Batiks By Design

Sampler Magic Online

Our Saturday Sampler will begin in March with this gorgeous quilt called Sampler Magic, designed by Lori Smith!  You can participate online or at our quilt shop.

The Sampler Magic quilt features two options. The $5 block is a 12″ block, and is free when you return each month with it finished. There is also an optional alternate block pack, with an 8″ block and two 4″ blocks, for an additional charge of $8.00 each month.

Pick your favorite colorway! We will offer the quilt in 3 colorways:

We welcome our online customers to participate in this great program. However, due to time and distance constraints, it has to work a little different. Our online customers will need to pay in full for the program at the time of sign-up. You do have a couple of options; 12″ blocks only, or 12″ blocks and Alternate blocks.

12″ Blocks Only will include the $5 program fee, all twelve 12″ blocks included in the program @ $5 each, and $3.50 shipping for 12 months for a total of $107.00 (taxes are added for Kentucky residents).

12″ Blocks & Alternate Blocks will include the $5 program fee, all twelve 12″ blocks included in the program @ $5 each, the twelve alternate block packages (an 8″ block and two 4″ blocks each month) @ $8 each, and $3.50 shipping for 12 months for a total of $203.00 (taxes are added for Kentucky residents).

Did you know that 95 percent of fabric shoppers make their purchases at chain stores? That’s right, only 5 percent shop independents. Let’s change that.

Welcome to Project 95

Project 95: Fabric Shoppers Unite—Shop Independents is a worldwide network of independent quilt and fabric shops, that have joined forces to promote shopping independents. By buying from Project 95 shops, you support this movement and join with consumers just like yourself to ensure that you will have access to specialized quilting and sewing supplies, no matter where you live.

Why Shop Independents?

There are three good reasons to choose independents over chain stores.

Excellent Service. At independents, you can expect caring attention to your needs.

Superior Knowledge. Independent shop staffs are quilters and sewers themselves, and have unsurpassed product knowledge that they pass on to you.

Count on Quality. Fabrics, notions and tools available at independents are the highest quality.

Tell your quilting and sewing friends to unite, and shop independents!

Project 95 is brought to you by The Fabric Shop Network, Inc.—the trade association for independent quilt and fabric retailers.

Roxanne’s Star

Designed by Roxanne Ferguson for Batiks by Design

As featured in Cotton Spice’s Blog as part of their Summer Workshop 

Block size: 6” finished
Fabric and Cutting Requirements:
• Colored Scrappy Fabrics:
o Cut 8 – 6 ½” x 2” pieces from various scraps
o Cut 4 – 3 ½” x 3 ½” squares from scraps, mark diagonal line
• Neutral Colored Fabrics:
o Cut 8 – 6 ½” x 2” pieces from various scraps
o Cut 4 – 3 ½” x 3 ½” squares from scraps, mark diagonal line
Please read all directions before starting.
1. Take 2 colored scraps (6.5” x 2.0” pieces) and sew together with a ¼” seam.
Repeat 3 more times with remaining scraps.
2. Repeat above with neutral scraps.
3. Take a 3 ½” neutral square and place it on top of the colored strips. Place so
that the diagonal line goes from the upper left to lower right. See diagram
below.

4. Sew on diagonal line. Trim to ¼”. Press.
5. Repeat 3 times.
6. Take a 3 ½” color square and place it on top of the neutral strips. Place so
that the diagonal line goes from the upper left to lower right.
7. Sew on diagonal line. Trim to ¼”. Press.
8. Repeat 3 times.
9. Press.
6.5 inches
10. Sew a dark and light rectangle together with triangles at opposite ends as
shown.

11. Sew 4 blocks together, turning them to make either a neutral star or colored
star (as shown).

Sample of quilt -

Batiks by Design is participating in the Summer Workshop presented by Cotton Spice on their blog.  It is from July 21st though August 3rd and Batiks by Design will be sharing a pattern designed by Roxanne Ferguson on July 29th.  Check out their blog for many unique patterns for several different crafts.  So far, there are some wonderful ideas!  Keep your fingers crossed that we get ours done on time.  We think you’ll love it!

Patti

Batiks by Design is participating in the July Fabric Shop Hop, known informally as the FabShopHop.  Read more below!

fabshophop.com will award a Bernina and Brother Sewing Machine as their two Grand Prizes in the July FabShop Hop! Visit your soon to be favorite online independent quilt and fabric websites and become eligible to win thousands of dollars in prizes!

Registration has already begun for the shopping tour that takes you across North America in your PJ’s. Join in the fun with the online FabShop Hop – July 1-31.

The FabShop Hop Bunny will guide you from site to site to hop and shop, and when you get there, find another bunny hidden somewhere on the site. Click on the bunny, sign in to show you’ve been there and continue on your journey.

Here’s How It Works:

Read the guidelines at
https://www.fabshophop.com/hopmain.asp
then click on “July List of Shops” on the left menu. On that page, you will find a list of all the shops participating in the FabShopHop. At each site you visit, look around and find the fuchsia bunny that says ‘youfoundit’ with July dates — click on the bunny, and a prize registration page will come up –
fill in your email address and click on the “register for prizes” button.

This sends a message to our database that you registered for prizes at that site. You will receive a Thank You message and an email confirmation that you have registered at that site. You can then continue shopping at that site or go back to the home page for that site and continue on the Hop.

Prize winners are selected in a RANDOM drawing from among all eligible entries.  http://www.fabshophop.com/rules.asp

Join the fun today!
http://www.fabshophop.com/hopmain.asp