Quilt patterns (freebies)

It's that time of year when thoughts turn to upcoming holiday festivities. A site I like to go to fairly regularly for applique ideas (you can use them for other things too) is http://www.fourtwinsisters.com/

Meet Annette Truong, Margaret Huynh, Marilyn Wanner and Penny Harder. Beats me who they are but there's some good stuff in their site courtesy of willing donors :) I'm currently trying out some of the alphabets for raw edge applique. So far so good. 

Given how popular their site seems to be it's actually proving difficult to find out more about these ladies. Two sets of twins - Annette& Margaret who are 9 years older than Marilyn & Penny.

Clothworks Textiles - free quilt patterns

Is there anyone that does not love free quilt patterns ? I would be very surprised if there was.

This looks like an interesting site. A variety of patterns to suit most tastes and the downloadable directions look simple enough to follow.

http://www.clothworkstextiles.com/patterns.asp

Some are pattern previews showing what's coming soon. This one is called "Hydrangeas."

Here's two of the currently available ones - "Hungarian Blue" and "Sun Kissed".

I can see myself spending a lot of time at this site and getting totally distracted from my current projects :)

While you are there check out their fun looking fabric collections.  I really like the "Best Friends" soon to be released series. "Avalon" looks yummy. I'm going to return another day to read about all the designers.