THE DECEMBER PATTERN: HOPSCOTCH MODERN QUILT
Hopscotch Quilt Launch Day
We are so excited to launch our first Pattern Drop Pattern today, the Hopscotch Quilt by Amy Smart from Diary of a Quilter. Amy is an accomplished quilt designer, blogger, author, and fabric designer. You’re going to love working with this quilt pattern, and how it lends itself to playing with color.
Half Square Triangle Video Tutorial
Make sure to check out Amy’s video tutorial for making 16 half square triangles in no time at all!
Pattern In 2 Sizes
This pattern is available in 2 sizes–a generous sized throw quilt, and a baby quilt. As a bonus, we have given you fabric requirements and cutting instructions in case you want to make a square, borderless baby quilt, too!
December Pattern Package
The December pattern package contains a few things: most importantly, Amy Smart’s pattern! You will also receive a coloring page (in 2 sizes) to help plan your quilt, as well as a few different examples of how you can color the quilt to help you think outside the box, if you want. We have also included a “want to make this quilt” page for the throw and baby size quilts–If you want to make the quilt just like (or similar to) the quilts above, we share the fabric name, the number of pieces to cut from each fabric, etc.
Using Color
One of the things we are looking forward to most is seeing how each of you use color and make this quilt your own–fabric choices and placement can change the look of a quilt so much. Please tag us on Instagram @patterndrop and use our hashtags #patterndrop and #patterndropcolor so we can follow along!
Isn’t amazing that all of these quilt mockups come from the same pattern? I think the minimalist one is my favorite, maybe because I have a minimalist version all cut out and ready to go on my design wall. Note: There are not cutting instructions included for each of these quilt variations, but using the coloring page, you could figure out how many half square triangles, rectangles, squares, etc. you would need to cut.
Amy Smart on Designing Quilt Patterns
Listen to Amy talk a little bit about designing quilt patterns, and her favorite part of the job!
“I love teaching a pattern and just seeing the different color palettes that people show up with. It changes the whole look of that pattern, and gives it new life. And so I’m so excited about collaborating with Pattern Drop … and can’t wait to see what people do with it!”
-Amy Smart, Diary of a Quilter
December Quilt Specs
Did you know that you can click on the drop down menus below to see the quilt specs? You can find out which thread, sewing machines, specialty rulers, needles, fabric–all of the little things I love to geek out about–we used for each quilt.
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Throw-size Quilt Specifications (click to view)
- Pattern Design: Hopscotch by Amy Smart from Diary of a Quilter.
- Ruler: Quilt In A Day Square Up Ruler — this is the one Amy talks about in her video tutorial!
- Fabric:
- Carolina “Main C6590-NAVY“, “Edie C6592-NAVY“, “Cluster C6594-NAVY“, “Tagline C6596 NAVY“, and “Lace C6591” from the Blue Carolina collection by Christopher Thompson for Riley Blake Designs.
- “C115-Lipstick” from the New Hashtag collection by Riley Blake Designs.
- Kona Cotton in White and Silver by Robert Kaufman.
- Alison Glass Link in Yonder and Latitude in Turtle from the Sun Print collection
- Mermaid Painter’s Canvas by Laura Gunn for Michael Miller Fabrics.
- XOXO in coral and Dottie in Goldilocks from Cotton and Steel Basics
- Pieced by Katie Blakesley on a Janome 8900 machine with a Schmetz Microtex 80/12 needle using Aurifil 50 weight Cotton “Natural White NR-6007” thread
- Quilters Dream natural cotton white batting
- Quilted by Karen Morgan from Stitched In Time on an A-1 Elite SR machine with a Groz-Beckert number 110/18 needle using Perma Core Tex 30, poly blend “Lemonade” thread.
- Hand-stitched binding by Annette Clark using Gütermann cotton-poly thread.
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Baby-sized Quilt Specifications (click to view)
- Pattern Design: “Modern Hopscotch” by Amy Smart from Diary of a Quilter.
- Ruler: Quilt In A Day Square Up Ruler — this is the one Amy talks about in her video tutorial!
- Fabric:
- White Kona Cotton by Robert Kaufman
- Confetti Cottons by Riley Blake Designs pattern C120-ASH.
- Diving Board and Sun Print 2017 collections by Alison Glass.
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Meadow in Peony, Prairie and Tyrian
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Overgrown in Amaranth and Plum
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Link in Taffy and Raisin
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Blue Hatch Dot
- Latitude in Peony and Seaweed
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- Pieced by Samantha Blakesley on a Bernina Activa 230 Patchwork Edition machine with a Schmetz universal #80 needle using Gütermann 100% cotton white thread.
- Quilters Dream natural cotton white batting
- Quilted by Karen Morgan from Stitched In Time on an A-1 Elite SR machine with a Groz-Beckett number 110/18 needle using Perma Core Tex 30, poly blend “Lemonade” thread.
- Hand-stitched binding by Jane Blakesley using Aurifil 100% cotton purple 2545 thread.
THE JANUARY PATTERN
Exclusive to Pattern Drop
Each month members get a quilt pattern delivered via email. And, just to give you a taste for what else is coming, here are a few photos of the upcoming January pattern…
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Specifications (click to view)
- EXCLUSIVE Pattern Drop Quilt: this is the only place where you can get this quilt pattern. #micdrop
- Pattern Design: “Sugarhouse Quilt” by Katie Blakesley from Swim, Bike, Quilt (and co-founder of Pattern Drop).
- Fabric:
- White Bleached 9900-98 & Gray 9900-83” & Caribbean 9900-86 from the Bella Solids collection by Moda
- Emerald Kona Cotton by Robert Kaufman
- Painters Canvas by Laura Gunn for Michael Miller Fabrics
- Pieced by Katie Blakesley on a Janome 8900 machine with a Schmetz microtex needle using Gütermann cotton poly white thread.
- Quilters Dream natural cotton white batting
- Quilted by Abby Latimer from Latimer Lane Quilting.
- Binding: Cosmic Blue from the Free Spirit Designer Solids collection by Free Spirit.
- Machine bound (using this tutorial) by Katie Blakesley with a Schmetz microtex 80/12 needle using Gütermann navy blue thread.
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Hello, I live in Australia. Any idea of the monthly subsciption price or the pattern prices in Australian dollars?