The Palma Quilt pattern is now available for digital download in the shop!
Palma is a happy pattern that feels like Mexico and margaritas and fun with friends on warm, summer evenings! It’s got a retro-boho vibe that I absolutely love and right now I’m wishing that I was lazing on a beach somewhere warm, with this quilt. Somewhere that doesn’t have mutating viruses that keep coming back for more. Somewhere babies don’t wake in the night and scream for hours. (Ha! Is a 14 month old still a baby?! I’m not feeling very generous right now…) Somewhere I can while away the hours doing much of nothing and yet not a scrap of time is wasted…
Sounds lovely.
Aaaaaanyway, back to reality! It’s winter, there’s lots of bugs going round and babies like to party at night. Sounds like perfect ‘weather’ for staying home and sewing. So why not wait out the storm with my latest pattern, Palma!
Palma is a pattern for confident creatives and requires a knowledge of sewing curves. OR a willingness to learn! I am pretty sure if you’re a newer quilter you could definitely give this pattern a shot and have success after a bit of curves practice.
Colour combinations
Ideal for just two fabric prints, Palma works beautifully with solids as shown in the hero quilt above, but it also works well with a small selections of matching prints.
The hero quilt was made using scraps of chambray and denim, with the palm leaves made in an off-white quilting cotton. I also love this baby quilt version in Emma Jean Jansen’s The Linen Cupboard collection. It contrasts perfectly with the dark chambray dotty fabric in a very psychedelic 60s way!
Quilting options
The hero quilt was simply machine-quilted in the ditch for strength, but I really wanted some chunky hand-quilting to highlight the boho-Mexican vibe of the quilt. This pattern really lends itself to hand-quilting, but for those not so hand-quilting-inclined, you could also finish it if with some simple matchstick quilting, or echo quilting, like in my baby quilt and the table runner by Tamara, below (@metamarama on Instagram).
Five different project sizes
The pattern comes with instructions for five different project sizes – table runner, baby, throw, twin and double.
The table runner and baby quilt feature two opposing palms – the table runner shows the palms laid out vertically, and the baby quilt shows the palms going in opposite directions, but this time side by side.
This pattern was definitely designed to have fun with, and I hope you have as much fun with it as I have! Make sure you tag me on Instagram with your Palma makes #palmaquilt
If you live outside the EU you can purchase your Palma Quilt pattern here!
EU members can purchase the Palma Quilt pattern in my Etsy store here!
I love the look of the Palma Quilt! I purchased your pattern and have almost finished a table runner. Did you specify in the directions that the fabric should be cut straight of grain? My pieces came out rather wonky as the palms were cut cross grain (I didn’t have the exact amount of fabric) and the background was straight grain. Does this make a difference?
Also, I did not allow the quarter inch seam allowance…it was included in the pattern, right. I was unable to get the points just right, but hopefully with practice, I will master this delightful pattern!
Thank you for sharing your creativity!
Deborah
Hi Deborah! Thanks for the comment and feedback! I’ll take a look at the pattern – I can’t remember off the top of my head whether I mentioned the grain, however I think I would have mentioned the issue of stretching etc with the curved edges, but again, I can’t be certain and will have to take a fresh look. That has been my plan anyways, as I am about to put another curved pattern out for testing and I’ve been perfecting that one. Each pattern I learn something new and have to go back and edit the old ones! To avoid stretch in the bias I highly recommended starching VERY well which helps prevent the fabric from stretching before you want it to when you’re piecing the curves. The SA is allowed for in the templates. It is a tricky pattern particularly because of the left and right facing curves. I’d love to see your work when you’re ready to share!
Xanthe
🙂