached Cotton (Twin)
- Heirloom 80/20 Bleached Cotton (Queen)
- Heirloom Fusible Cotton (Queen)
- Poly-Down (Queen)
Thank you!
Thank you to the generosity of Island Batik and Industry partners! They have supplied the products for free as my role as an Island Batik Ambassador! Island Batik, Aurifil Thread, Hobbs Batting, Oliso Iron, and ByAnnie.
Island Batik Ambassadors
Visit the other Island Batik Ambassadors to see what they received this month:
- Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs
- Renee Atkinson ~ Pink Tulip Quilting
- Susan Deshensky ~ Lady Blue Quilts Studio
- Tina Dillard – Quilting Affection Designs
- Brittany Fisher ~ Bobbin with Brittany
- Kimberly Flannagan – Kimberly Quilts
- Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts
- Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts
- Kim Jamieson-Hirst ~ Chatterbox Quilts
- Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs
- Connie Kresin Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River
- Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood
- Denise Looney ~ A Quiltery
- Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights
- Susan Michaels – Dragonfly Fiberart Patterns
- Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion
- Sarah Pitcher ~ Pitcher’s Boutique
- Gail Sheppard – you are HERE!!!
- Carol Stanek ~ Stitch with Color
- Solomae Stoycoff – Cuddle Cat Quiltworks Blog
- Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations
- Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt
One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!
Happy Quilting!
Gail
Linking to:
- Wednesday Wait Loss @ Inquiring Quilter
- Happy Needle and Thread @ My Quilt Infatuation
- Andrée / Free Motion Mavericks @ Quilting & Learning – What a combo!
- Put your Foot Down @ A Quiltery
- Finished or Not Friday @ Alycia Quilts
- Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty
- Off the Wall Friday @ Creations – Quilts, Art, Whatever
Quilting Gail 
Such pretty fabrics! You’ll have lots to play with the last half of this year.
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Yes, Kate!!! Lots to play with!!! And I fully intend to play with most of them!
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Such beautiful batik collections, in my favorite colors. Yum! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.
https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2025/07/09/wednesday-wait-loss-440
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Thanks, Jennifer!! Yes, beautiful fabrics!! I’m in LOVE ♥️ with all the Island Batik collections!
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Looking forward to seeing what you make with these gorgeous goodies!
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It will be fun to play with all the awesome fabrics!
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Hi Gail, those fabrics are amazing! You are going to have fun playing with them 🙂 Thanks for linking up to FM Mavericks!
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I will totally have fun playing with all the gorgeous fabrics!
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Blues, teals, oranges and cream, oh my. Looks like you will be very busy this summer putting all those treats to good use.
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I know, they are all gorgeous!!! Yes, I’ll be busy! I’ve already started!
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Wowza! that’s a lot of goodies! 🙂
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It is!!! We ambassadors are totally spoilt by Lumin Fabrics (Island Batik) and the industry partners!
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Lovely video, Gail! I can’t wait to see what you make this time!
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Thanks, Jennifer!! It’s always fun to see what each ambassador makes! And it’s always so very different!
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You’ll need another wall of shelves – beautiful colours – j
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You are correct!!! I’m trying to sew everything up … but I’m just not fast enough! LOL!!
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Oh WOW! So much happiness that it took two boxes to contain it all! You’re going to have a blast playing/sewing!
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I always enjoy playing with Island Batik fabrics!
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looking forward to seeing what you’re up to in November! 🤔
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I will likely be up to doing the same thing as you … perhaps with different fabric and different blocks! Such fun!
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Oh, my! What a great time you will have putting these fabrics to work in quilts! Beautiful!
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Oh yes, I will enjoy using these fabrics!!
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You got the nicest set of fabrics, lots of teals, green, purples and blues! It will be fun to see what you make…always inspirational.
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Thanks, Kathleen!! I always feel so spoilt when I get my Island Batik boxes, but this one was exceptional!
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