New quilt designs are coming out weekly at Prairie Cottage Corner

Here is a "Straw Bonnet Sue Pattern" for a single bed quilt....

And a "Southern Sue Pattern" with her lovely parasol....

And a little wall hanging pattern we call "Avian Jardin" (with block detail below).....

Please visit us and see for yourself!

Happy Stitiching!

The Last Rose of Summer Wall Hanging Pattern
 

You can see this pattern at Prairie Cottage Corner. Here's Sue and her kitty picking the last roses of the season in a darling wall hanging made from rose fabric panels. This is a fast and easy applique project.

Have a look at our latest new offerings: "Strawbonnet Sue" and "Southern Sue". These two quilt patterns are just what you have been seeking for the young lady on your Christmas list. It's not too late to start and finish such a quilt! Or make it up into a kit and give it to your Secret Santa Sister in your local quilt guild.

Any rose fabric will do for the panels.

Happy Stitching!

Flower Basket Sue Quilt Pattern

New Flower Basket Sue Quilt Pattern

" Flowerbasket Sue" is a quilt pattern for a 59" x 73" quilt designed with an applique block of a teen age Sunbonnet Sue holding a basket of flowers and a traditional Flower Basket Block, on point. Above is the pattern layout; below is a photo of the actual quilt.


This is a fun quilt to make. The triangles are a little more complicated and might be a challenge for the beginning quilter, but make a nice statement in the composition of the quilt. Learning to place triangles in a quilt is an important step in quilting. The instructions are written to help quilters successfully cut, handle and stitch them. Below are a few pictures of blocks from the quilt.

Visit Prairie Cottage Corner to purchase this pattern now.  Thank you, Prairie Stitcher

The Hearth is the Heart of Home

The Hearth is the Heart of the Home - A Redwork and Log Cabin block quilt for Valentine's Day. The Redword blocks are sewn on a white on white background with a rose pink print heart overlay. The embroidery is worked both on the white background and between the white and the rose pink. These pictures reflect the story of Sue and her Golden Anniversary Valentine's Day, which you can read in the blog a few days ago. The Redwork blocks include: Sue's Chilly Walk, Girl with Tea & Kittens, James & Sue Courting, The Kiss, Mother & Child

Valentine, Girl with Cookie & Kitten, Sue by the Hearth, and

Twilight Sweethearts. Girl with Tea & Kittens is shown above. This is an easy quilt to construct and a good project for beginners who like embroidery work. The quilt is sized for a twin bed. Watch for the pattern to go on sale at Prairie Cottage Corner soon. Happy Stitching.

Welcome "Sue For All Seasons"

The drawings for "A Sue for all Seasons" were done several years ago. Since then, I've offered them as a BLOCK OF THE MONTH from time to time.

Now, for the first time, they are offered in a small medallion quilt format just 46" x 46". The center block in the pattern is a simple nine-patch. The center block is actually a great place to hang a calendar, if the quilt is to be used as a wall-hanging.

You can purchase the pattern for $12 on my site at http://www.prairiecottagecorner.com or http://www.prairiecottagecorner.com/html Just follow the links to the Catalog.

My Sue-sister quilters all around the country who share quilts and projects are so creative. They are experts at finding ways to place Sue in the most interesting quilt designs and layouts. I hope any who have already made this little quilt or who will, in future, buy the pattern, will write to me and show me how you used "Sue for all Seasons". I'll post your pictures here, gladly. The same goes for any of my other quilt and craft patterns.

Beginners should try this quilt. The applique technique using double sided fusible webbing and a hand buttonhole stitch almost guarantees success. Some of the elements of the applique seem tiny in the picture and they are small, when you consider cutting and fusing and stitching them. However, for years, I have used embroidery to fashion the smallest elements of my Sue blocks. The pattern gives instructions for all the basic embroidery stitches you will need. Places where embroidery is useful include hatbands, flowers, shoes, the pets, and any other small details that need emphasis. Prairie Stitcher