Rosebud Garland Pattern Release

Ta-da! May I present Rosebud Garland! I am very excited to release my first pattern of 2024, which technically is my last pattern of 2023, since it was in the previous issue of Make Modern, issue #55 to be specific. One of the many things I love about this magazine is that they only keep the rights to your patterns until the next issue comes out, in other words, just two months.

What you won't get in the Make Modern issue is the pattern for the accompanying placemats, as well as a tip in this post to make an extra-long runner if you've got a large dining table, as does my daughter, Dayna. Read on to find out and also to check out the low price at which it's being offered.

As the cover says, this is a fast way to change your seasonal décor; the runner sews up very quickly. If you have the AccuQuilt 2" finished HST, it's even faster.

Make Modern said they might include the placemats in the magazine if they had space, but in the end they opted not to. At first I was disappointed as it makes such a nice ensemble, but then I thought, aha! 😇 I can put them in the pattern I release and that will be the 'something extra' reason to purchase the pattern. I always like to give a good bang for your buck. I love the Northcott Fabrics line I used, Angels on High.

The pattern is on sale all weekend for just CA$6. That's 50% off! That's an even lower price than when I released my previous pattern, Sunset Strip. You can pick it up in my Etsy shop, SandraJaneQuilts. I'd like to thank Tish of @tishnwonderland who made the runner to test my instructions prior to its release in the magazine, and then did another read-through of the pattern before I uploaded it to my Etsy shop. 

So last August/September when I was in the throes of making the runner and placemats, photographing them in cool spots (that's my neighbour's gorgeous Sweet Autumn Clematis climbing over her trellis in the cover photo), Dayna put in some requests. One was this runner with pink rosebud blocks tumbling over it, which I made.

Another was for a super-long Christmas AF (I'll let you google that acronym) runner, *not in modern Christmas colours, but traditional ones. That one I didn't get finished, though I did finish her Christmas Tree Farm quilt that was also on the list of requests. I also have finished Harper's (her cat) heart quilt, which still needs its post. I even made her some new cloth napkins, so I think her list is complete at present time of writing!

In honour of the pattern release, I made sure to set aside some time this past week to make her super-long runner.

Fabrics were decided upon:

Cutting ensued, working off my own instructions. I did wander away from the two-at-a-time HST method in the pattern so that I could use my 2" finished HST AccuQuilt die.

I love how it turned out.

It measures 18.5" wide just as the one in the pattern, but instead of 50.5" long this one is 82.5"! I actually quite like this long version, as the garland block really flows out nicely from the centre stars.

There is 'vintage' stash and modern leftovers in her runner and it all works so well. The star fabric is completely gone; I had to piece a couple of the patches and had no fabric left for the final borders. I was happy to find the cherub fabric which worked well, and now consists of just one 2.5" or so  by WOF strip. It feels good to use these right up!

Once I quilt it you will see it again. So what did I do to get the extra 32" for Dayna? I simply made four garland blocks instead of two, being sure to orient them so they arc in the opposite direction to the ones that flow out from the centre stars. Easy, and it didn't take much more fabric at all, maybe another 1/3 yard of background. The rosebud blocks can be made from scraps.

Remember it is on sale for only CA$6 all weekend!

**An error in the magazine version that I've let them know of:

Step 1 under Preparation and Cutting says

"trim the remainder into three 7 1/2" strips (discard extra 1") and subcut..."

Should say 

"trim strip back to 7 1/2" wide and subcut..."

It's very odd because the correct wording was in my copy to proofread for the magazine, and it got reworded (incorrectly) for the published copy.🥴When you're making it, the error is obvious as you only have an 8 1/2" strip to work with!

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