"The Secret Garden" mini quilt!

When Tilda Australia asked me to be a part of the September Tilda Showcase and design a project using Tone Finnanger's new Cabbage Rose and Memory Lane 'Tilda' fabrics I excitedly answered (or did I shout?)  YES!

I've been buying sweet Tilda fabric since 2009 when no-one in my country stocked it. I bought from the UK and Europe, and also did a few fabric swaps with European bloggers, such was my delight in the pretty prints, and I now have a varied collection from back then till now.

You may recognise the centre of my Secret Garden mini-quilt as the Prim Spin Rabbit stitchery which was inside July's issue of The Stitchery Club. It was the perfect feature to celebrate the different Cabbage Rose and Memory Lane fabrics as combined with simple patchwork squares and paper pieced hexies the stitchery now had a 'frame'.

Visit the Tilda World blog (here) to download the project calendar and see what other Australian designers have been making with these fabric delights.

You can also follow @tilda_australia on Instagram to see each project on the day it's revealed through September!

( You can also follow me on Instagram if you're not there already - @jennyofelefantz )

Want to make my "Secret Garden" mini quilt?

It measures 12 1/2 inches square when finished and can be sewn using fat quarters.

 The full PDF pattern, which includes the rabbit stitchery and detailed quilt instructions can be purchased HERE as an instant download.

NOTE: My Stitchery Club members will receive the mini-quilt pattern in their September 17 issue.
Not a member yet? Join here. It's easy and fun!

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Block 9 Postcards from Heaven & bonus project!

It's my turn to share a postcard design this month and I chose Jeremiah 29:11 as my inspiration.

This is a very special verse for me, one that has carried me through the darkest of times and allowed me to trust in the Lord's ways above my own.

I love adding beads or buttons to my postcards and September's design is no different. Inside the basket of tulips and at the beginning and end of the wording you'll see tiny pearl beads.

Allie's version of this month's stitchery has the original KJV text (mine is written as a postcard/letter from our Father to His child) and is stitched beautifully as redwork. You can download Allie's alternate wording to trace here on her blog.
If her blog post isn't up yet, just check back in a few hours. 

The links to download all 9 of the free blocks shared so far can be found here on the BOM webpage.

BONUS PROJECT!

My first eight postcards were made using the same fabrics, but this time I've used different fabrics and thread to create my postcard.

You see I'll be posting the previous designs as real postcards, though they will be safely wrapped inside envelopes, but this month I decided to feature my design framed inside a mini quilt, one that will hang in my office.

As I was making it I thought perhaps you'd like to make one too?

You can use this pattern for any of the postcards Allie or I have shared this year!

DOWNLOAD

Both the postcard pattern and the bonus mini-quilt pattern are available as free downloads HERE 

in my shop from today.

May you be blessed as you stitch!

GENTLE DOMESTICITY BOM

Due to a clash of dates with something I'm involved with on the 5th, I'll be sharing Block 9 of my Gentle Domesticity BOM here on the blog tomorrow.

Want a peek?

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