If you enjoy decorating your home seasonally it’s almost time to make the switch to fall.  You can browse the quilt patterns at Quilters Warehouse for a large selection, but here are a few to get you started.

Throw Scattered Leaves across your family room couch and you’ll be on your way to transforming your home to an autumn theme.  Look at the way the stripes in the border end with the same color in the corners!  Very pretty!

Fall Splendor features gently falling leaves on a pieced background.  This quilt is easy to make and finishes at 56″ square.  AND this one is on sale!  Only $5.06!!!

It wouldn’t be fall without pumpkins. So put Pumpkins All Around the house.  Instructions for a table runner, wall hanging and candle mat.

Find the perfect spot for this bright wall hanging and you can observe the passing seasons all year.  A Parade of Seasons – Fall is just the start . . . of course there is one for each season.  This pattern is by Helen Thorn of Pine Tree Lodge so you know the instructions will be easy to follow.

Do you need paper near the phone? Or near the computer to jot down the patterns you like?  Here’s a Straddling Scarecrow Notepad all ready for your scribbling.

Fall Glory is a pair of fall quilts.  Two different patterns but they compliment each other.  The large one finishes at 54″ x 67.5″ and the small one is 48″ x 59.5″.  One for the wall and one for the couch.  Or one for “papa bear” and one for “mama bear”. 

These are just a few of the many seasonal patterns available.  But don’t too long choosing – fall will be here before you know it!

This is a new feature at Quilters Showcase.  Every Monday an eclectic selection of patterns.  They have nothing in common except that you can make them!  A peek at patterns that you might not come across in your browsing.  Some of them you’ll look at and think “Wow, I have to add that to my ‘to-sew’ list.”  Some of them you’ll look at and think “Hmm, no.”  And some of them you’ll look at and think “My friend (Mary, Mabel, Miranda, Molly – you pick a name) would love this one.  I have to tell her about it.”  So, here goes. . .

Nantucket Rose is variation on a center medalion quilt. It is quite striking and conservative looking. You might decide to use some bright colors and change the look entirely. Or maybe soft pastels.
 

Jean of the Jungle is a slice of the jungle in a 30″ X 37″ wall hanging.

The 2 Hour Reversible Apron is an easy project.   Once you see how fun they are to make you’ll want to  make a few extra for gifts.

The Tea Party table topper is made with wool felt.  This will brighten up any little table, perhaps in your breakfast room or dining room.   And what little girl wouldn’t love to have it in her room?

Here’s a hand embroidery project that you can take with you to work on as you wait for appointments.  Or to keep your hands busy while you watch tv.  Father Christmas Stitchery is an old-fashioned Santa.  This project finishes at 18″ square.

I hope you enjoyed our first edition of Monday Madness.   Browse more quilt patterns at Quilters Warehouse.  Let us know if you find a favorite “buried deep” in all the patterns (there are soooo many!).

In the last post you saw a few quilts and a wall hanging offered by Ursula Riegel of Designs To Share With You.  As I mentioned there’s lots more than just quilts. 

A Handful of Fancy Placemats has five different borders, and they’re EASY to sew!  Get ready to dress up your table.  Also included are matching coasters and “party dresses” for your glasses. 

Now that your table is covered, here’s A Handful of Cushion Covers for your chairs.  You can skip the pillow pocket portion of construction and use these as little table toppers.  They finish at 16″ square.

Handy Bags have three compartments and two pockets.  Perfect little bag to add to your purse collection.  They’d make great gifts too!

Pretty Aprons have five deep pockets and four different finishing options.  And they are EASY to make!  Make one for each holiday or one for each season.  Another great gift.  You have started sewing for Christmas already, haven’t you?

It seems a year doesn’t go by that we don’t have a baby to sew for whether it’s a friend’s baby or a new grandchild or maybe your own! Quilted Baby Gifts includes instructions for bibs in two sizes, a baby quilt, a blankie and a pillow.  Designs To Share With You’s “magic mitering” technique makes these quick and easy.

Give that refrigerator artwork a decent frame! Fridge Quilts & Magnets has instructions for a magnetic quilt with a slide in pocket for artwork, a calendar, or anything you want!

Now, that was a lot of variety and you STILL haven’t seen everything that Designs To Share With You has to offer.  Browse through the rest and don’t forget to check all the other quilt patterns before you leave!  Happy sewing!

Ursula Riegel is the designer of Designs To Share With You.   No stranger to sewing, when she began quilting she discovered a new love and it was FUN!  She offers clear step by step directions so you can have fun, too. Her patterns include full size quilts, but also include lots of small projects from placemats to tote bags to wall hangings.

Basketweave is a great pattern for new quilters.  Design consists of one block, with only straight seams.  How to choose the fabric and prepare it, all sewing and assembly instructions, plus quilting and binding are all covered in detail.  A first course in quilting!

Tutti-Frutti is another one for beginners.  This one has half square triangles.  And the instructions include details for three different sizes (lap, single bed sized, and table runner)  so you can make them all and get lots of practice on HST.  If you weren’t before you started this project, you’ll be an expert when you finish.

 This sampler, Home Is Where The Heart Is, will teach several machine techniques.  Machine applique, foundation piecing, and curved piecing are a few of the techniques covered with detailed instructions.

If you are looking to learn all about applique, Cat Parade is a great wallhanging for practice.  Pattern includes instructions for Satin Stitch Applique, Invisible Machine Applique and Hand Applique.

This is just a sampling of the quilts offered by Designs To Share With You.  We haven’t even touched on all the other projects Ursula has to share!  Check back soon for part 2.

And in the meantime you can browse all the quilt patterns at QuiltersWarehouse.

It seems like summer just started but here it is August already.  School will be starting soon and bookbags will be needed.

Be-Bop Backpacks has eight variations.  Instructions are included for piecing, foundation piecing, and applique along with full size pattern pieces.  Add embellishments and create a truly unique backpack.

Thousand Pyramid Pack is a drawstring backpack for those light days when there isn’t a lot to carry. 

The Chelsea Tote can be worn over the shoulder or you can unzip the single strap into two straps and wear it as a traditional backpack.

The Zola Backpack has two large pockets . . . one inside and one outside.  This bag is so easy to make that you’ll have time to make one for your student and then make one for yourself.

Designer Backpack lets you be the designer.  This simple pattern is ready for you to add your special touch, whether it’s with favorite fabric or lots of embellishments.

 And, not everyone wants a backpack to carry all their things.  Sometimes a tote bag is wanted.  The Messenger Girl Bag is a great over the shoulder bag, and yet you can still adjust it to use as a backpack.  It will hold a laptop and has lots of pockets.

The City Bag has handles and a shoulder strap.  It’s nice and large (11″x17″) and has tons of pockets.  This pattern includes Lazy Girl’s trademark ‘No Fear’ zipper technique.  Make a really nice bag AND learn something new!

Okay, hurry up and finish your backpack sewing so you have time to get back to regular quilt patterns!

Spotty Cat is Rachel’s newest kit and isn’t it cute?!  Poor kitty just wants to be left alone but is surrounded by playful mice.  This kit is COMPLETE.  Fabric is included for the background, the borders, the back and the binding.  Woolfelt for all the applique is included.  AND all the embellishments, embroidery floss, the pattern and instructions.  One kit to purchase and no need to search high and low for just the right color felt or just the right size button.  Simply open your kit and start having fun. 

Here’s a few more wall hanging kits.

We have to give equal exposure to the canines.  Puppy Love features four adorable pups with bones and hearts on the borders.  This wall hanging finishes at 13″ X 15″, just like Spotty Cat.  Lots of Rachel’s wall hangings are this size.  Makes them perfect for a grouping.

Chicken Coop would look great in your kitchen or breakfast nook.  Mother Hen and her four little chicks will brighten your morning.

Where there’s a chick, the rooster can’t be far away.  This colorful roosting is telling us all to Rise & Shine. His little one is trying to crow “just like Dad”.

And how about a cute little Rag Doll.  Her happy face will make you smile as she offers a couple pretty flowers.  She kept one for her hatband!

This is just a few of the complete kits that are available from Rachel’s of Greenfield, but they’ll get you started.  And when you need a break and want to work on a traditional quilt pattern, they are just a click away!