Bernie's Mittens QAL: The Finished Bernie!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for joining me in my first-ever quilt along!  I hope you had as much fun as I did!  My quilt-along version of Bernie's Mittens is my favorite Bernie, but I always say that when I finish a new version of a quilt.

I took the picture in the same spot I've taken all of my Bernie pictures.  These amphitheater remind me of the picture of Bernie Sanders that inspired this quilt pattern so there's no need to reinvent the wheel each time I finish a new version.

I've talked at length about my fabric selection before - the main fabric is Memories by Cecile Metzger for FIGO fabrics and the accent is Chalk and Charcoal in Rose by Jennifer Sampou.  We play a lot of board games in our house (we finished our family challenge to play all 172 games we own in 2021 before Thanksgiving), and the tiny playing card suits spoke to me as soon as I saw this fabric.  From a distance they just look like flecks in yarn.  Plus the soft neutral colors felt different from anything else I've made recently.

The Together panto is just beautiful.  It's like a fancier version of the Chunky Knit panto that I used on my first two Bernie's Mittens quilts!  Expertly quilted by Lauren at Tekstil Crave of course.  I gave her a bit of an extra challenge with a flannel back this time, but that didn't phase her at all.  This quilt is currently on top of the couch rotation list - it's so snuggly!

But I didn't make my Flannel Bernie alone - I sewed along with many of you using the #berniesmittensqal hashtag on Instagram!  Every Bernie I saw was beautiful.  It makes me so happy to see people sewing with my patterns!  Some were only shared via private message, but here are the ones that were shared publicly.

@sewingbymiles

@wester.jessica - The patchwork center section is included in the pattern!

A random winner was chosen to win a prize pack consisting of a fat quarter of fabric from the original Bernie's Mittens quilt, a fun Bernie Christmas ornament, and a finger thread cutter.

But I think everyone deserves a prize, so I'm running a two-day flash sale on Bernie's Mittens and Zephyr to celebrate the end of the quilt-along!  Save 25% from now until Wednesday, no coupon code needed!  Thanks for sewing along with me!