You've seen this before, but I just pulled out more of this awesome fabric and I'm going to make another of these quilts. This pattern is so quick and fun and works with just about any fabric that likes to be showcased in a large square. I call it "Tilt." The quilt pictured here uses the fabrics a little differently than the pattern. That's because I was working with "strike offs" from the factory (bits and pieces sent to the vendor to see if the colors are accurate for mass production). First, before quilting. These are 10" blocks and it finishes to 42" x 42". Where the Wild Things Are  quilt (before quilting) And then quilted (by me on my HQ Sweet 16): Where the Wild Things Are   I assume these particular prints aren't easily available, but I think you can enjoy looking at  Where the Wild Things Are. This particular triangle template is the same angle as the Tri-Recs ruler. It is NOT a 30/60 degree triangle, (though I think this tech...

Here's a lovely little quilt pattern I designed for P and B Fabrics almost 2 years ago. They had a fabric collection called Welcome Baby and wanted something to do it justice. I thought: SIMPLE is best. Again, I let some of those fantastic baby prints do all the work. Baby Love : 36" x 37" These are reproduction prints from 1925. Can you see those sweet little cherubs in those wide strips in the center? The full size letters are included in the pdf pattern. It is easy to piece and the appliqué is raw edge. Baby Love  is a very scrappy quilt and uses quite a few different prints. Or you could control the color palette to be more gender specific. It's your call. Enjoy!

How's your Friday going? We are waiting for the Snow Apocalypse to happen tomorrow here in Virginia, so how about taking our minds off of that with a Spring type pattern? This is Sonnet which I designed for P and B Textiles almost 2 years ago. My favorite color is pink and it looks so lovely with these grays. What do you think? Sonnet : 34" x 42" Sonnet  is composed of two sizes of blocks. The smaller blocks finish to 7-1/2" and the larger blocks finish to 15". I wanted the fabric to do all the work. I do not like to chop beautiful fabric into little, tiny pieces. This is a very quick quilt to stitch and makes a lovely size for a small child or even a lap quilt for a wheel chair. Any combination of colors will do. Make it in fabrics you love. Click the link and it will take you directly to the pdf of the pattern for easy download.

Don't think Christmas! Just because you see Frosty the Snowman doesn't mean he only comes around at Christmas time. When there's snow, there's Frosty! This is a delightful 1930s print that is Winter themed (ok, I know you see gingerbread houses and Christmas stockings and candy canes - what can I say?) This is Frosted Blocks . Frosted Blocks : 56" x 65" This uses my tried and true pattern which I call Tilt. I first made this style of quilt in 2002 when I looked at the Tri-Recs ruler and figured I could "tilt" some charm squares. I called it "The Talking Quilt" because the squares are novelty prints that would get the interest of a child and get them to "talk" about each one. Don't use this for nap time - they won't go to sleep! The Talking Quilt Then I made it again for Windham in 2007: Tumbling Dice  - FREE pattern Then I made it again using another Windham Fabrics collection called "Cream and Sugar...

I designed this collection for P and B Textiles last Spring. It uses one of my favorite techniques which I call "Tilt." If you have the Tri-Recs tools by Darlene Zimmerman, the half-rectangle template works perfectly for this! (The pattern includes a paper template, of course). Click here for the Where the Wild Things Are pattern. The quilt pictured here uses the fabrics a little differently than the pattern. That's because I was working with "strike offs" from the factory (bits and pieces sent to the vendor to see if the colors are accurate for mass production). First, before quilting: Where the Wild Things Are quilt (before quilting) And then quilted (by me on my HQ Sweet 16): Where the Wild Things Are   And how the back was pieced (because I didn't have enough of ANY ONE print)! Pieced back using my leftover motifs Would you like to see a few of these AWESOME animal motifs up close? Of course you do! elephant Fish (...

This really is a fowl week! Third post about birds. First the owls, then the chickens, now these feathered friends. Hope you aren't thinking about that Alfred Hitchcock film about the BIRDS! I love this quilt. I had originally designed it using some fabrics by Windham (Collage). I pitched it to Modern Patchwork Magazine. Nope; didn't want it. McCall's. Nope. I hoped SOMEONE would think this was cute. Do you? I call it Pecking Order. Can you see the lowly birds on the ground and the big Kahoona bird on the birdhouse. King of the roost, huh? Original Pecking Order Quilt Then Red Rooster (a division of P & B Textiles) asked me to design a quilt using their Bird Watchers line . Holy Cow! This was perfect for remaking my Pecking Order quilt. Now what do you think? Pecking Order using the Bird Watchers Collection They didn't want the letters (what gives?) and so I took them out, added another bird and some folk art flowers. It's the same size as my or...

One of my four patterns designed for P & B (and Red Rooster) is up at their site. My Floating Circles quilt designed using the Printemps Collectio n works well with just about anything in your stash. Floating Circles Quilt : 52" x 52" These are 12" blocks with raw edge applique circles (templates included in the pattern). Let me show you how easy it is to create these blocks with one page from the pattern. You can also see three other quilts that will be available later in the summer and fall: Pecking Order made with the Bird Watchers Collection  (coming in August). I absolutely love this quilt and made a similar version using a Windham Fabrics Collection. P & B didn't want the letters, so I added flowers. Pecking Order, coming in August Here is my first quilt, made several years ago using the Collage Collection for Windham. It was NEVER published. I had hoped that Modern Patchwork or McCall's Quilting would pick it up. Sigh. Th...