Rose Window Quilt

Earlier this year Elizabeth Chappell of Quilter’s Candy Membership asked me if I’d like to design a quilt for the November Quilter’s Candy Membership and the answer to that was…YES! It took me several months to figure out just want I wanted to make as a quilt pattern and I wanted it to be something very special. The result is my Rose Window quilt pattern.

Quilter’s Candy Membership is a subscriber membership that opens a few times a year and features a new quilt or sewing pattern each month. Registration will open again in the new year so check the website HERE for more information.

Right now the Rose Window quilt pattern is exclusive to QCM but after 6 months I’ll be releasing it as a stand alone PDF pattern and it’ll be available in my shop. This post will just be eye-candy to show you the two sizes I made and to show off the work of my quilt testers with their beautiful Rose Window makes.

As I said, the pattern offers the quilt in two sizes. The oversize throw shown above and a crib/wall size quilt. The pattern is a mix of traditional patchwork and foundation paper-piecing. Don’t be frightened off by foundation paper-piecing, it’s easier than you think and I’ve created a video to go along with the pattern so you’ll have that available to you once the pattern is published this spring.

For the oversize throw I used prints from my new Art Gallery Fabrics Kismet collection and AGF Pure Solids. The backing is a print from my Art Gallery Fabrics Bountiful collection and it always amazes me how easy it is to mix and match between AGF collections!

The quilting on the throw was done by Brooke Becker of Lady Belle Fabric and we selected the Abstract Butterfly panto which has become one of my favorite quilt designs.

I went with Hobbs Heirloom !00% Cotton Batting inside and the quilt has a lovely, traditional drape and feel to it.

The crib/wall sample I wanted to make something with a holiday feel and selected various red and green prints from a mix of my AGF collections. For this quilt I added a few hand stitched lines of quilting and mostly machine quilted it all in a diagonal cross hatch pattern, using the points on the blocks as a guide. This quilt also has Hobbs Heirloom Cotton batting inside.

This is the perfect crib size or would also make a lovely wallhanging.

Meet the Testers

I was fortunate to work the the most incredible group of ladies this year and have them test my quilt patterns. About half the Rose Window pattern testers had never done foundation paper-piecing before and were surprised how much they enjoyed the experience! I think they did an amazing job!

I hope you stop by their Instagram feeds, websites, and or shops to learn more about them.

Jennifer Cannon is an Etsy shop owner of the fun Piper Autumn Designs fabric shop and can also be found on Instagram as @piperautumndesigns.

Find Jennifer Monroe on Instagram and @sunshineselvage

Find Joyce Ulm of @evamaecustomquilts, Etsy shop, and on her Facebook blog HERE

See Renata Auld’s beautiful work on her Instagram feed @ciaomamaquilts

Find Sara Marie Gardner on Instagram @sewlucille and her blog at Sew Lucille Handmade and Etsy shop by the same name, HERE.

Victoria Newmyer has a wonderful online quilt shop Midlife Quilter and beautiful Instagram account @midlife_quilter that you’ll definitely will want to drop by and take a look.

Angela Porritt can be found on Instagram as @wildrose_quiltco as is one to follow for a fresh take on quilting.

I’m excited to remake this quilt again in spring for it’s second launch to everyone and am thinking of remaking it in my Lilliput fabric collection that comes out in February. You can see Lilliput as well as the rest of the Art Gallery Fabrics new 2021 Part 1 fabric collections by clicking on the video below.

Happy sewing,
Sharon

Friends and family gatherings are a big part of the holidays. Bringing a bottle of spirits to the festivities is a perfect way to thank your host and hostess. Why not show-off your crafty cleverness with a bottle gift wrap made by upcycling garments. It only takes a few minutes to whip up a bottle cover. Have fun adding embellishments to compliment a theme or add that extra touch to a gift basket with a custom-made wine bottle cover.

Wine Bottle Sleeve

Finished size approximately 12"H x 5"W

You will need:

Women's shirts of desired fabrics size small to medium
Needle and matching thread
Ruler
Embellishment suggestions: raffia, bottle stopper, (1) 2" x 19" strip of cotton batting (for scarf), jingle bells, curling ribbon

Step 1 Slip shirtsleeve over bottle and lay on its side on a flat surface. Determine how high sleeve cuff will extend to top of bottle. Hold cuff in place at bottle neck and pinch sleeve to center of bottle base with other hand. Remove sleeve from bottle while holding pinched base.

Step 2 Lay pinched sleeve against a ruler and measure from end of cuff to pinched-off part of sleeve. Add 1/2" to this measurement.

Step 3 Press sleeve flat. Cut section of sleeve from cuff to determined length.

Step 4 On raw edge, press 1/4" under to the wrong side of sleeve. Knot end of a double length of thread. Hand baste a running stitch 1/8" from edge, hiding knot inside sleeve. Pull thread to gather. The edge will be pulled to the center. Flatten the gathered closure and secure thread with a double knot on inside of sleeve.