Lovely Design's Lovely Little Forest Quilt

We are big fans of the wonderfully creative products made by the super talented Sharilyn Wright of Lovely Design (you can find tons of great gifts on her site).  In fact, we've used her beautiful rolodexes in our shops for years. Recently, Joelle came across an incredibly sweet yet modern Christmas Tree Quilt on Sharilyn's Flickr page (while you're there, you may want to look around at her photostream a bit, it is filled with amazing, inspring ideas!).  We loved it so much and knew that you would, too! We asked Sharilyn if she would be willing to share her pattern with our Purl Bee readers and she generously agreed.  We think you'll agree that her quilt is charming, graphic, modern, and very, very lovely.  We love that it is both playful and sophisticated and can be enjoyed by grown-ups, children and everyone in-between.  It's the perfect decoration for the holidays or you could even keep it up all year as artwork in a child's room.

Since not everyone has a lot of time to make a quilt before the holidays (including us), we made a small version that went very quickly.  The beauty of Sharilyn's pattern is that you can make it as small or large as time allows! Joelle and I made this quilt together while sitting in front of a cozy fire.  We hope you'll find the time to enjoy making one of your own.  You can find the instructions for this project at our Little Forest Quilt Project Journal.  Thanks Sharilyn!!  --Page and Joelle

Comments

[Emily Clark]

So darling. I'm actually working on the Striped Pieced Christmas Stocking and was checking directions, so I'm glad I was able to see this pretty work of art. Thank you for all your great ideas. I don't always comment, but I check your blog very regularly and tell my friends and family. Thank you for all that you do to inspire your readers!

[Audrie]

This is so adorable! I'm really hoping I'll find some time before Christmas to make this for a wall hanging in my studio :)

[Jennifer]

How cute, what a great quilt.

[Smila]

This is sooooooooooooooooo beautiful! I love it!

[Sara]

This is so adorable. And versatile--obviously with red and green it's Christmas, but you could color it in New England foliage tones for fall. Though I think I am partial to the green and white!

[Jodie]

This is so incredibly sweet. I really love the green one! Thanks for sharing.

[Norma Pond]

I do love the Tree Quilt shown above. Very striking and pleasant to the eye. Great choice.

[April]

Oh good heavens - how LOVELY is THIS! Darling, darling, darling!!!!!

[brooke]

it really is catchy, isn't it? now i might need to make that tonight! my home is in need of some new color and christmas decor.

[Donne]

Which collection is the wonderful large white loops on a green background from? I can't seem to place it...

[Georgia]

This is really cute! I can see it done as pockets making a lovely little advent calendar. I love the idea of it hanging from a knitting needle.

[kjerstiye]

oh lovely.
this should totally be made into a kit!

[Tonya]

Oh, how I wish I had seen this sooner! I made a new advent calendar this year, and its fine, but this could've been so much better! Oh well. Maybe next year. It really is gorgeous.

[purl bee]

Donne,

The green fabric with the white loops is an Echino fabric that also has little pigs on it (that we cut around). We still have some available at our shop in NYC. If you are interested, please call 212-420-8798 and they can ship it too you. Thanks!

[Eniko]

That quilt is too cute. I've always wanted to try my hand at quilting.



http://enikoko.blogspot.com/

[mrs. ott]

adorable little quilt you have there. i won't have time to take on a project like that this year but its a good one to keep in mind for next year

[Jellybeanlupin]

Hello there,

Just to say that I always loved this little quilt and so er I made one! I blogged about it here:

http://jellybeanlupin.blogspot.com/2010/06/forest-part-one.html

I found the instructions very easy to follow and would like to thank you for posting such a great project.

Jenny