Saturday, April 1, 2023

Bourbon Street Bash

Designing for the May/June 2023 Issue of Quiltmaker Magazine, I chose the fabric line Celebrate. Designed by Kathy Engle, this fabric line will be available in stores in May 2023.




Imagine my surprise when the magazine was published in March 2023.  It is Island Batik's guidance to release patterns as close to the fabric availability as possible. If the fabric is not available (at the time of pattern release or shortly thereafter), then it feels like a tease or even a torture, especially when the fabric is this gorgeous!!!

For this reason, I have been slow/reluctant to share this quilt.  It is April. I can safely say that the fabrics will be coming to the stores next month.


Picture Courtesy - Quiltmaker Magazine, May/June 2023


Here are the pictures showing my journey of making Bourbon Street Bash.

The first block


Pieced Border

These fabric screams Spring. The colors make the blooms blush and the bright hues are reminiscent of a party or a bash. Since no one parties like the Bourbon Street, I named it Bourbon Street Bash.


Balloons and Streamers = Celebration

Quilting

I quilted slowly, enjoying the deep greens and bright citrusy prints.


Binding


The backing is Pistachio (Island Batik Basics) and it is yummy enough to eat :-) 

The binding is Egg White (Island Batik Neutrals).


Bound and Labelled

Bound and Labeled, it was time for the photoshoot. Paul, my love?  


Will you please...

You are the best!!!


Can we get one with the reflection, I asked. We can try, Paul replied. Although it was a beautiful day, it was just too breezy for a good reflection picture.


Sunny but too Breezy

Garden Party, indeed!


Very Happy Me!


I received many comments and emails praising this gorgeous fabric line. So, I cut up the leftover fabrics into 5" squares.  Since I only had 17 fabrics (out of the 20 in the Celebrate line), I added three matching fabrics from Island Batik Foundations (top three fabrics in the picture below - orange, yellow and pink) to make two complete sets of 40 squares (2 squares of each fabric).


Giveaway Prizes - Two Charm Packs


Yes, there is a giveaway.  Two prizes. I will announce the winners on April 10, 2023.  To be eligible to win one of the two charm packs, please leave me a comment telling me your favorite party food or drink, along with your instagram handle. Please make sure that I have your email address.

And one last look because you are such a juicy quilt :-)

Citrusy Yumminess


My friend and fellow Island Batik ambassador, Connie Kauffman also has a quilt in the same issue. Her sweet mini quilt is called - Have a Cuppa. Do check it out.


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In other news, Purple is the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color for April. I have picked out my fabrics - some reddish purples and some bluish purples. 


Plenty of Purples from Island Batik


I will be sharing with all my favorite linky parties (see full list on the sidebar), including Angela's Linky Party.  As usual, my bash is incomplete without your input :-)




54 comments:

  1. very pretty - love that fabric the colors - wow factor

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  2. Yes, indeed, purple it is for April. I love your Bourbon Street Bash, Preeti! The fabrics sparkle and the block design adds to the zing. I need to find a place to buy Quiltmaker mag. My usual stores have stopped carrying magazines it seems. I want this issue. Wish I had an IG account too. I'd tell you one of my favorite celebratory drinks would be a juicy, fruity mimosa. More bubbly, please! Haha! Have a great weekend!

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  3. Gorgeous quilt. So much fun and the colours are just so bright and happy. Congratulations on being published again.

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  4. Congrats on another pretty quilt and being published! My favorite party food is Cowboy Caviar and my instagram handle is '10170pat'.

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  5. Love the bright happy quilt. My favorite party food is crackers and good cheese, but Boom Chicka Pop sweet and salty popcorn works too. My instagram handle is sarahsgiftnship but I’m never on it. My email is the same as the instagram handle at gmail.com. Can’t wait to see what you do with the purples.

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  6. Very pretty bright quilt. Love the colors. My favorite party food is sausage balls. I don’t have an Instagram account. dorthac at aol dot com

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  7. What a great, cheerful quilt. So very happy. Thanks for sharing. My great party food is Tacos.

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    1. I entered the comment above, don't know why it says Anonymous but I did have a hard time trying to comment. Maybe other readers are also. Love the happy quilt.

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  8. i LOVE, ADORE, your quilt. brings light and soft warm into the end of winter. just beautiful. my favorite party food is bar-be-cue anything with a good cup of wine! instagram handle is shoshanasmv

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  9. What a happy quilt! I love the zig zag on it! It is such a happy quilt and congrats on being published again!

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  10. Happy and bright quilt. Pie, cheesecake is always good a party. 24Tangent (at) gmail (dot) com

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  11. What a cheerful, delicious quilt, Preeti! You did such a great job of spreading out the colors. Fun photos, too!!!

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  12. What a beautiful quilt for spring! A pina colada sounds great, for food nachos. Instagram handle is Vickiscraftsandquilting

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  13. This is the perfect quilt for spring, so bright and cheery! Congratulations on having another pattern published.
    My favorite snack to take to a gathering is deviled eggs. They always go quickly.

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  14. I forgot to mention that I'm not on Instagram.

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  15. Such fun and bright fabrics. That must have been a lot of fun to work on when the days were still a bit dreary. Congrats on another published pattern!

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  16. This is the happiest quilt I've ever saw. It perked me right up. Wonderful job. Bravo! I don't have an IG account but if we are to celebrate, I'll have a Black Russian please. ;^)

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  17. LOVE this cheerful quilt! Congrats on its publication. My favorite party food or drink? Hmm... I could make a meal off the carrot sticks, along with those sweet and savory Crock Pot meatballs! Thanks for the opportunity to win one of your curated charm packs @thejoyfulquilter and have fun with those PURPLE scraps for the RSC, Preeti!

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  18. gorgeous colors,luv the quilt ❤️

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  19. This quilt is positively delicious! Great colors, and great block to show them off. Favorite party food? Cupcakes! (I go to lots of kids' parties, lol).

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  20. Beautiful bright and yummy colours. Reminds me of a summer fruity margarita! My instagram handle is Stoon Quilter. Thanks Preeti!!

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  21. Absolutely gorgeous! And congrats on its publication! The quilt is so festive and happy. I love it.

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  22. Love the bright colors 😻! My favorite party snack is pizza 🍕 drink is Moscato wine. Email is tobyyellow&yahoo.com.

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  23. So bright and happy! My fav snack is Taco Dip - great for parties but also just chilling on the deck in the summer. Sorry, no Instagram account. basaran.family (at) rogers (dot) com

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  24. All those lovely citrus colors makes me think (you should) "Pucker up and Kiss Me (Paul)"!

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  25. My favorite party food is hummus! quilting00 at Instagram quilting00@aol.com. I saw your quilt in the magazine and said. . .those are colors that Preeti would use and then I read the text! Of course, I saw that you were the designer so I shouted well done and hooray. It is a beautiful quilt!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects

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  26. Looking at your quilt makes me want to go outside & plant tulip, daffodil and other bulbs -- gorgeous colors! My fav party food is onion dip. My instagram name is "debe_ca" and email is -- mdenders@msn.com. You have a lovely hubby willing to hold up all your quilts for you - thank him for that from all of us! We love the quilt shows! Deb E

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  27. That's a beautiful quilt, Preeti! So happy and bright, and I love the star block. It was fun looking at it up close to figure out the construction. I just won in your last giveaway, so no need to enter me in this one. I haven't even cut into any of those beautiful scraps I received - just enjoying them sitting on my sewing table right now!

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  28. Wow, this is another gorgeous quilt, it looks like Spring and Summer are here! Vibrant colors, pretty fabrics, and the shoot scenery and helper are great ;)
    Thank you so much for sharing it!

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  29. Fun quilt! Is this a fat quarter based pattern? Several years ago I switched to a plant based whole food diet so no longer do I head for the chips and dips. My favorite party treat is a humus with veggies to dip.

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  30. I seem to have had the same problem with coming up as anonymous as a default. I will not be so quick to hit enter on the comment page again

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  31. I love this new quilt! And your friends Cuppa as well! I will get the magazine. It must feel so great to be published. I love Whisps, you can find them at Costco, and a low-carb margarita! Oh, yeah!
    My email is mulepower@msn.com

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  32. The Quilt looks like a fruit salad that I can just wrap myself in! Love it! Lizard Tongues! salami, then thin cream cheese, then spear of sweet pickle rolled and held with a tooth pick! or shrimp! or fresh fruit and nuts salad - sweet and salty!

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  33. Your colors remind me of fruit salad or bowls of sherbet. Favorite party treat is warm artichoke dip. Instagram @pate393 (I'm totally unimaginative when it comes to users names). Congratulations on being published again and big thanks to Paul for being such an expert quilt holder.
    Pat

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  34. Absolutely love those vibrant colors. jgsowin@gmail.com

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  35. Congrats on being published! The quilt is gorgeous, so spring-ish, love the colors. So Pretty!

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  36. OH my! That is one gorgeous quilt. The colors, the design, the handsome quilt holder ... oops I mean the lovely location. It definitely sings of spring to me. As for party food -- I'm going for carrot cake -- just too yummy. No instagram handle. Have a great week!

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  37. That is so pretty! I would have been a little anxious once she was over the water, but that's just me (and less than reliable assistants...) No need to enter me in the contest, I was thrilled to death to win the last one, and my goodies were even more wonderful than I could imagine!

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  38. Another pretty quilt in colors that are just perfect to chase away the weariness of winter! Thank you, Paul, for helping out so that we could all see this gorgeous quilt!

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  39. I love those colors. Congratulations on getting your quilt in the magazine! Hrmm. My favorite party food is seedless red grapes. (@overthemoonquilts)

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  40. Wow, you do make the most wonderful quilts. There is never one one I don't like. Parties with Root Beer being available. Surprisedbycolour
    sandra(dot)klassen(at)pobox(dot)com

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  41. Hi Pretti, what an amazing quilt. Those are really lovely batiks. My favourite party food is cheese!!! (@quiltinglearningcombo)

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  42. What an honor. It is beautiful. I love those colors. My favorite party food is hamburgers. My IG is @sma_fb

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  43. Gorgeous quilt and such happy colors - my favorite party food is all the small appetizers - meatballs, fruit, spinach and artichoke dip - yum. No instagram account but hope I am still eligible. cmberry@lsu.edu

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  44. So lovely! You're right--those fabrics scream summer! Thanks for sharing on my weekly show and tell, Wednesday Wait Loss.

    https://www.inquiringquilter.com/questions/2023/04/05/wednesday-wait-loss-322

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  45. Congratulations on the publication of this pattern. It is a great quilt and the fabrics definitely scream spring. Love the pics!

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  46. I love this quilt and I love the colours! It just screams happiness!
    I am guessing your giveaway is only for those residing in the US. :(
    But I will still let you know that my favourite party food is Vada pav! 😄

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  47. Your quilt so pretty. The colors remind me of rainbow sherbet. I enjoy puffed cheese balls. petuniakr@aol.com

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  48. Definitely a spring inspired quilt! It’s a great pattern! Citrus-y!

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  49. That is a happy and colorful quilt!!! Kind of like Juicy fruit gum!!! Love it!!
    Favorite Party food??? hmmm do Cheetos count?
    and IG : QuiltygirlQuilts

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  50. I don't do IG any more. I do love this quilt and the batiks and colors. I love anything chocolate, but I'm not allowed to eat it these days. Bad things happen if I forget, so I no longer forget. =) I think the reflection still works. =) Thanks for sharing the quilt, and your purple choices. I've been using both kinds of purple, and even some things that have other colors in them. I'm loving purple month!

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  51. Love this quilt and the fabric line!!! I love really good stuffed mushrooms! Also almost anything sweet :-) IG: Tazbarb

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  52. Lovely vibrant colors in your new quilt design! And your naming is spot on - again. xo

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