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Hands up who else gifted handmade this Christmas?? This Christmas saw 3 quilts find new homes, including the quilt that inspired the Origami quilt pattern in the first place – the Japanese Origami quilt.

This quilt (and the resulting quilt pattern) was inspired by the Japanese fabrics that my mother-in-law purchased in Japan earlier this year. I was stuck on how to make the most of the prints, when my husband mentioned that they look a bit like origami paper, and maybe I could do something like that to show off the prints at their best… and inspiration struck!

Origami paper ...

Once again, my fabulous pattern testers have absolutely rocked the Origami quilt pattern! I’m always blown away by the creativity and generosity of my testers for helping me release my patterns, and just wait until you see what I mean…

Baby Quilt

The baby quilt size for Origami is a sweet 39″ x 39″. The perfect size because you don’t need to piece a backing! I’m ALL for that.

Josephine made her’s in a range of beautiful blues, and as the Origami pattern is so quick to sew, she even had time to quilt and bind ...