Free Patterns, Dear Jane Cross Stitch, Quilt Sandwiches

I've been making sandwiches lately...quilt sandwiches.  Another panel of the Dresdens is all ready for the hand stitching to begin. I'm happy with how the first one worked out and fingers crossed, both pieces will fit together in this quilt as you go bigger project.
I've also layered up the Very Scrappy Valentines runner. Thank you all for the encouraging words about this. I'm going to hand applique around those valentines probably with the red perle cotton since I'm enjoying using it so much.

I spent a happy hour yesterday trailing through the pattern gallery look books on the Art Gallery Fabrics site. They have a look book for each of the fabric lines and there are a lot of them.  At the blog you can find a free pattern for each.( For the record, I have no affiliation with these folks or any others mentioned in this post.)
Here is the blog link to the free pattern for their Foresta Fusion quilt.
                                 
   And here is the link for their Free Pattern site. There are 9 pages of them. Their Ballerina line is delicate and pretty. There is definitely a fabric line for all tastes.

I am so happy I found and follow this lady -Sarah at A Little Happy Place.  Her site is chockablock with projects, many of them easy and all of them pretty.  Here is a wonderful tutorial on Hand Quilting she made.
                        
She also generously offers an extensive array of free patterns for quilts, hangings, small projects and also embroidery. Definitely worth taking a look through.

Many of you are taking part in the Moda Blockhead project.  I liked this little project and lo and behold it is part of the 2020 series. This free pattern is found at  Brigitte's blog.
I think it is a great pattern for a cushion to be made any time of the year.
                                          
I talked about the fabulous Dear Jane quilt in my last post.  How enduring is the pattern and all the wonderful interpretations it has inspired! I wonder what the ailing Jane Stickle would think of it all.
  I was intrigued to find a cross stitch version of it as well.  It can be bought as a PDF download at Carolyn Manning Designs for a very reasonable price. A very colourful version.

               

I've had my eye on Carolyn's It Takes a Village design for a while.

This is our monthly linkup time for our international SAL hosted by Avis at Sewing Beside the Sea. All these ladies are stitching widely differing patterns and styles.
Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Carmela, Jocelyn, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ, Jenny

I'm chugging along with my own Swirling Flowers cross stitch project.  I've finished two motifs and started two more.

I hope your Sunday is calm and relaxing despite world news.  It is a long weekend here in Ontario as Monday is a provincial Family Day holiday...a midwinter day off to celebrate winter activities with family and friends.
Fun to link up with these parties: Kathy's Quilts, Quilting is More Fun Than Housework, The Madd Quilter, The Inquiring Quilter, My Quilt Infatuation and Life in Pieces.