I was so excited when I heard the theme of the Island Batik Ambassador's Blog Hop was Planes, Trains and Automobiles! The very sound of it makes me think of travel. And after being in the travel industry for many years, I knew this would be easy (or so I thought).
Island Batik sent me some lovely fabrics from their Coral Reef Collection! Aren't they gorgeous? They are available now at your favorite quilt store! Which is your favorite color?
However, the more I looked at them, the more confused I got as there were so many options! This wasn't going to be easy at all. I have to decide what I will make. Am I going to use a destination or mode of travel as my theme? Finally a decision was made and I knew it was "purrfect". I hope you will enjoy the journey with me. Here's some music from Johnny Cash to help get us started! So "Allllllllllllllllll Aboard".
I think you probably know by now, that I decided on the mode of travel rather than the destination. One of my motivations was my husband's love of trains. Both his father and grandfather worked for the Missouri Pacific line. He has wonderful stories of childhood train rides.
So now you have looked at the fabric, heard the song and looked at pictures of trains. Are you ready to see what I made?
Welcome to the "Island Batik ABC Express"!
Hop on board!
I quilted with clear invisible thread made by Aurifil. It sews like a dream and it doesn't break! I will do more quilting, but do to time constraints, I didn't have time to do all that I wanted.
I already have somebody in mind who will receive this and he is a cute 3 year old boy (my husband's great grandson and namesake)!
I hope you have enjoyed your journey and as a way to say thank you I will be giving away four fat quarters from the Coral Reef Collection. For an opportunity to win, please comment below and let me know your favorite mode of travel and your favorite color in the Coral Reef Collection. Also be sure and check out the other Island Batik Ambassadors Blogs. You will see some beautiful projects. The list is below.
Monday, February 15 (TODAY!) – Caribbean Splash
Bejeweled Quilts
Pamela Quilts
Tuesday, February 16 – London Fog
Moose Stash Quilting
Wednesday, February 17 – French Roasted
KISSed Quilts
Made In Scraps
Happy Cottage Quilter
Thursday, February 18 – Crystal Cove
Freemotion by the River
Friday, February 19 – Florida Oranges
Fun Threads Designs
Kauffman Designs
Tamarinis
Monday, February 22 – Coral Reef
Mary Mack Made Mine
Purrfect Spots Designs
Tuesday, February 23 – Sweet Georgia Peach
One Quilting Circle
KISSed Quilts
Wednesday, February 24 – Hollywood Hills
The Fit Quilter
Maria Michaels Designs
Thursday, February 25 – Desert Rose
For Quilts Sake
Lemon Tree Snippets
Friday, February 26 – Sea Salt Sandy
Tamarinis
KISSed Quilts
Moose Stash Quilting
Pamela Quilts
Bejeweled Quilts
Monday, February 29 – Jersey Shore
Beaquilter
Lemon Tree Snippets
Tuesday, March 1 – Tuscany Sun
Tammy Silvers
Wednesday, March 2 – Lavish
Freemotion by the River
Moose Stash Quilting
Thursday, March 3 – Fire Island
KISSed Quilts
Friday, March 4 – Tinsel, Holiday Happenings
Purrfect Spots Designs
KISSed Quilts
Moose Stash Quilting
But wait – there is more! As always!
Island Batik is giving away a couple of fabric bundles to celebrate these new
collections! There are multiple ways to enter – see them all and enter
below. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed your trip!
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