Fresh, fun, and full of charm—our newest edge-to-edge design, Bloomlet, is ready to make your quilts shine.

Bloomlet combines playful spirals with simple four-petal flowers, creating a joyful mix of curves and blooms. It has that lighthearted, whimsical feel that instantly brings a quilt to life. The design flows continuously, so while it looks sweet and detailed, it stitches efficiently from edge to edge.

 


When I created Peak Blooms (four years ago—wow, time flies!), I loved the little flourish at the center of the blooms. I pulled that same shape out for this design. By enlarging and isolating the petals and then repeating them in this motif, they become a stronger feature of the overall design.

I kinda, sorta designed this pantograph for this quilt. I didn't think a strong geometric design would work well with the patchwork, and the floral prints were inviting a softer, whimsical look. The petals of Bloomlet aren't uniform, and the spirals are asymmetrical as well, m...

This is Pluma! Not only was it on display in our booth at QuiltCon last weekend, but it was the most popular quilt in our booth! More on the pattern later in this post.

Pluma is a unique digital panto in that it features feather plumes going against each other in each repeat. It's almost as if the larger couplet of plumes swallows the smaller couplet. It makes for interesting movement.

As a way of connecting the two halves of the design, there's a circle in the center of the motif. This provides another interesting textural element.



The plumes are stitched out individually with each plume nestled closely with its neighboring plume. While there is some minimal backtracking/overstitching in the design, it does not occur in the feathers.

The Quilt Design

I used the 2023 Stronger Together Quilt designed by Michelle Ramsay of Quilts Made with Love. She hosted the Quilt Along for this last month during Black History Month. This pattern can be downloaded with a donation to ...

The most important thing to know about our new Driftwood design is that it's an extended width design. This means that instead of a snippet of design that's repeated side by side across the quilt, the design is actually over 100" wide. New to this type of design? You can read more about extended width designs here and see a video of me setting up an extended width design with my Intelliquilter software.

For me, the best part about Driftwood is the organic "pods" of negative space make the texture really stand out.

Driftwood would be a great quilting design to use on a busy quilt because it'll have a unifying effect. I recently pieced together a scrap quilt for which I think Driftwood will be a perfect complement. In fact, I'm planning to load that quilt on its side so that I can get an elongating effect of the lines running vertically on the large throw quilt.

Driftwood would also be great on a nature themed quilt as the organic wavy lines could represent water in addition ...