'PATTERN OF THE MONTH' 2021
Longterm followers of 'MWQ' will know that I produced a physical calendar for 2016, 2017 and 2018. This was great fun, and all the people who had a copy became 'Calendar Girls' for that year, enjoying various special promos and the odd treat here and there. The patterns from those years are available and will be added on here to make their purchase easier, in time (just email me if you would like details in the meantime).
It was, however, a HUGE amount of work for me and coupled with a few supply and postal issues, I decided that I wouldn't do a 2019 calendar.
I didn't want to lose 'the Girls' and so I came up with this idea. Every month I produce a 'Pattern of the Month' (PoM) which is a surprise. 'Calendar Girls' choose to subscribe to the programme for the annual fee of $48 - that's only $4 a pattern! For normal. non-'Girls', customers patterns can be downloaded singly and are priced at my usual $6.99 for a stand-alone pattern.
The 'Calendar Girls' Pattern of the month is now a firm fixure in the MWQ offering.
If anybody would like to join the 'Calendar Girls' for 2021, please do get in touch (we even have a Calendar GUY) - it's great fun and you will be in good company!
It was, however, a HUGE amount of work for me and coupled with a few supply and postal issues, I decided that I wouldn't do a 2019 calendar.
I didn't want to lose 'the Girls' and so I came up with this idea. Every month I produce a 'Pattern of the Month' (PoM) which is a surprise. 'Calendar Girls' choose to subscribe to the programme for the annual fee of $48 - that's only $4 a pattern! For normal. non-'Girls', customers patterns can be downloaded singly and are priced at my usual $6.99 for a stand-alone pattern.
The 'Calendar Girls' Pattern of the month is now a firm fixure in the MWQ offering.
If anybody would like to join the 'Calendar Girls' for 2021, please do get in touch (we even have a Calendar GUY) - it's great fun and you will be in good company!
January - Cider and Gingerbread
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I got the idea when a long term customer mentioned the hot spiced apple cider which she was enjoying at this time of year, and strangely this notion combined with my fascination in the highly decorated gingerbread biscuits which you often see around. I haven't got the patience to even think about making these, but I tried to capture something of them with this design!
Size: 80" square approx |
February - Love Spoon
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The design is inspired by the Welsh tradition of men making carved wooden ‘love spoons’ for their sweethearts. Some were very intricate, and antique examples are now worth a lot of money. With Valentine’s Day being in February, I thought a nod to this alternative craft would be a nice – and timely - idea. I also used a very 'Welsh' pallette!
Size: 99" square approx |
March - Snowdrop Bank
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I so love snowdrops and the first sight of them peeping out of the ground after the dullness of winter is a real red letter day for me, every year. I am hoping to plant lots of the bulbs in my new house and make my own bank of snowdrops to cheer me annually, but in the meantime here is the quilt inspired by them. I have used a very 'clean' pallette, which again I think is a great contrast to winter's much duller tones.
Size: 62" x 74" approx |
April - Shower Blooms
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The design is inspired by April being traditionally the month which can’t make its mind up, and where the showers are equal in number to the flowers which are growing bravely through them all. It’s a time of year I love because of all the colour after the greyness of winter so I thought this would be my tribute to those happy little watery blooms which give us all so much joy.
There may also be some butterflies in the mix! Size: 72" x 84" approx |