I am so very happy to announce my first full collection with Art Gallery Fabrics: Playground!
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Inspired by childhood memories of Ring around the Rosie, tire swings, the sandbox, jumping rope, hopscotch and four square, he loves me (he loves me not), and Fruit Stripe gum (that I wasn't actually allowed to chew because that was "sugar" gum). I went old-school in my thinking for this collection, hailing memories of when the playground was mostly made up of tires ~ giant tires that four of us could crawl into and hide in, or the little tires that we jumped across. That and the black top are what we had in elementary school just before the awe inspiring "playscape" came on the scene ~ these wondrous structures our children play on now.
I hope you like this collection as much as I do.
Playground won't be hitting stores until July, but I've received strike-offs and am busy sewing samples for my booth at Quilt Market in Salt Lake City, this May.
My first project was a zippered tote bag, and no I haven't written a pattern for it. Yet ;)
And my second project was a cushion cover that I absolutely love.
This cushion was inspired by Debbie of Happy Little Cottage, who made a beautiful runner last year after she saw a pic of an old vintage quilt. I looked and looked online for the name of this block and maybe you can help me(?), but I've guessed that it must be a variation on the Old Maid's Puzzle block, but set on-point. So many people have already asked me on Instagram for a pattern, I said that I would make a simple one-sheet and here it is. Download the PDF here. It looks like this:
I hope this little one-sheet helps. And I really hope you fall in love with Playground like I have. This is just an introduction, there will be so much more to share as time goes by! :)
xo amy