Marvelous Mini Island Batik August Challenge

                                                                      Radiant by Connie Kauffman

The August challenge for the Island Batik Ambassadors was to make a mini quilt.  This has to be my favorite challenge!  I'm all about minis!  I had SO many ideas!  I finally settled on making a 12" x 12" mini.  My book Little Gems is all about 12" x 12" quilts.  I just love them.  And they stack up so nicely when I put them away and they are easy to find and rotate...  Aren't they sweet stacked on a shelf?

I still have room for more!

Well, this little challenge mini ended up being 12 1/4" x 12 1/4".  It hangs nicely on the 12" x 12" Ackfeld Manufacturing wire stand.

Radiant has three different paper pieced block patterns.  The inner sashings are 1/4".  The outer yellow triangles are prairie  points that are secured with a blue bead.

I used 4 blues and 2 yellow Island Batik fabrics from the Scrap Builder rolls.  I added white and yellow Cheerio from the Foundation Collections.

I used  three colors of Aurifil 50 wt. thread - white, black and yellow 7135.  The 50 weight is nice and thin for making smaller projects like this.

Schmetz microtex needles are especially great for mini quilts as the needle is very thin and doesn't leave large holes in the fabric.  Hobbs Thermore batting is great for mini quilts, but I have many scrap pieces of batting and I ended up using a piece of  Hobbs Heirloom Premium Cotton Batting.

The pressing mat from Prairie Spirit Alpacas is a great surface for pressing small blocks and projects.

Many thanks to Island Batik, Hobbs Batting, Schmetz needles  ,Prairie Spirit Alpacas and Aurifil thread for supplying products for this project thru the Island Batik Ambassador program.

To see more of the mini quilts in the August Island Batik Challenge, check out the list of Ambassadors below

• Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs

• Megan Best ~ Bestquilter

• Pamela Boatright ~ Pamelaquilts

• Elizabeth DeCroos ~ Epida Studio

• Jennifer Fulton ~ Inquiring Quilter

• Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts

• Jane Hauprich ~ Stitch By Stitch Custom Quilting

• Reed Johnson ~ Blue Bear Quilts

• Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

• Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood

• Denise Looney ~ For The Love Of Geese

• Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights

• Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack Made Mine

• Anorina Morris – sameliasmum.com

• Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion

• Claudia Porter ~ Create with Claudia

• Gail Renna ~ Quilt Haven Threads

• Brianna Roberts ~ Sew Cute And Quirky

• Michelle Roberts ~ Creative Blonde

• Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail

• Andi Stanfield ~ True Blue Quilts

• Sandra Starley ~ Textile Time Travels

• Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations

• Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt