Welcome to my stop on the Island Batik Spring Collections of 2019 blog hop. You won't want to miss any of the other Ambassador stops--check them out HERE. Electric Desert should be arriving in your quilt shops soon--if you don't see them, make sure and ask for them!!!
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| Electric Desert designed by Jackie Kunkel of Canton Village Quilt Works for Island Batik |
The colors that jumped out at me were the turquoise ones. I have loved turquoise jewlery since I was a little girl when I purchased my first ring at the county fair. I was fasinated by the fact that the stone was mined in the desert, as I had never seen a desert growing up in the farm country of Minnesota.
So I set about to bring that memory to life in this quilt using a pattern I designed Come Into View which you can find HERE.
The motifs Jackie designed in this collection just bring the desert to life--the cracked earth, several differnt cacti, and various blooms work together seamlessly!!
Come into View is a super easy strip pieced pattern, so the blocks come together quickly!!
Following the pressing directions--makes this cute little four patch on the back!! Plus all the seams nest together--so no big bumps at the intersections!! Your quilter will thank you for that!!!
Now--I still live in farm country--so finding a desert near me is pretty much impossible--so I settled for these horses--they kinda have a desert vibe!! And isn't living in a rural area just so cool--this is actually a pasture IN the small town near my home.
So here it is--my turquoise stones surrounded and buried in the desert mountains!!
This amazing vintage car is just across the road from the horses--you can see their fence through the windows!!
Now for the fun part--GIVEAWAYS!! Island Batik is having a different giveaway each week of the hop--this week they are giving away a precut 10" stack--of--wait for it!! Electric Desert!! So head over to their blog and enter HERE!!
But wait!!! There is more--I have these 9 half yard cuts of fabric left--disclaimer--there is about a 4 1/2" square cut out of each one--a spool of Aurifil and a copy of my pattern Come Into View.
To enter--sign up for my newsletter--sign up should be below or on the blog sidebar. Then let me know in the comments your favorite gemstone and if it might spark a quilt design for you!! Giveaway will be open until August 30.
If you would like to keep up with more goings on in my studio you can follow me at Lizard Creek Quilting on Facebook or Instagram.
Thank you to Island Batik, Aurifil and Hobbs batting--when I quilt it-- for suppling the products used in this project.
83 comments:
Beautiful
Your quilt is beautiful and I love the colors! My favorite gemstone is my birthstone, the ruby. I use an awful lot of red in my quilts so maybe there's a ruby quilt in my future.
I've always loved turquoise too, and I think it's my favorite, although my birth stone is topaz, so I am kind of partial to it as well. Love this quilt!! Beautiful colors!
The fabric was perfect for your design. Stones, I love all stones. Garnets, sapphires, rubies, emeralds but I've never considered having a favorite, you made me think this morning. Thank you for that. If I look in my jewelry box at rings and arrange them per stone, not the number of stones then I have to say a star sapphire is my favorite because I have 4 rings with star sapphires. But my most cherished of jewelry is a watch fab purchased on an Indian Res and given to me by my step mother when I was 11. Its turquoise and red coral butterflies. On the other hand, if I had to choose a piece of jewelry with a stone or a jade figurine, I would choose the jade every time. Jade would be my answer for sure. Now that I have that out of the way its time for me to go to work. Love your quilt
Just gorgeous!
Beautiful quilt! I really love that pattern and the fabrics were perfect for it.
My favorite stone is the emerald because green is my favorite color. Thank you for your giveaway.
I love your quilt! My favorite gemstone is the emerald.
Love your quilt story. A diamond is my favorite stone. Purple is my favorite color. Thank you for sharing.
I love opals. They have so many colors in them and can change depending on what color you wear.
Sandy A
Your quilt is GORGEOUS! I love Turquoise as well. I lived in Phoenix, AZ & lil" while in New Mexico. Been long time back...but the desert, cactus (specially when they bloom!)& views...are Amazingly Beautiful. Your Quilt shows it perfectly. :) Thank you for chance to win your Give-a-way too:D
I love the color red, so Ruby is my favorite stone. I have been known to sneak red into many of my quilts.
Love your quilt. There are too many gems that I love, but maybe my favorite is the opal, especially the black opal. My husband bought me a beautiful black opal necklace when we were in Alice Springs, Australia in 2007.
Diamond of course but Alexandrite comes in as a close 2nd. Your quilts are fabulous!
love your quilt. my birth stone and favorite stone is turquoise and it's also my favorite color.
Love the quilt! There are so many I love but probably sapphire would be my favorite at the moment. ��
I love a ruby. Your quilt is wonderful, love the pattern and the colors.
I love your quilt and the fabric! Thanks for the chance to win some.
I think my favorite gem stone is Turquoise. I visited Arizona last year and bought some Turqoise earrings which I love.
Purples and greens, and an old car, perfect setting for your photos. My favourite would be a sapphire, from the three in my Grandmother's engagement ring, with the initials inside the gold band, " From D.P. to J.McM. " when it was resized for my finger, the jeweller made sure the letters were saved. And like any jewel,Island Batiks sparkle with their beautiful shades.
Gorgeous quilt, and great photos! My favorite gemstone is garnet, my birthstone.
Love your quilt and the pattern is fabulous. I was looking at the catalog last night and loved this (as I have Enchanted Forest and you made it first in that). Great job all around. I think my favorite is sapphire.
Your quilt is beautiful! My favorite gemstone is the diamond (aren't they a girls best friend? or are the forever?). If I were to do a gemstone quilt, I would however probably choose my birthstone, which is the Topaz, just cuz I like color. Thanks for sharing!!
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My favorite gemstone is tanzinite. I love your quilt.
Love that deep magenta border. Working at a jewelry store I have many favorite gems. Maybe I just need to make a jewelry store quilt celebrating them all.
I like emerald because it is the birthstone for my daughters!
Beautiful quilt! Amethyst is my favorite gemstone.
FUN!!! Keep up the hard work!!
Beautiful design and
colors to your quilt!
I have a ring that
has my birthstone Peridot,
and my husband's Turquoise
in it. Makes my heart happy.
Carla from Utah
I love my birthstone -- emeralds. Green is a great color. Thanks for the giveaway.
Beautiful quilt. My favorite gemstone is ruby - just love the rich red tones.
Looks like those horses know "cool" when they see it! And right they are. Great design, great colors...what more could you ask for? :-)
I like diamonds--or rubies which are a beautiful red!
barbkaup(at)(yahoo)(dot)(com)
That fabric is to die for, love what you have done with it...just awesome.
Sapphire is my birthstone! It has several colors, I love the blue & the peach (the Paparadscha sapphire), what a wonderful combination for a quilt! Thank you, Susan
I think I like opals best but I like them all. It might lend itself to a pretty quilt design.
My favorite gemstone is the emerald. I love anything green! (My bedroom is green, my car is green and I have several green quilts)
My favorite gemstone is natural sapphire because of its deep rich color and because my husband bought me a beautiful heart necklace that is outlined in sapphires.
The Amethyst is my favorite gemstone because it is my birthstone!
I've signed up for your newsletter! My birthstone is the ruby, and its rich red color always catches my eye. Love your quilt against that vintage car...so cool!
Since my mother's death, I've been very sentimental about the garnet, her birthstone. I have thought about making a garnet-themed quilt but don't have it quite figured out yet. I signed up for your newsletter using my wordygirl at earthlink dot net email address.
Hmmmm I like a nice Sapphire....love the colors and very very nice quilt....I got you on e-mail. .. happyness04431@yahoo.com
Your quilt is absolutely beautiful! My favorite stone is the amethyst. Thank you for all the inspiration!
I live in a rural area too, and it is definitely awesome! My favorite gemstone is the aquamarine and it would definitely spark a quilt pattern for me as blue is my favorite color. Thanks!
What a beautiful quilt. Thanks for the chance to win such a generous prize.
My favourite gemstone is garnet. I love the variations of colour in which it can be found.
Thank you for sharing your quilt with us. These are beautiful fabrics. I love Sapphires
I love Amethyst...so regal.
That is gorgeous fabric, and love your pattern, too! Thanks for the giveaway! I also love turquoise.
Wow gorgeous. Both the fabric and your quilt. I love the title of your quilt. I love Opals and Sapphires. quilting dash lady at comcast dot net
My birthstone is ruby, which I simply love. Your quilt is lovely.
Love your quilt! My favorite gemstone us turquoise - I love everything desert!!
Beautiful quilt! My favorite gemstone is fire opals!
Love the colors in your quilt! My favorite gemstone is aquamarine.
I've always loved turquoise , and I think it's my favorite
Gorgeous quilt design! My gemstone is Garnet and a deep red is my favourite colour too!
I like gemstone quilts, expeciallly when deep blue or greens are used. My favorinte gemstone is opal.
Hard to choose a favorite gemstone. I think I love them all. I will go with opal. Your mosaic quilt turned out beautiful!
Such a beautiful quilt! I signed up and confirmed receiving your newsletter. Love all the great batik fabric! My favorite gemstone is the topaz!
The soft blue of Sapphire is my favourite gemstone.(firesidequiltstudio@gmail.com)
my favorite stone is turquoise. thanks for asking.
My favorite gemstone is blue topaaz, appropriate since my birthstone is topaz. I am looking forward to receiving your newsletter.
My favorite is amethyst, which also happens to be my fiancé's birthstone. Hadn't really thought of basing a quilt on it before but it would make for a beautiful one! New idea!
My favorite is opal. I have a ring with a fire opal in it and I have managed to duplicate the range of colours in it using Island Batiks in a paper pieced Star quilt. I just love it!
I love your quilt. not sure what my favourote gemstone is... maybe turquoise
Beautifully done!
Your quilt is beautiful and you've photographed it in wonderful places! I think it's only considered semi-precious, but I love peridot. Or Jade or turquoise. Maybe a little amethyst thrown in. LOL The one thing I don't care for is diamonds. =) You are so generous to give away all that beautiful fabric, and I'd love to have it, but I'm cutting back on reading blogs to make more time to sew and be with family. I know whoever wins this will be so blessed and do something wonderful with it!
Beautiful quilt - I signed up!
My gemstone is turquoise!
What a gorgeous quilt. Such eye appeal. I love Topaz as its the stone of my birth month, but nothing beats rubies.
Love your design and quilt. Awesome fabrics
Great use of these fabulous IB fabrics!! I love December birthstone.
A pretty quilt, fabric colors are amazing! My favorite gemstone is a parparacha sapphire, a very pretty peach color! Thank you, Susan
I love the greens of peridots.
My favorite gemstone is the sapphire. 💖
My favorite gemstone is ruby.
Your pattern is perfect for these beautiful fabrics. I love everything about your quilt. Especially those turquoise colors.
I signed up for your newsletter. My favorite gemstone is peridot
Terri, your creations are always so beautiful and vibrant! I cannot wait to get my first newsletter :-) Now if I had less garden produce to process and more time to do some quilting!! My favorite gemstone is the Alexandrite.
Your quilt is gorgeous!!!!I am not a real gem stone kind of girl. Opals are my favourite but at the moment I love pearls😍
beautifull quilt!! amazing colors!!
Excellent work! I've signed up... my gemstone is emerald
I really like this pattern. My favorite gemstone is sapphire...I would love to make this quilt in shades of blue.
AMAZING! Your photography of this fun quilt is exceptional!
My favorite gem is a blue Safire. Since so much of what I make is blue, I guess it has already inspired me.
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