First Pattern of 2025! This little Axolotl has been requested a few times, and I finally figured out exactly what an Axolotl is and how I wanted to portray its cuteness. I hope you like it. Not only is it cute, but is a pattern you can really get creative with fabrics and colors.
This pattern also has new full cutting charts for the alternate sizes, hopefully making it even easier to put a Counted Quilt together.
My traditional green Tractor was a top seller for a long time, and though dethroned by the Monster Truck pattern, it is still very popular. At shows people always have a story about a friend or family member who took them for a ride on a tractor. Or who works with or collects tractors. Everyone has a Tractor story. But with those stories have come some requests for a different kind of tractor. So now we have the open cab front loading tractor.
In 2022 I made a Bull Rider as a custom request for a twin size bed. I like the way it turned out so much I decided to make it myself and add it to the catalog. In 2024 a Grandma asked me if I could make a similar girl barrel racing. She said she had made the bull rider for a grandson and her granddaughter did barrel racing she would really love to make a quilt for her too. Many of you know I started designing for my Mother to make baby quilts for her grandchildren, so how could I say no. I designed the Barrel Racing quilt shown on the left above. Again it turned out well I had to make it myself.
And since putting these two out into the world I have had a few requests to scale them down to a lap size not just a twin. That change will be added shortly. When you get either of these patterns, they will come with both the twin size and a smaller lap size.
Though the image style and process has stayed the same over the new almost 15 years of making Counted Quilts, I have changed the instructions slightly over time to make them clearer given the feedback I receive.
For example I know some people struggle with understanding how to use the alternate size cutting charts. In the past they were just the chart tops, with the new piece lengths, since that was the only information that changed. You are the meant to fold or rewrite the numbers over the original medium size quilt. I did this to save on paper, printing, and shipping costs. However many of you buy digitally and don't print at all, which make the fold option impossible, and the back and forth likely for mistakes.
I have changed the instructions slightly, and shuffled these around a bit so that you now have full piece cutting charts
will now be on those last 2 alternate size pages. This change will be on new patterns. If you want it added to old patterns please give me that feedback as well.
Thank you for your support over the years, and all you feedback and reviews that help me make the best patterns possible. I have learned a lot.
My next show will be at the Sewing and Stitchery Expo at the Puyallup WA fairgrounds Feb 27-Mar2. I will be in booth #308. I hope if your in the area you are able to stop by and say hello.
See this link for information and tickets
https://sewexpo.com/#
