I am thrilled to announce I have a pattern in the upcoming issue of Make Modern, issue 44 that will be released at 3:30 pm MST (Phoenix, AZ time) on January 13, 2022 for those of you in the United States and 9 am ACDT on January 14, 2022 for those of you in Australia. It has been a goal since I created See Cassie Make to have patterns published in a quilting magazine. I went BIG for my first one and designed a queen sized sampler style quilt with fun multi-sized quilt blocks and a non-traditional setting. The pattern is named Octagon Dreams. The rainbow fabrics featured in this stunning quilt were all hand dyed by me. The blocks range in size from 6″ to 30″ square. The final quilt size is 90″ x 108″. It fits a queen size bed beautifully.
The Make Modern team was so great to work with and I hope we will be partnering up again for future projects. See below for some details about Make Modern and the other amazing projects you will find in this issue. If you want to get your hands on a copy I will post the link as soon as it is available. Until then new subscribers get instant access to the current issue which means that if you sign up over the next week (before the next issue is published) you’ll get a bonus issue. Just click the Make Modern circle!
The Make Modern team is spread across all corners of Australia, and their contributors come from all over the world. Subscribers live in over 70 different countries! Take a close look at their pages and you might notice a little change from this issue onwards as they embrace the globalization of their contributors.
In this issue we MEET three makers – Carole Lyles Shaw from USA, Donna Ward from New Zealand and Cait Lisle from England; we MAKE that stunning curvy cover quilt from Germany, a Bear Paw quilt from Jersey near France (I’ll admit I had to look this country up!), the cutest little bird pouch from Russia, as well as quilts from India, Ireland, and the USA!; and we MOTIVATE readers to dive into their fabric stashes to create a rainbow and learn about color theory with a brand new six-part series on Color Theory! Happy quilting, wherever you are in the world!
Included Patterns:
- Bitter Lemon Quilt by Anke B. Calzada (@pasacana_designs)
- Go Big Baby Bear Quilt by Sue Bone (@justsewsue)
- King’s Belt Quilt by Daisi Toegel (@daisitoegel)
- Bird Pouch by Marushka Volkova (@marushka.volkova)
- Synergy Quilt by Preeti Harris (@sewpreetiquilts)
- The Amethyst Hour Quilt by Sindhu Aragam (@creativeclutterroom)
- Cleveland Ricky Quilt by Rita Geyermann
- Windy Day Quilt by Sarah Schneider (@sarahs.softies)
- Spring Weather Table Runner by Cait Lisle (@caitlisledesigns)
- Octagon Dreams Quilt by Cassie Howard (@seecassiemake)
Featured Articles:
- Tips + Techniques by Alyce Blyth (@blossomheartquilts): Flying Geese – Solo or Squad?
- DIY Design by Tara Glastonbury (@stitchandyarn): Designed to Last
- Cloth Confidential by Wendy Wild (@thenextstitch): Revival Arrivals
- Quilt Like a Rock Star by HollyAnne Knight (@stringandstory): Quilting Plans for Samplers and other Traditional Quilts
- Colour Theory: Colour Wheel by Alyce Blyth (@blossomheartquilts)
- The Magic to Avoiding Neck Pain by Rose Parr (@healthyquilting)
- Smash That Stash: Stringing it Along (@janekellyquilts)
- Meet the Maker: Carole Lyles Shaw (@carole_lylesshaw)
- Meet the Maker: Donna Ward (@donnawardnz)
- Meet the Maker: Cait Lisle (@caitlisledesigns)
Octagon Dreams was designed and sewn by Cassie Howard. It was quilted by Cindy Stohn of @sewcoolquilts. Head shot photography of Cassie used above was done by Lauren Ashby of Lauren Ashby Photography
