Quilt Pattern Design by babs 'n' jas designs http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com Bright and bold, or soft and traditional, babs 'n' jas designs are always original! Our patterns are all downloadable! Save money when you print the PDF version yourself. We use Paypal! Wed, 15 May 2013 14:01:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 They are into Dogs! http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/dogs/ http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/dogs/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 13:59:08 +0000 admin http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/?p=1392

Strip doggy baby quilt.

A quilt I made for a friend’s grandson. The fabric is a line from Northcott.

 

]]> http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/dogs/feed/ 0 Wow! Moving is a pain in the ___. http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/wow-moving-pain-___/ http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/wow-moving-pain-___/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 20:48:38 +0000 admin http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/?p=1384 I will never, ever, move again. Take me out of here in a pine box and as I have a forest, that won’t be hard to do. It has taken me nearly seven months to just get myself organized, do some new work, so much demanding my attention, but a little spare time right now before supper to share what I’ve done lately. I made these for my kitchen table, chair seats and matching placemats.  One side is the yellow colourway and the other side is the green colourway. If one side gets dirty, I can flip to the other side for a few more days. Who’s got time for laundry?

]]> http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/wow-moving-pain-___/feed/ 0 Rag doll http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/rag-doll/ http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/rag-doll/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 17:12:27 +0000 admin http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/?p=1381 A doll I made for my granddaughter for Christmas. Am making another one for my older granddaughter. Easy, peasy.

rag doll

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Indoor tree

We're all beautiful.

Indoor tree

Merry Christmas! All the best for 2013! Lots of sewing, writing, quilting, love, family and good health.

My inside tree and my outside tree. We are all beautiful.  And cardinals and blue jays in my back yard.

Cardinals and Blue Jays

]]> http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/picture-day-merry-christmas/feed/ 0 Sooo many quilts. http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/sooo-quilts/ http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/sooo-quilts/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:41:10 +0000 admin http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/?p=1370 I’m selling some of my quilts. I have waaaayyy to many. The difficulty is that for every quilt we design, we try to make it up in other fabric beforehand to make sure our dimensions, etc. are correct. Soooo … the first two I’m putting on are two table runners.  Nice gifts for Christmas.  They are $65.00 each. Designed and made by – ME.

 

18 X 58 inches  100% new cotton fabric. Please note I have a cat and can’t guarantee fur-free for those with allergies.

 

]]> http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/sooo-quilts/feed/ 0 I’m Ba-a-a-a-ck! http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/ba-a-a-a-ck/ http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/ba-a-a-a-ck/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:34:48 +0000 admin http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/?p=1351 What a summer! Grandkids and their parents from Texas visiting, new granddaughter born in July – So cute!  And moving to the country August 1st.  My first reactio: WTF  What have we done? It’s too big! It’s too country!  It’s all green. Where’s the pavement?  Getting settled in now. I even found time to make this cute dress for my new granddaughter.

http://www.made-by-rae.com/2008/04/free-itty-bitty-baby-dress-pattern/  Original pattern here. I decided to topstitch the bodice to hold it in shape. Hope you like it.

Cute dress I made for my grandbaby.

 

]]> http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/ba-a-a-a-ck/feed/ 0 A Walk in the Park http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/walk-park/ http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/walk-park/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:46:55 +0000 admin http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/?p=1346 Some pics from my Walk in the park today.  A cool shaped fossil – like a lizard, lovely pond-side lilies and amazing willow trees. These are Ents. Not lilies, irises. Lovely colours for designing.

]]> http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/walk-park/feed/ 0 New quilt http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/quilt/ http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/quilt/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:28:24 +0000 admin http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/?p=1342 I designed and made this quilt for my soon-to-be grandbaby – in July. It is made with Northcott’s Baby Safari fabric. Think I’ll call it “Wild Thing.” :-)

quilt for new grandbaby

]]> http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/quilt/feed/ 0 Creative Writing Workshop http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/creative-writing-workshop/ http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/creative-writing-workshop/#comments Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:39:59 +0000 admin http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/?p=1340 Fanshawe College

From my other life as a writer! Take this one day workshop with me! Very informal, but very informative. See Fanshawe College summer programs online to register.

 

Have you ever wanted to know more about the writing industry? Agents? Publishers? E-publishing? Self-publishing? How to make your work stronger? How to present your work for an editor so your manuscript will make it out of the slush pile? Young Adult author Barbara Haworth-Attard, author of fifteen books and participant in short story anthologies, will answer all your questions about the writing industry in this workshop set in a discussion format. Bring your coffee, bring your lunch and bring a notebook to take down tips to help you get published. Also bring a two page sample of your work for a peer critique hour at the end of the day. Fee: $92 + HST 60LC Fri Jun22 9am-4pm (C)

]]> http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/creative-writing-workshop/feed/ 0 A Garage and Quilt sale http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/garage-quilt-sale/ http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/garage-quilt-sale/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:51:58 +0000 admin http://www.quiltpatterndesign.com/?p=1335 On Saturday, May 5th, our court is having a garage sale. Quinella Place, London, Ontario starting at 7:00 a.m. I am going to be showing and selling my quilts. Here is one of the quilts I will be selling.

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