Thursday, 8 September 2011

Mixed emotions

Now that I've got a short breather between swaps I've got on with my pay it forward commitment! One down, two to go :) I love this fabric and will definitely feel slightly sad when I get round to posting this one but I'm fairly certain the recipient will appreciate it so...happy thoughts.
Some of you may remember that I entered a competition earlier this year to design a quilt pattern for publication in a jelly roll book. Well, needless to say I was unsuccessful but I thought I'd show you the finished quilt top anyway. Here's The Half Time Quilt:
I finally got word today that I have the rights back to the pattern so I will be publishing the pattern here soon. Whether anyone will ever use it remains to be seen but as I went to all the trouble of writing the pattern it seems a shame for it to go to waste. It's super easy to make and I think it's perfect for beginners as it's so simple. This quilt top is huge (to me anyway) at 72" square....I'm dreading quilting this one! I have made some smaller items using the same method so when I put the pattern up I'll show the variations too, whether you want to see them or not ;-)

Finally, another reason to smile appeared at my door last night...
...woohoo, a full fat quarter set of Little Apples from the USA. I just couldn't wait for them to come in over here and at just about £50 including customs and p&p I think that was a bargain! Catch you soon, I'm off to stroke fabric x

Edited to add Free Pattern now available here I'm not sure how to upload a pattern that you can print off but if you want a version that you can print send me a message and I'll email it to you. If you do use the pattern I'd love to see your finished product :)

9 comments:

  1. oooooooh little apples. Your quilt has drawn me over here from flickr. I do hope you'll share more about it including how you did it. But please don't tell me you whipped it up during half time in a footie match because I'd struggle to do a mug rug in that time - however simple!!!! PIF pinnie is adorable - love the fabrics especially the scissors.

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  2. I love the quilt - well done on designing it, its fabulous!

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  3. I love your JR quilt - I think it should have been included...it's great that you're going to make it available as a pattern though! Love the pincushion and the Little Apples bundle looks fabulous!

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  4. I love that pattern! Great job.

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  5. I think your quilt is great, and the offer of sharing the pattern is very kind of you. I might consider getting my granddaughter to have a go if you really think it is for beginners.

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  6. Love the PIF, the jelly roll quilt looks brilliant - I'll be pinning your pattern for sure, and Little Apples already - lucky you! I have some on order, can't wait for that parcel!

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  7. Half time is a great design, I'm looking forward to having a good nosey at the pattern!

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  8. Shame about your JR quilt - it's their loss and our gain!! Jxo

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  9. Those wonderland goodies are fab. I am obsessed with this fabric line and have built an embarrassing stash that I dare not cut into, silly I know! Looking forward to seeing the pattern. Where did you get your apples?

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