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This morning I bought the Australian Patch work and Quilting magazine only to discover Kate Conklin's wonderful quilt Off the Rails, which is a funky, modern quilt pattern. The quilt features my Bird Tree range, which is so lovely to see. The APQ has done a lovely job. The magazine is Volume 20 number 2 with the quilt being on page 80. Kate's design uses the slash and stack method which is a lot of fun to cut out and really easy to piece.

The instructions to make the quilt are in two sizes, small 100x 128 cm (39 1/2 x 50 1/2 inches) and a larger size 133 x 192cm (52 ½ x 75 ½ inches). It is quite easy to make the quilt even larger.

The magazine features the original magenta colorway of the Bird tree fabrics, of which I only have three kits left in the smaller size, you can buy that here.

Below is a new colorway I put together as an alternative, though it differs slightly from the quilt published in the APQ, I think that these colours are really lovely and work just as well. The photo shows what you will find in the larger size quilt kit when you buy one here. Of these we only have five available. Lucky for us the Bird Tree range has been very popular.

Indigo & green kit
I also love working with the lovely cooler tones of the indigo and green colour-way of the Bird Tree range. Below is a picture of what these fabrics look like together. You can purchase the indigo kit in large or in the small size. Simply choose the Indigo kit from the drop down box.

Below is the quilt top I made last year using Kate's Off The Rails pattern. As it was for a couple I thought I would use this range as it is not gender specific.
In this previous post you can read up about how I made the quilt in the indigo and green Bird Tree colour way.

Don't you think the love in the faces on their wedding day is just beautiful? It's a picture of when Sharon and Mal received their quilt.