Panel Squared Quilt Pattern

 I have been searching for patterns that feature panels recently and found several that I like. This one is called Panel Squared Quilt.

I picked a panel from my shop and whipped up a sample.

It's not quilted yet, but will be soon. The binding will be the same red as the inner and outer borders. I liked it so much that I kitted up a few of these. So if you want to make one just like mine, you can!

Home Sweet Holidays Quilt Kit

Or if you just want the panel I have that option too.

Home Sweet Holidays Panel

If you buy the kit you don't need to buy the pattern separately. Patterns are always included with all the kits I sell in my shop. But if you just want the pattern I have that option too.

Panel Squared Quilt Pattern

I did a little extra work for you. I was not able to cut my panel the length called for in the pattern, but it was easy to adjust. If you purchase the kit from me then I included the exact instructions for making it with this panel. However, if you buy the pattern from me, I added a little extra information that was not included in the pattern - like how big the panel with inner border should be. This way, whatever size you need to cut your panel to, you know what size it needs to be with the inner border attached. I am including this information in all of these patterns that I sell.

A Finish :: My bright kids quilt

 I worked hard last week at the shop getting this adorable quilt finished up.

I put the hearts on black fabric from the collection on the back.

And here is another shot of the finished quilt.

The quilt finishes at 54" by 65" and I made up a few kits. Originally I was planning on using a rainbow stripe fabric for the binding. It looked fine, but felt a little busy to me. So I opted for the bright lime green dot fabric from the collection instead.

Black, White & Bright Quilt Kit

Black, White & Bright fabric collection

The pattern is not difficult. A confident beginner could easily make this project.

Crimson Tweed Update

 I finally decided that I am finished with the embroidery on my Crimson Tweed. Here is the final layout, before quilting.

Would you believe that I didn't have ANY of the thread colors that I needed to seed quilt this with!? I was a bit shocked, but I gravitate toward the brighter colors and I need neutrals for this.

The tin shown in the photo above contains the 5 colors of thread, size 8 Eleganza solid colors, that I will use for the seed stitch quilting. This style of quilting takes quite a while to do, but I'm not in a hurry. 

Quilting

 I decided to quilt this one myself instead of taking it to my long arm quilter. Click here to read my previous post on this project and for fabric information.

I outlined all the animals in the center and did a little stitch in the ditch. Did some back and forth quilting along the top and bottom of the panel.

I am using a ruler for the stitch in the ditch and straight line outlining I am doing. I'll probably do some more back and forth in the blue areas of the borders. I'm not quite sure what I will do in the squares in the border. I'm there yet though so I don't need to know yet!

I am still trying to decide on the binding fabric. My current favorite is a rainbow strip on black fabric. I just love a striped binding! 

Kits aren't available yet because I don't know what I will use for the binding. I hope to have this quilted by next week. Then I will make a binding decision and make kits.

Customer Show and Tell

 Missy gets a lot done! Recently she stopped into the shop to get some backing and binding fabrics for these projects.

Autumn Art Panel Pillows:

Missy purchased the Autumn Art panel and some of the new Elementals fabrics from the shop and made really nice and big pillow covers with them. She is adding a little hand quilting to these to outline the main elements of the panel so they aren't quite done yet. She brought them back in to pick out backing fabric. She picked another fabric from the Elementals collection to use on the back.

Hand Embroidery by Missy:

The two above are Crabapple Hill patterns Missy purchased from another shop. She brought them in to pick out binding fabrics for them.

The hand embroidered towel below is a variation of a pattern/kit from my shop called Giddy Up. I have both the Giddy Up kit and just the Giddy Up pattern.

Missy traced the entire design EXCEPT the words "Giddy Up." She changed it to say "Whoa" instead which is just as cute! She added a little western themed fabric to the bottom of the towel as an accent.

Dinosaur Quilts by Corky

 One of my customers, Corky, has been making dinosaur quilts. She found a pattern online, Dinosaur Quilt.

She modified the pattern by changing the half-square triangles to prairie points for the bumps along the spine of the dinosaur. 

Corky is currently visiting family in Alamosa and she is staying in an RV with limited space. She brought both of these quilts into the shop to use our classroom area to baste the quilts together with their backing and batting so she can quilt them while she is here. All of the fabrics used for both of these she purchased from my shop.

New Shop Sample

 My shop has had this fabric collection for months but I just got around to making up a sample with it. The collection is called Black, White and a Touch of Bright.

The pattern I used is called Quilter's Palette. It's a Villa Rosa Designs postcard pattern. The quilt will finish at 54" by 60", which makes a really nice toddler size quilt.

I'll get kits cut later this week and try to drop this off with my long arm quilter soon. Until then, I think it's adorable even unquilted.