I’m thrilled to have Cold Chimney Swallows published in Quiltmania‘s January-February 2020 issue (#135). The first time I’ve ever had a pattern in a magazine, and it’s on the front cover! I share this thrill with my fabulous quilter, Terase Munnerly from Cooee Quilting in Yeppoon.
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When I was drafting my Aves quilt, a creation made entirely of blocks named for birds, I discovered the Chimney Swallows block during my research. It’s an old block, first published in Ohio Farmer in 1896. The block in Cold Chimney Swallows is the simplest of number of stunning variations that were published in the following 40 years, many of which are included in Aves.
I love how the circular pattern forms when the block is repeated, and thought the block deserved a quilt all of its own! The block was adapted for modern methods and Cold Chimney Swallows was born.
FREE Foundation Templates
The magazine had space to only provide one each of the templates for foundation piecing. Here they are as a whole sheet to download as a PDF and print:
Snowy Mountain Foundations
Snowflake Foundations
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader DC to use the file.
When printing your foundations, select ‘actual size’ to ensure accurate sizing.