Illusions Pattern Available

Earlier this year, I shared photos of my quilt Illusions and the pattern which debuted at QuiltCon 2024 in the booth from my local quilt store, Cary Quilting.

Illusions is a Foundation Paper Piecing Pattern (FPP). The quilt finishes at 30" x 30" and is perfect for a wall hanging. It is a two color quilt and requires just 1 yard of each color! My quilt was made using Kona Breakers Blue and Kona Jet Black.

I am pleased to (finally) announce that the pattern is now available digitally from my pattern shop.

You can order a printed version at Cary Quilting, my local quilt store. (If you order a paper version and would also like a pdf of the FPP patterns, please email me and I'd be happy to send it along.)

If you make a version of the quilt, please share it with me - I'd love to see it!

Have a wonderful day! Patty

Art of Bending Fabric workshop

This past weekend, I took a all day workshop with Michelle Wilke @ml_wilke called The Art of Bending Fabric. Michelle's quilt Rails, exhibited in QuiltCon and elsewhere, is a beautiful example of this technique.

The theme for the class was "Let It Go" - frustrations, rules, fuss, even rulers! - and building up the quilt from the center was quite fun.

I brought a bunch of 1.5" strips in warm and cool tones and ended up using mainly blues with some pops of green and yellow. My vision of the quilt before I started was to have a lot more negative space but I realized I actually brought a single shade of white in what I thought was lots of different shades.

My piece is roughly 20" wide and 18" tall. It needs a really good starching and pressing or maybe even a blocking to get it flat. I have a plan on how to quilt it but will likely not get to it for awhile.

Michelle is a wonderful teacher should you ever get a chance to take a class with her.

Have a wonderful day! Patty

Best Friends - The Puppy Quilt

Cuteness alert!!

Meet Bernadette, Edgar, Cookie and Jeff! These puppies were so much fun to put together. The pattern is Dog Park quilt by Elizabeth Hartman. I love using her patterns for baby quilts - I've made the Koala quilt a few times and the Delightful Desert.

For the quilting, I went with a 2" spaced cross hatch on the diagonal. When I started the quilting, I cringed when a quilting line crossed over an eye (ouch!) or was very visible against the fabric. Interestingly enough, all that "disappears" once all the quilting is done.

The quilt is a gift for my nephew and his wife for their first child. Baby shower is at the end of the month. I won't be able to attend in person but my sister - future grandmother! - will be sure to capture photos for me.

My youngest made this wonderful crocheted blanket for the new baby (pattern). I love it so much and wonder if I could hint for a mom sized version for myself! Their love of crochet is what got me excited to give it a try again. (See my crochet project.)

This little puppy is my favorite of the four!

Have a wonderful day! Patty

Granny Square Adventures

I finished my first batch of 9 little granny squares. and then used this crochet as you go method to join the squares together. There are numerous issues with both the squares and the assembly together but it was all about learning and finding a new on the go project.

My square in about ~11" square. Not sure what the finished project will exactly be but look what arrived in the mail from Purl Soho!

Each of the balls is 25g (about 58 yards) of beautiful color. 

I started working with the warm maple colorway to see how many squares it would yield - 5 with some leftover! Each square is 3.5". I am getting better at recognizing my errors and then pulling back so everything gets corrected right away. Four of these were made during my guild meeting on Sunday!

I am going to work these bundle by bundle so the next sets of charm squares will come from those Cotton Chirps pictured.

My goal is a lap sized afghan. Oh, and just to have fun in the creative process!

Have a wonderful day! Patty

Cute Economy Block update

I was happy to get my hands on a 10 years of Magic panel from Ruby Star. As soon as I saw it go by in my IG stream, I thought it would be perfect for a making a quilt using economy blocks.

I am using all Ruby Star fabrics for these blocks - I've got a lot of it! Once all the cute prints are turned into economy blocks, I will make more blocks by just using the fabric itself.

At this point, I have about 50 blocks and kits made for about 13 more. This covers the tiny cute squares which will finish at 3" by 3".

Oddly for me, I've not really planned this out. I've got larger squares to turn into larger economy blocks but I've not done the math (😲!) nor have I figured out how many blocks I will actually need.

I've a retreat coming up later this month and making these blocks will be my focus!

Have a wonderful day! Patty