This is a short story of love affair that I have had with this book and, especially, with the Burgoyne Surrounded quilt on the cover. This wonderful book was published in 1991 and I'm sure I bought my indigo fabric close to that time. You might remember my story. I had bought this. Documentaries from Benartex. When I decided last June to finally begin this quilt, I quickly discovered I was now 2 yards short! Some how and some where I had used some of my dedicated fabric! I was fortunate to find a Betsy Chutchian indigo print that would make a great addition. Now I'm happy to say that my Burgoyne Surrounded quilt is finally finished. "The Blue Winds of Autumn" Burgoyne Surrounded 2020 (Photo taken in the lodge of The YMCA camp in Estes Park, Colorado) The two different fabrics worked out well. 80" x 98" I guess, I'm just a traditionalist at heart. I love the simplicity yet the graphic element, of a two color quilt. My long arm quilter, Kathy, at Hearth & Home, did a fantastic job. I love those feathers. They show up so well when the sunlight creates those lovely tiny shadows. I used one of Christopher Wilson-Tate's fabrics for the backing. The photo doesn't show it, but I was able to match the strip perfectly down the center. You wouldn't even know it was there. You might even recall my humble piecing. That really is totally me. As the days click by, I need to consider what other quilts are on my "need to make" list. If I'm like you, that list is long and continues to grow. Take care, everyone. Until Next Time, Kyle
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What is Low Volume Quilting? Just turn down the volume on the color and turn up the volume on the lights. This quilt is light and airy and perfect for a cool spring evening. I love the way mine came out. Want to make one of your own? Leave a comment for a chance to win this APQ Magazine. It includes this pattern and many other great projects. Do you follow us on Instagram? @temeculaquiltco or on facebook like this post for 2 more chances to win. Winners will be announced this Friday.
The 4th of July holiday weekend is over here in the states. We had great time celebrating with the family. Hope you did too. **** I also wanted to thank everyone for your birthday wishes and for leaving comments for my birthday giveaway last week. Running Man wanted to choose everyone, but we limited it to 3 and those blogging friends have been notified. Michelle B. Angie H. Cathy B. Thanks again, everyone. I'm looking forward to a wonderful year. **** My maniac sewing resulted in my finished top for my blue and white version of a Burgoyne Surrounded. But right after I posted my photo my eye immediately saw this I felt bad for a few moments until I remembered that the original quilt made in 1880 had an oops too. Am I going to change it? Nope, it's going to stay. ***** We've had some violent thunderstorms rolling through the last couple of evenings. The yard and garden got pretty beat up with the hail. I just wanted to show you a photo of these clouds I took from the backyard. Mammatus Clouds They can be seen before, after or during a thunderstorm. They are pouches formed by sinking air. Cool, huh! **** My upcoming week is going to register high on the fun meter. Running Man and I are going tent camping with our daughter and her family. Should be fun! I'm even going to bring along a little stitching. It's always good to think positively. Until Next Time- Kyle
Well I am still puttering along with my stitching. I am working on this quilt, Prairie Burgoyne, that was a Block of the Month (BOM) from Temecula Quilt Company in 2015. I love the block, Burgoyne Surrounded, and this is the third quilt I have made with this pattern. You can see the many versions of this quilt on my Pinterest page. I think it will be really pretty. The beautiful fabric is a line from Pam Buda at Heartspun Quilts. Pam is amazing! You will love her website! I made this blue version years ago. It is worn to shreds! And this is the one I made in the APQ Quiltalong. I love it! The pattern was in their magazine and designed by "Moda Lissa", aka Lissa Alexander from Moda Fabrics. So on the subject of APQ Quiltalongs, last year they had a 4-Patch quiltalong going on and I jumped into that one as well. Rather than use the options in the magazine, I came up with my own plan and went to work. Below is the out- come. As you well know by now, I love scrap quilts, and this has bits from all my favorite Civil War Repro designers. (I can't get rid of that white!) Someone will ask what size the blocks are, so let me tell you that the 4-Patches are made with 1-1/2" squares, then combined with 2-1/2" plain squares to make the double 4-Patch. For the triangle corners cut two squares at 3-3/4" then cut in half diagonally. You may get by with 3-1/2" squares, I really can't remember, but try one if you like and see what works for you. You will then have to trim the block, leaving your 1/4" seams on each side. My whole block finished at about 5-1/2". Hope you like it! Now to get a little sewing done!
Burgoyne Surrounded quilts have drawn my attention many times. This week we'll take a look at a variety of them. The old ones most often are done in red and white. These are in chronological order this time. I thought it might be fun to see them that way. Burgoyne Surrounded Signature Quilt Methodist Episcopal Missionary Sewing Society Newark, New Jersey 1846 85" x 99" This is the oldest version of Burgoyne Surrounded that I have found. It has an interesting story behind it. The quilt label reads: Presented to Rev. Wm. Roberts & Lady by the ?????? Missionary Sewing Society of the Franklin St. M. E. Church* Newark NJ October 20,1846 "And all the ends of the Earth shall fear Him." *Methodist Episcopal The quilt was taken w/ Rev. William and Hannah Roberts when they left New Jersey for Oregon, 1846. For more information and pictures, follow the link below. http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?kid=6A-FD-97 * * * * * * * Martha A Page 1852 I simply love this one! What an awesome combination of hard edges and curves. Isn't the border wonderful? I think I have to use it as inspiration for something! I can't find any further information about the quilt other than what captions it on Pinterest. "Martha A. Page, 1852." There is a post to which it is attached on Civil War Talk, but the thread is so long, I gave up trying to find anything pertinent. I guess we'll just have to enjoy it! http://civilwartalk.com/threads/civil-war-quilts-era-commemorative-inspired.98231/page-2 * * * * * * * Burgoyne Surrounded 1855 This is an interesting treatment of the pattern. Using the flying geese sashing changes it a lot. What do you think of it? I can't find any more information on this one. * * * * * * * Burgoyne Surrounded/Road to California 1875 Pennsylvania I love the look of this one. The fabrics are so varied and fun. No more information on this one, either. https://www.flickr.com/photos/herroyalmajesty/6326000498/in/set-72157627961884277/ * * * * * * * Burgoyne Surrounded Eulalie Woodhouse Newark (NJ?) 1891-1928 I love these quilts that have so much information blazing out on the top! It's all I know of it, and I like the uniqueness of it. * * * * * * * Burgoyne Surrounded Jo Morton Just for fun, I thought I'd share Jo's wonderful rendition of the pattern. What a marvelously warm feel it has. I'm tempted to give it a try! Thanks for joining us on our tour of Burgoyne Surrounded Quilts! Happy Quilting!! PLEASE NOTE: - I am not a quilt historian. I simply enjoy finding interesting quilts and sharing them with you! - The quilt images on this post were sourced from Pinterest, unless otherwise noted, and are linked to their origin whenever possible.
Burgoyne Surrounded Quilt Pattern / PDF Download / King Quilt, Queen Quilt, Twin Quilt, Lap Quilt Twin, Queen, King Quilt I spent many years teaching quilt making for a national fabric company, and I always found their quilt patterns lacking the information many quilters needed to construct their quilts. I've designed my patterns so they are very easy to follow and understand. I've included step by step instruction and clear detailed illustrations to help make the quilt making processes fun and very rewarding. The illustrations taking you step by step, from building the blocks, to assembling the quilt using the strip piecing method. All of the directions are detailed enough for a novice quilter to understand. There are reference tables throughout to assist with helpful information. There are no templates and no paper piecing. Only simple straight line sewing. I've included charts listing recommended fabric yardage for each quilt size. This is a PDF digital download only. The Burgoyne Surrounded quilt is based on a 15" block. The pattern includes instructions for four different quilt sizes: Lap Quilt: 62" x 62" Twin Quilt: 66" x 96" Queen Quilt: 94" x 109" King Quilt: 115" x 115" The quilt pattern includes: Complete fabric requirements for each quilt size Fabric cutting instructions Sewing directions Layout and assembly directions Binding assembly and attachment. History of the quilt name Burgoyne Surrounded: In 1777, the British failed in their attempt to take control of the strategic Hudson River, and in the end British General Burgoyne with nearly six thousand of his men were surrounded by American troops and forced to surrender near Albany, New York. In this quilt, Burgoyne’s army is represented by the squares at the center of the blocks, encircled by the American troops. This item is a PDF file that you download and will have to save to your computer before printing. Following the confirmation of your purchase, you will receive an email notification from Etsy giving you a link to enable you to download your file.
Baseball quilt - posted in Quilt Pictures, Patterns & Inspiration...: Just finished making a baseball quilt for my daughter. She is hosting a ball reunion this fall so I made a baseball quilt to raffle off to off set some costs. This was a fun project that I did mostly on the long arm sashed a plain fabric and marked the stitching line with a frixion pen then put on my Maxine my Millie and applied the chenille strips now for the secret to fluffing it up.......Take your shop vac and vac...
i am currently in Houston at the Quilt Market. I want to post lots of photos so that you can all see a bit of whats going on here, yesterday was Schoolhouse, where vendors, teachers and designers had sessions where they presented whats new in their products. the attendees, people like me had a dozen time slots to choose what to fill. each time slot had about 22 different choices of presentations and was either 15 minutes or 30 minutes long. the one that I took the most photos at was by Jo Morton, since I know some of you are real fans of her stuff... she showed a ton of quilts, from this large 91" bed quilt, to small projects of course these photos are taken on a phone, and dont begin to show how lovely the quilts are in real life,
Burgoyne Surrounded 93 x 93 Quilted on my DSM The free pattern for this can be found at Quilted Twins I started this as a Rainbow Scrap Challenge project in 2017. I wanted to use up some miscellaneous scrap chunks of fabric so made blocks each month that primarily used the color of the month. For instance this block used up some blue chunks. This block used up some pink scraps. You can kind of see how I very simply quilted it on my DSM - first I quilted diagonally along the chains Then I quilted horizontally and vertically along the sides of the sashing and through the middle of each block. Then since batting (pellon nature's touch 80/20) instructions require quilting no farther than four inches apart I added more vertical and horizontal lines through each block. I did minimal quilting - it's difficult to wrestle a quilt this big through a DSM with a small harp. I used wide bleached muslin for the backing and neutral scraps for the binding. And I can mark another UFO off the list! This was my goal #10 for Q1 Finish-Along and 18 in 2018
1852 Burgoyne Surrounded
I was looking through my blog over the weekend, and realized that I never shared my finished quilt top for the #apqquiltalong project! I had a few little deadlines pop up on me and I folded up the top before I got it posted here – sorry! My quilt measures 75″ x 93″ – which […]
This beauty just came off the frame. It is a Burgoyne Surrounded. it is similar to an Irish Chain as it has a chain going through and connecting the blocks and providing a secondary pattern. Beautiful feathers were quilted in using Glide Cream and then a simple outlining of the red and blue chains in Omni Climbing Rose and Sapphire. Looks pretty !!! Can't beat feathers in a quilt!
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Is Quiltalong one word or two? I guess it depends on if you are using a hashtag or not, right? Other than in the social media world, I believe quilt-along should be 2 words or at least hyphened, since you need more than one person to quilt along with you. So here is your invitation to join in on the first ever American Patchwork and Quilting's quilt-along. “Used with permission from American Patchwork & Quilting® magazine. ©2013 Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved.” You will need the February issue on newstands, December 3rd. Also you are going to need a little fabric and I know you have some of that laying around! No pressure, no big deadlines. We are going to work on this through February 2014. quilted by Natalia Bonner of Piece n Quilt “Used with permission from American Patchwork & Quilting® magazine. ©2013 Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved.” Here is my quilt that I am so PROUD of. I love it! This is one of my favorite quilts for many reasons. 1. It is scrappy! 2. It uses a bunch of different moda designers' fabrics. 3. It was inspired by a new friend's antique quilt. 4. It makes me happy just to look at it. 5. I am going to have a few friends, old and new making this quilt right along with me thanks to the team at American Patchwork and Quilting. (thank you Jennifer and Elizabeth) 6. I got out of my box and tried something new. Some of the crew that will also be doing the APQ quilt-along is the über-talented, Camille Roskelley of Thimbleblossoms. The queen of shabby greatness Anne Sutton of Bunny Hill. The gal that invented the energizer batteries, Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life. The quilt/wordsmith that is sure to entertain us all, Carrie Nelson of Miss Rosie's. Big or small, this one does it all, Lisa Bongean of Primitive Gatherings. The princess of fat quarters, Kimberly Jolly of the Jolly Jabber. Any low volume/neutral project, should include Amy Ellis of Amy's Creative Side. side note: Amy is a new designer with......Moda! Yes, you heard it here. more info coming soon. How about quilting from down under with Jane Davidson of Want it, Need it, Quilt? (APQ is also available as a download so everyone can quilt-along) There may even be a surprise as one of the APQ editors quilts-along. Join back on the November 25th as I share about how I got out of my box and tried something new. In the meantime use the hashtag #APQquiltalong to keep informed. and 7. I would be thrilled if you decided to quilt-long with us. -modalissa
Inspired by an antique quilt, this design dates back to the Civil War Era. Straight lines and right angles trick your eyes into seeing circles. The pattern is updated with strip piecing to make the process fun and manageable. So, pick your favorite fabrics and make it your own! This pattern: - Includes instructions for 5 sizes: throw, twin, full, queen, king - includes fabric requirements - Includes detailed colored illustrations - Includes step-by-step instructions for ¼” piecing - Is suitable for the experienced beginner This pattern is in digital (PDF) format which you will be able to download immediately after your purchase is complete. (I do not ship paper patterns - sorry!) This is an original pattern designed and written entirely by me. You won't find it anywhere else. Have questions? Ask me! - Lori
The closer it gets to Christmas, the more overwhelmed we tend to feel. It’s hard to find time for quilting when Christmas shopping is front and center. I know you don’t have a minute to spare, but think how great you will feel if you start the New Year with something new to work on. …
Hi, all! Well, if you saw my post from Monday, you know that I haven't had much sewing time in the past week! But I have had a little bit of time to haunt Instagram and find some new inspiration for us - so that's what we've got today! Take a look at these beauties... I am SO in love with Wendy's mid-century modern piece - I really want to dig in my solid scraps and see what I can find to make one like it! And aren't these bowls amazing? I couldn't find a pattern or tutorial, but I think I could figure this out with a little trial and error. The sheer scrappiness of this quilt makes my heart happy! I love the repeating elements of the star and the hourglass block. Wouldn't this make a beautiful Christmas quilt? I may start making red and white nine-patches in anticipation of next year... And this one pleases my soul on so many levels! I love the colors, the arrows, the movement of it, and yes, of course, the scrappiness! *&*&*&*&*&*&* I hope you've found something to inspire yourself in one of these beauties. I'll try to do better by next week and get back to sewing - I really miss it. My poor sewing machine doesn't recognize me! Hugs! Sarah
My Tone it Down quilt blocks have become finished quilt #3 for the year and given how busy life has been, it seems amazing that I’ve finished anything at all. I love this quilt for several reasons. First, it has pieces of so many fabrics in it. I love the scrappy look it has, and having so many little bits [...]
Initial inspiration for my [3x6] blocks
Baseball quilt - posted in Quilt Pictures, Patterns & Inspiration...: Just finished making a baseball quilt for my daughter. She is hosting a ball reunion this fall so I made a baseball quilt to raffle off to off set some costs. This was a fun project that I did mostly on the long arm sashed a plain fabric and marked the stitching line with a frixion pen then put on my Maxine my Millie and applied the chenille strips now for the secret to fluffing it up.......Take your shop vac and vac...
I have too many works in progress and I have been trying to narrow the collection down. I have this block of the month going on. I have one more block to finish so I will be up to date. If you are wondering about the blank spot - I messed up when cutting. So if I can't find a fat quarter I will have a "make-do" sashing for that block. The blocks are not in any particular order. Then I am part of a block swap. These are the blocks that I received the first month. Aren't they great? I am trying to decide how I want to set them. I love blue and white quilts. I am also working on these blocks. My friend Sarah created the pattern with permission. The original quilt circa 1850-1875 is in the personal collection of Brenda Papadakis author of Dear Jane® These unique blocks are set in the quilt in a very unusual setting. I also have a quilt in the works that I will show in a future post. Along with a cross stitched sampler. Do you have too many works in progress? I think that having more than one project going at a time keeps things from getting boring - especially when it is the same block throughout a quilt. Until next time. Pat
Burgoyne's Surrender November 24, 1933-Today's quilt block gets it's name from the history of 1777. Burgoyne's Surrender is the name of Nancy Cabot's pattern published today. "This design, as its name implies, was created to celebrate the surrender of the English general, John Burgoyne, to Gates at Saratoga in 1777. It's quite probable that the original was made by some patriotic quilter during or just after the revolution," she wrote. The pattern is also been called Homespun but Nancy feels the "original and correct" name is Burgoyne's Surrender. Contrary to what Nancy says, this block was and is more commonly known as Burgoyne Surrounded. Here are three books written about this block- Burgoyne Surrounded: A Classic Quilt Plus Six Variations Burgoyne Surrounded: New Quilts from an Old Favorite Burgoyne Surrounded Quilt You can read more about the history of this block here. All People Quilt recently had a quilt-along based on this block. You can see a variety of ideas on color placement on Moda Lissa's blog. Here are some links to quilts made using the Burgoyne's Surrender quilt block- red and white made most like Nancy's pattern blue and white green and white This is much too complicated a block to make a 6" block for a sampler quilt. I used the Homespun block from Electric Quilt for my drawing of the block. Nancy's drawing showed a nine patch in all four corners as opposed to my drawing that shows it only in the lower right corner. Tomorrow-Tulip Garden
Hello! I can’t even tell you how excited I am to be able to talk a little bit about a new quilt book that is one of those “must haves!” I was able to get a look at this book back in January, and I couldn’t stop reading it! You’ll not only love it for […]
I never get tired of making scrappy quilts! I added a new project to my Rainbow Scrap Challenge list last month in an effort to use up more of the strips filling my 2 inch scrap bin. Carolina Chain is a Bonnie Hunter pattern. It's a variation on a 9-patch block which results in light and dark chains criss-crossing the quilt. This makes a great leader-ender project, as the cutting and piecing are quick and easy. I'll keep making these for the next year or so until there are enough for a quilt. Hopefully, they will put a dent in the 2 inch strip bin! I also paired up some random 2 inch scraps into 4-patch blocks. These go into the Parts Department and will eventually become part of another scrappy quilt. Tiny Tuesday blocks are great for using up small scraps. I'm glad I tried my hand at intense flip triangles for Sally's pink piglet. I chose the pink and brown fabric for the piggy body as it reminded me of chocolate-covered bacon! No pink scraps were harmed for another Burgoyne Surrounded block. I only need three more blocks for the BS quilt, so I'm looking through scrappy chunks of multi-colored prints on white backgrounds for block inspiration. I love these little birds, so decided to give them their own block. Ditto for this multi-colored fish print. It is now part of the Burgoyne scrappiness. Only one block left to make, and I'm having trouble deciding on colors and fabrics. It probably won't be this month's RSC color, light blue, but who knows where inspiration will lead?! More scrappy goodies to be seen at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge link-up!
I have been a bit absent from blogging for a few days, but trust me when I say I am working diligently on the Burgoyne Surrounded blocks. I seem to have found a rhythm to it, and truly, I am enjoying the process. The trick is to have enough cutting done so that you can get nice scrappy combinations of the three colors - red, blue and background. At first I thought I'd try to have each block use the same red and blue throughout, but it required too much stopping and starting - I'd get almost done only to find that I needed one more 1.5" square. Do you know how hard it is to make yourself go cut more fabric for a 1.5" square??? It didn't take me long to decide that mixing up my reds and blues would be okay. So let's take a look at the construction of the subunits. Broken down into these steps makes the formation of the entire block seem so much simpler. To be most efficient, the instructions say to sew many 1.5" neutral strips to 1.5" red strips and cut them down to 1.5" pieces and 2.5" pieces. Then when sewn together in the design shown above, you will have the subunit that will eventually help to form the circular pattern in the block. You need 4 of these subunits, and they go together very quickly once all the cutting is done. Next, let's look at the center block. Of course, only one of these is needed. Select a nice scrappy combination of background neutrals to go with the blues, and construct a 9-patch block. Easy-peasy. The most involved subunit is the OTHER 9-patch block - I will refer to it as the blended 9-patch - where the diagonal navy line intersects with the red circle. I see that I have the "parts" placed incorrectly in the photo above. but the units are correct. (Just envision the 4-patch turned a quarter turn so that blue is in the center, not white.) The little blue and white 4-patch is needed in each corner of each Burgoyne Surrounded block, so a lot of them are being constructed. We also need 4 4-patches to make 4 of these blended 9-patch bocks, and here is how it looks when constructed properly. (I should go take another picture with these parts arranged correctly, but I will trust that you'll see how to construct it by looking at the finished block.) See how the blue runs diagonally through the block? This is important as it creates the larger design of the diagonal through the entire quilt. The reds are placed in such a way as to help create the circle in each block. Four of these 9-patch units are needed. Above are the subunits needed to make one block. In addition to these, there are a number of plain background pieces in various dimensions that must be used, as well. Here's the tally sheet: 4 blended 9-patch blocks 4 blue 4-patch blocks 4 red narrow rectangular blocks 1 center 9-patch Additional plain background pieces This illustrates very clearly why it takes so doggone long to get one Burgoyne Surrounded block constructed, doesn't it? Here is a rerun of a picture that illustrates what I am talking about when I refer to the red circle in each block and the diagonal blue line that runs both through the blocks and also, eventually, through the entire quilt. Can you pick out the subunits? AACK! I see a mistake!! I have a blended block going all wonky! Can you find it? I guess this illustrates just how very careful you have to be when constructing these blocks. Dangit! My total currently is 7 blocks completed. By day's end, I'd like to be at 10 or 11. I worked yesterday to get plenty of cutting done and subunits prepped. Happy Quilting, Friends!
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Merry Christmas Everyone! Hope your holiday is wonderful! As is our annual tradition here at LynBrown.com, I am posting a complete free pattern today.
Used with permission from American Patchwork & Quilting® magazine. ©2018 Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved. Man oh man!! Seems like yesterday. Cliche but true. The 25th Anniversary issue includes what Jody Saunders references as the DREAM TEAM. She isn't talking about the designers even though they are pretty darn special if I do say so
Did you see Lisa Bongean's version of the APQ QAL posted in July? I was smitten with it. Burgoyne Surrounded has never grabbed me before ...
