Good Morning, Quilters!
Today, I have a real treat for you!
We are continuing our owl theme this week with a FREE Owl Paper Piecing Pattern.
Peggy Aare and Susan Hilsenbeck
First, I must introduce (or reintroduce) you to two readers, Peggy Aare and Susan Hilsenbeck.
Several years ago–back when we were The Inbox Jaunt—the very generous quilt designer, Peggy Aare of Wisconsin Quilting, offered our readers several free paper piecing patterns. (Some were based on Silent Sunday and Fine Art photos.)
During quarantine, the talented quilter, Susan Hilsenbeck used the pattern to create her beautiful version of the pattern. Susan’s Owl quilt was featured in Susan Sider’s book: Quarantine Quilts: Creativity in the Midst of Chaos.
Be sure to hear Susan Hilsenbeck discuss her quilt HERE
Peggy’s Updated Pattern
Peggy is again offering her updated Great Horned Owl Pattern —
FREE for readers of LoriKennedyQuilts!
Thank YOU, Peggy!
Great Horned Owl Paper Piece Pattern Peggy Aare PDF
NOTES AND TIPS FROM PEGGY
Quilters may not need to print all the pages, but just use them as a reference.
Quilters should use the already reversed, full-sized line drawing for the basis of the paper piecing templates.
The shapes are all the same: equilateral triangles that finish at 4″ on a side. Piece them individually and then assemble as you would for a normal patchwork project, in strips or in blocks.
The round eyes need to be appliqued
There are many brown shades. You can combine colors on the chart to use what you want. Using shaded ombre brown fabric or tea-dying works well.
Be sure to check out Peggy’s other patterns at:
WisconsinQuilting.wordpress.com
And for questions and guidance, please contact Peggy:email: PaperPiecingHeartland@gmail.com
(Believe me, you don’t want my help with paper-piecing!)
Congratulations Susan and Thank you, Peggy!!!
Let’s all thank both Susan and Peggy!
Susan, thank you for your inspiration!
Peggy, thank you for your fabulous pattern design!
What about YOU?
Have YOU created a quarantine quilt?
Did YOU stitch one of Peggy’s patterns? (please contact me at Lori@LoriKennedyQuilts.com)–let’s do an online show!
Do YOU think I’ll ever get the hang of paper piecing?
We’d LOVE to hear!
Lori
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19 comments
loriwhitman
wow! Thank you so much ladies! The owl is gorgeous!
Arlette L.
Thanks to you Lori and Peggy and Suzan; what a beautifull gift ; I do like paper piecing;
thanks Lori for the monday news, such pretty free motion quilting ideas and great photos
I appreciate yr museum gallery , sharing painting we never see;
joanne eckinger
thank you for the opportunity to piece the owl I love to paper piece but haven’t done one in a while
kate b
Thank you Lori, Peggy & Susan…I think paper piecing is beyond me…but filing this away in case I work up the nerve.
SC Quilter
Thank you so much for this beautiful pattern. This will definitely be a challenging piece, but one I am looking forward to doing. Thanks for all the inspiration you provide!
DEBORAH RAPTIS
I think this will be my “challenge” project for 2022. Thanks so much for sharing your creative gift to all of us.
Lorraine Doyno Evans
Beautiful! Thank you for sharing.
Kathie Banks
Thank you; Lori, Peggy and Susan for sharing your creative genius. We grow in our art only because of the generosity of talented creators that go before us.
Marilyn Larkin
Thank-you to you and to Peggy. My mother’s favourite bird was the owl, and she had a collection of many different iterations of owls which I inherited. This is one more stunning owl I can now add to the collection. I love the muted browns through to creams, what a wonderful work of art.
jeannebean2014
Thank you, Lori! You’ve helped me so much with free motion quilting and now you’re helping expand our other skills. What a spectacular quilt! Many thanks to Peggy for this fabulous design!
Mary Northway
Wow! That is beautiful. How generous to share the pattern. My quarantine accomplishment was learning free motion quilting from you, Lori. I will be forever grateful.
I boast about you to all of my quilting friends. Thank you.
Rosemary B
Thank you Lori, this is so lovely,
Thank you Peggy!
susan hilsenbeck
Lori — Thanks for the Shout-Out. It was a challenging, but fun and capability expanding project. Thanks to Peggy for a great design, and Lori for all the tips on quilting I’ve learned over the years.
Jo Baner
That is such a cool quilt! Thank you for sharing the pattern. I hope to find time some day to make it!
carolabc123
What an amazing and generous gift. Thank you!
Carole S.
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you to all of you for your generosity. I love birds, and this one is so distinctive. I look forward to trying this technique.
DENYSE IZZO MARCOLINO
Obrigada por esse maravilhoso presente. Adorei
tonyaannr
Wow! What an awesome quilt. Thank you for this beautiful pattern.
enterprisingrabbitJoan
Thank you for all of your inspiration AND generosity…I was one of the rare people whose work increased during COVID and I have been looking forward to “tomorrow” when I can actually sit down and quilt again…your influence will be what gets me there, no doubt! Stay well, everyone! Joan, in Canada, but still an American….
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