Category Archives: Anna Maria Horner

Queue for the Zoo Quilt

October 14, 2014

I had the immense pleasure of working with one of my all time favorite Liberty prints once again over the past couple of weeks. A client requested a custom quilt with this Queue for the Zoo Liberty fabric as the “theme” print, and I went from there. I paired it with this metallic dot from Dear...

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LaurieOctober 14, 2014 - 4:21 pm
Wow- this quilt is perfect in every way. I love your choice of the gold dotted fabric for sashing the Liberty print. I am a big fan of the quilting cotton “Lifestyle” Liberty prints that came out within the last few years- I am dying to know if they’ll be doing it again anytime soon because the prints were gorgeous and affordable!ReplyCancel
LaraOctober 15, 2014 - 5:33 am
Love love love! Such gorgeous saturated colours Meredith! Particularly love your hand stitching – perfection!,ReplyCancel
emilyOctober 18, 2014 - 10:30 am
so pretty and pink!!ReplyCancel
KayOctober 21, 2014 - 3:08 am
Beautiful, I really love the colours. xReplyCancel
RosieMay 21, 2015 - 2:56 pm
Would you mind sharing the dimensions of the blocks? I’m working on a similar project but can’t seem to get the math right to make the patch blocks match the bigger blocks. Beautiful quilt!!ReplyCancel
the purple and olive quilt » Olivia Jane Handcrafted – BlogSeptember 25, 2015 - 10:40 pm
[…] hope the brand new baby loves her quilt just as much as her big sis loved hers! It was so special for me to be able to make this, and I can say with certainty it is one of my […]ReplyCancel
MichelleSeptember 24, 2017 - 4:51 pm
Do uou know the name of this patern?ReplyCancel
- MeredithSeptember 28, 2017 - 9:43 pm
  This is a pattern I just made. I’m happy to tell you all the block dimensions if it helps! The sixteen patch blocks are made up of 16 2.5″ (unfinished) squares that end up at 8.5″ unfinished. The two fabric blocks are made up of a 4.5″ center (unfinished) square 2 2.5×4.5″ (unfinished) strips on either side, and 2 2.5″x8.5″ strips on the top and bottom which also ends up as an 8.5″ unfinished block. I hope that helps! ReplyCancel
BarbaraJanuary 15, 2018 - 6:59 pm
i AM crazy about Christmas and think this pattern would look great in Christmas fabrics.ReplyCancel
Mimi of 3March 5, 2018 - 4:09 pm
I love this!!!! Do you have a pattern?

Thanks,
TinaReplyCancel
- MeredithMarch 5, 2018 - 5:01 pm
  No pattern, but a few comments before this I told Michelle just how to make it! :) ReplyCancel
Bernie bApril 18, 2023 - 8:41 pm
What a gorgeous quilt! You did a wonderful job on it! ReplyCancel

Back at it

October 1, 2014

Thank you guys so much for your kind words of encouragement the other day. I guess we probably all have days of self doubt. The important thing is to just keep going. I started sewing because I thought it would be fun and rewarding to make something with my own hands. I kept sewing because I...

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Oliver + S Baby Carrier

September 10, 2014

Remember that embroidery I showed you last week? Well this is what we’re turning those bits of stitching into. Layla and I haven’t quite finished our project, but I wanted to show you her baby carrier. This was intended to hold Pup, her beloved stuffed dog, but she bought a little horse that she wanted...

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A New Quilt + Pattern Giveaway

August 19, 2014

I can’t believe I never blogged about this, but last year I got the privilege of working with Alison Glass on one of her new quilt patterns. Well, she wrote the pattern and all that, but she let me make the quilt on the cover of the paper pattern! (And Angela Walters quilted it! How...

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TrinaAugust 19, 2014 - 8:03 am
Such beautiful quilt ideas and fabrics! I just got my Alison Glass Massdrop bundle. So excited. I don’t have enough quilts acquired yet to be swapping any out…. but I have my favourites (bundled under one now!). I’m sure it will be hard to let go if that day ever comes.ReplyCancel
JennAugust 19, 2014 - 8:17 am
I’ve had the same quilt on my bed for 16 years! It was a wedding gift and I flip it over when I’m tired of the front :) Definitely needs to be replaced though :) beautiful cover quilt and pattern! Thanks for the giveaway!ReplyCancel
EmilyAugust 19, 2014 - 8:48 am
I love this pattern!
We recently moved and were using a white coverlet on our bed with an smaller quilt for color. I’m super tired of the smaller quilt. Often times I will just put the smaller quilt on the bench and the bed looks cleaner. I always need the back of the quilt to be something I really like because I need to switch things around often.ReplyCancel
Sarah OAugust 19, 2014 - 9:09 am
I love the geese! I have yet let go of my quilts enough to put them on my bed! It is a failing to just look at them and touch them. Soon! I’d love to win!ReplyCancel
Marilyn SAugust 19, 2014 - 9:15 am
Right now it is one quilt and we add another for winter, but I want to make some so that I can switch them up a little.ReplyCancel
ErinAugust 19, 2014 - 9:18 am
I’ve never made a quilt big enough for my bed. I usually throw one across the foot of the bed or the upholstered chair in my room. Until now, I never thought of swapping it out for another. I will have to do that! Thanks!ReplyCancel
Mary on Lake PulaskiAugust 19, 2014 - 9:42 am
I only have two of my handmade quilts to fit our king size bed and I do switch them.ReplyCancel
CarlaAugust 19, 2014 - 9:43 am
Well…….I try to change with the seasons, but I don’t always get around to it
Thanks for the chance : )ReplyCancel
Sandra smithAugust 19, 2014 - 9:46 am
I’m actually make my first quilt for my bed. It’s been sitting in a stack for the last six months and I’m hoping to get back to it very soon!ReplyCancel
CeciliaAugust 19, 2014 - 11:49 am
I haven’t made a quilt for my bed yet. It is a king, but I have made 2 for my spare beds. I hope to make a few quilts soon, so that I can change them out for the different seasons.ReplyCancel
HilaryAugust 19, 2014 - 11:55 am
We just upgraded to a king size bed, so I haven’t made a quilt for it yet. But I would totally have a bunch and change them out with the seasons :)ReplyCancel
Allison CAugust 19, 2014 - 2:17 pm
We allow our dog on our bed (very bad habit) so we just have a target quilt cover…something that won’t pain me to wash weekly and see “dissolve” over time. I would hate to see something I made get so worn out, but I’ve recently decided to get over it and I’m making a scrappy quilt as a test run. It is something I won’t mind if the dog stains it or if the washing machine wears it down.ReplyCancel
Joyce MitchellAugust 19, 2014 - 3:48 pm
I have a bed quilt that my sister made for us for Christmas a couple of years ago. I put it on our bed just for the holidays, and then switch back to our store bought bedspread which stays on for most of the year. Thanks for the chance to win.ReplyCancel
ElinorAugust 19, 2014 - 4:03 pm
I keep wanting to make a quilt for my bed but somehow there is always a gift quilt or two ahead of it in the queue! One day I also hope to have a pile of quilts that I can switch around… :)ReplyCancel
JanieAugust 19, 2014 - 8:16 pm
I switch my quilts. I love to quilt I have them everywhere. Thanks for the giveaway.ReplyCancel
AshleyAugust 19, 2014 - 10:24 pm
I have one main quilt that is practically falling apart. It coordinates best with the rest of the room, so I only switch it out when it needs cleaning or a mend. I’ve been looking to make a new one- I LOVE this pattern, so maybe this can be it!ReplyCancel
Stephanie OlmstedAugust 19, 2014 - 10:24 pm
I like to change my bedding spring/summer & fall/winter.ReplyCancel
liz fAugust 20, 2014 - 12:12 am
I love Allison Glass’ patterns! I can’t wait to see your queen-size version. I keep the same quilt on my bed – but I don’t have that many to change around;-)ReplyCancel
MamakinAugust 20, 2014 - 12:41 am
Your work is inspiring. Years ago I made a quilt for my sister, who took it with her when she married, who shared it with her son when he married and I think it died from overwork. I used to love changing the quilts when I changed the sheets, often picking sheets that would go with a quilt. I’m on Long Island, NY and last years blizzard, nor’easter & all other gifts of nature ended up flooding our basement and we lost so many things. Sometimes it’s the memories of happy events with the lost items that hits the hardest. Among the carnage were my quilts. My DH went to get me one since he knew that since I was bedridden, I wouldn’t be able to make one. So now it’s one. He also gave me a quilt stand & I think of it as a reason to keep working on my recovery so one day I can I can fill it. :-)ReplyCancel
Renee GAugust 20, 2014 - 1:13 am
The quilt I keep on my bed is one my grandmother made for my husband and me.ReplyCancel
Jenna OAugust 20, 2014 - 6:36 am
I switch them quite often, once in a month I think! :)ReplyCancel
Arianna M.August 20, 2014 - 7:11 am
I don’t have a quilt on my bed, just a comforter. Maybe when I finish a bed-size quilt, I will put it on my bed! Right now I’ve only done baby- and lap-size quilts.ReplyCancel
KimberJAugust 20, 2014 - 10:30 am
Sadly… I have a scruffy old coverlet from HomeGoods on my bed and have for years :(
I give away everything I make as fast as its finished. None of my immediate family has anything. Its all extended family and paid commission work. Think I need to re-evaluate my priorities! What is it they say, the cobblers kids have no shoes???ReplyCancel
MaryAugust 20, 2014 - 1:05 pm
I love switching each season, but sometimes I forget. :)ReplyCancel
GillAugust 20, 2014 - 2:21 pm
I only have 2 quilts that fit our bed so I swap them around!
I love flying geese and Alison Glass – the perfect combination!!ReplyCancel
auschickAugust 20, 2014 - 10:10 pm
I just have the one on my bed. Well, I did, until I put it over my newborn’s window in lieu of the curtains I *still* haven’t made, LOL.ReplyCancel
Becky GreeneAugust 21, 2014 - 7:18 am
I had the same quilt on my Bedford about twenty years , but since I have become… ummmmm… quilt-obsessed lately, I switch them out fairly frequently. Right now, I have an all-voile quilt with silk and bamboo batting on and it is heavenly for summer!!ReplyCancel
Kelly O.August 21, 2014 - 8:22 am
I would *like* to have quilts to change out on my bed but that means I have to make another quilt for me and stop giving them away or selling them! I do however change out my lap quilts on the couch with the seasons….. Christmas is my favourite so sometimes it sits until march but this year I hope to make a valentine’s quilt…
thanks for the chance to win!ReplyCancel
RachelAugust 21, 2014 - 11:58 am
So far I’ve used 1 until it looks very very well loved then make a new one :) working on a new one now as the current quilt is from 2008!ReplyCancel
Julie McKayAugust 22, 2014 - 5:20 am
I switch the quilts around on all the beds in the house. julie.mckay@xtra.co.nzReplyCancel

In the works

August 8, 2014

I wanted to pop in today to let you know that I’m working on some exciting new stuff! In the next couple of months, I’ll be releasing an all new quilt pattern and my first garment pattern. I’ll be previewing each of them here showcasing the many ways they can be customized, and when its...