Hello everyone, I hope you are keeping well. It’s the start of summer here in Canada. What a year it’s been!

The end of the school year has got me thinking a lot about the stories we tell with our quilts. One of the biggest surprises for me when I started designing alphabet patterns was the amazing custom quilts you’ve made with them. In my mind, I imagined baby quilts, and full alphabet wall hangings, gracing the walls of nurseries and playrooms. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine the incredible creations my fellow quilters would come up with.

To that end, I’ve started collecting a sampling of these over in my Instagram stories. You’ll see song lyrics, monograms, messages of love, calls to arms, not to mention many mashups using Blackletter + other original patterns. Be sure to give some of these makers a follow, and if you have a special creation that I’ve missed please tag me or write!

Just for fun I started mocking up a few ideas for new samples, with a story theme, in Illustrator. It’s pretty addictive once you get going!

Until next time!