Summer in the Country Blog Hop

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 Welcome to my day on the Summer in the Country blog hop with Island Batik. This is my first official Island Batik Blog Hop as an Island Ambassador. I am so excited to have been given the opportunity to create with these beautiful fabrics from the Wishing Well Collection. 

My passion is English Paper Piecing (EPP), so I thought I would share how I EPP  this Hexagon Table Runner which is inspired by Charming and Cheerful from Designer Sherri McConnell (www.aquiltinglife.com)

Hexagon Table Runner

40 - 5” squares assorted prints

40 - 2" hexagon templates (2" is the side length) 

2 – 1 ¼  x 28 ¼” inner border strips

2 – 1 ¼ x 15 ¾” inner border strips

2 – 3 ½  x 29 ¾” outer border strips

2 – 3 ½  X 21 ¾”outer border strips

3 – 2 ½  x 42” binding strips

7/8 yard for backing

28 x 42” batting

First I needed to baste and whip stitch together my 40 hexagons. 

This is how I baste my hexagons, I use plastic templates, but paper ones are just fine too. I like to use coated paper clips to hold the fabric in place while I bast around the hexie to hold the shape. 

Tiny whipstitch the hexagons together about 20 stitches per inch.

Trim the table runner center and stay stitch 1/8" from raw edges. (When I trim the edges, I sew the cut hexie to the other side, to keep the length.  

Add borders.

Layer, quilt and bind. 

I can't wait to hand quilt this! 

My Summer Recipe

Banana Bread

Ingredients:

2 cups of all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

½ cup butter

¾ cup brown sugar

2 eggs, beaten

2 1/3 cup of mashed overripe bananas

Optional - walnuts and chocolate chips 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Lightly grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan

Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl

In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and brown sugar

Stir in the eggs and mashed bananas until well blended

Stir banana mixture into the flour mixture; stir just to moisten.

Pour the batter into the lightly greased loaf pan.

Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes.

If you have missed any of the stops on the hop, here is the list.  (There is a lot of eye candy (gorgeous fabric) to see and delicious recipes at each stop.) 

8/17 – Island Batik
8/18 – KISSed Quilts – Part 1
8/19 – Kauffman Designs
8/20 – Adele Mogavero
8/21 – MooseStash Quilting
8/22 – Pamela Quilts
8/23 – Freemotion by the River
8/24 – The Patchwork Pearl
8/25 – Fun Threads Designs
8/26 – For Quilts Sake
8/27 – Lemon Tree Snippets
8/28 – Bejeweled Quilts
8/29 – Tamarinis
8/30 – KISSed Quilts – Part 2
8/31 – Beaquilter
9/1 – Purrfect Spots Designs
9/2 – Maria Michaels Designs
9/3 – Mary Mack Made Mine
9/4 – Made In Scraps                  ME!!!
9/5 – Happy Cottage Quilter

 

I would like to thank you for stopping by so I am having a giveaway of three Island Batik fat quarters from the Wishing Well Collection. 

To enter the giveaway please leave me a comment telling how your summer was. I will pick a winner at the end of the blog hop. I would also love it if you would like my Facebook page, Christine Mccrann Martinez Quilts.

Thank you to Island Batik for arranging such a fun hop! 

Thank you for visiting!

Christine 

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