The Winners and Friday Flashback

Yes, I know that says Flashback Friday and it is Saturday.  I remembered last night at about 10 pm that I said I was going to announce the winners that day.  I had from 12 until 2 yesterday to get my work done and I got so distracted with a new design that I totally forgot to write this post!  So, without further a due, here are the winners from the last two posts:

Linda V, who commented on Oct 7th at 5:20 pm

treadle music, who commented on Oct 7th at 4:05 pm

Susan F, who commented on Oct 2nd, at 7:36 pm

westcoastauntie, who commented on Oct 2 at 5:33 pm

 

Please email me at hmulder@wecnet.com to claim your prize.  You will each get a complete set of new patterns, either in paper form or as a PDF.

 

I have been really bad about keeping up with doing the Flashback Fridays that I said I was going to do.  My intention was do feature an older design with a sale on that pattern in my shop.  Today I want to feature the Harvest Time pattern – perfect for this time of year!

 

 

I just love the swirl quilting design.  That was fun!

 

The pattern lends itself to a more traditional look, as you can see in my original version.   I made this quilt about 10 years ago.

 

The pattern has two sizes

 

You can make the design look more Halloween-ish by making the background black and adding a Jack-O-Lantern face.

The pattern is just $5 this weekend.  You can purchase the paper pattern or the PDF for that price.

Have a great weekend!

 

 

 

 

More New Patterns

Before I get to the new patterns, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to comment and share their favorites from my previous post.  It helps me know what people are interested in when it comes to design and colors.  I also want to say thanks for all the Max love and the funny captions.  I knew I could count on you guys to come up with something funny!  In the future, I will look back on that post and enjoy reading those comments.

Like my last post, I want to share my inspiration for this next set of patterns.   I am joining many other designers in the current “Mini” craze.  The funny thing is, several years back I made up a few of my favorite patterns in mini sizes, just for myself.  I should have started publishing them – I would have been ahead of the craze!  For those of you who have been quilting a while, you may remember the first mini craze.  In fact, when I started quilting 19 years ago, Little Quilts had lots of patterns for Mini Quilts.  Does anyone remember this very popular book?

I certainly do as it was my first introduction to mini quilts and I still remember how addicting they were.  After that, several other designers did minis as well.   What’s old is new again and it has been fun to see the resurgence in mini patterns over the last year or two.  When I put out my table runner book this spring, I joked about my time being so limited now with raising two little boys, that pretty soon I would be down to making pot holders.  I guess I just wasn’t ready to resort to pot holders yet and for me, making mini quilts was a way to still be able to quilt with my limited time.

I was just going to do two mini patterns, but somehow I ended up with 4.  Oops!  A creative mind does that sometimes – somehow without the control of the “operator” (?) of the creative mind.  I know my friend Maria understands completely.  She posted something on her blog that mirrors my inner monologue.   (I’ll wait here while you go read her post.  Click here, then scroll to the bottom of her post.)   I have this same problem, though now I have a 2-year-old dumping out the flour in the pantry and a newborn distracting me with his cute smiles.  My poor brain hardly knows what to tackle first.

See, I can’t even do a blog post without going off on a tangent!  Back from that little detour, and time to show the new patterns.

First up, Pretty in Pink.

This design was first published in our Living Large book and used 10″ squares.  The Mini uses 5″ squares (perfect for charm packs).  The finished size is 24″ x 27″.  Here is the size comparison to the original.

The featured fabric line is Rambling Rose by Sandy Gervais.

 

The second mini is “Gypsy Girl”.

 

The original pattern is one of our most popular on Pinterest.  Here is a shot of the size comparison to the original size – (though the original pattern was published without the applique and had a scrappy border).

The featured fabric in the Mini pattern is “Fancy” by Lily Ashbury for Moda fabrics.

The finished size is 24.75″ x 28.75″

 

The third Mini pattern is Moroccan Tiles

Again, the size comparison to the original

I also love this design with a light background (see blog post here)

The featured fabric on the mini is Domestic Bliss by Liz Scott, also for Moda fabrics.

 

Lastly, I have a seasonal mini – Harvest Time.  This has been one of my all-time favorite quilts, as I love decorating for fall.

Here is the size comparison to the original –

The size of the mini is 14.5″ x 18.75″.  The fabrics are from my stash.

 

 

All of the mini patterns are Charm Pack friendly.  Once again, I will be giving away a set of new patterns to a few lucky quilters.  Please leave a comment to be entered to win.  You can purchase the new patterns (paper and PDF) here.

The winners from both blog posts on the new patterns will be posted this Friday, so be sure to stop back then.

New Patterns!!!

The new patterns have just arrived from the printer so I get to share what I’ve been working on over the last 4 months.  I have lots of photos, so I will break it down into a couple of posts over the next week or so.

 

First of all, I want to talk about my latest inspiration.  Many of you know that I am a HUGE fan of precuts and have done many patterns and books around my love of precuts.  The newest precut from Moda is the Mini Charm pack (sometimes known as Moda Candy.)  I’ll be honest – When I first saw these, I thought they were probably a little bit too small to be very useful.  The picture below doesn’t show the scale very well, but they are 2 1/2″ squares.

 

I bought a few packs to play with and see if that thought was accurate.  As it turns out, I had lots of fun playing with these small squares!

Not only were they fun to sew with, but the price point is really good – under $5.  Who knew you could buy an entire fabric line for the price of a latte!!!  And trust me, the fabric is way more fun than drinking a latte and lasts a lot longer too.  I love coffee, so that is saying something.  I’ll admit, that my day always starts with coffee first, and then fabric (if I’m lucky), but the coffee just helps provide the fuel to play with the fabric in a more energetic and inspired way 😉

 

So I’m just wondering – has anyone else been collecting the Mini Charm packs?  And are you wondering what to do with them?

 

I have a few ideas . . .

First up – Mini Charmers 1

The pattern includes instructions for all three runners – just like my “Little Charmers”  series.  (Click here to see those patterns, if you aren’t familiar with them).

 

 

Woven Squares – featuring the line PB and J by Basic Grey.

 

 

 

Yarn Over – Featuring the fabric line Somerset by Fig Tree

 

 

 

 

Ziggy – featuring the fabric line Persimmon by Basic Grey

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second pattern is Mini Charmers 2

 

 

Winding Road – featuring the fabric line best Day Ever by April Rosenthal

 

 

Reflections – featuring the fabric line LOL by Me and My Sister

 

 

Flower Girl – featuring the fabric line Fancy by Lily Ashbury

 

(Zinnias happen to be my favorite flower.  And my shoes rarely ever match the photo shoot 😉  )

 

Whew!  That was a lot of photos to get through.  I hope you enjoyed the new Mini Charmers.

To celebrate the new patterns, I will be giving away a few complete sets of the new patterns (there are 6 new patterns total).  Please leave a comment to be entered to win.  If you are looking for ideas of what to say in your comment, I always like hearing which one is your favorite.  I will announce the winners next week, so be sure to start back.

If you would like a pattern sooner than that, you can order the paper patterns here or the PDF patterns here.