Flexibility, good ingredients, and ease. Inspired by Michael Miller’s new panel, Mon Ami, we decided to cook up a new pattern. The trouble with panel patterns are not all panels are the same size. Therefore, panel patterns are really limited. We needed one that would be flexible, have good ingredients, and easy to put together.

With any good recipe, start with your main ingredient, the panel. The pattern example uses Mon Ami fabric panel by Michael Miller Fabrics. The panel size is 2/3 yard by WOF [Width of Fabric] before trimming. It was just too pretty. What you can’t see in the tiny picture is the lovely marble background and the lush deep colors of this panel.

The other good ingredients for this panel are the beautiful fabrics in the Mon Ami line. Check out this Michael Miller’s link to see all the coordinating fabrics.

The Panel Sampler Recipe Pattern was designed to give you flexibility and control. By changing just a few design ingredients, you have the ability to create a variety of flavors. You can customize your quilt around the size of your panel. The design options are given in 3” increments, making your panel project a successful experience to design and sew.

We’ve made two versions of the Mon Ami while testing this pattern. The first uses the whole panel. The second trims the panel down to just the bouquet.

The examples below show how the Panel Sampler Recipe Pattern can be customized to fit any size panel, full cut or a portion of the cut. Since panels come in many shapes and sizes, having the design flexibility of 3” increments allows you to fit a fun sampler design to the panel size of your choosing.

Fabric requirements: 1 panel, 3 fat quarters of light, 3 fat quarters of medium and 3 fat quarters of dark. If your panel is small, you’ll end up with a little extra fabric.

Because this sampler pattern booklet is so new, it hasn’t returned from the printers yet. But we decided to have an instant download available for a short time. Because, who likes to wait?! The printed version will resale at $16.95 and should be available in 2 weeks. Or you can visit our Etsy store today to purchase your instant download for half price, $8.00. Don’t wait to purchase the instant download. This really will be for a limited time only.

Check out these Panel Sampler Recipe quilts from our Gallery!

The eagle one was sewn up by Diana Garnhart. She said she recently bought the panel at Quilters’ Hollow in Stockton.

Ric-Rac added to the wheel gives it an animated look.We would love to see what you whip up with your panel and the Panel Sampler Recipe pattern. Send us a picture to Lisa@materialgirlfriends.com or share on your social media #PanelSamplerRecipePattern

Absewlutely,

Lisa Norton