New patterns on the newsstand

Remember this (wow, two years ago!)? Well, now it’s all finished and you can make your own version from the pattern in American Patchwork and Quilting (August 2009 issue)! It’s an easy quilt to machine appliqué, inspired by textiles designs by Verner Panton—hence I call it Verner, though you’ll find it in the magazine as Dot to Dot. The Mother did not appreciate quilting the fiddly little spirograph designs, but they look fantastic, so thanks to her for struggling through!

If you’re flying anywhere this summer, also check out my E-Ticket Wallet pattern in the spring issue of Stitch. I got tired of wadding up my ticket printout, passport, and other bits of paper in the airport and trying not to lose them, so I made up this wallet to hold everything together. It’s made specifically to fit e-tickets, since airline-printed cardstock tickets are rapidly becoming things of the past.

The one I made for myself matches my Ikea Flört laptop bag (apparently the shoulder bag is no longer on the website).

I also made versions of these for my family, some of them with different details on the front: A tiny pomeranian (adapted from a print by the amazing Eleanor Grolsch) for the Mother...

A bird from Cute Stuff for Middle Brother’s wife...

And another version with an airplane for Youngest Brother, who hopefully will be able to use the wallet when he comes to visit later this month...

One word of warning though! Of all things to not be internationally standardized, passports apparently differ in dimensions slightly from country to country. The Mother went to stuff her Canadian passport into the pocket and found it wouldn’t fit (sorry for the crap gift, Mom!). So if you’re fortunate enough to carry a passport that isn’t American, you’ll probably want to measure it and adjust the pocket size accordingly.