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  Irish Chain Blog Hop with Accuquilt

  For May, the Island Batik Ambassadors are participating in the Irish Chain Blog Hop using the Irish Chain Accuquilt GO! Die. We were challenged with making a lap size (or larger) quilt using the Irish Chain die with our assigned fabric collection. Accuquilt generously provided us with both the Irish Chain Die and a cutting mat to go with it. My assigned collection is Earthly Enchantment. Earthly Enchantment was designed by Tiffany Hayes of Needle in a Hayes Stack. I love the colors in this collection! The warmth of the earth tones blends perfectly with the purples and deep reds.

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  Curved Piecing Made Easy

  Are you one of those quilter's who shies away from curved piecing? Have you tried it but gave up because it was too hard or time consuming? Then this tutorial is for you!

  I had tried curved piecing several times over the years, but always gave up because it was too time consuming and just not enjoyable to me. I was determined this time to finally conquer it and set out to find the best method to achieve this. After practicing with the usual methods, I made a realization that made everything fall into place (and made curved piecing seem nearly as easy as regular piecing)!

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  Drunkard's Path April Challenge

  For April, our Ambassador's challenge was to make a lap quilt (or larger!) quilt using the Drunkard's Path block. This meant curved piecing! Yikes! I had tried curved piecing several times over the years, but always gave up because it was too time consuming and just not enjoyable to me. I was determined this time to finally conquer it and set out to find the best method to achieve this. After practicing with the usual methods, I made a realization that made everything fall into place (and made curved piecing seem nearly as easy as regular piecing)! More on that later...

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