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Add comment September 1st, 2010
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Fall Home Decor Patterns
Add comment August 31st, 2010
Some of us are still experiencing a heat wave but Fall really will be here before we know it! It’ll be time to put away the watermelon theme placemats and the sailboat wall hanging and replace them with your favorite fall quilts. And time to make something new to add to your collection.
Fall Glory is a two for one quilt pattern. The large Fall Glory quilt (54″ x 67.5″) and the small Acorn Trail quilt (48″ x 59.5″) are both perfect as wall hangings. You could also toss them across a couch or easy chair for snuggling under on cool autumn evenings. Applique instructions are given for both hand and machine.
Measuring just 15″ square, this small Fall Wreath really packs a punch of color. Foundation piecing makes the construction easy and precise.
With Perennial Favorites you can make a 24″ x 40″ Fall table runner and have instructions (including applique patterns) for a Christmas runner and a Spring/Summer table runner. You’ll be set for the year!
Anne Cosgrove’s book All For Fall will give you quilts to make for this Fall, and some for next Fall too. Projects include large quilts, wall hangings, pillows, table runner, table topper, placemats and more. Anne repeats many of the design elements in the different items so if you make more than one your pieces will complement one another for a beautiful coordinated Fall look.
After you check out these and other quilt patterns, look at the Vine Creek and Gobble Gobble quilt fabric collections…. they are perfect for Fall projects.
Christmas Quilt Patterns
Add comment August 22nd, 2010
Wouldn’t you just love to have a full sized quilt to hang this holiday season? If you start now you’ll finish in plenty of time with no pressure.
Folk Art Christmas is a bright and cheery quilt that will welcome friends and family to your home. Applique is used to create blocks with hearts and holly, ornaments and pineapples, a house with a wreath on the door and a decorated tree. Finishing at 55″ x 57″.
The Magic of St. Nick has lots of Old Worlk charm and has a bit of a sampler look to it. The blocks are constructed with various methods: piecing, foundation piecing, template piecing and applique. You can choose the number of candles in the candle blocks. The center of the quilt will really stand out with ultra suede on St Nick clothes and a dimensional beard.
Choose your fabrics carefully for Winter’s Stars and you’ll be able to leave this quilt hanging even after the holidays are over. The plain blocks that alternate with the pieced stars are just right for showing off a favorite print.
The Twelve Days of Christmas is the kind of quilt that will generate a great deal of interest with all the detail that it shows. Hang this now and your grandchildren will have special memories of Christmas at Grandma’s. If you ever wanted to make an heirloom quilt this just might be the one.
You know this is just a sampling and there are lots more Christmas Quilt Patterns available. And if you can’t quite get into the Christmas spirit yet, browse all the other quilt patterns at QuiltersWarehouse.
Christmas In July – Part Three
Add comment July 25th, 2010
Christmas is exactly six months away. If you started sewing for Christmas earlier this month you probably have an item or two finished already. Doesn’t that feel good?! Here’s a few more suggestions to help you continue on your way. Or to give you a push if you haven’t started yet!
I love this fabric. I’ve used it in so many projects. As an accent, a background, a border. It’s a pretty color with a pretty, understated design. Love it!
Here’s a beautiful tone on tone red fabric. Happy little swirls sprinkled with little stars in a gorgeous red…. not an “in your face” red, but a dark, muted red.
Can you hear the bells ringing? A mottled green background with gold bells scattered all over – can’t you see it paired with the gold fabric above?
Never A Pair! designed by Mary Kerr makes a cute lone mitten or a lone stocking… who knows where the mate has gone. Decorate your tree or give as gifts.
If you need a new tree skirt One Crazy Christmas is a good choice. You’ll get instructions for three projects…. a tree skirt, a wall hanging, and a stocking. Crazy quilting and reverse applique are used on all three items.
Folk Art Christmas measures 55″ x 57″. It’s so colorful and cheerful. Now is the time to start on this one to be sure it’s finished in plenty of time to hang for the holiday season.
Go pour yourself a nice tall glass of iced tea or cool lemonade and cool off looking at all the Christmas patterns and Christmas fabric.
More Christmas In July
Add comment July 11th, 2010
For the second installment of Christmas in July we have three gift pattern suggestions and two holiday decoration patterns.
This new pattern from Carolyn’s Creative Designs, Quick Trio Table Runner, is one of those patterns you’ll want to use more than once. With a dimensional look and buttons for accents it’s as cute as it is easy to make. It will make the perfect hostess gift or maybe for a special co-worker. Make one as a gift and one in Christmas fabrics for your home.
The Alphabet Take-Along Book will be a hit with the baby and the parents. A soft introduction to books with lots of fun applique. Use up your scraps and think about that precious baby as you create this unique gift.
Do you know someone that just has to have their tea? How about a cupcake lover? Someone that has a weakness for both? Tea And Cupcakes is an adorable cupcake tea cozy. It might be fun to make a theme gift with this…. add the cozy, some real live yummy cupcakes and some flavored teas to a basket and you have a special, personal gift.
Now for your holiday home decor…
This new pattern of Silly Snowmen from The Quilted Lizard is almost too cute for words! The brightly dressed snowman hold hands in a circle. The birds, holly and stars on the outside and the star and mittens in the center are laid out to give a kaleidoscope look to the piece. Can you see the snowflake that is formed?
As the poem goes, The Stockings Were Hung by the chimney with care… Pretty quilty looking bottoms with folk art design tops, these will dress up your living room.
Remember, just a bit of sewing each week and you’ll have lots of Christmas work done before it even gets close, leaving you with more time to enjoy the holidays!
Christmas In July
Add comment July 1st, 2010
Remember way back last December. Christmas was approaching and you had projects yet undone. The to-do list included grocery shopping, gift shopping, baking, cooking, cleaning, decorating. There were parties to attend, gifts to wrap, and snow to shovel. And all you wanted was time to finish a few hand made gifts for a few special friends and family members. So now is the time to start sewing for this Christmas. A few hours every week or so devoted to those projects and you’ll be finished early! No stress! You’ll even have time to create that Christmas table runner or wall hanging that you wanted for your own home! Let’s get started…
The newest bag pattern from Purse-O-Nalities of Palm Harbor, Maddie’s Bag, would make a great gift. Their patterns feature lots of easy and time-saving techniques. They also include real paper pattern pieces… with shapes… not rectangles! You will have plenty of opportunity to personalize your bag just right for the recipient.
If you need a small gift for a fellow quilt guild member or for any sewing enthusiast, these Wool Pin Cushions will fit the bill. All you’ll need are your wool scraps and then some embroidery thread to embellish them.
That’s two gifts down… now something for you to decorate your home.
This Yuletide Ribbon Wreath will stay fresh for the entire holiday season. Beautiful poinsettia flowers circle the wreath and holly leaves, berries and ribbon float around the border.
And here’s a bit of holiday fabric to inspire you. Through The Woods by Maywood Studio is a beautiful shade of blue with a dusting of snowflakes. Snowmen are scattered all around, each dressed in a fun hat and a brightly colored scarf. Do you feel the creative juices flowing?
Join us next week for some more Christmas ideas. See you then!