According to ancient Hebrew tradition, once God had finished creating the universe, the world, the oceans and trees, he gave Adam a family and a garden. I’ve spent most of my life wanting much more than these. I wanted meaning and expression, recognition and adventure. I believed having my own little plot for creating order, and a bunch of little people to share it with, was too mundane, achieved too little. But in the last 2 years, our life has shrunk down, to these two little things. Making my home a place of colour and peace, and taking responsibility for my family. I’m not leading teams of people or rallying for a cause or changing the world in some splashy way. I’m just looking after my little corner. And it’s nice. Because I’m getting much better at it, and I failed constantly when I tried to do things that were way bigger than me.

And so, finally, I get to share with you my special garden, my colourful collection of joy and peace and healing and hope. I’ve always been terrible at real gardening (thought I hope to change that in our new home next year!), but this is a garden I can make and enjoy. This is Seedlings Quilt. A quilt made of all the designs shared here, but in small panels, put together in a log cabin style to make a beautiful, EPP and Applique sampler quilt.

Thank you so much for sharing this journey with me! We’ll be quilting-along in October! Want to join us? I’ll have more details in a blog post next week, but for now, I can tell you that you can choose any quilt, we’ll be focusing on a design per fortnight, and there’ll be prizes!

Grab your book in my shop or on Amazon, and make something as big or small as you like!

Buy the Seedlings Quilt Kit Here!

Book Errata:

Myrtle quilt: Please note that the templates in the book for the Myrtle edge pieces are not the correct size. You can find an image of the correct pieces at the bottom of this blog post, or you can email us at hello@talesofcloth.com for a corrected PDF to be emailed to you.

p. 39 Bottom of page: Finished Quilt Size should read 64" x 69", and Panel Size should read 7 1/2" x 20 1/2".

p. 41 Bottom of page: The cutting instructions for the large rectangle blocks are at the end of the TRIANGLES section. You need to cut (24) 8 1/2" x 16 1/2" rectangles in various prints.

p. 57 Fabric requirements for background fabric should read 2 1/4yds.

Joining blocks - Diamonds - Cut 126 should read Cut 350.

p. 98 Bottom of page: Finished Quilt Size should read 64" x 64".

p. 102 Top of page: Finished Quilt Size should read 64" x 64".

p. 107 Bottom of page: Missing Finished Quilt Size - 70" x 81"

p. 108 Missing Seedlings Quilt fabric requirements:

Backing: 5 yds, Batting: 78" x 89", Binding: 2/3 yd

{The Seedling Quilts} - Seedlings -