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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it before please be aware that it is an old book, and as such some of the ideas and themes in the book are a little outdated and old fashioned.
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
Finished quilt size: Generous throw, 68inch x 80inch (170cm x 200cm) - OVER 12 MONTHS
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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
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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