HOYH: Rose Border Progress

I am so in love with all the roses in Hold Onto Your Heart.

Here are some details from my leaves. This quilt is so intense that I decided to add every kind of flourish I could think of - it just feels right to lavish every last detail with lots of love. I don't know if I have another Hold Onto Your Heart in me, so this one has to be perfect down to every last stitch!

 Of course you don't need to get carried away like me, but sometimes I can't stop myself.

Now for some really interesting progress: the floral border. I just adore every inch of this border and seeing it come together has been really rewarding.

I'm working at my own pace, you can't rush a border like this.

Something that's really surprised me is how much I love my fabric choices - normally I umm and ahh and change my mind half way through a quilt - but not this time. It all feels so right and the longer I work with it, the more it grows on me.

And not forgetting all those rosebuds! Phew there's lots of them.

 I think they're gorgeous!

 I love seeing this border come to life and can't wait to show you my finished masterpiece!

     ' Hold Onto Your Heart' is an applique treasure 

It's a breathtaking quilt full of meaningful symbols and beauty. The floral border is a triumph which offers an additional  pieced option - making it versatile for all skill levels. Perfect for lovers and enthusiasts of applique. Click here to learn more..

Quilting for Christmas Sale ! (sale finished)

12 Days of Christmas

The 12 Days of Christmas is a festive Wall Hanging

Finished size is 42.5" x 51.5" or 108 x 130 cms

I just love this festive wall hanging!

It's a firm Christmas favourite. It's a real pleasure to hang it up in my home on December the 1st each year. When we travel over the festive season, it comes with us - it's our portable family piece of Christmas!

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Red December

'Red December' Finished Size 74 x 74 inches

I designed this quilt to fully satisfy my desire for a a design that would look sophisticated yet traditional and would work in the classic combination of red and white.

It's a charming quilt that grows on you and I was lucky enough to be sent pics of a finished one (mine is still in my WIP pile!) by Gail Smith who's images you see above and below. Isn't it gorgeous?! I'm so glad to have these images to show you so you can see how beautiful it is all for yourself.

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Glad Tidings

I created 'Glad Tidings' to celebrate the festive season - from table, to sofa to bed. Every size is available for you to mix and match, allowing you to bring some lovely quilting touches to your home. Glad Tidings comes in 3 sizes: a bed quilt, a throw or wall quilt and a table runner and you can also opt between a Dresden or Star design feature. Perfectly versatile for the festive season! 

Glad Tidings Bed Quilt: 80 x 80 inches

 Glad Tidings Throw Quilt: 58 x 58 inches

 Glad Tidings Table Runner: 60 x 24 inches

When you purchase the "Glad Tidings' pattern, all three patterns are included. 

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Pattern downloads are INSTANT and followed up with a live link to your email inbox
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If you print it directly from the browser download screen, it will not be backed up to your computer and your print out might be missing pages, depending on your internet memory and download speed.

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Snap Up Queen's Garden On Sale! (sale now finished)

Finished Size is: 70 x 70 inches

Queen's Garden is a fabulously fun and cheerful walk through a fantastical blooming garden. And when it comes to a colourscheme, the brighter, the better. This quilt is so much fun to make and is a perfect balance of applique and piecing. Originally released as a Block of the Month program, this design is perfect for beginners as the pattern is broken down into manageable installments.

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What you need to know:  

Payment is securely completed via PayPal

You don't need a PayPal account to pay as PayPal also securely processes Credit Card payments

Pattern downloads are INSTANT and followed up with a live link to your email inbox
Check your email for the follow up email (and check your spam / junk folders if you can't see it)

The pattern will download to your computer directly.

You will REQUIRE an UPDATED PDF Reader in order to open and print the PDF Patterns

*If you don't know how to download computer files, open PDF's or print them, please don't buy this pattern.

Note: When you receive your download, be sure to SAVE it to your computer.

If you print it directly from the browser download screen, it will not be backed up to your computer and your print out might be missing pages, depending on your internet memory and download speed.

Click here to read my tutorial on printing my PDF patterns at home

Snap Up Cherish On SALE ! (sale now finished)

Meet Cherish, it's a blooming beauty! Here we have a quilt that's just inviting itself to cozy up a bedroom. The centre is an applique arrangement of beautiful flowers, freshly cut from a garden teeming with ladybugs, bees, daisy chains and blooms! 

And the colours - oh the colours..where do I even start? This is a pattern you can really trust with those prints you love to pieces but don't want to cut up because they're so pretty. I know you know what I mean!

To make things even better, the shapes are large and easy so that even applique novices can feel confident and the simple hourglass blocks bring all your favorite fabrics together to frame your lovingly made applique blocks. Are you in love yet?

Quilts this pretty are simply impossible to forget. You've already seen my idea for a grey chambray background (above) to make your fabrics pop. But what about a creamy light background to play up the charming blocks that just beg for your attention with all their little details? And I can also see this quilt coming into it's own in reproduction fabrics too. Fabrics old or new, this is a beauty that's just waiting for your special touch. 

The finished size of 68 x 80 inches makes it perfect for a single bed. And who wouldn't love a bed covered in this cheerful, loving quilt?

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What you need to know:  

Payment is securely completed via PayPal
You don't need a PayPal account to pay as PayPal also securely processes Credit Card payments

Pattern downloads are INSTANT and followed up with a live link to your email inbox
Check your email for the follow up email (and check your spam / junk folders if you can't see it)

The pattern will download to your computer directly.

You will REQUIRE an UPDATED PDF Reader in order to open and print the PDF Patterns
*If you don't know how to download computer files, open PDF's or print, please don't buy this pattern.

Note: When you receive your download, be sure to SAVE it to your computer.
If you print it directly from the browser download screen, it will not be backed up to your computer and your print out might be missing pages, depending on your internet memory and download speed.

Click here to read my tutorial on printing my PDF patterns at home

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Snap Up Diamond Hill on SALE ! (sale now finished)

Diamond Hill is an applique quilt, finished size: 72 x 72 inches

Diamond Hill was my Group BOM for 2017 and it was hugely popular. You've probably seen images of blocks being made or completed floating around in my Groups on Facebook, and each is as gorgeous as the next. This is simply a design that lets your fabrics shine. Whether you want to go bold and bright with a dark background as above, or go dreamy and low contrast, all fabric choices I have seen have made perfectly fabulous quilts. 

If you missed out on this stunning BOM back in 2017, it's now available to to download as a digital pattern in PDF. 

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Pattern downloads are INSTANT and followed up with a live link to your email inbox
Check your email for the follow up email (and check your spam / junk folders if you can't see it)

The pattern will download to your computer directly.

You will REQUIRE an UPDATED PDF Reader in order to open and print the PDF Patterns
*If you don't know how to download computer files, open PDF's or print, please don't buy this pattern.

Note: When you receive your download, be sure to SAVE it to your computer.

If you print it directly from the browser download screen, it will not be backed up to your computer and your print out might be missing pages, depending on your internet memory and download speed.

Click here to read my tutorial on printing my PDF patterns at home

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Did you see Love Entwined at Houston?

Were you lucky enough to set eyes on Lorraine Hunter's Love Entwined masterpiece over at Houston this year? She won an incredible FIRST PLACE in her category 'In Full Bloom'. If you haven't seen the incredible pics yet, head on over to my Facebook Group where you can swoon over them yourself!

If you don't already know the romance and mystery of this incredible design, be prepared to be delighted. This is truly a once in a lifetime quilt. But don't let that put you off - start today (or pick up where you last left off) and be sure to share your progress, pics and ideas over on my Facebook Group for endless support, encouragement and technique tips. There's also my Love Entwined archive page right here on the blog, so you're never alone as you work on your own applique journey.

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Love Entwined: 1790 Marriage Coverlet

Finished Size: 96 x 96 inches

Complete DIGITAL Pattern

$95.00 USD 

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Block of the Month DIGITAL Pattern Subscription

$9.95 USD 

per month for 14 months

Pattern installments are delivered automatically via email each month

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To read more about Love Entwined: click here now

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You are buying a DIGITAL pattern

Payment is securely completed via PayPal

You don't need a PayPal account to pay as PayPal also securely processes Credit Card payments

Pattern downloads are INSTANT and followed up with a live link to your email inbox. Check your email for the follow up email (and check your spam / junk folders if you can't see it)

The pattern will download to your computer directly

You REQUIRE an UPDATED PDF Reader in order to open and print the PDF Pattern

Note:

When you receive your download, be sure to SAVE it to your computer.

If you print it directly from the browser download screen, it will not be backed up to your computer. 

Click here to read my tutorial on printing my PDF patterns at home

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Hold Onto Your Heart: The Alternative Border Option

Although I am head over heels in love with the floral rose border, I have also designed a beautiful alternative border that really comes into it's own. This alternative rosette border is a perfect balance of applique and piecing. This month in Part 10 we are making the corner rosette blocks. Here's how I made mine:

Carefully follow the pattern, making sure your pieces to don't 'grow'. To help keep the size in check, start from the outside first and work inwards.

Position the leaves first, then the red petals

When you have joined the pink petals, cut away the centre to avoid bulk as per the picture below

 Then press open all seams and place into position

Next, position the motif so that you can see the centre of your pattern sheet beneath. From this point of centre, start positioning your diamond pieces.

Stitch all into place and position onto the background fabric

This is what the back looks like

 and this is a close up of my centre from the back

 The finished rosette! Make 4x.

     ' Hold Onto Your Heart' is a paid BOM   

It's a breathtaking quilt full of meaningful symbols and beauty. The floral border is a triumph which offers an additional  pieced option - making it versatile for all skill levels. Perfect for lovers and enthusiasts of applique. 

  You can start this BOM today!   

Be sure to visit my Online Quilt Group on Facebook where progress images are being shown all the time. It's a massive inspiration and I warn you, it's addictive!