Some New Patterns

New pat­terns are always fun!   All the secret design­ing and sew­ing can finally be shown and shared which is almost the best part of the whole pro­cess.   The best bit is get­ting to see what you all do with the pat­terns.  That really is the amaz­ing (and truly inspir­ing as well).

All of the pat­terns are avail­able now for imme­di­ate PDF down­load in my shop, or if you prefer, paper pat­terns are almost ready and will be sent to you with­in the next couple of weeks.    There are 7 new pat­terns (phew!),  I’ll share four of them with you today and the rest later in the week but (hint hint) if you head over to the shop you’ll able to take a look at them all.

So, on with the show…

If you fol­low me on Ins­tagram or Face­book you might have already caught a glimpse of this next quilt.  It’s called Play­ing Around and quite lit­er­ally got it’s name after I was play­ing around on my com­puter one day.   It’s what I like to call a one block won­der because the quilt is made with just one block.  There is no sash­ing to make after the blocks have been made mak­ing it super quick to sew for all levels of quilters.

Play­ing Around Quilt — 81″ x 81″
Block Size 15″ x 15″
Fat Eighth Friendly
Avail­able as a PDF or Paper pat­tern from my pat­tern shop.

The sample quilt for Play­ing Around was made with Bon­nie & Cam­ille’s new fab­ric line, Hand­made, which is just as delight­ful and pretty as all of their pre­vi­ous col­lec­tions.    Play­ing Around would look just as good in any fab­ric col­lec­tion or you could mix and match Fat Eighths from your scrap bins or stash to make a bright and fun quilt that’s uniquely you.

Hand­made fab­ric will be avail­able in stores Septem­ber 2016.

Play­ing Around was just ask­ing for a little friend so there is a mini pat­tern avail­able too.…

Play­ing Around Mini Quilt — 15″ x 15″
Block Size 7.5″ x 7.5″
Fat Eighth Friendly (or use scraps from your stash!)
Avail­able as a PDF or Paper pat­tern from my pat­tern shop.

Next up is Bailey, he’s a big fella and was designed with guys in mind.   The big 20″ blocks are made with strips cut from fat quar­ters.  Bailey is per­fect for quilters of all skill levels and is a fun quilt to make!

Bailey Quilt — 80″ x 80″
Block Size 20″ x 20″
Fat Quarter Friendly — you will need just 16!
Avail­able as a PDF or Paper pat­tern from my pat­tern shop.

I used prints from 1Canoe2’s latest range, Hazel­wood, to make this ver­sion of the Bailey quilt but it would be just as easy to choose fat quar­ters from your stash in either guy friendly prints or, fem­in­ine ones if you prefer.

Hazel­wood will be in stores in Octo­ber 2016 but… I have seen some early release pre­cuts around if you love it as much as I do and can­’t wait until then!

Bailey also has a little friend, the Baby Bailey, this quilt has been in the works for a some time while I worked on the yard­age cal­cu­la­tions.  I’m so happy to be able to finally share it with you all.   Just like it’s big broth­er the Baby Bailey quilt is per­fect for quilters of all skill levels and is a fast and fun quilt to make.

Baby Bailey Quilt — 48″ x 48″
Block Size 24″ x 24″
Avail­able as a PDF or Paper pat­tern from my pat­tern shop.

I first dreamed up Baby Bailey when I needed to make a baby gift.   I wanted some­thing quick to sew that could be sewn again in a dif­fer­ent col­our palette or theme for a little girl or older child.    This will def­in­itely be my ‘go to’ baby quilt pat­tern from now on!

You could fol­low the same col­our palette for a little boy or swap out the orange and teal for pink and yel­low for a little girl.  The pos­sib­il­it­ies are end­less and I’m sure you will enjoy sew­ing this one as much as I did.

I’m look­ing for­ward to shar­ing the rest of my new pat­terns with you later this week.   If you can­’t wait… don’t for­get you can head over to the shop to see them all now.   I hope you like them.

Have a great week,