![]() I used Hobbs Premium Polyester Poly-down batting. Schmetz Needles sent the Ambassadors some of their needles and I used a 70/10 quilting needle. Aurifil thread on the front and a tan on the back. To quilt the quilt on my Bernina 770 QE, I did stitch in the ditch with the edgestitch #10D foot, which was easy to do as there was a square grid of the half square triangle shapes. (Look for Blue Bear Quilts) back of the quilt If you are on TikTok, be sure to check out the video I have posted with me and the quilt. ![]() ![]() I used some of the fat quarters that I did not use in the quilt to add some interest to the back of the quilt. I also like to often piece the backs of my quilts, which I did for this one. I have included a couple of close ups of the blocks with the gorgeous Evergreen and Pine fabric in them. This is what the quilt looked like in the software. I downloaded the images of the fa bric collection into my Electric Quilt software, which is the software I use to design quilts. This really saves a lot of time and effort. Also, I love the fact that there are no dog ears to trim and if you do a really accurate job of sewing your 1/4″ seam, there is nothing that needs to be trimmed. You can see that it makes beautiful cuts which are so easy to piece together. Here is a picture of using the Accuquilt cutter to cut out some of the shapes. Although all of these blocks can be made from half square triangles, and a few squares and quarter square triangles, I did construct a few of the blocks using larger quarter square triangles and trapezoids as I wanted to showcase the fabric and have less seams to sew after cutting the pieces with my Accuquilt Go! Big Cutter. I decided to showcase the wide world of blocks that can easily be made from half square triangles. Row by Row quilts are made with rows of quilt blocks, with each row distinct from the others. These fabrics were so beautiful that it was really hard to cut them up. Look at this glorious selection of green and tan batiks. The batik bundle I was provided was the Evergreen and Pine collection by Kathy Engle. I will have a pattern coming out in March 2022 for this quilt after the testers are done testing the pattern. This quilt is easy to make as it is composed mainly of half square triangles, a few squares and maybe a quarter square triangle or two. I think it is sometimes difficult to come up with fabrics and quilt patterns that would be appropriate to make for a man, but I feel this quilt accomplishes that and would be an awesome quilt to make for the men in your life. It is a large lap quilt size 56″ x 77.” This is a striking quilt with a different block in each row. The quilt I made is called Timberland Tumble. You may find them online at or call them at 72. T he Evergreen & Pine Batiks may be found at your local quilt shop that carries Island Batik, such as Fabric Smart in St. Just look at this gorgeous collection of green and tan batik fabrics. I was so excited when the fabric I was given to use was Evergreen and Pine by Kathy Engle. The February project was to make a row by row quilt using an upcoming fabric line from Island Batik. I will show the other fabric collections later in this blog post and there will be a link to the giveaway from Island Batik. This month is a blog hop and if you check out the Island Batik blog, you can enter each week to win a fat quarter bundle of some of the fabrics that the Ambassadors are using in their projects. I have completed my February project as an Island Batik Ambassador and I am so excited to share it with you. ![]()
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