Happy day!!! I have finished my first quilt pattern. Here is a copy just for you! The quilt is called ‘Open’ and is a modern take on a traditional Snowball 9-Patch. Instructions are included for a lap size quilt finishing at 63″ by 63″ and a baby size quilt finishing at 45″ by 45″ for those oh so modern babies out there.
The pattern has been proofed by another very generous quilter. She gave me lots of actionable feedback that was perfect and turned my pithy instructions into a pattern that quilters could make a quilt from. A million thanks to her!
Below are some glamor shots of this brand new quilt.
I used this quilt as an opportunity to throw in all of my current favorite fabrics. That Newsprint yardage by Zen Chic for Moda is my absolute fave in the background department. It may not have been low-volume enough for this project, but I didn’t care because I love it so much.
These happy little kitty faces pop up every so often on the binding. A fun little surprise for anyone cuddling this quilt on their lap.
I decided to spiral quilt this lovely; spiral quilting seems to be my go-to machine quilting technique. The texture that is created is so wonderful its hard to keep your hand off. I used my Spiral Quilting Template to get the spiral started; it makes a neat little start if i do say so myself.
One last shot just for fun and well hey, most of the time this is the way this quilt will look. All crumpled up and getting loved.
I hope you enjoy perusing my pattern and if you happen to make one I would love to see it. You can tag me on Instagram using @thismomquilts or tag your quilt using #openquilt.
Cheers,
Amanda
thismomquilts.wordpress.com 
I’m happy to have found your blog! I love this quilt and well done on your first pattern, I’m still struggling writing my own… Thanks for the tip for the spiraling quilting!
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Thank you for stopping by Daniela! I’m glad you found me and I’m glad I found you. I am going to hop over to your blog when I have a free minute. Cheers!
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I love, love, LOVE it!! Turquoise + orange is my favorite color combo right now. I grabbed the pattern and I think I may have an idea for fabrics already! Thanks! 🙂
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Wow Laurel! Thank you for your lovely comment!!! I am super keen to see what others come up with!
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Congratulations on your first pattern. It’s a stunner! Love the pop of orange–I love seeing color used with such great effect. spiral quilting was a great choice.
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Thank you Carole for the kind words!
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Wonderful news! Congrats on your first pattern.
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Thank you Ioleen!
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If you ever want to write a pattern for your Modern Rectangle quilt, I would love to help get it out in the world.
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Wow! So proud. I will surely try the pattern. Love, love, love your colors and quilting.
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Thank you grandma! It was a fun process to create a pattern and I think I will try it out again.
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Wow! Congrats on your first pattern release! I love everything about it…the design, the fabrics and the quilting! Way to go!
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Thank you Paige! I think I might just dive right into designing another pattern!!!
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Thanks a lot for sharing this pattern. It is so beautiful and the picture on the pattern PDF is total perfection. I like the idea of the accent color that gave the quilt just the right amount of pop. I am still a long way to designing a pattern because I don’t have the KNOW-HOW yet but your first one really does look professional like Pennylanequilts said. Congrats and thanks for including the link to the Spiral template. I already know I’ll make this quilt at some point…will certainly keep you posted!
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Thank you again for the comment Olusola! Reading these comments really make my day! I would certainly love to see what you make with the pattern! Your flair for color is spectacular!
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Thanks a lot 🙂
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Amanda, your pattern looks quite professional! I love that you included a coloring page, as well as alternate sizing. I made a snowball nine peach long ago. It was very traditional and used 30s repro fabrics. You really gave this pattern a modern facelift!
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Thank you Marla. I quickly learned how to use Adobe Illustrator from Daisy who blogs at Ants to Sugar on a periscope one day. I really enjoyed doing the illustrations, it’s like another creative outlet and hopefully my next pattern will come together quicker.
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What a beautiful quilt and congratulations on writing your first pattern! I hope you have a wonderful weekend and celebrate your release (I like to splurge and buy myself a frozen yogurt as a treat). 🙂
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Thank you Yvonne! I had hoped to release this pattern after the Pattern Writing Series you gals hosted wrapped up but it didn’t happen. I wanted to have a finished quilt to show on the pattern so it took a while to get there. I learned a lot and think I will just dive right into another pattern. I do have a question for you Yvonne. When did you start selling you patterns? Specifically, did you publish a few tutorials and free patterns before selling, or just jumped right into selling your patterns?
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Hmm, I think I had one or two short tutorials, but basically I just jumped in and started selling. I’ll have to think about that more and see if I have a better answer than that!
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Thank you Yvonne for your reply! That sounds like a lovely way to go about it, just jump right on!
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Ok. WOW! Seriously, that’s all I can say. What a stunner of a quilt! Beautifully crafted and presented (as always 😄)! A wonderful modern design formed from more traditional techniques. You are very creative, and oh so generous to share your first quilt pattern with all of us!
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Wow Sylvia! Thank you for you kind words!!! I will pop your things in the mail some time next week. You have amazing communication skills seriously!
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