Island Batik Unboxing

I am honored and thrilled to announce that I have been selected to be an Island Batik Ambassador for 2021.  This will be my third year as an ambassador.  I love the challenges, the community of ambassadors, and of course the boxes of fabric!  Twice a year, ambassadors are sent boxes absolutely loaded with goodies from Island Batik and their industry partners.

The products featured in this post were given to me by Island Batik, Accuquilt, Aurifil, Hobbs, and Schmetz. 

My first shipment was in two boxes that together weighed 32 pounds!! That's 32 pounds of awesomeness.  What to see what 32 pounds of awesomeness looks like?  Check out the video!

Want a closer look at all the goodies?  First, there is a new die from AccuQuilt.  I got the Snail's Trails die.  This is one of their BOB dies, which stands for Block on Board.  You can cut all the pieces needed for the block in one crank of the cutter.  Snail's Trails makes an 8" finished block. AccuQuilt also generously sent a 2-pack of 10" mats for cutting.

Aurifil sent an amazing 7 spools of thread!  Some are 50 weight and some are 40 weight.  I admit to not using the 40 weight much in the past so I'm excited to get more comfortable with it.  I'm super excited that one is a variegated thread in shades of green. 

Hobbs sent four (yes, 4!) queen sized batts!  There is one that's 100% cotton, an 80/20 cotton poly blend, that same blend in black, and poly-down.  I haven't use the poly-down before; I do like the loft and definition you get with a polyester batt.

Schmetz sent a little package of goodies with a really nice note.  I love their needles, I've been using them since I bought my first sewing machine in 1998.  They sent their Chrome needles in a variety of sizes as well as a pocket guide reference, a luggage tag (great one we can travel again!), a notepad, and a microfiber cloth.  

And then there's the fabric!  Island Batik is incredibly generous to their ambassadors.  Here's the shot of all the fabric, with a glimpse of my January project from last year, the sewing machine cover.

This box will cover two Blog Hops that highlight the new collections, Fall & Winter.  My fall collection is Lavender Fields, designed by Kathy Engle for Tammy Silvers of Tamarinis.  Lavender Fields is a beautiful collection of purples of all shades & values, plus some soft blues and whites.  I love it!  This will be featured in February.  My Winter collection is in the wrapped package and is still a surprise; these will be highlighted in May.

Then there was a precut of 2 1/2" strips of Blinded by Science designed by Jackie Kunkel of Canton Village Quilt Works. 

And another precut, this one a "stacker" of 10" squares, of Jewel Quest, designed by Kathy Engle for Nan Baker of Purrfect Spots.  I admit, I'm particularly giddy over this one.  I just love the bright and deep purples and greens!

In addition to the full collections, there is a Foundations bundle of half yard cuts, 6 yards of the neutral Batter, 4 yards each of black, white, and gray solid, and 2 sets stash builder rolls. And a 2-yard cut of a green rayon.  Boy oh boy!  Here are more shots of all the fabric together:

I can't wait to show you what I'm making with all these beauties!  Thanks to Island Batik, Schmetz, Hobbs, Aurifil, and AccuQuilt!