appliqué

Priscilla’s Beauty

Published 18 April 2014

Priscilla’s Beauty is a 5-color, 6-fabric quilt in a horizontal setting. It measures 69 x 69 inches. I have a smaller version of this quilt started. I got bogged down in the pomegranate applique—I have too many applique projects going!

This design uses the Inklingo New York Beauty #2 and 6″ Sunflower Collections. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Stonehenge by Northcott.

Pricilla Williamson is a second great aunt and one of Jane’s daughters. She was born in 1861 but I lose sight of her after the 1870 Census. Both of her parents are gone by 1880 and she could be living with other relatives or even married by the 1880 Census. Either way, I thought a New York Beauty quilt should be hers.

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Priscilla’s Beauty 69 x 69 inches
3934-195 Stonehenge White		3934-25 Stonehenge Burgundy		3951-23 Stonehenge Pink
3954-200 Stonehenge Light Green		3954-160 Stonehenge Medium Green		3954-197 Stonehenge Yellow

Purchase and download:
Inklingo New York Beauty #2 Collection		Inklingo 6” Sunflower Collection		Sunflower Design Book
The Inklingo Handbook			Cheat Sheet (Download from website or print from collection)
For more information about Inklingo, click here.

Copy the information below to a printed Cheat Sheet. To figure fabric yardage, see the section *“Planning a Quilt”* in the Inklingo collection.
Fabric	Yardage	Shape	# of Shapes	Cut & Print	Page # in shape collection
Fabric 1 White		Corner	36	9] 7 x 14.75″	NYB #2: 20 & 21
		Triangle 1	180	9] 8.25 x 10″	NYB #2: 22 & 23
		Triangle 3	36	3] 8 x 7.5″	NYB #2: 26 & 27
		3 x 9″ Block Sashing	9	3.5 x 9.5″	//
		3 x 6″ Block Sashing	18	3.5 x 6.5″	//
		6 x 15″ Appliqued Sashing	24	6.5 x 15.5″ [Minimum size as some like to add extra for shrinkage when appliqueing]	//
Fabric 2 Burgundy		Triangle 2	216	9] 7.75 x 10.25″	NYB #2: 24 & 25
		Outer Triangle 1	256	4] 7.25 x 11.5″ & 1] 5.5 x 11.75″ LANDSCAPE	6″ Sunflower: 38 & 39
		Outer Pomegranate Sections	144	Priscilla’s Beauty Sashing Applique PDF	//
		Pomegranate Center	48	Priscilla’s Beauty Sashing Applique PDF	//
Fabric 3 Pink		Triangle 4	180	6] 7.5 x 12.5″ LANDSCAPE	NYB #2: 28 & 29
		Triangle 6	36 sets	3] 5.25 x 10″	NYB #2: 32 & 33
		Diamond 1	256	4] 8.5 11.5″ & 2] 5 x 6.25″	6″ Sunflower: 30 & 31
		Inner Pomegranate Sections	144	Priscilla’s Beauty Sashing Applique PDF	//
Fabric 4 Light Green		Small Arc	36	3] 8.5 x 8.75″	NYB #2: 34 & 35
		Background Half	32	8] 8.5 x 11.5″	6″ Sunflower: 20 & 21
		Leaves	144	Priscilla’s Beauty Sashing Applique PDF	//
		Binding Strips	8 strips	//	//
Fabric 5 Medium Green		Triangle 5	216	6] 8.5 x 10″	NYB #2: 30 & 31
		Inner Triangle 1	256	8] 5.25 x 7.25″	6″ Sunflower: 34 & 35
		1/4 or 3/8″ Bias Stem	//	Priscilla’s Beauty Sashing Applique PDF	//
Fabric 6 Yellow		Quarter Circle	36	3] 8 x 10.75″	NYB #2: 36 & 37
Fabric 6 Yellow		Circle	16	2] 6.25 x 12.5″	6″ Sunflower: 24 & 25
Want to check my math? The Pricilla’s Beauty Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. Be sure to check my New York Beauties Pinterest board for more quilty New York Beauty inspiration!

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Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden

Published 12 April 2014

Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden is a 6-color, 6-fabric quilt in a horizontal setting. It measures 72 x 72 inches. Originally I used a pastel palette for the quilt but then decided that butterflies and flowers are usually much more colorful. I switched from Northcott’s Toscana line to their Artisan Spirit Shimmer Collection for this quilt.

This design uses the Inklingo 3″ Drunkards Path Collection. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from several Artisan Spirit Shimmer collections by Northcott.

I have a few cousins named Kathleen in my Canadian Duthie and McEvoy lines. There are a lot more Katherines and Katherinas [thanks to some German lines] than Kathleens in my family tree. No Kathleen story to share though as there are none are in my direct lines.

I love playing around with Drunkards Path units turning and twisting them to make new designs. This block is not original but it is uncommon—Like the Kathleens in my family tree.

[WordPress updated their editor and I have to say, I DON’T LIKE IT!! I gave up in frustration trying to post tables copied from MSWord last week. I’m determined to catch up in my A to Z Challenge posts—frustration or not. It’s going to take a lot of chocolate…]

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Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden 72 x 72 inches The large flowers in the border would be good for machine applique.
20255M-59 Shimmer Yellow			20257M-59 Shimmer Orange		20257M-27 Shimmer Pink
20257M-83 Shimmer Purple			20258M-63 Shimmer Dark Green		20254M-68 Shimmer Blue

Purchase and download:
Inklingo 3” Drunkards Path Collection		Drunkards Path Design Book		The Inklingo Handbook		Cheat Sheet (Download from website or print from collection)
For more information about Inklingo, click here.

Copy the information below to a printed Cheat Sheet. To figure fabric yardage, see the section *“Planning a Quilt”* in the Inklingo collection.
Fabric	Yardage		Shape	# of Shapes	Cut & Print		Page # in shape collection
Fabric 1 Yellow			B Layout 1	18	1] 5.5 x 14.5″ & 1] 5.5 x 11.75″		3″ DP: 12 & 13
			D Square	9	1] 7.5 x 11.25″ & 1] 4 x 11.25″[Can also cut these from 3.5″ strips rather than printing]		3″ DP: 18 & 19
			Outer Petals [7 Flowers]	28	Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF		//
			Inner Petals [7 Flowers]	28	Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF		//
Fabric 2 Orange			B Layout 1	18	1] 5.5 x 14.5″ & 1] 5.5 x 11.75″		3″ DP: 12 & 13
			D Square	9	1] 7.5 x 11.25″ & 1] 4 x 11.25″[Can also cut these from 3.5″ strips rather than printing]		3″ DP: 18 & 19
			Outer Petals [7 Flowers]	28	Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF		//
			Inner Petals [7 Flowers]	28	Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF		//
Fabric 3 Pink			B Layout 1	18	1] 5.5 x 14.5″ & 1] 5.5 x 11.75″		3″ DP: 12 & 13
			D Square	9	1] 7.5 x 11.25″ & 1] 4 x 11.25″[Can also cut these from 3.5″ strips rather than printing]		3″ DP: 18 & 19
			Outer Petals [7 Flowers]	28	Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF		//
			Inner Petals [7 Flowers]	28	Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF		//
Fabric 4 Purple			B Layout 1	18	1] 5.5 x 14.5″ & 1] 5.5 x 11.75″		3″ DP: 12 & 13
			D Square	9	1] 7.5 x 11.25″ & 1] 4 x 11.25″[Can also cut these from 3.5″ strips rather than printing]		3″ DP: 18 & 19
			Outer Petals [7 Flowers]	28	Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF		//
			Inner Petals [7 Flowers]	28	Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF		//
Fabric 5 Dark Green			B Layout 1	144	14] 5.5 x 14.5″ & 1] 5.5 x 6”		3″ DP: 12 & 13
			C	9	4] 7 x 13.75″& 1] 7 x 7.25″		3″ DP: 16 & 17
			Leaves	112	Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF		//
			Flower Centers	28	Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Applique PDF		//
			Binding Strips	8 strips	//		//
Fabric 6 Blue			A Layout 1	216	36] 5.5 x 11.25″		3″ DP: 8 & 9
			B Layout 1	36	3] 5.5 x 14.5″ & 1] 5.5 x 9″		3″ DP: 12 & 13
			D Squares	36	6] 7.5 x 11.25″ [Can also cut these from 3.5″ strips rather than printing]		3″ DP: 18 & 19
			Border Strips	4 Cut length of fabric to avoid piecing	9.5″ wide [Minimum width as some like to add extra for shrinkage in applique]		//
Want to check my math? The Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. You can also use the information above to make this quilt using 3″ Drunkards Path Templates. Check the Store tab in my blog header under Rulers for Drunkards Path Template Sets. Be sure to check my Along a Crooked Path Pinterest board for more quilty Drunkards Path inspiration!

Additional Colorways
Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Recolor 1 Should the background be the sky or the ground? Substituting a light green for the blue background.
20254M-67 Shimmer Light Green

Kathleen’s Butterfly Garden Recolor 2 This is the original pastel version
9020-51 Toscana Buttercup			9020-57 Toscana Salmon		9020-262 Toscana Lip Gloss
9020-221 Make Me Blush			9020-720 Granny Smith		9020-60 Reflection

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Inklingo Drunkards Path Video

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How to Rotary Cut Curves Inklingo Video

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Sewing Curves Without Pins

This is how I sew curves. (I dislike pinning!) I use a 3M Command Strip pasted along the side of my presser foot to help as a guide also. You need to be sure to use your 1/4″ presser foot if you are going to use a Command Strip as a guide. When I am done sewing curves, the Command Strip removes easily from my machine bed.

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Jane’s Baskets

Published 11 April 2014

Jane’s Baskets is a 3-color, 4-fabric quilt in a horizontal setting. It measures 85 x 85 inches. My inspiration for this quilt is an antique quilt I saw on an online auction website. I pinned it to my Basket Quilts board on Pinterest. You can see it here.

This design uses the Inklingo 6″ Basket Collection. I colored the blocks in EQ7 with fabrics from Toscana by Northcott.

This quilt is named for Catherine Jane [Cormode] Williamson. Jane’s family lived near Ramsey on the Isle of Man. She was baptized 13 April 1828 at Kirk Christ Church in Lezayre. Jane was my second great grandmother. I haven’t been able to find out exactly when the Cormodes arrived in America. The earliest record I have shows them living in Rochester, New York in 1844. Sometime around 1848, Jane married William Henry Williamson. Jane and Henry had at least eight children together. Both died in their 50th year—Henry in 1875 of cholera and Jane in 1878 of albuminuria.

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Note that the Applique Border PDF was updated 29 January 2015.

Jane’s Baskets 85 x 85 inches
9020-49 Toscana Patriot Blue		White with blue print Dotty or Bluework fabric or something similar		9020-78 Toscana Pine		9020-10 Toscana White Picket Fence

Purchase and download:
Inklingo 6” Basket Collection			The Inklingo Handbook		Cheat Sheet (Download from website or print from collection)
For more information about Inklingo, click here.

Copy the information below to a printed Cheat Sheet. To figure fabric yardage, see the section *“Planning a Quilt”* in the Inklingo collection.
Fabric	Yardage		Shape	# of Shapes	Cut & Print		Page # in shape collection
Fabric 1 Blue			Handle Pieced[Optional – Not necessarily needed if back-basting]	64	10] 5 x 11″ & 1 5 x 7.75″		6″ Basket: 38 & 39
			HST 1.5 Layout 1	320	13] 7.75 x 10.25″ & 1] 5.25 x 5.5″		6″ Basket: 46 & 47
			Straight [center] Petal Print @ 75% of original to create freezer paper templates]	304	Print an 8.5 x 14″ [Legal Size] Flower Back-basting page @ 75% of original on freezer paper to make applique templates		6″ Basket: 37
			Left Petal Print @ 75% of original to create freezer paper templates]	44	Print an 8.5 x 14″ [Legal Size] Flower Back-basting page @ 75% of original on freezer paper to make applique templates		6″ Basket: 37
			Right Petal Print @ 75% of original to create freezer paper templates]	44	Print an 8.5 x 14″ [Legal Size] Flower Back-basting page @ 75% of original on freezer paper to make applique templates		6″ Basket: 37
Fabric 2 White with blue print			HST 1.5 Layout 1	128	5] 7.75 x 10.25″ & 1] 5.25 x 5.5		6″ Basket: 46 & 47
			HST 3 Layout 1	64	8] 8.25 x 8.5″		6″ Basket: 50 & 51
			.75″ Circles	65	1] 6.75 x 9.25″ & 1] 6.75 x 8.25″		Circles: 28 & 29
			.75″ Half Circles	44	Use freezer paper templates from Flower Back-basting page printed for petals		//
			Binding Strips	9 strips	//		//
Fabric 3 Green			3/8 to 1/2″ Bias Stem	450″ [generous estimate]	Jane’s Baskets Applique PDF		//
			Leaves	60	Jane’s Baskets Applique PDF		//
Fabric 4 White			Combo 1 Background	64 sets	32] 8.5 x 11″		6″ Basket: 20 & 21
			Cornerstones	49	3.5 x 3.5″ square [minimum size – some allow extra for shrinking during applique]		//
			Sashing	112	3.5 x 6.5″ rectangle		//
			Border Strips	4 [Cut length of fabric to avoid piecing]	8.5″ wide [minimum size – some allow extra for shrinking during applique]		//
Want to check my math? The Jane’s Baskets Math PDF is here. Quilt blocks are pictured on the Math PDF. Be sure to check my Basket Quilts board on Pinterest for more quilty basket inspiration.