Tweetle Dee Blog — patterns

When you get commissioned to design a star to represent the western rancher you look at colors and shapes of the old ranches around you with new eyes.  I was thrilled to have the chance to design a barn quilt and fabric quilt for this project and am so happy to bring to you the Western Star Barn Quilt. I love the western skies at night with the big expanses so I knew one mighty star needed to be the focal point.  I choose the Prairie Paint colors of Cattle Drive Coffee for the frame and the star, one because I...

Our new fall barn quilt design is the Sugar Maple and it is by far my favorite fall barn quilt I have ever designed and painted.  At each step of the process I fell more in love with the simplicity of the design, but the repeat pattern brought even more depth, and then the color!  The Prairie Paint 2021 Fall Collection was amazing on this barn quilt.   The Simple Cream was the base, with it's warm white and the deep pigment, it set off the colors of Sugar Maple and Sweet Potato Pie.  Then the border or frame, we usually stain...

We are so excited to share with you our newest hoop-art embroidery pattern, The Deseret Drifter Floral Embroidery Sampler.  The Deseret is a term we hear in the west often.  It is associated with the values of hard work, perseverance, inspired vision and strength.  The name of this pattern, the Deseret Drifter came to me one night as I was journaling. I love reality journals, you know the journals we scribble our hopes and goals into, our honest failures and glimpses of the paths we trudge along to a better way.  The word "drifter" gives me the image of someone who...

We are so excited to bring our darling Hippity Hoppity Hand Embroidery to the shop this week!  Sometimes you really want a simple embroidery piece to work on for the season and our little bunny with his floppy ears is so sweet and simple that a beginner stitcher could easily finish this project over a couple movies. Available in the shop as a full kit (including the unfinished frame) or a pattern complete with instructions and stitching guides to help you along.   Patterns are available as well as the frame for separate purchase.  You will love this little bunny who is here to announce...

With the turning of steel and wood cogs the Old Mill along the river would turn little grains into sacks of beautiful flour, long stalks into oats and anything cracked was much tastier after it's time at the mill.   Our newest barn quilt is and original design, inspired by the elements of the cogs and wheels that turned in unison.   The Old Mill Barn Quilt is new in The Shop today.  There are four sizes of the framed barn quilt ready to come to your home.  Each of our barn quilts are hand painted with our exclusive Prairie Paints, on reclaimed wood...