Today, I’m pleased to announce the release of my third quilting pattern, Punctual.
As you may have guessed from my last Moda Bake Shop tutorial, I am fascinated by type design. Punctual features a quilt with a giant patchwork ampersand–one of the typographical characters with the most, well, character. The patchwork is charm-friendly and a great way to showcase the prints of a single fabric collection. I particularly love how the squared edges and straight lines of the patchwork contrast with the curvilinear outlines of the ampersand.
The pattern also includes directions and full-size templates for four throw pillows sporting other interesting punctuation marks: the asterisk, question mark, exclamation mark, and–another personal favorite of mine–semi-colon. Directions are given for creating pillows with solid or patchwork backgrounds.
Punctual is currently available in PDF format at my Storenvy and Etsy shops, as well as at Craftsy and PatternSpot.com. I will be offering a printed version later this month.
To celebrate, how about another giveaway? Three PDF copies of Punctual are up for grabs. To enter, just leave a comment on this post. If you’d like a bonus entry, follow me either on Craftsy or Twitter and let me know in your comment. Good luck, and thanks for stopping by!
Edited to add: The Sew, Mama, Sew! Giveaway Day excitement is winding down (culminating?) this evening at 5 PM PST. However, my family is going on vacation for a week starting tomorrow, so I’m going to leave this giveaway open until we return on next Sunday. Entries will close at midnight and I’ll draw the winners on Monday, May 20, so there’s still plenty of time to enter!
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great designs!
Thanks, Amy!
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Wow – these are awesome! I love fonts and typesetting. These would be fun.
Thank you! I’m glad someone shares my font love!
And I just followed you on twitter: auntiesash
Cool pattern!
Thank you!
I think these would make adorable hanging mini quilts for a teacher!
Oh, I hadn’t even thought of that–great idea!
Very cool pattern! I would love to win it!
Thank you, Debbie!
I’m a new follower on Twitter. My ID is DebbieGussek. Thanks
Such cute patterns. Thanks for the contest!
Thank you, Ellen!
I love these; and a new follower on twitter!
Thanks, Kim!!
Love it, Casey!
Thanks so much, Debbie! I hope your own projects are going well!
How cute are those quilts. I think they would be a perfect statement quilt.
Thank you, Kathy!
I am now following you on craftsy.
As you suggested on you Giveaway Day post, I’m taking this one more chance to win one of your designs, as I find your quilts really nice. I like that you include cushions covers too. As I haven’t tried quilting yet it seems less scary to start with those. Thank you for the giveaways!
Thank you! I do hope you try quilting–it’s rather addictive! Pillows are a great place to start ;)
Brilliant! There’s something about punctuation that I really enjoy. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks, Erin! Yes, punctuation holds a lot of appeal for me, too–so much opportunity for creative flourishes in these seemingly-mundane symbols.
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This is so creative and elegant! My readers at FaveQuilts would love to see it.
Kathryn
I love the contemporary look of this quilt, perfect for the modern young couple
Do you recommend using bleached white muslin for this quilt?
Cathy, thanks for your question. My favorite fabric to use as a background is Robert Kauffman’s Premium Muslin in bleached white. It has a higher thread count and finer hand than many other muslins, and it comes 118″ wide, so I don’t have to piece the background. Of course, you could use any color you wish!