Update 4/12/17:

I have just finished my 3rd complete sample quilt! I’ve gone through all your comments and made the changes I am able to, and am now working on cover photos and design.

Our quilt has a new name! I need to make a couple of phone calls before I unveil it publicly. 🙂 When I reveal the name, I will also post a link to the gallery of all your photos. Stay tuned! -Dana Jo

Update 3/21/17:

The testing period for Morris Half Cabin is now over. THANK YOU for your efforts and submissions! Before publishing the pattern, I will be making (LOTS!) of edits, and finishing a couple of my own samples for cover art. The files linked to emails I sent you will be removed soon, so if you need anything, please download it by 3/24. I will be going through all of your photos and comments, and posting them on the webpage within the next few weeks. Please check this page for further updates as to the progression of this project. Thank you again!

Update 3/6/17:

If you are comfortable easing Border 4 onto Border 3 for the purposes of the test pattern, please do so. I have not tested this math and will not have a chance to before the close of the pattern test period.

Instructions currently give you Border 3 of 58 5/8″ to match to a comparable section of Border 4 at 57 5/8.”

The pattern will be revised to cut Borders 1 and 3 strips at 1 5/8″ instead of 1 7/8.”

However, if you are partially through making the quilt, it might be difficult to do that at this point.

Here are some suggested ways to remedy this problem:

1. (Best) You can cut Borders 1 and 3 strips to 1 5/8″ instead of 1 7/8,”

These would be your new measurements for Borders 1 and 3 lengths in Step 16:

2 strips, 47 1/8” for Border 1 (same as before)
2 strips, 49 3/8” for Border 1
2 strips, 55 3/8” – set strips aside for Border 3
2 strips, 57 5/8” – set strips aside for Border 3

2. You can use slightly smaller seam allowances to construct Border 4 to make it a little bigger, then ease Border 3 to 4,

3. Try easing Border 4 on to Border 3 with the existing discrepancy.

It’s 3/4 inches to ease over close to 60 inches…so I leave that up to your personal preference of precision.

(This must be what I did to make mine work.)

~AGAIN~

Update, 3/5/17: I’ve got some misnumbering in the outer border instructions.

Step 33 should read: Take 2 units from Step 31 and 1 unit from Step 32.

Step 34 should read: Take 1 unit from Step 32 and 1 HST…

Step 36 should read: Using triangles from Step 31, and units from Step 35, make 4 of these.

Step 38 should read: “Steps 34, 36, and 37”

Update, 3/3/17: Please follow Construction steps 16 and 17 carefully. You must cut borders 1 and 3 to the specific prescribed lengths listed in Step 16. (Same for Border 2 in steps 24 and 26.) If you do not, Border 4 will not fit.

The center medallion has bias edges and its measurements cannot be trusted for adding borders. They will, however, ease nicely into the Border 1 dimensions, though, if you follow the instructions in Step 17.

Update, 2/20/17: If making a 90″ x 90″ top, you will need 8 1/4 yds 42″ backing.

I am currently working on a sample of the 90″ x 90″ size, and have realized that the pattern needs additional diagrams for this. I will probably be adding those to the final version. In the meantime, if you’re attempting that size, please let me know if you have any trouble and I will walk you through it.

Update, 2/15/17:

IMPORTANT!!! Cutting instructions, Step 3. Strips need to be 1 7/8” wide.

Cutting instructions – Page 3, Step 4, should say: Cut 4 strips….from Fabric B

Page 3, Inventory of Cuts, should say: 154 rectangles, 5″ x 1.5″

Update, 2/14/17: The test pattern has been sent! Please email me if you signed up but did not receive the pattern.

Update, 2/2/17: I’m testing my own instructions first! And I have a couple of materials corrections. 5/8 yd for Borders 1 and 3. 5/8 yard for straight-of-grain binding at 2 1/4.” I’d use a little more for bias binding, unless you don’t mind working with short strips.

Update, 1/20/17: The pattern draft is not completed. I expect to finish and send it out sometime in mid-February.

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This is a quilt I designed and made for my Mother for Christmas 2016. I’ve been asked several times what the pattern was, and the truth is, I wasn’t working with one.

So I am currently writing the pattern, which I have never done before! I expect to have a full draft ready by mid-February 2017.

I am looking for quilters who would be willing to test the pattern in return for a free .pdf version of the finalized draft. You critique the instructions, check the math and make at least a quilt top, per the pattern instructions as written, within four weeks of receiving the draft.

You would provide at least one well-lit photo of your project, pattern notes to include suggestions and corrections, and keep your sample. I provide an original draft pattern via email and the final version. No paper copies will be mailed. No $ will be exchanged. If you are interested, please subscribe to my Pattern Tester mailing list at the bottom of the page. Even if you’re unable to test this pattern, I will keep you on a list for any future patterns I write.

For now, here is a draft image of the quilt I’m expecting to pattern, followed by a preliminary materials list. Size is approx. 77″ x 77.”