Walk in the Woods
January 2024

I finally finished my Jacquelynne Steves Secret Garden BOM from Summer 2022! While I had completed the top in 2022, I spent most of 2023 looking for that “just right” backing fabric, but was having no luck. I finally got the push I needed to get this off my UFO rack when a local group was wanting donations for the holiday season for the Good Shepard Shelter, a long-term treatment and education-based shelter for women and their children who are healing from domestic violence. So, I gave up looking for the “just right” backing fabric and finished this as a quanket (fleece backed).

The main character of the quilt pattern was supposed to be fairies, but I decided to use a gnome as my main character instead. However, I did give a nod to the fairy with my small blue fairy in the bottom right corner. I used fabric paint for the center pieces, and the butterflies were pre-made appliques. A funny story on those: my nephew received them accidentally with an order he got from a big name online retailer. The retailer told him to just keep them (cheaper than shipping back), so I lucked out and he gave me five boxes full of colorful applique butterflies! I thought they worked perfect with the woodlands theme. 

If you are interested in making a similar quilt, the digital pattern can be purchased from Jacquelynne’s online shop at https://jacquelynnesteves-shop.com/collections/digital-patterns/products/the-secret-fairy-garden-block-of-the-month-quilt-pattern-digital?fbclid=IwAR1iBfZzpry0eykKsxWs2mPy34OofqrWOiagABhnHDNux1lmurKDbuylaUU