Rosemary Youngs Quilt books and Patterns

Dear friends, 

Just thought I would share with you my newest pattern, Treasured Sampler. The quilt finishes 100 in.². Many different techniques such as piecing, foundation piecing, appliqué and English paper piecing can be used in the making of this quilt. The blocks range from 3″ x 6″ to 6″ x 12″. All patterns are full-sized pattterns. There are about 2000 little squares that make up the lattice strips.  A great quilt for using up your scraps. 

Pattern can be ordered on my website, 

http://rosemaryyoungs.com/eshop.php?view=productPage&product=24&category=
If you have any questions, just email me anytime. 

Happy quilting, 
Rosemary

Good morning dear friends,

I  cannot believe that February is just around the corner, I’m not sure where January has gone. I usually love January because there is so much snow it is impossible to go anywhere, that didn’t happen this January. We have had many days with no snow.

I finished my postage stamp quilt, so much fun to work on and all of those little squares were from my scrap bag, I don’t think my scrap Bag is any smaller now that the quilt is finished.Also working on some baby quilts and burp cloths with my daughter. We have had so much fun making something so simple.Last week our city was named the cloudiest city in the United States for the week, we did not even have a one minute of sunshine. I thought it was a good time to get out a beautiful Hawaiian kit that I bought in Hawaii. It was so much fun to work with such beautiful fabrics, it was like The sunshine was shining in the house even though it was dreary outside.The quilt finished 103 by 119. I certainly wish I had more of the fabrics.

Working on a new pattern, will be posting information at the end of the week. Have a great week and I hope the sun is shining where you are. Happy quilting,

Rosemary

Good afternoon dear friends, 

Beautiful snowy day here for stitching, temperatures are -2 windshield and snow is blowing all over the place. Nothing better than sitting down at your sewing machine.

The holidays have been very busy, I became a grandmother again on December 26. Little Ezra Matthew was born, and doing very well. I made a couple of baby quilts for Ezra, I love making quilts for my grandchildren. One of them was using the Temecula  Circa 2017 patterns.

It is always so hard when January rolls around because so many blocks of the month and  projects become available to do, I always have such a hard time choosing which ones and of course I usually choose all of them. Just recently we started a Facebook group for a postage stamp Quilt if any of you would like to join us.  The quilt is pictured in the middle on the front of the book, Treasury of Quilts , 19th Century Patchwork Divas. Would love to make the quilt on the left, the tree of life quilt next . The blocks are so much fun to do and all of the strips for the squares were cut from my scrap bag. And no they did not make a dent at all in the scrap bag. 

I am sure I will be posting more pictures of more project soon. 

Wishing you and your family a wonderful new year full of love, peace and time to do what you love to do. Happy quilting,
Rosemary 

Good morning, 

I imagine some of you are in your kitchen is getting ready for Thanksgiving. We celebrate Thanksgiving here on Sunday so I have the rest of the week.

I am having a Black Friday sale on patterns, choose any two patterns for $20. The sale will run through November 30.

Shipshewana Happy Scrappy Quilt

The Shipshewana Happy Scrappy Quilt was inspired by a quilt that I saw in Shipshewana at a retreat that an antique dealer brought for show and tell. It was one of those really scrappy pieced quilts that really had no rhyme or reason. After spending a lot of time looking at older antique quilts, I decided it was time to design my own scrap quilt. I definitely had to have some kind of order, something that just seemed to flow to the next block. I love quilts with a lot of pieces, this quilt has over 2500 pieces using just some of the simple shapes as squares, rectangles and triangles. It is a wonderful way to use up some of your scraps. The quilt is easily put together. Shipshewana Happy Scrappy measures 105 by 121 inches 

Little Baltimore Blocks
30 little Baltimore blocks are included in this pattern, each block is 6 in.². They will go perfectly with any of the 6 inch blocks in any of my books or in a separate project. Your choice of colors for these blocks is endless. You can use typical Baltimore colors of red or green, Civil War fabrics or just really bright and bold fabrics in your blocks

New Testament Bible Quilt

36 8 inch appliqué blocks are provided that each tell a story from the New Testament. Fabric requirements, cutting instructions and a layout diagram are included. A CD is also enclosed that contains a picture of the quilt and a close-up picture of each block. The finished size of the quilt is 74 x 74″Old Testament Bible Quilt

36 8 inch appliqué blocks are provided that each tell a story from the Old Testament. Fabric requirements, cutting instructions and a layout diagram are included. A CD is also enclosed that contains a picture of the quilt and a close-up picture of each block. The finished size of the quilt is 74 x 74″Spring Fling Quilt

The quilt pattern contains 30 8 inch appliqué blocks that are whimsical designs featuring flowers, fruit, butterflies, bugs and much more. The finished quilt measures 78 x 67, easy-to-follow diagram, fabric requirements and cutting instructions enclosed. A CD is also enclosed that includes a photograph of the quilt and close-ups of each block.Postage for the patterns would be $6.75 priority mail postage in the states and $26 priority mail postage out of country. If you would like to place an order, just drop me an email at [email protected] and I will send you The amount due. 

Enjoy this cooler months and for those of you in the states, I wish you and your family a blessed Thanksgiving. 

Happy Quilting,
Rosemary

Dear friends, 

Here is the link for the smile box, The first 17 pictures are from Rebecca’s Haarer talk at an Amish  home, Rebecca is a antique dealer in Shipshewana and is very knowledgeable about the Amish and their quilts in Indiana.. Then it goes right into our awesome Show and tell that we had at the retreat. 
http://play.smilebox.com/SpreadMoreHappy/4e4451324f5463344e6a64384d546b354e4441784e54513d0d0a
For those of you that celebrate Thanksgiving this week, I  would like to take this time to wish you and your family a very blessed Thanksgiving holiday. I hope you have some time to enjoy some turkey and have  some time to relax and do a little stitching.

 Wishing you all a wonderful week. 

Rosemary

Good morning,
Returned from the quilting retreat in Shipshewana, The quilt shops were full of new collections of fabric., kits and many patterns. It always amazes me what I can find in Shipshewana versus what I can find here.

I really tried to limit the amount of fabric I bought especially because I just cleaned out my sewing room and I feel I have  way too much fabric. I did buy some 1930s fabrics because I used almost all of them I had in my collection when I made my Tumbler quilt. 

When I first started quilting, 1930s reproduction fabrics was all that I used. I guess I must be in the mood to make another quilt with them. Most of the fabrics shown are by Kaye England. 

I also brought home these books, can’t wait to make some of the Quilts in the book, Treasury of Quilts.

Will be working on a smilebox of show and tell and will post it soon.. Happy quilting, Rosemary

Here are some photos of some of the fabric displays in the shops.

Thought I would send some more close-ups of the costumes and answer some of the questions.

The exhibit features 36 costumes worn during the first four seasons of Downton Abbey. Exhibit runs through January 8, 2017.

The History Museum

808 W. Washington St.

South Bend, IN 46601 

Phone: 574-235-9664

Email: [email protected]

$14 Adults

$12.50 Seniors (60+)

Elegant afternoon teas are offered on a variety of dates while Dressing Downton: Changing Fashion for Changing Times is on view at The History Museum.

Enjoy.