Hello Friends, I am happy to share with you my Row of Roses quilt today. Row of Roses is a lap quilt that is featured in the latest issue of McCall’s Quick Quilts! Click here to purchase the exclusive quilt kit.
I love reds, but it seems like it is not often I get to work with a predominantly pink/red quilt. So it was quite a treat for me making Rows of Roses because I got to play with the red Indigo Rose fabrics by Verna Mosquera for Free Spirit Fabrics. You have to check out these vintage, luscious floral fabrics if you are a floral person… the fabrics will work equally well for home decor purposes as well.
I quilted free-handed swirly plumes on the quilt, using Aurifil Mako 50 cotton thread over Hobbs Tuscany silk batting. On a quilt with such pretty prints, I generally quilt for texture so that the texture highlights the prints, instead of having the quilting take the show. Merely my personal preference. :)
Incidentally, I also designed a bed sized quilt with the same fabrics – you may purchase the kit here, and download the pattern instructions here.
I hope you have enjoy my floral offerings today! The profusion of flowers is the reason I like spring, and seeing this quilt again makes me rather impatient for spring to come. But there is a season for everything… for now, I shall accept the wet, the rain, and the cold, because I get to snuggle with Miss Baby under our quilts! Thank you for stopping by. I hope you have a lovely rest of your week, while I get caught up with from traveling over Thanksgiving.
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My 2015 Line-up
Note: You may click here for the exhaustive list of my published work.
Editorial Features:
American Patchwork & Quilting 2015 Calendar: Get Happy
American Patchwork & Quilting 2015 Calendar: Migration
Australian Quilters Companion (Issue 73): Over The Fence
Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting (January/February 2015): Sunny Delight
Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting (January/February 2015): Family Dinner
Fons & Porter’s Scrap Quilts (Spring 2015): Stars are Brightly Shining
Fons & Porter’s Easy Quilts (Summer 2015): All In Knots (Cover Quilt)
Fons & Porter’s Quilting Quickly (December 2015): Snowbirds
Fons & Porter’s Quilting Quickly (December 2015): Painted Snowball
McCall’s Quilting (March/April 2015): Making Valentines
McCall’s Quilting (July/August 2015): Cozy Town
McCall’s Quilting (September/October 2015): Twilight Trellis
McCall’s Quick Quilts (December 2015/January 2016): Rows of Roses
Quilters Newsletter (October/November 2015): Sherry’s Stars
Quilter’s World (Spring 2015): Zigs and Zags
Quilter’s World (Winter 2015): Square Dance
Quilts and More (Spring 2015): Exclamation Point
Free-to-use Designs:
January: A Red Letter Day using Seeing Red (Benartex)
January: Star Struck using Caryl’s Feathers (Benartex)
February: Happy Home House Quilt (Quilting Treasures)
February: Happy Home Runner (Quilting Treasures)
February: Happy Home Throw Quilt (Quilting Treasures)
February: Farmville using Green Farms (Benartex)
February: Zoey’s Flowerbed using Zoey (Benartex)
March: Camp Cozy Quilt (Quilting Treasures)
March: Pretty Little Houses using Tango (Benartex)
March: Ariel (Quilting Treasures)
March: Flutter B’s using Butterfly Effect (Benartex)
April: Baby Bunny using Bunny Hop (Benartex)
April: Yuki (Hoffman Fabrics)
April: Shimmering Constellations using Gold Standard (Benartex)
April: Bonjour (Quilting Treasures)
April: Baby Boutique (Quilting Treasures)
May: High Speed Racer using Vroom (Benartex)
May: Flower-Scapes using Blue Paradise / Sundrenched (Benartex)
May: Rusty’s Sleeping Hollow using Rusty & Friends (Benartex)
May: Christine’s Rose Garden using Christine (Benartex)
June: Treeline Drive (Hoffman Fabrics)
June: Frosty the Snowman (Quilting Treasures)
June: Jolly Old St. Nick (Quilting Treasures)
July: Memento (Hoffman Fabrics)
July: Monkey Business (Quilting Treausres)
July: Dream Blossom (Hoffman Fabrics)
August: Birdhouse Neighborhood using Tweet As Can Be (Benartex)
August: For the Birds using Tweet As Can Be (Benartex)
August: Christmas Morning using Santa’s Here (Benartex)
August: Chelsea (Quilting Treasures)
September: Charlotte (Quilting Treasures)
September: Sassy (Quilting Treasures)
October: Devon (Quilting Treasures)
October: Ballet School using Tiny Dancers (Benartex)
November: Jenny Jane (Hoffman Fabrics)
November: Our Father (Quilting Treasures)
Ivory Spring 
Wendy-lovely quilt pattern with some beautiful fabrics! Congratulations on yet another magazine appearance.
Very, very nice! Gorgeous fabrics, indeed!
Love the fabs and pattern of the row of roses. I subscribed to that magazine and hope I get that one soon. Your work is so gorgeous!
Oooh! a yummy collection of fabrics…… all my favorites, pinks, reds, and florals. I especially like the bed-sized quilt. It might have to be added to my “must do” list. Definitely a dreary time of year, but we do have sunshine in middle TN. Think that I will be in my sewing room today working on “much-need-to-finish” Christmas gifts. Thanks for your continued inspiration, Wendy. Always a bright spot in my day!!!
Do I spy some leafy feathers on that white border????? So pretty and love the vine-swirls! Perfect for the rose-y theme!!!!!
The colors and patterns in this quilt are so nice to look at!
Oh Wendy, I love these quilts. You are so inspiring.
Thank you for the pattern, I will print it out
Happy madness month.