Boxed-Mix

Yes, it has been a while...

It is a challenge to time this blogpost after I am missed but before I am totally forgotten.

Boxed-Mix

This is Boxed Mix, a layer cake friendly quilt, I made for Summer 2026 issue of Quilter’s World.

Made using the Island Batik collection, Enchanted Flutter, Boxed Mix finished at 60" by 84". 

We took the completed quilt for a photoshoot. 

You know that the colors are stunning when you can fool a grasshopper to stop by and examine :-D

I modeled it on my bed. I took pictures of the label and I crushed on it. 

Here is a picture from the magazine.

Screenshot of the online magazine version from my Library

But the quilt never got back to me. The UPS package containing the magazine and my quilt is lost. Multiple phone calls and inquiries have yielded nothing. 

Expected in April, I filed a claim in May and I have given up hope now.  Will you put your attention on Boxed-Mix and wish that it returns to me? I believe in the power of your positive thoughts.

I have completed all my Turquoise blocks for July's Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

Island Batik Scraps 

Yes, I have been blue... So are the skies. Thank goodness for small mercies.

I will be sharing with Angela's Linky party including all my other favorites. See full list on the sidebar. 

 

Polite Society

Welcome to Polite Society.

Polite Society

Designed in EQ8 and made with the Island Batik collection, Essence, Polite Society is a precut-friendly design published in Precut Quilts Made Easy (A Quilter's World publication).

This is a beautiful collection. Look for it in your local quilt shop. For background, I used the Island Batik Neutral Egg White. The binding is another neutral named Glaze.

Published

I quilted using a variegated thread and my trusted walking foot. You guessed it - my favorite squiggly stitch :-) 

Beginner Friendly Quilt Pattern

 

Polite Society is a super easy, beginner-friendly, jelly roll pattern that you can put together easily without any special tools/templates.

The magazine (which is available in stores) has several other precut patterns. I recommend that you check it out.

Check out my Etsy Shop for many precut-friendly patterns as these.

Yamini

Niko

In Rainbow Scrap Challenge (RSC) updates,  I completed Red Blocks for March.

Did you notice that the blocks for January & February are different. Well, I am working on two RSC quilts - separated into cools and warms. The cool colors + white background will make a log cabin quilt and the warm colors + black background will make a "to be named" quilt.

I also picked out my pinks for April. Sharing with all my favorite linky parties (see full list on the sidebar)including Angela's RSC.

Island Batik Pinks

Magically, Nature too got Angela's memo.  All pictures were taken this week.

Lilac

Tulip

Azalea

Pink Dogwood

In other news (and my excuse for no blogging activity in a month), I traveled to my alma mater to reunite with old classmates and reminisce about fun times on and off-campus. 

Glass(es) Reunion

I hope you get to hug your friends.