Briar Rose Quilt Pattern
Designing quilts for publication is a funny thing. Magazines work so far ahead that sometimes, if you’re not the one making the quilt, you forget all about a design until it appears on the printed page. And even then you might not recognize it as your own. That’s what happened with Briar Rose in the Jan/Feb issue of Quiltmaker.
I first imagined this design in monochrome, i.e. just one color. I thought it would be great in reds and pinks, and I named it Strawberry Sundae.
The editors at Quiltmaker imagined it differently, which is always fun and interesting. They added in aqua and I really like this version, too. The floral border print adds a lot of interest. They called it Briar Rose.
Just for kicks, I created a few other color ways using EQ7 quilt design software from Electric Quilt Company. If you’re interested in quilt design, this is a tool you can’t live without.
I thought it might be cool in patriotic fabrics. I kind of like the red, white and blue. I might name it Patriot.
I’m always on the lookout for new Christmas quilts, so I added in some green to see what would happen. I have a trunk show of holiday quilts called Jingle Bells, and it’s getting good reviews! (See more of those quilts.) I’d call this one December Daze.
I always think of blue and white quilts at this time of year, so I plugged in those colors, too. I might like this rendition best of all! A good name for it would be Delft.
I enjoy designing quilts of all types, but this isn’t my favorite kind of quilt to make. I was happy to let someone on Quiltmaker’s home sewing team do it. I prefer to make scrappy quilts where every block is a new adventure! You can always see what I’m working on by checking out my Instagram feed where I go by @stashbanditquilting. I hope to see you there!
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Tags: original quilt designs, Quiltmaker, trunk shows
Kaye Mattson
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The red, white and blue version is my favorite. I enjoyed seeing your scrap quilt program last week-so much inspiration!
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Diane Harris
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Thank you, my friend!
Donna Floyd
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I am making this quilt in blues from my stash, and found that there are 2 cutting errors in the published instructions in Quiltmaker Jan/Feb ’18. The fist inso biggie, where it says to make 4 strips 3.5 x 40″ for bands, the number needed is 8.
The second mistake unfortunately wastes fabric! 192 squares (B) 1.5 x 1.5 is incorrect when I went to put the first square together I found it should read
192 rectangles (B) 1.5 x 5.75. Hope this helps someone else before cutting. Beautiful pattern, and I look forward to my finished quilt!
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Susan
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Well, I wish I would have noticed this sooner as well! I’m starting to put mine together and realized there is no need for 192 1 1/2” squares. Ugh! So maddening! And now I need to go back to the cutting stage again. Luckily I have enough fabric left (I think!). Another mistake is when cutting the dark pink tone on tone 1 1/2” x 40”, you need 20 strips, not 18.
Hope this gets corrected before it gets printed again somewhere!
Donna Floyd
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I am making this quilt in blues from my stash, and found that there are 2 cutting errors in the published instructions in Quiltmaker Jan/Feb ’18. The fist is no biggie, where it says to make 4 strips 3.5 x 40″ for bands, the number needed is 8.
The second mistake unfortunately wastes fabric! 192 squares (B) 1.5 x 1.5 is incorrect when I went to put the first square together I found it should read
192 rectangles (B) 1.5 x 5.75. Hope this helps someone else before cutting. Beautiful pattern, and I look forward to my finished quilt!
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