Wonder Wallet to the Rescue

My daughter-in-law has been a part of our lives for nearly 20 years.  In that time, I've made her a series of Wonder Wallets.  SHE LOVES THEM!  Every other year or so, she shows me that hers is wearing out and lets me know that she needs another one.  I usually take far too long to make her a new one for one reason or another -- usually because I can't find the pattern.  (Tell me it's not just me.)

We just celebrated her birthday and I ensured a decade during which I can lose the pattern without feeling guilty!

I had sew much fun sorting through my fabric bins and matching and cutting fabrics for her wallets!

Do you have a favorite wallet pattern?  I will always make my daughter-in-law her
Wonder Wallets, but I feel the need to branch out with other wallets.

Picnic Patch Cutie Pattern -- New Video in "As the Bobbin Turns"

  I design Cutie Patterns and one that I wish I designed is Picnic Patch.

As with all Cutie Patterns, this quilt uses sixteen (16) fat eighths plus extras -- background, borders, binding.  I've made at least 20 Picnic Patch quilts as my standard wedding quilt.  I've quilted each and every one of them with wool batting and ribbon candy in the sashing.  The contrast between the quilted ribbon candy and the loft of the unquilted fabric and wool batting is stunning.  It's also super-fun for me to quilt.

While most of my wedding quilts feature feathers, this pink quilt gave the "little girl" vibe rather than the "wedding" vibe so I chose to feature posies instead of feathers in this quilt.

I used one of my favorite threads -- Pansy -- to quilt this quilt and the experience was pure bliss!  (I'm kind of a pink girl.)

I carried the posy pattern to the border.  Every stitch of this quilt was free-motion quilted on my home machine and this type of quilt just FLOWS!

Join other As the Bobbin Turns subscribers to watch how I quilted this new-for-me quilting technique.

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Picnic Patch Cutie Pattern
Wool Batting

Pansy 50-weight Cotton Tutti thread
Dusty Rose 80-weight polyester DecoBob thread
Batt Scooters
Ribbon Candy Stencils
Centering Stencil -- Machine Quilting Guide
Blue Pounce
1/4" quilt masking tape