I didn't buy the pattern, just copied it the best I could. The center sort of neutral strip was a bit larger than the two outside framing strips---------so I usually allow about a inch more for the center strip as her pattern called for.

Thanks, Myrna! Those fabrics are all from Hobby Lobby.

I really love the Warm Wishes pattern! So easy, yet looks as if it's much more trouble than it is. :thumbup: To top it all off, the pattern is FREE! Win/Win!!!

The Warm Wishes is quite impressive, yet ultra simple. And quick

It's because of the seam allowances. I've made warm wishes with no pattern. I just decided on width of strips, sewed them together, then cut my focal blocks the same size as the width of the strips already sewn together.

That remark is sooooo true in my life!!! ha ha ha I am having more of those days than not.

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Hope the pic comes through of a Warm Wishes throw I made for a 13 year old cancer patient. He loves being outdoors with his dad and the focus fabric has pictures of deer. I found this fabric at Wal-Mart after shopping several places. Warm Wishes is usually my to-to pattern when I need something quick that looks more complicated than it really is. :-D

I love it. just right amount of purple

I just "googled" warm wishes free pattern and got the one from Nov/Dec 2003 Quiltmaker magazine. I believe it was used as a Linus project???

I like look of the rail blocks when the center strip is a bit wider than the outer 2 strips. The suggestion to make the rail block first, then cut the focus block to match is brilliant. Mary Ellen Hopkins and her PPM (personal private measurement) advocacy made quilting less stressful and more fun for many folks. A great pattern for all occasions.

Whenever I teach Warm Wishes or a similiar pattern that requires pieced strips- I suggest that they be made first. Then measure the height and cut the width accordingly. Then cut the focus fabric. Sometimes there is a slight difference because of the seam allowances taken.