Flash Sale: On My Window Flowers Bloom

'On My Window, Flowers Bloom'

Finished size:  38 x 48 inches

'On my Window, Flowers Bloom' says it all. I love this design. I love the flowers and all the fun to be had during fabric selection. Will you go sophisticated with a naturalistic pallette or bright and bold? And what about that sky peeking through? Will it be daytime? Night time? Starry or snowy? I couldn't decide. I kept going back and forth. In the end I played around with two main ideas; the top one is just lovely and I can already see it shining on my wall. The one below is made up from my Fassett stash - because it's about time I started putting that gorgeous stash to proper use in a fabulous wall hanging. 

Whichever way you decide to go with it, I can't wait to see your progress. So don't forget to share as you work and chat along with all of us over in my BOM Group - we're more than just an online quilting group, we're a friendly and supportive community. 

Like it? Make it! 

On My Window Flowers Bloom

An applique wall hanging, finished size 38 x 48 inches

Complete Digital Pattern

$19.95 USD

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You will REQUIRE an UPDATED PDF Reader in order to open and print the PDF Patterns.

*If you don't know how to download computer files, open PDF's or print, please don't buy this pattern.

Note: When you receive your download, be sure to SAVE it to your computer.
If you print it directly from the browser download screen, it will not be backed up to your computer and your print out might be missing pages, depending on your internet memory and download speed.

Click here to read my tutorial on printing my PDF patterns at home

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Hope: The Blooming Dahlia Block

Today I'm making the Blooming Dahlia Block. If you're making Hope month by month, this block is created in Part 8. I'm making my quilt parts 'out of turn', according to my fabric usage - I have a limited amount of Japanese Woven fabrics that I am balancing out between the blocks. 

Like always, I'm using fusible to create my turn edge applique. For newcomers, you can read detailed tutorials on this technique right here on my blog by clicking here now or the Guide To Applique button on the page header. 

I number all my shapes to help me arrange them when it's time to layer. I even number my leaves, when it comes to prep work, you can't be too organized.

 Layering up

I started with the centre circle and added the first layer of petals, adhering them with dabs of Roxanne glue to keep them in position until I'm ready to machine stitch them down.

 First layer complete and pinned into position - 

I do this to make sure my applique isn't 'growing' as I work

 Now it's time for the second layer

 Second layer pinned and checked against the pattern for size accuracy

 Motif completed and held in position with glue

 Ready for positioning on the block background! Today was all about creating the applique.

I'll be sharing a step by step tutorial on creating the circle star background for this block shortly. 

 Now I'm heading back to my Facebook Group to enjoy all the gorgeous centres that are being created - the range of fabrics and effects are stunning.

Hope is a gorgeous blooming applique design, perfect for beginners. You can start this quilt anytime as a BOM or purchase the pattern outright. Simply click the image to learn more. 

BOM 2020: 'Hope' is Launched

'Hope' is an extra special BOM for 2020. It's a heartfelt quilt with a very special purpose; all monies raised by this BOM will be used to fund my daughter's Stage 4 ovarian cancer treatment. 

We've all experienced the low valley's in life. Many of us have been personally touched by cancer. 'Hope' is a quilt that refuses to give up - it's a design of pleasure and happiness.

My BOM last year 'Hold Onto Your Heart' was an applique treasure full of intensity. 'Hope' is an easy quilt, designed to appeal to all skill levels, promising lots of beauty in simplicity - like all the best things in life.

Finished size: 76 x 76 inches.

Where there's life, there's hope.

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'Hope'

Block of the Month Subscription

$5.95 USD

each month for 10 x months

Start today: immediately receive the Pattern Intro and Part 1 as soon as your first payment is made. Thereafter, you'll receive each pattern part every month, automatically delivered to you via email. 

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'Hope'

Complete Digital Pattern

Single one time payment

$49.95 USD

Can't wait? Buy the complete pattern and make Hope at your own pace. 

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What you need to know:

Payment is securely completed via PayPal

You don't need a PayPal account to pay as PayPal also securely processes Credit Card payments

Pattern downloads are INSTANT and followed up with a live link to your email inbox. 

Check your email for the follow up email (and check your spam / junk folders if you can't see it)The pattern will download to your computer directly

You REQUIRE an UPDATED PDF Reader in order to open and print the PDF Pattern

Note:

When you receive your download, be sure to SAVE it to your computer.

If you print it directly from the browser download screen, it will not be backed up to your computer. 

Click here to read my tutorial on printing my PDF patterns at home

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Snap Up Queen's Garden On Sale! (sale now finished)

Finished Size is: 70 x 70 inches

Queen's Garden is a fabulously fun and cheerful walk through a fantastical blooming garden. And when it comes to a colourscheme, the brighter, the better. This quilt is so much fun to make and is a perfect balance of applique and piecing. Originally released as a Block of the Month program, this design is perfect for beginners as the pattern is broken down into manageable installments.

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What you need to know:  

Payment is securely completed via PayPal

You don't need a PayPal account to pay as PayPal also securely processes Credit Card payments

Pattern downloads are INSTANT and followed up with a live link to your email inbox
Check your email for the follow up email (and check your spam / junk folders if you can't see it)

The pattern will download to your computer directly.

You will REQUIRE an UPDATED PDF Reader in order to open and print the PDF Patterns

*If you don't know how to download computer files, open PDF's or print them, please don't buy this pattern.

Note: When you receive your download, be sure to SAVE it to your computer.

If you print it directly from the browser download screen, it will not be backed up to your computer and your print out might be missing pages, depending on your internet memory and download speed.

Click here to read my tutorial on printing my PDF patterns at home

Snap Up Cherish On SALE ! (sale now finished)

Meet Cherish, it's a blooming beauty! Here we have a quilt that's just inviting itself to cozy up a bedroom. The centre is an applique arrangement of beautiful flowers, freshly cut from a garden teeming with ladybugs, bees, daisy chains and blooms! 

And the colours - oh the colours..where do I even start? This is a pattern you can really trust with those prints you love to pieces but don't want to cut up because they're so pretty. I know you know what I mean!

To make things even better, the shapes are large and easy so that even applique novices can feel confident and the simple hourglass blocks bring all your favorite fabrics together to frame your lovingly made applique blocks. Are you in love yet?

Quilts this pretty are simply impossible to forget. You've already seen my idea for a grey chambray background (above) to make your fabrics pop. But what about a creamy light background to play up the charming blocks that just beg for your attention with all their little details? And I can also see this quilt coming into it's own in reproduction fabrics too. Fabrics old or new, this is a beauty that's just waiting for your special touch. 

The finished size of 68 x 80 inches makes it perfect for a single bed. And who wouldn't love a bed covered in this cheerful, loving quilt?

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What you need to know:  

Payment is securely completed via PayPal
You don't need a PayPal account to pay as PayPal also securely processes Credit Card payments

Pattern downloads are INSTANT and followed up with a live link to your email inbox
Check your email for the follow up email (and check your spam / junk folders if you can't see it)

The pattern will download to your computer directly.

You will REQUIRE an UPDATED PDF Reader in order to open and print the PDF Patterns
*If you don't know how to download computer files, open PDF's or print, please don't buy this pattern.

Note: When you receive your download, be sure to SAVE it to your computer.
If you print it directly from the browser download screen, it will not be backed up to your computer and your print out might be missing pages, depending on your internet memory and download speed.

Click here to read my tutorial on printing my PDF patterns at home

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Snap Up Diamond Hill on SALE ! (sale now finished)

Diamond Hill is an applique quilt, finished size: 72 x 72 inches

Diamond Hill was my Group BOM for 2017 and it was hugely popular. You've probably seen images of blocks being made or completed floating around in my Groups on Facebook, and each is as gorgeous as the next. This is simply a design that lets your fabrics shine. Whether you want to go bold and bright with a dark background as above, or go dreamy and low contrast, all fabric choices I have seen have made perfectly fabulous quilts. 

If you missed out on this stunning BOM back in 2017, it's now available to to download as a digital pattern in PDF. 

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What you need to know:  

Payment is securely completed via PayPal

You don't need a PayPal account to pay as PayPal also securely processes Credit Card payments

Pattern downloads are INSTANT and followed up with a live link to your email inbox
Check your email for the follow up email (and check your spam / junk folders if you can't see it)

The pattern will download to your computer directly.

You will REQUIRE an UPDATED PDF Reader in order to open and print the PDF Patterns
*If you don't know how to download computer files, open PDF's or print, please don't buy this pattern.

Note: When you receive your download, be sure to SAVE it to your computer.

If you print it directly from the browser download screen, it will not be backed up to your computer and your print out might be missing pages, depending on your internet memory and download speed.

Click here to read my tutorial on printing my PDF patterns at home

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Did you see Love Entwined at Houston?

Were you lucky enough to set eyes on Lorraine Hunter's Love Entwined masterpiece over at Houston this year? She won an incredible FIRST PLACE in her category 'In Full Bloom'. If you haven't seen the incredible pics yet, head on over to my Facebook Group where you can swoon over them yourself!

If you don't already know the romance and mystery of this incredible design, be prepared to be delighted. This is truly a once in a lifetime quilt. But don't let that put you off - start today (or pick up where you last left off) and be sure to share your progress, pics and ideas over on my Facebook Group for endless support, encouragement and technique tips. There's also my Love Entwined archive page right here on the blog, so you're never alone as you work on your own applique journey.

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Love Entwined: 1790 Marriage Coverlet

Finished Size: 96 x 96 inches

Complete DIGITAL Pattern

$95.00 USD 

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Block of the Month DIGITAL Pattern Subscription

$9.95 USD 

per month for 14 months

Pattern installments are delivered automatically via email each month

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To read more about Love Entwined: click here now

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Pattern downloads are INSTANT and followed up with a live link to your email inbox. Check your email for the follow up email (and check your spam / junk folders if you can't see it)

The pattern will download to your computer directly

You REQUIRE an UPDATED PDF Reader in order to open and print the PDF Pattern

Note:

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If you print it directly from the browser download screen, it will not be backed up to your computer. 

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Stencil This Quilt: Peony Pride

I just love everything about this quilt: it's striking, it's simple and yes.. it's stenciled. When it went on Show, everyone was leaning in as close as possible and debating whether or not it was painted or appliqued. You see, with the right quilting outlining each shape, painted and stenciled shapes really do 'puff' out a bit and look appliqued! Well, I got a real kick out of listening to those conversations, I can tell you.

The reason I decided to exhibit this quilt at all is because I wanted to present an heirloom technique. I felt then - and still feel now, that stenciled quilts are not respected enough in the community. This makes no sense to me. Stenciling is an authentic legacy technique that was practiced by the very first quilters and should be a method as celebrated and common as applique or paper piecing. Yet, we so rarely see this technique championed at all. What a shame.

I made this quilt 11 years ago, yes more than a decade has passed since I felt this way and you know what? Not much has changed. Today, I rarely exhibit my quilts because of the effort, transport theft and costs involved, but whenever I create a stencil quilt, I simply feel that I HAVE to put it out there for others to see. Otherwise, stenciling will never get the love and respect it deserves. And that change will only happen when more and more stencil quilts are actually visible and out there to be seen.

This week I'm promoting stenciling as a technique here on my blog, and I've decided to make all my stencil quilt patterns available to everyone and anyone who's interested in making them. It's the best way I can think of to bring attention to this technique.

So, for the next few days, until the end of the week, the complete digital pattern for this quilt, Peony Pride is available for sale for $4.80 USD. Yes, I'm serious. Let's make some stencil quilts everyone!

I'm really happy to report that I blogged the making process of Peony Pride, so if you'd like to look over those old blog posts, you can find them all in the Peony Pride Archive Page, simply click here to visit that page now!

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Peony Pride

Complete Digital pattern

$4.80 USD

Learn more about this quilt by visiting the Peony Pride archive page: 
simply click here now

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What you need to know:

Payment is securely completed via PayPal

You don't need a PayPal account to pay as PayPal also securely processes Credit Card payments

Pattern downloads are INSTANT and followed up with a live link to your email inbox. Check your email for the follow up email (and check your spam / junk folders if you can't see it)

The pattern will download to your computer directly

You REQUIRE an UPDATED PDF Reader in order to open and print the PDF Pattern

Note:When you receive your download, be sure to SAVE it to your computer.
If you print it directly from the browser download screen, it will not be backed up to your computer. 

Click here to read my tutorial on printing my PDF patterns at home

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