Love with a Twist Twin Quilt Assembly Instructions

Love with a Twist free Sew along at Clever Chameleon 2019

I know I said the Balloon Dog appliqué was going to be the next step in this sew along….

But if you’ve been quilting for any length of time, you’ll know that sometimes projects have their own agendas. And, so it is for this one. The floppy-eared dog appliqué pattern is actually very nearly finished (yay!). But it has been pipped at the post by finished instructions for the twin sized Love with a Twist quilt construction. So let’s roll with it – let’s get the last of the technical details for this sew along out of the way and clear the deck for a pretty continuous party of appliqué from here on.

An appliqué festival it truly is going to be around here for the next month or so! I have the balloon dog block coming out asap (psst, there is a sneak peek at the end of this post). Also an appliqué mini quilt to start off the 2019 Island Batik Ambassador year, and an appliqué mini quilt for the “Show Us Your Wings” Blog Hop with Just Let Me Quilt (which also doubles as a bonus block for the Love with a Twist series). Plus two more core blocks for the Love with a Twist series! Busy appliqué fun!

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Triangle Friends: Something to Squawk About!

Triangle Friends bird appliqué by Dione Gardner-Stephen of Clever Chameleon

Today marks a Huge milestone for me

I am very excited to announce my very first quilt published in an independent magazine! It is called Triangle Friends and is now available in Issue 26 of Make Modern. I’ve been sitting on this news for simply aaaaaaages, and it’s such a great feeling to finally be able to tell you all about it. 🙂

Triangle Friends is a fun little quilt. Very quick and easy to make, with very little piecing and only straight edged appliqué. The latter means you can prepare most of the appliqué pieces by rotary cutter. And with the exception of slowing down for the corners, you can also stitch them down at a good speed!

If you’ll humour me, I’ll tell you all about it. And then, to celebrate my first publication, I thought I should do a little giveaway contest…. for a postcard sized mini quilt and copy of the magazine issue with my pattern in.

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