Worth It?
You can see that it's a pretty quilt with lots of embroidered details and appliques and pieced portions and gorgeous colors and themes of friendship and quilting and other good stuff.
It's called Journey of a Quilter by Leanne Beasley. And the pattern costs $160.
The pattern costs one hundred and sixty dollars.
I wonder how many she's sold.
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I don't know if this helps but can I say that buying overseas patterns and fabrics can be interesting. Here in Australia our cheapest USA fabrics say anything from Moda is $25AU per metre (40in). I love when Hancocks have free international shipping and our AU$ is at 90c or more to the US$.
I have done a quick search of Leanne's blog http://leanneshouse.typepad.com on the left hand side she has all the stores that sell her patterns
http://www.quiltopia.info/store/products/details/?product=BOM001 is one that is based in the USA, maybe they can help
Still, I could never justify spending this much just for the pattern. Especially one that I am sure would just never make it to completion. I wonder if you could order a few of the blocks then piece them together into a wall hanging?
BTW, Kvitstina's blog is quite astounding. Her projects are so beautiful they take my breath away.
WV: "caparil". The small, monkey-like creature who wears a funky little hat and lives in my stash closet, stealing the exact pieces of fabric I need for my project. He returns them when I no longer need them or have purchased more.
Thanks for sharing the link- I hope the lady in Scotland who bought it will enjoy the quilt very much..
Regards,
Anna
Leanne Beasley is an Australian designer. This quilt has been very popular in Oz and has been sold in many stores as a Block of the Month. YOu might be able to pick up a set o the patterns second hand?
Jo
It's not for me, I'm afraid!
:)
Judi
And there are a LOT of block of the month clubs out there - not just embroidered. I fell in love with a halloween one - finally found the pattern for like $50...way cheaper than $25 a block!
It would be nice if she offered individual blocks so you could just purchase a couple and then add your own. I like it to be individualized, don't you?
Thanks for the linking..:o)) And I would say it again and again.. definitely worth all the money... All the fun I have had making this quilt.. and then to hung the beauty on my wall.. worth all the money... I bought mine as a kit directly from Au... and it cost me about 250 $ total.. :o)) And I have done it three times.. because I have made all her three big quilts!! :O)) And now I will make her fourth.. lol.. I am crazy buto h so much fun I have had and will have!!! :o))))
Beautiful but no way.