Window Wall Quilt - Free Pattern - Featuring Poppie Cotton's Finding Wonder

 Hi Makers!

As Spring is on it's way and we look out the window you can find so much wonder.  This free quilt pattern, Window Wall, is perfect for Poppie Cotton's newest collection, Finding Wonder by Sheri McCulley.  It also work well for any large print fabric so that you can show it off.  

To make this quilt you can use 7 fat quarters, 1 1/2 yards of a solid background fabric 3/4 yard for binding, and 4 yards of fabric for backing..  This sweet throw is 58-inches square.  If you want to make it larger add an additional border or use another fat quarter and add an extra row. 

Cut each fat quarter into three pieces:

    Column One - 6.5 x 20.5 inches

    Column Two - 6.5 x 16.5 inches

    Column Three - 6.5 x 14.5 inches

From the background fabric cut: 

    [6] 2.5 x 20.5 inches for Column One

    [6] 2.5 x 16.5 inches for Column Two

    [6] 2.5 x 14.5 inches for Column Three

    [9] 2.5 x WOF strips to piece together for the column sashing and border.

For each column sew together the seven prints and six background strips.  Begin with a alternate a print rectangle and background strip.  End the column with a print rectangle as show in the illustration. Repeat this patter for column two and three.

Sew together three of the 2.5 x WOF strips.  Trim each to 54.5 inches.  Save the remaining background strip for the border.  Use the strips to join together Column one and two and then add an addition background strip to the right edge of column two and add column three. 

Sew together the remaining 2.5 x WOF strips. Trim two strips to 54.5-inches and sew a strip to the left and right sides of the quilt top.  Trim the remaining 2.5-inch strip to two 58.5-inches and sew to the top and bottom of the quilt top.  

Make your quilt sandwich with the backing, batting an quilt top.  quilt as desired on a domestic machine or longarm.  Bind, label, wash and snuggle. 

For more inspiration, follow me on instagram @neverlandstitches or on Pinterest.

Until next time…I hope you always find something around you that inspires your creativity…

Lisa Jo

Star Trippin' Poppie Cotton's Delightful Department Store

Amy Jordan has designed Delightful Department Store for Poppie Cotton.  It is full of 1950’S ladies all dressed up for the day and ready to head out on the town. This is going to be a glorious day of shopping, looking at pretty things and having lunch with the girlfriends. There is nothing better than spending a day filled with laughter and good cheer. This beautiful collection has mixed yellows, mints, teals and all shades of pinks to create a colorful color palette. The fabric collection includes 1950’s dresses on lovely ladies, roses, ginghams, tiny tossed roses, receipts for the shopping day and all over flower dots. 

The collection was reminiscent of times spent getting dressed up to shopping & out for lunch with my grandmother at JL Hudson’s in downtown Detroit or Jacobson’s in Grosse Pointe.  You knew you were in for some serious shopping when she had an extra pair of shoes. 

Fun fact - Hudson’s Basement, where the bargains were became Target. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Target_Corporation)
The quilt in a way reminds me of the the escalators in the department stores. 

The Pattern, Star Trippin' will be available in my Etsy Shop on Monday, July 17th.  Meanwhile it you pop over to my Etsy shop now you will find that the entire shop is 15% off for a until July 16th.  

For more inspiration, follow me on instagram @neverlandstitches, my blog Neverlandstitches, or on Pinterest.

Until next time…I hope you always find something around you that inspires your creativity…

Lisa Jo

HourGlass Patchwork Quilt - Featuring Poppy Cotton's My Favorite Things

Hi Makers!

I have a fun versatile pattern for you today.  This is my newest pattern that I am calling the HourGlass Quilt.  It's the perfect pattern to be used as a Chemo Quilt or a smaller version for a baby quilt.

I used an entire Fat Quarter Bundle of Poppie Cottons' newest collection, My Favorite Things, 
to make the 55 x 60 inch lap quilt and backed it with flannel. I did not use any background fabric, however if you's like to make the quilt larger and use the FQB, I suggest using a background fabric for you hour glasses.. 

The quilt is easily broken down into two blocks. I made 6 of each block and then added a patch work border to the left and right side of the quilt. 

How to make a quarter square triangle: 

This is my favorite method, using half square triangle, however you are welcome to make your QSTs in the method of your choosing: 

Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of one background  squares {A}. Layer a marked square on an unmarked  print square {A}, right sides together. Sew 1/4" from both sides of the drawn line. Cut the unit apart on the marked line to make two half-square-triangle units. Press Open toward the darker print.

Place the HST's from the previous step with right sides together.  Be sure to nest your seams and that the prints are facing in the opposite directions.  Draw a line from corner to corner opposite of the seamed line.   Sew 1/4" from both sides of the drawn line. Cut the unit apart on the drawn line. Press open and for this pattern trim the QSTs to 5 1/2".
 

Block 1: 

Cutting:

Pink Print - [2] 6.5-inch squares for QSTs

Low Volume Print 1 - [2] 6.5-inch squares for QSTs

Low Volume Print 2 -  [1] 6.5-inch squares for center QSTs you will hav an extra for a second block

Yellow Print -  [1] 6.5-inch squares for center QSTs you will hav an extra for a second block

Tan Print - [2] 5.5-inch squares

Red Print - [2] 5.5-inch squares

Follow the chart above and make six 15.5-inch squares.

Block 2: 

Cutting:

Teal Print - [2] 6.5-inch squares for QSTs

Pink Print [2] 6.5-inch squares for QSTs

Low Volume Print - [1] 5.5-inch squares for center 

Yellow Print - [2] 5.5-inch squares

Red Print - [2] 5.5-inch squares

Follow the chart above and make six 15.5-inch squares.

Assembling the quilt:

Alternate the block one and two for each row.

Example: 

Rows 1 & 3 will have a Block 1, Block 2, and Block 1

Rows 2 & 4 will have Block 2, Block 1 and Block 2

At this point the quilt top will measure 45 x 60-inches.

To make the quilt top slightly wider I cut an addition [24] 5.5-inch squares. sews together two columns of twelve and sewed these additional columns to the left and right sides of the quilt top. 

If you choose, you may have all your QST's facing the same direction and give the quilt a different look.

Here's a peek a toddler version I made for on of the grands. 

For more inspiration, follow me on instagram @neverlandstitches or on Pinterest.

Until next time…I hope you always find something around you that inspires your creativity…

Lisa Jo 

Riley Blake Project Tour - Wildwood Wander and StarMazed

 

Hi Makers! Is Lisa Jo of Neverlandstiches back to share with you an interesting new quilt made with a stunning new collection by Katherine Lenius, Wildwood Wander.

Wildwood Wander is a fabric collection based on a walk through nature and the little treasures you might find along your walk such as rocks, seeds, leaves, birds, wildflowers and mushrooms. The rich color palette consists of cream, blue, taupe, green, taffy, peach, navy, and rose. To me, this collection and palette is a fun new twist on a wonderful new autumn collection.

 

StarMazed is an interesting new quilt pattern, which creates a maze through the prints of Wildwood Wander to the sawtooth stars made using Marsala Dapple Dot. Marsala Dapple Dot was also used to back the quilt and bind it. I also used both Bee Cross Stitch On Cloud Pebble along with Blossom Tone-On-Tone Cream as background fabrics to give the quilt some additional depth. If you's like to make your own version of StarMazed, the pattern is available in my Etsy shop. StarMazed makes for a fun quilt to snuggle with your favorite person little or big to see if you can make your way from top to bottom of the maze. 

I am off to snuggle my version of this quilt and my favorite one year old and see if she will take a nap before mommy and daddy get home from work.

For more inspiration, follow me on instagram @neverlandstitches.

Until next time…I hope you always find something around you that inspires your creativity…

Lisa Jo 

RBD Project Tour - Buttermilk Homestead - Shadow Stars

 

I was fortunate enough to be able to use Stacy West's new collection, Buttermilk Homestead for my newest quilt pattern, Shadow Stars.

Stacy West's new collection, Buttermilk Homestead, will be available soon at your favorite quilt shops. The collection is all about a cozy homestead. The collection includes a a bucolic landscape panel which shows the best of country life. The color palette of the collection is earthy with shades of midnight, ginger, hickory and goldenrod.

I choose to use midnight, hickory and goldenrod along with a Confetti Cotton background of Vanilla.

I think it turned out very reminiscent of a collection that might be used about the same time frame as that family heirloom of a hand caned and carved rocking chair from the mid 1800's. 

Shadow Stars quilt pattern is an interesting pattern as it looks as if the main star has a shadow outlined in midnight. The is currently available in my Etsy shop.

In order to give you a different point of view, here's Shadow Stars done in Red Hot by Riley Blake Designs. 

For more inspiration follow me on Instagram @neverlandstiches or my blog, Neverlandstitches.

Until next time, I hope you alway find something around you that inspires creativity...

Lisa Jo Girodat