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Featured Patterns
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| Simple
Elegance Table Dressings |
Garden
Party textiles designed by Yolanda
V. Fundora |
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| Fabulous
fabrics paired with simple pattern shapes
result in contemporary, high-end table fashions.
What could be more charming than your dining
table set with elegant table dressings? This
5 piece pattern includes directions for plate
mats, table scarf and/or table pad, and 2
styles of lined dinner napkins: traditional
square (with a twist) or “Holiday Tree”
napkins for garden parties or the holidays.
What else is neat about this pattern besides
its easy-sew construction? It’s designed
to produce two distinct looks with one sewing
operation—all components are reversible!
There are no bound edges to slow you down
with this easy method, and no hand sewing.
Unique styling will be the star of the show
on a square or rectangular table, and
sure to earn a standing ovation on hard-to-fit
round tables. Imperial measurements
(USA) and metric included. |
| You can get this
pattern and the Garden Party
kit at
Urban Amish. |
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| Black
and White Optical Quilts |
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| What quilt do you
make for a teen aged boy? Looking for a quilt
to make from his school colors? Want easy
piecing but a WOW effect? This quilt is the
one you want. |
| Imagine this quilt
in red & gold, blue & white, or purple
& gold. Or, two contrasting blue batiks
like flowing water. |
| It is strip-pieced
from two colors with the convergence technique.
Cut strips of fabric, alternate colors and
re-sew together to make a striped fabric.
Do this again to make four small quilts. Lay
them with the small squares in the center
for an optical effect or lay them in different
orders for your own special optical. A gentle
curve in the borders softens the geometrics
for a perfect framing finish. Machine quilt. |
| 2 colors, quick piecing,
and great for a teenage boy; what more do
you want in a quilt! |
| You can get Black
& White Optical pattern at
JTQuilt. |
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Spidron
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| "Louisa" |
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| Finally I have finished
this beautiful quilt and I am so happy with
it. |
| I don’t usually
use dark coloured background fabrics but when
I decided to do this pattern I had an overwhelming
need to move away from the safety of light
coloured background fabrics. |
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think the change of base colour was prompted
by a recent project I did for “Homespun"
magazine here in Australia. The brief was
to do a cushion using light, bright and young
fabrics. I thought to myself....Wow this is
going to be hard as I am a lover of more traditional
styles of quilts but up popped “Zoe”
which has been well received. |
| “Louisa”
was inspired by a 19th Century quilt which
was originally 4 repeat blocks with an appliquéd
vine border. Not having the staying power
to make 4 blocks I chose to make one, with
some changes, and then add a series of borders
including the scallop and outer appliqué
border. I also think that the hexagons work
well in place of the usual daisy shape. |
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“Yuwa” just added
a special something to this quilt. I am happy
with the way I have achieved the boldness
of the princess feathers and yet the aged
look with the more subtle Yuwa fabrics. |
| The finished quilt
size is 70” and the pattern contains
full sized pattern sheets. |
| You can get "Louisa"
pattern at
Cherry Pie Designs. |
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| Call
Me! |
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| Have you seen a teenager
lately without a cell phone attached to an
ear? Or do you hear the tap, tap, tap, of
the keys sending a text to one of a million
friends? Those were my thoughts as I began
the design process of my new quilt, “Call
Me!”. |
| I wanted to design
a quilt with today’s youth in mind. Initially,
I was going to make a quilt with a hopscotch
design, that was until hubby mentioned no
one plays hopscotch anymore! Of course, I
thought, they play with cell phones…and
so the light bulb clicked and “Call
Me!” was the result. It could
have just as easily been “Text
Me!”, or just about anything
that would fit on the screen. |
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Simple, graphic, web based icons fall within
the border; however changing the icons to
personalize the quilt would make it even
more special. Does your teen/tween like
a certain sport, or animal etc.? One of
my quilt testers turned the solid blocks
of the border into pockets for her granddaughter’s
hair essentials and anything else she needed
to keep.
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This quilt is mostly piecing with a small
amount of appliqué. I just zig zag
the edges of this fusible appliqué
quilt and it’s ready to go. Hope you
enjoy it.
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| You can get the
Call Me
pattern at
Patterns 2 Quilt. |
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I
belong to a yahoo group of quilters and one
day a member posted a web site about spidrons.
I had never seen a spidron before so it was
new to me. She knew I was a math lover and
posted "hey cindy, wouldn't this make
a 
great
table topper". I visited the spidron
web site. For several months the spidron image
was on my mind. I continued to search the
internet to learn more about this cool geometric
system. Anyway, I decided to take the plunge
and started to design a table topper. 
If
you took the workshop you may remember that
the spidron was discovered by Dániel
Erdély from Hungary. Dániel
came across our workshop info page and contacted
me. Since then we have corresponded back and
fourth now and then. Come to find out he has
a 13 year old daughter named Janka. Anyway,
he was so excited about the quilt with spidrons
that I asked my mil if she would make Janka
a spidron table topper. My mil was more than
eager to do so and here it is. Janka's favorite
colors are bright greens.