While I feel this creates a more accurate quilt block, it does waste a bit of fabric. The Hugs or Kisses pattern uses the flip-and sew technique on the block corners. Hopefully, some young girl will enjoy this cheery pink and white quilt! Three new quilt-as-you-go patternsĪfter writing the Hugs or Kisses pattern, I tested it using a pile of pink fabrics I selected from the Washington State Quilters Spokane Charity Central stash. I’m pretty happy with the way they turned out. I also designed a logo to give my patterns a brand and a cohesive look. I used Microsoft Publisher to write the instructions and lay out the final products. I used a combination of Electric Quilt 8,, Serif DrawPlus, and Inkscape to create the diagrams.

It took so much longer than I thought it would. Sewing the two halves of the quilt togetherįor the second sample quilt, I used sea-glass colored batiks and the “X” layout.

For the first sample quilt, I used the last of my Sashiko prints and the “O” layout. I designed a new quilt-as-you-go pattern called Hugs or Kisses. I had to create multiple class samples and write patterns.

2019 started off busy as I got ready for a trip to California to teach at a quilt guild and a couple quilt shops.

How to use inkscape to design quilts