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Inspiration: Little Playmates Quilt

Playmates quilt pink blockFor years, I’ve been buying and collecting novelty prints of little kids and toys, with the intention of making two matching quilts for the grandkids’ bunk room.  The inspiration for this pattern comes from Lynn Dash’s Playmates Quilt in the May 2001 issue of McCall’s Quilting Quick Quilts.  We haven’t been able to find it anywhere else.  I did simplify the corner blocks from a regular nine patch by combining the two solid squares. Playmates quilt block The big blocks are basically five solid squares and the nine patches in the corners, with the background (or polka dots) pointing toward the center. Playmates quilt blue block There are twelve big blocks in each quilt, and I’m using twelve different prints since I’ve been able to collect that many.  You could easily do each block with a fat quarter, but since I’m doing two quilts I’ve had to piece a little bit extra here and there.Playmates quilt red blockThe polka dot is really the background fabric, because it will be used for sashing as well.  The sashing is really cool and inventive, because it will make a star in the corner of each intersection.  We’ll show you when and how it’s done!Playmates quilt yellow blockThis is a project that I’ve been planning for a long time, and it’s fun to see it finally come together.  We are also working on a lot of things (new patterns!) behind the scenes for the upcoming Salt Lake City Spring Quilt Market, here in our backyard.  Most of these things we won’t be able to show you for a couple of months, but we do have some other fun things coming to the blog soon.  Wishing you a warm spring!signature

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  1. I would like to teach your valentine table topper at our upcoming retreat in Jan.2017. I would like to get your permission. I would also like to know where I can purchase the pattern. It is so cute and I feel it would make a great project for a retreat class.

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