Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Charm Dash Pattern Release!

I am just a little bit excited, mixed with a little bit nervous about finally sharing my first ever quilt pattern with you all!  The Charm Dash quilt pattern came about after a night of no sleep, wondering what to do with my Kate Spain charms!  I ended up getting out of bed and started scribbling on a piece of paper, in order to not forget what I had thought of.  Later that day, I played with my fabric and came up with a block design - the Charm Dash.

Charm Dash Pattern by Ms Midge 

The block itself reminds me of a mutant churn dash!  And when all of the blocks are pieced together, it gives a fantastic octagonal secondary pattern, which provides plenty of negative space for quilting!

Charm Dash Quilt Pattern by Ms Midge 

One of the best parts about this pattern is the fact that it uses 5" charm squares and there is absolutely NO wastage!  Which was perfect when utilising my beloved Kate Spain charm squares from the Aussie charm swap.  It is also a great way of showcasing fussy cut fabrics - with the centre square made for highlighting brilliant prints!

Charm Dash Pattern by Ms Midge 

All of that negative space was fun to fill.....

Charm Dash Pattern by Ms Midge 

I free motion quilted what I will call "vine tendrils" over the entire quilt top.  It has added a beautiful texture to the finished look.  

Charm Dash Pattern by Ms Midge 

I kept the backing simple.  But in an explosive kind of way!  I ADORE this blue print from Sunnyside.  It didn't need to be anything else but itself..... 

Charm Dash Pattern by Ms Midge

I utilised it for the binding too.

Although the pattern is for a throw size quilt, I have included cutting directions and block placement for Cot, Single and Queen size quilts also.

So.  I've designed a quilt.  Written a pattern for it.  And launched it out in to the world!  Who knew?  I'd like to throw out a HUGE thank you to a whole bunch of gorgeous quilty friends of mine, who have been so incredibly encouraging and have held my hand and cheered me on through this process.  You know who you are!  And another big thank you to my fabulous pattern testers!  You will be able to see their wonderful works of art very soon, when I devote a whole blog post to them!

For now - if you'd like to purchase a copy of the Charm Dash pattern, you can pop over to my Craftsy store HERE.  It's an instant download PDF, and the joy of having a Craftsy account means it's forever stored in your own little pattern library - never to be lost on your computer.

Phew.

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30 comments:

  1. Congratulations on your first pattern release, Im sure there will be many more :)

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  2. I have so many charms that need to be used. This is fabulous! Thanks.

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  3. Congratulations - this is fabulous and will be the start of much bigger and awesomer things I'm sure. Congratulations!!! :)

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  4. Congrats! I saw it in instagram first and just had to find where I could pin it from! Well done!

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  5. Congratulations on the quilt design and pattern. I like how the block shows up on the straight on photo but the snow ball shows up on the angled shot. Cool! At least that is how my eye sees it!

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  6. Congrats on your pattern!! It's very pretty! Love the colors!

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  7. Congrats on great achievement! Interesting design.

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  8. Congratulations are in order. Such a beautiful quilt and I love the fact that you don't waste!

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  9. LOVE it so much!! Congrats to you!

    :) Kelly @ My Quilt Infatuation

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  10. What fun! It is beautiful. I love the scrappy feel of this pattern. Congrats to you.

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  11. Amazing! I love it! I'm getting so many ideas on how to use my Kate Spain charms, that I don't know which one to try first!
    Congrats! I've definitely put it on my Craftsy wish list!

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  12. Congratulations looks fabulous

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  13. Great job Midge!!! I am sure You will be launching many more fantastic patterns in the future!! No waste and a secondary pattern sound fabulous!!

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  14. Congratulations on your new pattern. The quilt is lovely. I really like the bold backing fabric!

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  15. Congratulations! It's a very cute quilt. Hope you sell lots of them and become really famous.....then I can say I knew you first!

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  16. Congrats, lovely quilt and always looking for precut patterns!

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  17. Hello Midge,

    Gorgeous quilt, and lovely quilting! Would you like to link up with Free Motion Mavericks on my blog? It would be great to see you there.

    Love from England, Muv

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  18. Yay on your pattern release! It looks greats. I love patterns that have minimal fabric waste. :)

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  19. It looks great! Congratulations!

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  20. Congratulations. Love it and your description - mutant churn dash.

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  21. Congratulations! It's so beautiful, and I love that back!

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  22. Love this quilt . . . and the no waste method too!! I just put your pattern on my Craftsy wish list, and I selected to follow you on Craftsy for, you know, when you start making more awesome patterns :)

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  23. Negative space scares me a bit, but your pattern is wonderful, well done!

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  24. Congratulations on your pattern release! I've just spent an extraordinary amount of time cutting my scraps into charm size pieces and was wondering what to do with them all. This is the PERFECT quilt for them. Thank you!! Again... congrats!

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  25. Oh wow! This is huge and many congratulations. I love it as you know I would! LOL I'm working towards publishing a few patterns myself, hopefully sooner rather than later. I'm sure this 1st one for you will be a huge hit.

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