New Patterns

I'm finally done with the new patterns that were introduced at market - Plum Perfect and Just a Little Loopy. Whew! Seems like it's taken forever with the holidays to get everything finished. Now it's up to Robert to send them out - along with Collection of Scraps and the new BOM Bird's Eye View - to the quilt shops and distributors that have been waiting very patiently.

I'm really excited about these two projects for Sandhill Plums, mainly because they go together so quickly with precuts. Here's your heads-up to start watching for the Jelly Rolls, Honey Buns and Charm Packs now, because once they hit the shops, they'll go fast. Plum Perfect features a Jelly Roll and Charm Pack - the JR strips are used to frame a center block that I would normally never do since it requires a template, but with a little raw edge applique for the star points, it's all good and simple. The pieced triangle border really isn't pieced at all - we just placed charm squares cut diagonally into triangles on top of the tan border strip and stitched them down. Cool effect with no worries about anything having to fit perfectly. The strippy pieced border with squared-off corners looks difficult to make, but is really a breeze and adds another great effect. I'd say it takes about 8 hours to assemble for this 70" square lap quilt.

 The leftover charm triangles are used on a fun pillow to match! Note the scalloped edge on the triangles. I didn't have any charm packs yet when we started this project, so we cut our own with a wavy-edged rotary blade. I really like the softly scalloped decorative edge. Don't be afraid to make your own precuts if they're no longer available.

Just a Little Loopy starts with Charm squares and Honey Bun strips to simplify an already simple block - the rail fence. Who knew by layering a 1 1/2" wide HB strip over a Charm square you'd end up with a perfectly proportioned rail fence? I love it! The loopy part comes in when HB strips are doubled and stitched into the tan border; the loops are buttoned down and create added dimension. After finishing the quilt, I still had a pile of HB strips, so I cut a bunch of loops and stitched them into strips to make a chunky fringed pillow. Still had tan HB strips left, to I added them to the top of a tote bag I was playing with using my prequilted fabric from Cattails & Clover. It only took about an hour to assemble (plus hand stitching the binding). I use it all the time to carry quilts, patterns and misc. stuff back and forth from the KT building to the cabin.

Both of these patterns will be available at your local quilt shop soon and online at ktquilts.com next week - just as soon as my new webpage goes live! So excited, just need to figure it all out.

For today, 2 lucky winners will win one of each of these patterns - just leave a comment on whether or not you like precuts and why between now and Sunday 10pm. Winners will be announced on Monday morning.