Crazy Eights Table Runner Pattern available through Connecting Threads

My Crazy Eights table runner pattern is available as both a kit and a pattern through Connecting Threads.  It was featured in the October 2022 catalog.  If you missed it, you can still order both the kit and the pattern on the Connecting Threads website.  Order the Crazy Eights table runner kit here.

Order the Crazy Eights table runner pattern download here.

To see all the Curlicue Creations patterns and kits currently available through Connecting Threads, click here.

If you sew a Crazy Eights table runner, or any of my other patterns, please share a pic with me on Instagram @curlicuecreations.  I would love to see it!

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Jennifer Thomas

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I Made a New Window Quilt!

If you didn't know, I live in an old, old, farmhouse.  It's drafty in the winter.  The wind blows straight at the front of the house and sometimes it feels like it's coming right on through.  Sometime in the last year the bedroom curtain that was on this window went kaput!  Since then it has been covered with this makeshift and super ugly green sheet.  Not very attractive, it fell down regularly, and it was certainly not going to help at all with the cold weather on the way.  

Did you see the beautiful Christmas stocking I made for my November Island Batik Ambassador project?  I used fabric from this Emperor's Treasures strip pack.  I still had a lot of fabric left, and just look at these gorgeous colors!  I decided to use it up to make a quilted curtain.

I began by cutting the light purple coordinating fabric into 2-1/2" strips and sewed it together with the Emperor's Treasures strips.

I then sub cut into 2-1/2" strip sets.

After sewing the strip sets together, I added a couple of coordinating light purple strips of Island Batik fabric from my stash to each side of the checkerboard panel to make it the right size to cover my window.

I loaded it onto my quilting frame, using Hobbs Thermore batting.  This is a thin, lightweight batting, perfect for this project.

I quilted in a swirly pattern.  I love quilting swirls, and I'm so glad I did.  It looks really pretty on the finished project.

Here is my finished quilted curtain panel. It looks so pretty with the light shining through. I bought a new curtain rod and installed it myself.  I made ties with some of the 2-1/2" fabric strips, so I can roll it up and let the sun shine in on pleasant days.  And on chilly days, like today I will have a better barrier to the cold, and a pretty room decoration.  These window quilts are really easy to make, and help insulate a drafty window.  I simply sewed a sleeve across the back for hanging.

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Jennifer Thomas

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Coastal Stars Quilt, Pattern, and Kit in the Connecting Threads Catalog

Photo of Coastal Stars quilt by Connecting Threads

This is the Coastal Stars quilt.  I went a little outside of my usual color styling and tried a new combination with this pattern.  The terra cotta, green, purple, and gray together give this quilt a bold, yet restful look.  Finishing at 46" x 58", this quilt is the perfect size for a cuddly couch throw.  

Photo of Coastal Stars quilt by Connecting Threads

The Coastal Stars quilt is available as a kit through the Connecting Threads website.  Click here to learn more and order the Coastal Stars Quilt Kit.

If you would rather choose your own fabrics, a PDF Download pattern of the Coastal Stars quilt is also available through Connecting Threads.  Click here to learn more and order the Coastal Stars Pattern Download

If you sew a Coastal Stars quilt, please share a pic with me on Instagram @curlicuecreations.  I would love to see it!

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Jennifer Thomas

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Daisy Pond Quilt and Pattern in Love of Quilting July/August 2022

My Daisy Pond quilt and pattern is featured in the new Love of Quilting July/August 2022....sort of.  

See the "Plus Free Bonus Digital Pattern" on the cover?  That's Daisy Pond.  You can get it when you purchase the issue.  Here's a link to get your copy:  Love of Quilting July/August 2022, or look for it in local quilt shops now.  *Bonus:  My fellow Island Batik Ambassador Quilting Gail has a quilt in this issue, too!

Daisy Pond was a really fun medallion style quilt with this quick and easy to sew fusible applique ring of daisies floating on a pond for the center block.  The green border around the daisies represents the marshy green edge of the pond.

The checkerboard border and the triangle border represent rocks around the pond.

I used Island Batik's new Jewel Carvings fabric collection for this quilt.

Pretty folds!

I swirl quilted in a blue thread to simulate movement in the water.

Daisy Pond is backed in another lovely blue Island Batik fabric and bound with a dotty blue.

More pretty folds.  These colors make me feel happy and calm.

Daisy Pond

Quilt Stats:

Finished Quilt Size:  42" x 51"

Center Block Size:  16" x 16"

Fabric:  Jewel Carvings

Batting:  Hobbs 80/20

Thread:  Aurifil

Needles:  Schmetz

Designed in EQ8

If you sew a Daisy Pond quilt, please tag me on Instagram @curlicuecreations.  I would love to see it!

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Jennifer Thomas

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Wild Geese Table Runner Kit and Pattern in the May Connecting Threads Catalog

I have a new pattern in the May Connecting Threads catalog, the Wild Geese Table Runner.

It's a rainbow of geese in an easy pattern that can been sewn in one afternoon.  The finished size of this runner is 50" x 14".  Order your kit here:  Wild Geese Kit  or if you just want the pattern download, order a copy here:  Wild Geese pattern

There are so many gorgeous patterns to make in the newest Connecting Threads catalog!  I wish I had time to sew them all.  To see all of my patterns currently available through Connecting Threads, click here: Curlicue Creations patterns and kits

As always, if you sew one of my patterns, I would love to see it.  Tag me on Instagram @curlicuecreations.

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Jennifer Thomas

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Spring Market Quilt and Pattern ~ New!

This is the Spring Market quilt.  It's one of my new patterns this year.  This quilt is featured in the Island Batik catalog.  The pattern is available in my Etsy shop and select quilt shops across the USA.

Disclaimer:  The fabrics used to make this quilt were generously given to me by Island Batik.

I used the Mountain Gems fabric collection by Kathy Engle for Island Batik.  I just love the gorgeous blues and greens in this collection.  The designs on the fabrics are equally awesome.  Do you see the curly vines?  That one is my favorite.  This fabric is available in quilt shops now.

The main block for this quilt is a star with an on-point nine patch in the center.  These are really fun to sew.

Trail Mix did a little photobomb while I was taking pictures.  I'm sure she is wondering what this quilt is doing hanging on the outside of the house.  That's not where they belong.  How can she cuddle it like this?

The star blocks are set in blue sashing with checkerboard cornerstones.  A classic look.  The checkerboard is also featured in one of the quilt borders.

I quilted Spring Market in an all-over loopy meander.

Spring Market

Quilt Stats:

Finished Quilt Size:  80-1/2" x 96-1/2"

Block Size:  12" x 12"

Fabric:  Mountain Gems by Island Batik

Batting:  Hobbs

Designed in EQ8

Order your Spring Market pattern today.  Click here to order a PDF download pattern.  Click here to order a paper copy.

If you sew a Spring Market quilt, please share a pic with me on Instagram @curlicuecreations.  I would love to see it!

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Jennifer Thomas

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