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Elmwood Pattern

  Welcome back with the Elmwood pattern! Recently released, this is an amazing pattern for your favourite print or two! This quilt features basic elements, using half square triangles (HST) and flying geese to create an on-point look, without being on-point! It is beginner friendly and can be made in two sizes, Baby and Throw. Elmwood Baby Elmwood Throw (Cover) When I first started designing a couple years ago, this was one of the first concepts that I was playing with, loving the modern look to the quilt. At the time I wasn't interested in on-point quilts, so I started designing one that looked like, but wasn't. I was also fascinated with HSTs and flying geese at the time. After a couple tweaks from my husband, I decided that I liked the layout and went for it.  When I was binding the original cover girl, I happened to be on a trip visiting my great-aunt and she saw the pink quilt and fell in love with it. So, once I was done and took all the photos, I sent it to her through ...
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Berwick Quilt Pattern

Designing the Berwick quilt was a rewarding experience. From the beginning, my goal was to create a pattern that would be fat-quarter friendly. What I ended up with was a design that accommodates fat quarters, two-tone colourways, and yardage for the background. I won’t lie—there are tons of half-square triangles (HSTs) in this quilt, which is what gives it its bold geometric look.  Let's talk about sizes and colours! Since the Berwick comes in four different sizes, it can suit a range of needs. My 'baby Berwick' is 36x36" and perfect for young ones, either as a car blanket, playmat, or bed quilt. Currently, this little orange quilt is Sam's daycare quilt as it's now into the colder months here in Canada. I used fabrics from my stash to make it and thought that the orange was a colourful addition to my quilt family. I walking foot quilted it, echoing some of the lines. Next is the cover quilt, ‘Elaine’s Berwick’. Everyone in our house has a Berwick quilt! This...
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Quilt: Days of Spring 1

 Days of Spring 1 "Days of Spring 1" is my newest semi improv piece. It was inspired by one of my many sketches of flowers that I've made in the recent past. I've included some transparencies in the leaves and flower, which I find makes the colours pop a little. While working on it, I was having an interesting time figuring out how to puzzle them together. The hardest part was connecting the stem near the top and making the two sides of the piece meet.  Everything in this piece is free hand drawn and then transferred to freezer paper to create the final piece. I've included some progress pictures to showcase the train of thought. I will be hand quilting it in the near future, as I hope to enter it in the Ottawa Modern Quilt Guild's Gala in June '24. Initial sketch Freezer paper templates Colour pull Close up of the leaves Closeup of the flower  
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Rocket Pattern

 The Rocket pattern has been an idea that has lived rent free in my head for about a year, year and a half now. It had originally come from a mug. A couple years ago, the Ottawa MQG had a challenge to make charity quilts inspired by mug designs. My husband and I decided to try to find interesting mugs at thrift stores and see what was inspirational. I ended up not getting the mug that inspired the Rocket pattern. I don’t remember the whole mug, but I loved the rainbow palette and the curves. I would say it was from the 70s. After trying so many variations, I settled on the current Rocket pattern and then decided it would be my first quilt pattern. This pattern is great for solids or non directional fabrics and can be made in 1-2 days depending on sewing speed. There are three sizes for the rocket. The baby/lap size is 49x63in, Twin size is 70x90in, and the Double is 79x90in.  My rainbow version used the following Kona Cottons: Citrus, Torch, Tomato, Velvet, Surf, and Clover. I...
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Woven Ladybug

 Some of you have known me for a while in person, but to those who don't know me, I'm Elaine J. I've been quilting for about 10 years, but only got serious about it 5 years ago. I'm originally from just outside of Halifax, but now live in the Ottawa area with my husband, daughter, and a cat.  I studied in photography and have always loved art. I find that quilting is an extension of art and enjoy the process of finding the right colours and patterns to go with what I'm making. I enjoy learning different techniques and can normally be found experimenting. Woven Ladybug came about when I wanted to sell some things that I made and make patterns. A while back, my grandparents wanted me to paint ladybugs on the bumps on their tree. Ever since, my grandmother has given me ladybug themed stuff (there's a lot of ladybug themed things out there). She was the one who brought me to quilt shows as a kid and let me sit on her lap while knitting. Sadly, she passed away in the...
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