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    • 2022 A Little Wilderness Patterns and Videos
    • 2022 The Grasshopper Patterns and Videos
    • 2022 Happy Days Patterns and Videos
    • 2022 Down the Rabbit Hole Patterns and Videos
    • 2022 Simple Folk Patterns and Videos
    • 2022 Coming Home Patterns and Videos
    • 2022 Growing Wild Patterns and Videos
    • 2022 Rainy Days and Sun Rays Patterns and Videos
  • Dollies Online
    • 2022 Dollies Online Patterns and Videos
  • Stitch and Story
  • Quilt Competition 2022
  • Book Videos
    • Growing Wild Book Videos
    • A Little Wilderness Book Videos
    • Coming Home Book Videos
    • Simple Folk Book Videos
    • The Grasshopper Book Videos
    • Happy Days Book Chapter Videos
    • Down the Rabbit Hole Book Videos
  • Pattern
    • Embroidery Pattern and Video
    • Birdie Pin Wheel Pattern Video
    • Block Book Video Tutorial
    • Hussif Snack Box Pattern Video
    • Little City Tote Bag Pattern Video
    • Windy Wash Day Sew Along
    • Hand Quilting Class
    • Improv Lettering Class
    • Improv Army Class
    • Needleturn Applique Class
    • Climbing Scrap Mountain Class
  • Old BOMs
    • Christmas BOM 2021 Patterns and Videos
    • Rainy Days and Sun Rays Patterns and Videos
    • Growing Wild Patterns and Videos
    • A Little Wilderness Patterns and Videos
    • A Little Wilderness Patterns and Videos - Aug Start
    • Coming Home Patterns and Videos
    • The Grasshopper Patterns and Videos
    • Simple Folk Patterns and Videos
    • Down the Rabbit Hole Patterns and Videos
    • Happy Days Patterns and Videos
    • Sarah's BOM 2017 Blog
    • Shop BOM Down the Rabbit Hole Book Videos
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    • Happy Days Quilt Competition
    • Down the rabbit hole Quilt Competition
    • Quilt Gallery and Competition 2018
    • Quilt Competition 2020
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Welcome to Sarah's BOM for 2023. Please read all the information carefully before you sign up.

This years quilt inspiration

"I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have got sense enough to get hold of it, and make it do things for us” 

People often ask me what inspires my quilts. My inspiration comes from lots of different places - artwork, embroidery, architecture - even furniture! Most often though it comes from music, and from books. My Down the Rabbit Hole quilt for example was inspired by Watership Down by Richard Adams, a childhood favourite. This quilt was inspired by another of my childhood treasures - The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett. 

The book tells the tale of Mary, a little girl who has lost both her parents to a cholera outbreak in India. She has no family left except her uncle, whom she has never met. She is brought to live with him in his large, strange and empty house in England, where she is sad and cross and alone. She hears about a secret walled garden and sets out to find a way into it - and in the process brings the garden, and herself, back to life.

When I started designing this quilt the first thing I thought of was wild vines and crazy flowers all over it. Every drawing I made though looked just a little TOO wild and crazy... a bit too busy and off the wall. And so the garden we are stitching is more the garden Mary tames than the place it was when she first opened the gate. Flowers are pushing up through the earth, and there are blooms and butterflies everywhere. You can also see the robin, a character central to the book, sitting on a little branch of flowers - and Dickon's friends, Sooty the crow and Shell the squirrel. The key to the garden is in pride of place, waiting to let us all inside.

The Secret Garden was first published in 1911, so if you haven't read it before please be aware that it is an old book, and as such some of the ideas and themes in the book are a little outdated and old fashioned. 

THE SECRET GARDEN
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​Finished quilt size: Generous throw, 68inch x 80inch (170cm x 200cm) - OVER 12 MONTHS

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What is included again this year?
  • EXTENSIVE VIDEO TUTORIALS WILL BE GIVEN FOR HAND APPLIQUE WITH PDF PATTERNS all hosted on a website you can access anywhere in the world. 
  • FULL EXPLANATION OF TECHNIQUES including needle turn appliqué, making perfect circles, making bias tape with a Hera marker, traditional machine piecing and hand quilting instruction
  • PRIVATE BOM FACEBOOK PAGE TO INTERACT WITH OTHER MEMBERS 
  • BONUS PROJECT PATTERNS that coordinate with your quilt!
  • MONTHLY COLOR INSPIRATION AND HELP FROM SARAH
  • MAKE THE QUILT IN YOUR OWN COLORWAY
  • NO FABRIC KIT TO PURCHASE -  - use your own fabrics, create your own colour way and save on monthly postage!
  • This quilt is a combination of needle turn appliqué and machine piecing. The applique templates provided are suitable for either hand or machine appliqué, but instruction will only be given for hand appliqué

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Secret Garden BOM 2023 Pay Upfront

Purchase Secret Garden upfront for BOM 2023 at $80USD.
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If you are an existing member of the website, access will be provided on your existing account (you will not receive an invite email). If you are new, an email invite will be sent to join where you set up your email and password. Both of these actions will take between 24-48 hrs.

PLEASE DOWNLOAD THIS DOCUMENT TO VIEW WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION NOTES TO BOM 2023

Click here to download Welcome NoteS for 2023

This years timetable

Welcome Notes
Includes information on BOM and FAQs
Upon signup - you can also access in tabs above.

Notions on sale
Optional acrylic template set and notions to help make the quilt – for sale at www.sarahfielke.com 
Oct 15, 2022

Colour Planner
A large scale, printable black and white drawing to help you colour design your quilt
Oct 15, 2022

Material Requirements
Includes complete fabric requirements for the quilt design, fabric inspirations and colour ideas.
Dec 10, 2022

Notions Shipped
Priority given to all notion orders made by Dec 31. Notions ordered after this date will be shipped ASAP. 
First orders shipped from Jan 10, 2023

Secret Garden
Patterns and Videos Release Timetable
Patterns and videos released onto website starting from Jan 31, 2021
Month 1 – Jan 31
Month 2 – Feb 28
Month 3 – Mar 31
Month 4 – Apr 30
Month 5 – May 31
Month 6 – Jun 30
Month 7 – Jul 31
Month 8 – Aug 31
Month 9 – Sep 30
Month 10 – Oct 31
Month 11 – Nov 30
Month 12 – Dec 15

BOM 2022 Quilt Competition
Opportunity for you to send in pics of your finished quilt tops from BOM 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022  to go into our competition to win fun prizes
Email quilt pics to bom2017@sarahfielke.com by Feb 21, 2023
Voting from Feb 23 to 28, 2023
Winners announced Mar 1, 2023


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Sarah Fielke is an award winning quilt designer from Sydney, Australia. In her 24 years in the quilting industry, her 14 best selling quilt books have sold over 200,000 copies worldwide and have been translated into 5 languages. Sarah's quilts have roots in both modern and traditional quilting, making her a firm favourite with quilters new and old. She describes her quilts as "contemporary traditional".​ ​More Info

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