Island Batik Ambassador Threaded Chaos Blog Hop for September 2025

Welcome to September and another Island Batik Ambassador blog hop! This month the theme was “Threaded Chaos” and Ambassadors were challenged to create a crazy quilt project using Aurifil thread. Thanks to Aurifil for sponsoring this blog hop!

Ambassadors received new fabric collections to use in this challenge. I used Geode Glow a Signature collection by Kathy Engle for Kari Nichols of Quilting Renditions of Island Batik of Lumin Fabrics for my crazy quilt project.

I just loved the gorgeous purples and warm golds in this new fabric collection.

As this blog hop was sponsored by Aurifil, we could choose thread in coordinating colours for our specific fabric collection. I chose shades of gold, yellow, dark blue, and purple for my quilt and used these to create the decorative stitches that I added to the pieced quilt blocks.

Okay, I didn’t really add them…my Janome 500E embroidery machine did. Yes, I machine embroidered all of the blocks in my quilt and was able to easily choose specific stitches and thread colours for all of the seams.

I also used the quilt as you go method, although I only stitched the top and batting together. I later added individual backings for each of the blocks with sashing in between all of them.

When making this quilt I used Schmetz needles as well as a cotton and wool batting from Hobbs Quilt Batting. Of course my Oliso M3 Pro Project iron helped in pressing all of my fabrics before I added them to the machine embroidered blocks.

And here’s Glowing Jewels!

Thanks to my hubby for playing quilt stand. 😉

With 20 different fabrics in Geode Glow, I decided to make 20 blocks so I could include each of the fabrics in the same place in each block. All of the blocks are the same however I rotated them when stitching them into the quilt top. I also used the same decorative stitches in each block but varied which Aurifil thread I used.

Can you find the 20 different fabrics in the individual blocks in Glowing Jewels? (Hint: they are all in the same piece as the dark blue fabric in the third row).

Glowing Jewels featuring Geode Glow fabric collection

While they look like a dark blue, the petunias are actually purple like some of the fabrics in Geode Glow.

One thing I added that wasn’t machine stitched in Glowing Jewels was my initials. Traditionally crazy quilts have additional embellishments and hand embroidery in them. While I considered hand stitching all of the decorative stitches (I love to do hand embroidery!), time didn’t permit so instead I simply used one of the Aurifil threads to embroider my initials “KJH” to one of the blocks.

Check out my video for more details on how I created Glowing Jewels here.

Be sure to check at your local quilt shop for Geode Glow.
Thanks to Hobbs Quilt Batting, Oliso, Aurifil, Schmetz Needles, and Island Batik of Lumin Fabrics for the items that they sent me that allowed me to create this month’s project.

There will be many more projects coming from the other Island Batik Ambassadors this month so be sure to check out their blog posts to see what they’ve created for the Threaded Chaos Blog Hop.

You can find out more about the 2025 Island Batik Ambassadors and the projects that they will be working on this year on their websites below.

Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs

Renee Atkinson ~ Pink Tulip Quilting

Susan Deshensky ~ Lady Blue Quilts Studio

Tina Dillard - Quilting Affection Designs

Brittany Fisher ~ Bobbin with Brittany

Kimberly Flannagan - Kimberlys Quilts

Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts

Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts

Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

Connie Kresin Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River

Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood

Denise Looney ~ A Quiltery

Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights

Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion

Sarah Pitcher ~ Pitcher’s Boutique

Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail

Carol Stanek ~ Stitch with Color

Solomae Stoycoff - Cuddle Cat Quiltworks

Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations

Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt

Be sure you’re following me on Facebook and Instagram so you won’t miss out on what I’ll be creating next with Island Batik fabrics!

Note: The products featured in this blogpost were given to me by Island Batik of Lumin Fabrics and their sponsors. Thank you!

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