Archive for the ‘Quilt projects’ Category

Rose Filigree Wall hanging

Sunday, May 9th, 2010
Rose Filigree Wall hanging

Rose Filigree Wall hanging

Quilter’s World Magazine has pubished our wall hanging in their digital version of the current June/July issue! You can also find reference to it in the print version now out on the stands.

The size is 42″ square-just right for a wall focal point. I personally love blue and white accents so this design was a joy to make and now enjoy in our home! The quilting motif is also included in the pattern. Many thanks to Robert Kaufman  for providing the fusion fabric collection.

What Do You Do With Leftovers?

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Leftovers as in batting, of course!

Here’s what I do with the wide, long strips trimmed off from bed sized quilts:

1. Trim the long edges with a ruler and rotary cutter on my mat.

Batting Pieced Trimmed

Batting Pieced Trimmed

2. Butt the long edges together and sew a wide zigzag stitch across the butted edges.

Batting Pieced Joined

Batting Pieced Joined

3. Use the joined pieces for tablerunner, wall hanging or throw sized quilts.

This is a great way to double the money you spend on batting. And if you keep the leftover pieces in the bag they came in you can identify what you have and join the same batting type pieces together. I usually buy the same type of batting for this reason.  And I have found that batting pieces joined like this will hold up in quilts that are placed in longarm machine quilting frames.

Happy quilting-Rochelle

Shimmering Stars & Pillowcase

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Are you a beginner at quilting and would like to make a dramatic quilt? Shimmering Stars is our newest quilt. AND the pattern has the bonus of instructions and yardage for a pieced star banded pillowcase.

Shimmering Stars throw

Shimmering Stars throw

Here is the throw size with yardages and instructions to make a twin too. Refer to the catalog page in the pieced designs section to see the pillowcase photo.

The beginner/intermediate will love the easy piecing of strip blocks and friendship stars in two sizes. Just pick three blue fabrics and you are ready to make your own midnight sky for your bedroom!

Gardener’s Delight Published in Ruby

Sunday, April 11th, 2010

Are you a gardener? Maybe a patio garden or full sized estate vegetable and flowers gardens? Our newest pattern, Gardener’s Delight will be published starting in the next issue of Ruby, the women’s ezine. Each issue for the next 8 issues will feature one of the blocks starting with the tulip block.  The last issue will give border instructions. It would make a great throw or wall hanging!

Gardener's Delight
Gardener’s Delight

The subscription button is above in the right sidebar of  this blog. You can subscribe for an issue at a time or a full year’s worth of issues.

The pattern features four flower blocks-one for each season! Then if you like using landscape fabrics use grass, stones, sky and woodgrain fabrics in the quilt. You can find all of these fabrics at http://www.quiltshops.com/index.html  if your local shop doesn’t carry them.

In each ezine issue will be my finished block, instructions, templates and a block design. The first issue in May will have the yardage for the entire quilt which measures 47″ x 67″. 

So get out your sewing machine, rotary cutter and fabrics and join us in making a garden!

Autumn Days

Sunday, February 28th, 2010
Autumn Days (full size)

Autumn Days (full size)

Are you looking for a gorgeous and easy quilt in autumn colors?

Autumn Days was published in the October 2009 issue of Quilter’s World and is now available in our pattern catalog. Not everyone has a subscription to the magazine so I have made it available here. The pattern has full, queen and king sizes. The log cabin and point blocks are easy to make. I used batiks from Robert Kaufman fabrics but there are many beautiful batiks and fabrics that look like these.

You can find Autumn Days in our catalog with this link:

http://www.cottagequiltdesigns.info/catalog.php?item=109&catid=4&ret=catalog.php%3Fcategory%3D4

Happy quilting,

Rochelle

Bluebell Meadow

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Are you looking for a small, easy quilt project? Bluebell Meadow has beginner skill levels with simple fusible appliqué shapes.

Bluebell Meadow

Bluebell Meadow

 Sized at 23″ x 32″ it makes a sweet seasonal accent for your home or office wall. The buttefly antenna and bodies are embroidered with a simple stitch.The colored fabric is from Kaufman’s fusion collection with assorted cream and tan prints for the background squares and border.

Here’s the link to the catalog page: http://www.cottagequiltdesigns.info/catalog.php?item=110&catid=1&ret=catalog.php%3Fcategory%3D1

Doesn’t it make you think of sunny spring days, meadow fields and sweet outdoor breezes?

Snowflake Tablerunner and Candle Mat

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Snowflake Tablerunner

Snowflake Tablerunner

 

 

Here’s the newest pattern just in time for the holidays and the winter months ahead!

 

It’s made with blue batik,  four assorted tan and cream prints and white printed muslin. The tablerunner size is 12″ x 32″.

 

 

Blue batik candle mat

Blue batik candle mat

 

 

 

The size of the candle mat is 12″ square.

 

 

 

 

 

Below is a red variation of the candle mat. You can find the new pattern in the tablerunner and seasonal sections of the catalog.

 

Red fabric in candle mat

Red fabric in candle mat

The link is:

http://www.cottagequiltdesigns.info/catalog.php?item=105&catid=4&ret=catalog.php%3Fpage%3D1%26category%3D4

Scrappy Pinwheel Flowers

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Looking for a way to use up your stash of fat quarters or scraps? Then consider the pattern featured today, Scrappy Pinwheel Flowers.

Scrappy Pinwheel Flowers

Scrappy Pinwheel Flowers

The quilt pictured above is the twin size and uses 6 fat quarters of mixed green, 6 fat quarters of mixed colors for the flowers and 4 fat quarters of yellow for the flower centers. Use even more of your stash making a full to king size!
Find the pattern in our catalog with this link:
One quilt shop machine quilted exciting designs in the plain blocks around the center medallion. This is a great quilt for beginners and those of you who love pieced designs!

Pinwheel Puzzle-a Piecing Delight!

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

We are introducing our newest pattern-Pinwheel Puzzle!

Pinwheel Puzzle

Pinwheel Puzzle

The blocks are straight set and consist of striped units sewn to white print and dark print triangles. The border blocks use 1/2 of the pieced block which is sewn to a red print triangle and gives an illusion of blocks set on point.
The pattern includes  sizes throw, twin, queen and king.
Here’s another version using navy for the black print and tan for the white print.
blue version of Pinwheel Puzzle

blue version of Pinwheel Puzzle

Just choose a dark and light shade of a color for the block, a medium shade for the border triangles and your favorite black and white prints and you have the promise of a sparkling quilt!
You can find Pinwheel Pattern in the pieced section of the catalog.

Oak & Acorn Banner published in Quiltmania

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Quiltmania has published my pattern, Oak & Acorn Banner, in their September/October issue! Here’s an EQ6 version of it:

featured in Quiltmania

featured in Quiltmania

Some of the fabrics used in the banner are in the Autumn Days quilt shown two posts ago. The size is 21″ x 48″-just right to decorate the house for this gorgeous season!
Here’s the link to Quiltmania:
Quiltmania is published in French, Dutch and English versions. The magazine number is nº73. There is a page that shows the other beautiful patterns included in the issue-here’s the link:
I’m so honored to have Oak & Acorn Banner published in this excellent French quilting magazine. I’ll be able to offer the pattern here in a few months time if you are unable to purchase an issue.