Comfort - Table Runner/Wall Quilt - featuring Piecemakers by Kathy Schmitz 2013.
Those of us who quilt and sew love our sewing machines. Kathy’s Piecemakers’s fabric line was designed with a sewing theme so it was the perfect group to create an ode to my machine. This pattern has been a solid seller over the years and it is FabSwitch compatible so you can play with the fabric to customize the pattern to match your sewing room!
Color Burst - Wall Quilt - featuring Canyon by Kate Spain 2015.
Color Burst is 48” square and uses a charm pack (5” squares) I love how the white background makes Kate’s beautiful fabrics pop. This pattern was recolored in 2020 with Flower Power by Tina Leto for Clothworks and it was also the inspiration for Bliss. Easy piecing and a little bit of appliqué so you don’t get bored. Perfect project for fusible web.
Collection - Lap Quilt - featuring Refresh by Sandy Gervais 2015.
I was really into adding pieces of furniture in quilts for a while and this pattern was a result of that. It was not a great seller. Since then I have been asked many times about photo quilts and I think this would be a great way to set some photos. It would be like carrying around your bedroom wall of family portraits with you.
Coffee First - Lap Quilt - featuring Brew by Deb Strain 2018 I didn’t start drinking coffee until I starting practicing law in the 1990’s. It just seemed that when a colleague said, “Let’s go for coffee” that I should drink coffee instead of tea. With the boom of Starbucks on every corner in downtown Vancouver where I was working, it was an inevitability. I am now a coffee as soon as I get out of bed person. I wanted to design a pattern that did not use the Brew panels so this quilt was the result. It has since been re-colored with “Coffee Shop” by Sue Zipkin for Clothworks under the name Always Coffee First and will be reappearing later this year with an adorable coffee line from Michael Miller Fabrics under the name Perk Me Up.
Coast to Coast USA - Wall/Small Lap Quilt - featuring Metropolis by Basic Grey 2018.
This was a very interesting fabric line which included prints featuring a map of the US and names of states as well as a map of Canada and names of provinces. I designed Coast to Coast Canada first which included two projects: a country version and a city version, both beginning with the west coast in the top row and ending with the east coast on the bottom row. Because the characteristics of Canada and the US with respect to the topography and lifestyle are very similar from coast to coast, the only difference between the Canada and US versions is the map in the center.
Circled in Warmth - Lap Quilt - featuring Collections for a Cause - Compassion by Howard Marcus 2017.
This quilt uses a Fat ⅛th Pack and I think it is the only one I have designed using a Fat ⅛th Pack. Pre-cuts are such a great way to get the full flavor of a complete fabric line. Given the traditional nature of the fabric, I tried to design something with an 1800’s feel to it. Because I can rarely suppress my need for appliqué, the pattern comes with instructions to make a version of the quilt with or without appliqué.
Christmas to Me - Lap Quilt - featuring Winter Village by Basic Grey 2018.
I really like the look of lettering on quilts especially when it is a combination of different fonts. This pattern is a “go big or go home for lettering” pattern as I tried to incorporate all the words that Christmas makes me think of. Normally I would use my Freeze Paper Method for the appliqué because of the size of the quilt and the assumption that it would be used as a lap quilt. The Freezer Paper Method is much more durable for a quilt that will be washed many times. However, given that this is seasonal quilt and could be used more for decoration, I used fusible web to make the letters.
