Welcome to Mountaintop Quilting Studio

This is where you find me exploring a variety of creative adventures mostly about but not limited to quilting. I'm a firm believer that one increases their creativity by being open to and playing with a variety of cretative endeavors ... at least that my excuse for today. Enjoy your sourjourn through my studio playroom. May you find encouragement and inspiration, and on occassion, a little pin-prick that may be thought-provoking or spark your imagination. Thank you for stopping by.

How many of you have fat packs of these fabrics languishing away in the back of a drawer somewhere? I know I sure do. It is such cute fabric but I could never think of a great pattern to show it to it full potential.

Let's give a big "Hooray! and "Well Done!" shout out to Cheryl. This pattern is perfect for these fabrics. Cheryl chose an all-over leafy vine  pattern for me to quilt on her quilt which was a good choice. With a top this busy the quilting will only show up as textural relief. The other thing to consider when choosing a pattern for this quilt ... the fabric is the "star" and the quilting should simply play a supporting role.

I used the King Tut bright varigated Joseph's Coat for the thread on the top and a Sigunature mossy green in the bobbin.

Cheryl will be using this quilt as a summer throw, so we chose a light weight batting ... Warm Bond from The Warm Company. Warm Bond is an 80/20 blend that has a super hand and yet washes up beautifully with just the right amount of shrinkage to give any quilt an aged vintage look.

And now ... for the freebie. This is a special request pattern from Page Johnson who just finished some great classes with many of you at MQX. If you've had her grid-play or borders class you'll know how she talks about using my pattern 1077 Touching Beads in some new and very innovative ways.

But sometimes Page needed a single bead. Now how simple is that? So we now have a single bead to go with the double touching beads. This bead is designed to be used with 1077 Touching Beads so you'll find compatible start/stop points and pattern height/width numbers. Don't you love it when such a simple addition to your pattern library pulls everything all together making the design process so much easier! And be sure to watch for Page in the class listings at the upcoming shows this spring and get your name on the class roster so you can learn all about all the creative ways she uses 1077 Touching Beads and 1374 Touching Bead Single.

Click on the image to download the qli file for Statler or iqp file for Intelliquilter.

1374 Single Touching Bead

LO Credits: Scrap Girls: ABL Farmers Bounty

Comments

• Just tested the download for this freebie ... all you have to do is left click and choose save as to get the pattern. Be sure you remember where you put it on your computer/EHD and check to make sure everything is okay by trying to open it with PS on your desktop.
  by Kay on 08 May 2009 at 9:53 a.m.
• Thank you for sharing. I look forward to using it!
  by Ruth McCormick on 05 May 2009 at 9:57 a.m.
• Thanks
  by Sr Barb Quincey on 05 May 2009 at 9:15 a.m.
• Thanks for the pattern. Can't wait to use it.
  by Susan Clark on 05 May 2009 at 7:22 a.m.
• Very nice Sis, Can't wait for the Christmas gifts. Would have like to seen Jackson in there somewhere. Luv Ya
  by Elyse Beltz on 24 April 2009 at 10:40 a.m.
• Cheryl's quilt is indescribably beautiful. I find the color/pattern selection to be exquisite!
  by Bernard Lipshitz on 21 April 2009 at 8:42 p.m.