There’s a wide variety of patterns that are new this week at QuiltersWarehouse . . .

Are you a fan of Portapockets Purse Insert? Then you’ll love the Encore Purse Insert! It’s even bigger, and it has more compartments.  It makes switching purses a snap.

TripleExpresso – Snap, Crackle, Pop:

3 fabrics

3 blocks

3 layouts

1 – 2 -3 and you have a quilt!

Aren’t these cupcakes from Cupcake Express cute?!  They’d look great in a little girls room. . . hanging on the wall and a few pillows on the bed.  Or use as decoration for your next birthday party.  Or a table runner in your breakfast nook.

 Here’s another pattern with a pillow, table runner and wall hanging.   Sunshine and Shade is a fat friendly pattern.  Perfect for you family room, your guest bedroom, or your bedroom.  They look good on the porch, too, don’t they?  A little bit of piecing and a little bit of applique.  Fun and fun!

 
Are you ready to add a Christmas pattern to your WIPs?  A Critter Christmas will give you 11 choices of projects, from quilts to wall hangings to  stockings to gift bags.  A new critter has joined the crew – a cute owl.

Or try Ornaments 2009.  If you make an ornament or two each week you’ll have enough to decorate an entire tree come Christmas time.  They’d make great gifts too.   These are easy paper foundations pieced.  Perfect for all your Christmas fabric scraps.

The new projects are just a sampling of the variety of items you’ll find, aside from quilt patterns, at Quilters Warehouse.  Browse awhile.

Another fun, striking quilt from Seams Like A Dream, Cambridge Twist is easier than it looks.  The wall hanging is made from just four blocks.  The quilt seems to be in constant motion.   The pattern includes instructions for three sizes:  wall hanging, lap, and twin.  Choose your fabrics carefully and this would make a great quilt for a guy.

You’ll get a lot of choices from Pillow Talk.  Four different designs - one for each season - and you can choose to make pillows or wall hangings – they’ll look great either way.

Meadow Flowers is made of weathervane blocks.  Easy to piece and the on point setting really shows them off.  This quilt would look great hanging on the wall . . . spring all year round.  Try it in soft muted colors or make a riotously bright meadow.

Six Halves Make A Whole Lot More is the third book in the series.  Six projects made from six half yard cuts.  Isn’t the quilt on the cover stunning?   The other books in the series are Six Halves Make A Whole and Six Halves Make A Whole Christmas.

VERY easy for the beginner quilter or quick, quick, quick for the experienced quilter.  There are two sizes:  39″ X 48″ (perfect for a baby shower gift or for Project Linus) and 55″ X 67″.  You’ll use this Bouncing Borders pattern more than once!

These are just a few of what’s new this week at Quilters Warehouse.   But don’t stop here, browse all the quilt patterns in case you’ve missed some in previous weeks.

If you want to do paper foundation piecing, MH Designs is sure to have a pattern for you.  With over 100 patterns, odds are you’ll find more than one design that you like.  If you are new to paper foundation piecing, don’t worry, Mary Herschleb’s instructions will explain it all and her patterns go together quickly and easily.

Start with a couple simple wall hangings. Paper Dolls finishes at 10 1/2″ X 20 3/4″  Dress the dolls in your favorite fabrics.  You can give this to your daughter or granddaughter and tell her about how you used to play with paper dolls when you were little.  Watch the confusion in her eyes as she tries to comprehend playing with paper.

Pansy Garden is a wallhanging that is just a bit bigger11 1/2 X 17 1/4″.  Make this one for a friend instead of sending fresh flowers, or hang it in your own sewing room to brighten your days.  Use your batik scraps to make these flowers . . . . they’ll be so pretty.

Mary promises that this lap sized quilt, Pickled Pinwheel, is easier than is looks.  It might be fun to change it a bit and make all the center stars the same color and then make the other part of the blocks differents colors. 

This Butterfly quilt would make a perfect baby gift.  Especially with the matching wall hanging.

MH Designs has tons of wall hangings and table runners and a growth chart for your grandchild.  There are birds and kittys and bears.  There’s Christmas stuff and Easter and Spring and Fall.  Enjoy!!!

Then look at all the rest of the quilt patterns at Quilters Warehouse.

Who doesn’t know a baby? Or know someone who is having, or just had a baby.  Maybe you have grandkids that you love to sew for.  Or you’re a stay at home mom who really enjoys making things for your family.  Or a mom with a job outside the house and you still find time to sew for your family.  Whatever your situation, if you have a child to sew for, check out all the patterns available by Sew Baby and you will probably find several patterns that you just can’t live without.

You’ll find items for bath time such as the Bath Puppet Pals and the Animal Wrappers.   There are patterns to keep kid stuff organized, like the Clutter Catchers for your vehicle, or you can use it over a doorknob in you kid’s bedroom or the family. room.  You might need to make more than one.

There are patterns that would make great baby shower gifts, like the Hug Me Bibs or the Fleece-Easy Baby or Everything But The Baby.  And patterns for older kids, like the Easy Pieces Pants and the Double Fun Skirt and the Easy Pieces Jumper.

And baby likes to have fun . . . there are patterns for books and games.  And patterns for backpacks to carry the books and games.   Oh, and patterns to keep baby warm whether in the car seat or in a wrap made special to snuggle baby or with a cape or jacket.

Be careful if you start exploring all the Sew Baby patterns because it might be a long while before you get back to quilt patterns.

Three of the newest patterns at Quilters Warehouse take a step away from traditional and add a touch of whimsy.

Sound Waves is from the Back to Bargello series by Karen Gibbs of the Quilt Studio.  Karen’s bargello method is simple and her easy to follow instructions will make you an expert in no time.  Turn on your favorite music while you sew and watch it come to life.

Whales & Pails  is the perfect quilt to take to the beach.  Or spread it out on the grass after a swim in the pool.  This will be a favorite with the kids and one they’ll attach to lots of happy summer memories.  You can have so much fun changing things around. . . make a different sail for each boat . . . make fussy cuts or use different fun patterned fabrics for the pails.  Yes, I know whales are really blueish or grey, but use some poetic license and make them any color you want – or a different color for each one!  Go ahead.  Create a memory.

Wind Catcher is made from one single shape cut from two fabrics and laid out in different ways.  My personal favorite it the one with the dark border all the way around.  Hmmmm, I wonder what a small quilt made with several of these blocks would look like?  The pattern includes three sizes: Placemats: 15″ X 17 1/2″; Tabletoppers: 22 1/2″ X 26″ and 29″ X 33 1/2″.   Just two fabrics, let’s see.  Fourth of July: Red & White with blue stars.  Spring: Dark Green & a light floral.  Christmas, Fall, Winter, Summer.  This’ll be a pattern that gets used and used and used.

Enjoy these fun patterns or check out some traditional ones. . . so many quilt patterns, so little time.

If you are trying to be more aware of our environment and do what you can to be “green”, here’s a few patterns to help.  These will help reduce the need for plastic.

Try a fabric Checkbook Cover.   So quick and easy to make. You can make a few for yourself and change them with your mood.  Then you’ll be an expert at it and you can make a few for gifts.  You’ll be helping others “go green”!

Money Bags Purse-O-Nality is another pattern for a checkbook cover, plus a pattern for a tri-fold wallet with pockets for everything.  If you add a strap you’ll have a mini-purse.

Isn’t this just the cutest little wallet?  Wonder Wallet has room for all your credit cards, IDs and your cash.   Lots of pockets.

Purse-O-Nality Times Four has a coin purse pattern, a wallet, and two mini purses.  All easy to make.  Make a matched set or use coordinating fabrics.  Or what about a rainbow effect?  Blue mini purse, Lilac wallet, red change purse.  Or white mini purse with black accents and black wallet & change purse with white accents.  So much fun!

Here’s another great gift idea, a CD Wallet.   Quick and easy to make.  And so easy to personalize and jazz them up.

So many ways to be green.  Have fun doing your part to make the earth a better place!