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In February I shared photos of the goodies from my first Island Batik Ambassador box. My second (and final) box of the year just arrived and I thought it would be fun to offer you a video tour. Here's my official unboxing video! I'd love to hear what catches your eye.

 

I'm excited to get started with these vibrant colors and have already pre-washed the first batch. I chose one of the Paisley Dot colors to include in this month's project, but I'm saving the rest of that glorious rainbow for later. ;-)

Thank you Island Batik, Aurifil, and Hobbs!

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I'm excited to share that I was recently selected to be an Aurifil Artisan. If you've been reading my blog you know that I love and use Aurifil thread in all my projects. 50 wt Aurifil is my go to for piecing and quilting. I'm excited to have the opportunity to try out some of their other products that I haven't had a chance to use. In the coming months you'll see me quilt in thicker threads. I'd also like to do some embroidery on a small project and to try out their monofilament thread.

I arrived home from a trip on Wednesday to my Aurifil Artisan welcome package. Here's a peek at my new goodies. You can view the handy Aurifil brochure online, containing information about their entire line of thread.

Look for upcoming posts by the Artisans on Aurifil's Blog, Auribuzz, and look for Artisan projects on Instagram @aurifilthread.

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Folks... I didn't get it done. I worked on it. And I'm resolved to celebrate the small amount of progress. But my July One Monthly Goal is a repeat of my June Goal. Except I know this month a quilt finish just isn't gonna happen. So my little goal for July will be to make progress quilting the Twin Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt. In July I'd like to add 20 spirals of quilting. The spirals measure about 5" x 6" to 7" x 8" so this would be a considerable amount of progress... especially taking into account the Summer vacation schedule and other quilt related deadlines.

I'm free motion quilting these large rounded corner rectangular spirals that turn into oval spirals in the middle with Aurifil 50wt Marrakesh Variegated #3817. I like the combination of precision in the spacing and the freedom of the organic spirals in the middle. I first used this motif on a smaller version of this Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt, inspired by Cynthia's quilting. I love it on the smaller version, but I have to say, as I'm chipping away at quilting this twin sized quilt, I really wish I'd picked a less dense motif. My lines are about a half inch apart.

Wish me luck!

I'm linking up to July OMG on Elm Street Quilts.