New Pattern - Around The Lake

Mar 3, 2022 - 11:20am

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I have been so looking forward to sharing my latest quilt pattern with you all, Around The Lake.
Ta Da, here she is:

I wanted to make a super scrappy fun design to use up all those little bits of fabric I had in my stash. I'm pretty sure you have some of those too!

The design came about about after I was playing around with a Drunkard's Path block and also a flying geese block. I originally made the block using a traditional Drunkark's Path and Half Square Triangles. However I felt that would be too much sewing and too many seams. I'm sure you will all appreciate me making it a simpler block. So I extended the Drunkard's Path to be a rectangle and completed the block with a Flying Geese unit.

Around The Lake is a very unique term that locals from Ballarat use all the time. Hey, do you want to go for a walk around the lake? I thought it perfectly suited my new design as it reflected the circle in the middle of the block. Lake Wendouree has also become a big part of our lives since moving back to Ballarat just over a year ago. It is a short walk from our house and Henry and I go there all the time to ride our bikes or play on one of the many playgrounds. If you ever get to come to Ballarat, Lake Wendouree is a must see.

The pattern comes with instructions for 6 different sizes and there are also templates available to make cutting the quilt much quicker and easier. The quilt is both fat quarter and fat eighth friendly but it could also be made using your stash as I mentioned before.

When making the quilt some bonus Half Square Triangles are created. The pattern includes some suggestions on how to use these to make some fabulous cushions. You could also use to make a cot quilt or to help back the quilt.

I have also been working on another version of Around The Lake using solid fabrics and my favourite black and white stripe. For all of you that I know are going to ask, it's called Clown Stripe in white from Michael Miller Fabrics.

I haven't included the instructions in the original pattern as it would make the pattern way too long. I'm sure you could work it out yourself with just a little bit of calculating but I have decided to make it much easier for you all. The next blog post will have all the fabric requirements and cutting instructions for 6 different sizes in this restricted colour pallette. I hope it will helpful and maybe you will end up making a couple Around The Lake quilts.

I hope you like my new pattern as much as I do and you can purchase the PDF Pattern, Paper Pattern and Template Set from my online store here.

I am looking forward to seeing all the wonderful quilts you create from this pattern and remember to use the hashtags #aroundthelakequilt and #emmajeanjansen so I can find them. 
Thank you also for your continued support of my little business, I appreciate it more than words can say.

Mar 4, 2022 - 11:57am

Julie:

Looking good…. Love the pattern in the solids and stripes!

Thank you!
Emma

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