AccuQuilt Ready. Set. GO! Island Batik Challenge Baby Quilt–A Mystery Quilt

Last week I shared the process of creating my latest quilt for Island Batik challenge in a fun way – as clues to a mystery quilt on my Instagram account!  If you want to make one of these beauties yourself you still can – the end result just won’t be a mystery now!

The Island Batik Ambassador challenge this month was to create a baby quilt using our brand new AccuQuilt GO! die cutters and gorgeous Island Batik Fabrics.  I stocked up my Island Batik stash by doing a bit of shopping from Hancock’s of Paducah.  I’ll admit – I’ve always been hesitant about die cutters.  I mean – I’m pretty good at cutting fabric with just my ruler and rotary cutter – do I really do that.  After making this quilt my answer is a resounding YES!  It was absolutely beyond incredible being able to cut all these pieces required for this 40” x 40” quilt in LESS THAN ONE HOUR!  And piecing those half square triangles – the way the GO! cuts them I do not have to trim after I sew!  They’re already perfect.  Yes – I know I’m using way too many exclamation points but this cutter is truly a game changer for me and my half square triangle method …

To check out how you can make your very own Island Batik Baby Quilt head to my Instagram for the steps and instructions needed to create the four basic blocks that make up this quilt. All of the blocks made were used with dies from the Accuquilt GO! Cube Mix and Match 8” Block.

• Clue 1

• Clue 2

• Clue 3

• Clue 4

Once I had all my blocks made and sewn together it was time to baste the quilt with Hobbs Heirloom Premium cotton batting. This batting is wonderful and quilted beautifully!

I free motion quilted this piece in various motifs and designs using 50 wt. Aurifil thread in 2785 and  4060.

See what the other Island Batik Ambassadors created for this months challenge!

• Carolina Asmussen ~ Carolina Asmussen

• Gene Black ~ Gene Black

• Pamela Boatright ~ PamelaQuilts

• Connie K Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River

• Anja Clyke ~ Anja Quilts

• Tina Dillard ~ Quilting Affection Designs

• Becca Fenstermaker ~Pretty Piney

• Jennifer Fulton ~ Inquiring Quilter

• Barbara Gaddy ~ Bejeweled Quilts by Barb

• Dione Gardner-Stephen ~ Clever Chameleon

• Sarah Goer ~ Sarah Goer Quilts

• Vasudha Govindan ~ Storied Quilts

• Lori Haase ~ Dakota City Quilter II

• Joanne Hart ~ Unicornharts

• Mania (Magdalini) Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for Quilts

• Carla Henton ~ Creatin’ in the Sticks – ME!

• Stephanie Jacobson ~ Steph Jacobson Designs

• Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

• Joan Kawano ~ Moosestash Quilting

• Carla Henton ~ Creatin in the Sticks

• Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood

• Leanne Parsons ~ Devoted Quilter

• Bea Lee ~ BeaQuilter

• Toby Lischko ~ Gateway Quilts & Stuff

• Bill Locke ~ Studio Bill Locke

• Denise Looney ~ For the Love of Geese

• Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights

• Sally Manke ~ Sally Manke

• Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack’s Blog

• Kathleen McCormick ~ Kathleen McMusing

• Carol Moellers ~ Carol Moellers Designs

• Karen Neary ~ Sew Karen-ly Created

• Lisa Nielsen ~ Lisa Lisa and the Quilt Jam

• Jackie O’Brien ~ If These Threads Could Talk

• Laura Piland ~ Slice of Pi Quilts

• Michelle Roberts ~ Creative Blonde

• Vicki Schlimmer ~ Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

• Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail

• Sherry Shish ~ Powered by Quilting

• Anita Skjellanger ~ Quilt in a not-Shell

• Laticia “Tish” Stemple ~ Tish’s Adventures in Wonderland

• Jennifer Strauser ~ Dizzy Quilter

• Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations

• Terri Vanden Bosch ~ Lizard Creek Quilts

• Alison Vermilya ~ Little Bunny Quilts

• Sandra Walker ~ mmm! quilts

• Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt

• (Debora) Anne Wiens ~ Seams like a Plan

• Geraldine Wilkins ~ Living Water Quilter

• Janet Yamamoto ~ Whispers of Yore

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