Patterns Quilt revealed

I don't believe I have posted my Patterns quilt on my blog yet! Here it is. 

It's called "The Inn Keeper Wore Black." It's a fanciful riff on a real visit to a colorful B&B, with bold patterns everywhere, except for the talkative innkeeper, who wore black. 

This quilt will be seen at the Quilt Festival in Houston in 2016, as part of the Patterns exhibit curated by Dinner at Eight Fiver Artists. And perhaps the exhibit will go to other places like Chicago in 2017. 

My Jukebox patterns

Some of you know that I have designed several patterns for Jukebox. What you don't know is that now they are available digitally! Cool! Here is the link to Jukebox where you can see my patterns.

http://www.jukeboxquilts.com/category/?cat=Quilt%20Patterns

Here is a closeup of my original Jukebox pattern, "Hidden Investments." It was the pattern that launched Jukebox.

Heart strings at long beach

I was surprised to find a quilt based on my pattern, "Heart Strings," on display at the Long Beach Quilt festival. They gave me credit on the placard, yay! An image of the photo even appeared in the show's program.

 

  My version of this quilt was in Quilters Newsletter (I think it was in 2005?) as a pattern, and a few years later it became available as a pattern from Jukebox. It is still available and can be ordered from the Jukebox website.

Hidden Investments

From time to time, I hear from people who have made quilts out of my patterns. I LOVE it when they send me photos, and so here is a photo of Darlene Gover's quilt from my Hidden Investment pattern. This was my very first pattern, from the early 90's, through Jukebox. The pattern is still available. The website for ordering is http://www.jukeboxquilts.com/

She put charms in the pockets, which was part of the pattern. It's fun to look inside each vest.
It's not the kind of quilt I make these days, but I still have a fondness for my old designs. Thanks, Darlene, for the photos of your cheerful quilt!

My Pumpkin Hat

Here are directions for how to make this Pumpkin Hat. It's my first original knitting pattern, with ribbing to make it look extra “pumpkiny.” I made it for my granddaughter, Samantha. Forgive me if the directions are a little clunky - it's my first attempt.

Fits 1-2 years. I used one skein of orange worsted wool, small amount of green worsted wool, US8 16” circular needles, US8 double pointed needles, and stitch markers.

Cast on 88 stitches onto circular needles. Join in round and work stockinette stitch for an inch. Now work in rib as follows: *purl 2, knit 9*, repeat until end of row. Continue ribbing around and around, until the hat measures 5 ½”.

Round 1: purl 1, knit 2 together, knit 7, purl2, knit 2 together, knit 7, and so on, until the end of the row, ending with a purl 1.

Round 2: purl 1, *knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 3, purl two,* repeat all around, ending with a purl 1. Use stitch markers if desired to keep track of where you knitted 2 together.

Begin the switch to double pointed needles, and continue the two rounds, decreasing until you end up with 24 stitches.

Knit one, purl 1 rib for ½” inch. Decrease 4 stitches evenly throughout next round, continue k1p1 until stem is about ½” long. Cast off, weave in loose yarn ends.

VW quilt

I love to see what people do with my patterns, and once in a while someone sends me a photo. I thought this one was a lot of fun. Debbie Allan made the quilt as a gift for her sister, who turned 50 - hence the 50 VW's. All the VW's are in dotty fabrics except for one in solid robin's egg blue, the color of her first car.

All my patterns are available at http://www.jukebox.com/.