Friday, January 18, 2013

Bullas Bears BOM (block of the month) Quilt

I am pleased to share the Bullas Bears BOM Quilt with you today. This quilt is a fabric adaptation from the artwork of an internationally famous watercolorist, Will Bullas. I fell in love with his work many years ago and have cross stitch and needlepoint patterns featuring his designs. I can now add quilts to the list.

Don't you just love these bears? They each have their own personalities and of course Will has  wonderful titles for each square!




The Quilt Pattern Magazine will be offering this BOM starting in February and running through November. By next Christmas you will have a wonderful holiday quilt. I will also be hosting a workshop on The Quilt Pattern Magazine's social network - Pattern Pastiche. You can join me there to chat or ask questions or share the pictures of your bears!

Bali Hand-dyed Watercolors  - Style #1895 from Hoffman Fabrics were used in this quilt as they were just "purrfect" for these bears and  Batiks Plus will be offering the Fabric Kits.

Kreinik Threads is offering a thread kit featuring the speciality threads used with this quilt.

This pattern will only be available through The Quilt Pattern Magazine so be sure and SUBSCRIBE today. You won't want to miss the fun you will have with the Bullas Bears!

Machine quilted by June Bauman of June Bug Quilting.


Sunday, January 13, 2013

Bullas Bears BOM coming in February!




I  am pleased to announce that my Bullas Bears BOM  will be starting next month in 
The Quilt Pattern Magazine. This quilt features the art of internationally famous watercolorist, Will Bullas.

This is the first block – The Joy Bearer.

Here is Will's original artwork.








Here is my quilt adaptation.


 

I will show the finished quilt later this week.

These bears are so great and they each have a personality all their own. You will have so much fun making this quilt. The pattern tester loved it!

Pattern Pastiche – The Quilt Pattern Magazine's social network will offer a workshop on the Bullas Bears and I will be the host. If you have any questions, I will be available to answer them and I am hoping that you will share the pictures of your bear blocks.
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The Bullas Bears BOM will run from February 2013 through November 2013 and by next Christmas you will have a beautiful holiday quilt!

Because this quilt is so unique, I used the Bali Hand-dyed Watercolors  - Style #1895 from HoffmanFabrics. I am delighted to announce that Cookie Martyn at Batiks Plus will be offering the Fabric Kits. She has all these wonderful fabrics ready for you.

There are speciality threads as well and Kreinik Threads has been kind enough to make a thread kit just for this quilt!

So come join the fun. The pattern will only be available in The Quilt Pattern Magazine starting February 2013. You will get the Bullas Bears BOM pattern and so much more!

Don't forget to join me at Pattern Pastiche. See you there!