Around the Year Quilt Book

Around the Year Quilt Book: Rosie & Bear Calendar Quilt from Bustle & Sew
By Helen Dickson
Published by Bustle & Sew
bustleandsew.com
Reviewed by Jessica Nichols, Editor of FaveQuilts.com

The Around the Year Quilt Book: Rosie & Bear Calendar Quilt from Bustle & Sew by Helen Dickson is a delightful block of the month pattern for quilters and stitchers alike. Each simple quilt block frames an embroidered scene of a little girl and her stuffed bear enjoying the different months of the year.

The Rosie & Bear Calendar Quilt is inspired by Dickson's memories of her own daughter, Rosie, and her toy Bear. You can use Dickson's designs to make an adorable quilt for a new baby in your family or a gift for a child or grandchild. The scenes of Rosie and Bear are so charming, you'll fee like you're reading a children's storybook when you're looking at this quilt. Little ones will delight in following the adventures of Rosie and Bear.

Of course, you can always customize the Rosie & Bear Calendar Quilt to fit your own child. Change the hair and skin color of the embroidered Rosie to one that fits the quilt's recipient. This quilt makes an especially touching gift if your child has a special "Bear" of her own. You'll notice that Bear is the only part of the embroidered scenes that is completely filled in. Dickson made this choice to show that a favorite childhood toy has the same special meaning, even when the child has become an adult.

The Around the Year Quilt Book includes both embroidery patterns for each block and instructions for putting together the whole quilt. Although the book is meant to be used to make a block-of-the-month calendar quilt, you can also use these embroidery designs and block patterns to make smaller projects. Try three or four blocks in a wall-hanging for a child's nursery, or make just one block as a throw pillow. Any one of these beautiful embroidery designs would look right at home in a child's room.