This ends my 12th year as an Island Batik Ambassador. What an experience this has been! I was an Ambassador when the program started and have loved every year since. Island Batik is a fantastic company and makes the most beautiful batiks. Their Ambassador program is fantastic. It has been a joy to work with all the creative challenges and it has been great to get to know all the other talented designers in the program.
That said, this is my last year as an Ambassador. It has been such a joy for me, but life enters in and this seems like the appropriate time to close this challenge. I wanted to end the year by showing all the projects I made this year with the monthly Ambassador Challenges.
The February Challenge was called Runner Up. The Sponsor for this challenge was the Deb Tucker's Studio 180. I named this table runner (14 1/2" x 34") Sparklers.
The March Challenge was It's All Up to You. We could make what ever we wanted this month. I picked the pattern Fab Farm by Elizabeth Hartman 38" x 39".
The April Challenge was to make a Drunkard's Path quilt. The one I created is 58" x 58".
The May Challenge was the Irish Chain Blog Hop. I made two quilts for this. A large one and a miniature to match. The mini one is 15 1/2" x 15 1/2".
June was the Funky Friends Challenge. We got to pick a pattern from the
Funky Friend Factory and I picked the Daisy Dress Up Dolls. The pattern is for two different dolls so of course I had to make them both!
July was the Hot Stuff Challenge with
Oliso. Oliso sent each Ambassador an Iron Carry Bag along with an Oliso M3 Pro iron. We were instructed to decorate the iron cover.
September was the Threaded Chaos Challenge. The sponsor for this challenge was
Aurifil Thread. My project is 42" x 53".
September was the Sew Stylish
By Annie Challenge. This year I picked the pattern called Two Big Totes.
November Challenge was Timeless Traditions. We were instructed to pick 5 traditional patterns from a list and make a project. My Pumpkin Patchwork is 25" x 29".
The last challenge of the year was another It's All Up to You Challenge. We could make what ever we wanted. I decided to make three stained glass quilts.
You can go back in my blog to see more info on each project.
I'm glad you had a good time with Island Batiks. I understand about life happening, sometimes it's just hard to juggle everything and something has to end. Is Lumin fabrics going to continue some kind of ambassador program? I've read about other IB ambassadors stopping this year. Have a blessed 2026!
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