As you know, I am not a big fan of patterns. Patterns weren’t available in large numbers, if at all, when I learned to make quilts and I never really learned to use them. Yes, of course, there were quilt patterns in magazines, but the packaged stand-alone quilt patterns were not available back in the dark ages.
I do admire the possibility of small business owners creating patterns and making them available. That there are so many indie / women-owned businesses is one of the great things about the quilt industry.
The StitchTV company, Ed & Eddie LLC, is one of those small businesses. One of the things I noticed about the Stitch TV pattern samples were the different fabrics used. In the photo above, you can see at least 4 different fabric groups. While this grouping does not comprise all the possible fabric combinations, it does give the shopper a good idea of how the design will look in different fabrics.
There are so many patterns now. All of us have a quilt ‘to do’ list that extends beyond our lifetime, so we have to be more choosy about adding new things to the list. Marketing patterns with a variety of samples is imperative now.
Great job, Pam and Lynn!
Thanks! We keep coming up with new ideas for the tablerunner, too, for various holidays and events. Fun fact: we didn’t even use the design that started the original tablerunner pattern, but it’s waiting in the wings for its debut!
A pleasure! I love blocks because you can do so many different things with them. Good job!
There’s that turquoise, orange and brown combo again. Yummy.
I did a quilt that was mostly turquoise, but had some beige in it that I thought was successful. Even though beige is in the brown family, I can see where it can be useful sometimes.