Once Upon A Story Row Along – Bremen Town Musicians
I found this year’s Row Along theme a little more difficult than last year’s. I am not really familiar with any North American nursery rhymes, and they don’t make a lot of sense if you don’t grow up with them. Well, nursery rhymes don’t make a whole lot of sense in general, I guess 😉 Anyway, I started thinking about fairy tales, being German I grew up with the Grimm Brothers and their stories. Unfortunately a lot of these stories have been turned into Disney movies, and I knew I needed to stay away from those. I finally chose the “Bremen Town Musicians” for my row. Not only is this a very German story (Bremen is a city in northern Germany) but the animals on top of each other also worked very well with the row format. If you are not familiar with the story, you can find an English version here.
My row shows the four animals outside the cottage in the forest as they are climbing on top of each other, getting ready to drive the robbers out and chase them away. It is all fusible appliqué with a machine blanket stitch. I then added two outside borders to turn it into a wall hanging which I registered for our local quilt show in October.
Northcott Fabrics generously offered their fabrics to all the designers again this year, and we could choose anything from their current collections for our projects. I chose three fabrics this time, the night sky, the forest floor and the cottage wall. Thank you, Northcott, for your beautiful fabrics. The pattern for the row will be available for free download for a week. Afterwards the pattern for the complete wall hanging will be available for purchase. If you know me, you know that I am fond of tiny appliqué pieces, and I appliquéd every piece of my design that isn’t marked as embroidery. Some of those pieces are very small, and if you don’t enjoy working with them, you can always embroider the details.
 39156G-49 Stonehenge Out Of This World |
 39416-76 Stonehenge Mighty Pines |
 21393-94 Naturescapes |
Edit: A week has gone by, and the free download isn’t available anymore. If you missed it, the pattern for the full wall hanging is now available for purchase.
And now it’s time again for a giveaway! This is organized by Marian and she makes the rules, you can find them at the bottom of this post. Our sponsor today is Northcott Fabrics with a beautiful Fat Quarter bundle, thank you for your generosity.
Our main sponsor this year is again the Electric Quilt Company, one lucky winner will receive the complete EQ 8 quilt design software. I design all my quilts in EQ and have been doing so for almost twenty years. Thank you, EQ, for supporting the Row Along! 
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Please take the time to read them.
- Rules and guidelines are also listed on the Rafflecopter window of each blog’s giveaway entry on their featured days post.
- Giveaways offered by sponsors are assigned to the various blogger/designers for their featured day.
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- You’ll have to visit the blog or the featured blog to enter the giveaways.
- All giveaways can also be entered at Seams To Be Sew. You must have commented at each of the blogs post to enter at Seams To Be Sew,
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- I will start announcing winners on September 10, 2019, and finish announcing winners on October 13, 2019
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133 responses to “Once Upon A Story Row Along – Bremen Town Musicians”
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Oh I love the story of the Bremen Town Musicians. Your row is fantastic! Thank you so much.
I am glad you like it, Sharon, enjoy.
This is beautiful! Thank you for sharing! Fantastic job!
Thank you, Connie, and thanks for stopping by.
Thank you for introducing me a to a story I’ve never heard before! Your row is charming and the wall hanging is really beautiful!
I wondered how popular this story was in the English speaking world and decided it was necessary to post a link. I am glad I did.
This is such a cute row! I have always liked the story. Thanks for your row!
You are welcome, Janet, enjoy.
As a musician and being of half German heritage, I naturally loved your row! Very fun!
Perfect! Thanks for stopping by, Linda.
Bremen Town Musicians. What a cute wall hanging! Thank you.
You are welcome, Susan, and thanks for stopping by.
Love “Bremen Town Musicians”. When I was a lass in high school we moved where animals and a garden could be raised. Our nearest neighbor attached their fence to the side of their house so their cow could have plenty of room. When their bedroom window was open, “Bessie” would stick her head in and “moo” them awake. Your block brought that memory flooding back. Isn’t quilting wonderful!!!!!
Hilarious 😀 Great story, Janey, thanks for sharing.
When I used to teach (years ago) one of the stories in reading was The Bremen Town Musicians. The kids loved it!
I have some faint memory of kindergarten where we turned the story into a little skit that we performed at a seniors home. It’s a great story for kids.
Brementown Musicians! Beautiful work!
Connie
Thank you, Connie, I am glad you like it.
Love your block, even though I’ve never heard that particular story – Bremen Town Musicians… Will definitely go back after leaving a comment and find out all about it. You’ve definitely put a LOT of work into your block – when I see 18 pages for a pattern I know it took quite a while! Thanks for all your hard work, your talent and your generosity! Blessings!!!
Thank you, Vivian. My designs are usually appliqué, and templates for a 30″ row do take up a lot of space LOL. I believe that if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing properly 🙂
Thank you for the beautiful row. I love your patterns.
Thank you, Melany, and thanks for stopping by.
I love this row, and plan to make it and put the borders around it just like you did. Thank you!
You are welcome, Paula. Please send me a picture of the finished project, I love seeing what people do with my patterns.
wow this is wonderful. Thank you for the pattern. I love that you chose this fairy tale. My mom used to tell this to us kids years ago.
Thank you, Lori. I was a bit worried that no one would know that particular story, I am glad I was wrong about that.
I like your pattern but I prefer to buy your printed pattern. When and where will it will it available?
Hi Deloris, I only sell downloadable patterns on my website. I have printed copies available that I sell at shows and will try to have the Bremen Town Musicians ready for our local show next month. I’d be happy to mail you one once I have them. Just send me a message through the contact form, and we can go from there. Thank you for asking!
I love this row Beatrice, so fun and full of “frolic” … Such a cool story also. I will note tho that just because Disney has created a lot of movies out of fairytales, they do not own the copyright to those fairytales, just to the movies and artwork in those movies. Thus, you can still create your own fairytale pattern. 🙂 I love saying that.. Disney doesn’t actually own everything. 🙂
I know, Marian, but I find it very hard to create something when Disney has already planted an image into everbody’s head. And I know they aggressively protect everything that they think is theirs, and I don’t want to deal with any of that, no matter if it’s justified or not. Some years ago, Jack Wolfskin started a legal campaign in Europe against anyone who sold something with a paw print on it because they thought that since their logo is a trademark nobody else was allowed to use any kind of paw print, no matter what animal, on anything. They sued a German newspaper that had been using a paw print as their logo for longer than Jack Wolfskin even existed, and they also went after all the small sellers on Etsy and similar platforms. It created a huge uproar and even though it was completely ridiculous by common sense standards it was a big hassle. I don’t even know how it ended, I don’t think it went very well for them because half of Germany decided to boycott their products. Anyway, there are lots of fairy tales that Disney hasn’t turned into movies, and I felt it was easier to choose one of them.
Bremen Town Musicians is a great fairy tale. As is your block!
Thank you, Pamela, I am glad you like it.
I remember this being one of my favorite stories as a kid. Thanks for reminding me of it.
It is a great story, and not as gruesome as some of the other fairy tales.
Thank you for the wonderful row. I love it.
You are welcome, Joanne, thanks for stopping by.
I love your row and can’t wait to make it into a wall hanging. Bremen Town Musicians has always been one of my favorite tales. Thank you for your creative rendition!
Thank you, Shelley, enjoy.
This is absolutely a gorgeous row. Grimm Fairy Tales are what I grew up on too. I’ve got to order some Naturescapes fabric and make up this one. Thank you for a spectacular addition to the row by row
Thank you, Joan, for stopping by and your kind words about my creation.
What a beautiful row. Very detailed. Can’t wait to make it. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
You are welcome, Jennifer. Yes, I am all about the details, LOL.
Holy Smokes – that is a gorgeous row! Thank you for sharing!!! Love the Bremen Town Musicians!!! Cute!!!
Thanks you, Allison, and thanks for stopping by.
Brementown Musicians! Beautiful work!
Thank you, Jennifer, I am glad you like it.
It is called Bremen Town Musicians. Love the block. Thank you for creating this for us. Cheers
Thanks, Lorna, I am glad you like it.
Your Bremen Town Musicians is a new to me Story. Thank you for something new to check out, your sweet pattern and for being part of the hop again!
Thanks for stopping by, Carol. The internet can be such a wonderful place, there are so many things we wouldn’t be able to discover without it.
I have never heard of the Bremen Town Musicians. Thanks for sharing!
It is definitely not the most commonly known Grimm fairy tale but a very nice one. Thanks for stopping by, Nancy!
This is so cute and a great show of the Bremen Town Musicians…love it!
Thanks, Carol, I am glad you like it.
Wonderful wall quilt of the Bremen Town Musicians!
Thanks for stopping by, Wendy!
A big Thank You!
You are very welcome, Carol.
Love the Bremen Town Musicians. Hoping to visit there one day as our family is quite interested in Maritime History. Thank you
I haven’t visited in a very long time but they have a neat statue of the Town Musicians. Thanks for stopping by, Karen.
Thank you for introducing me to this fairy-tale. I’ve never heard of it. Great theme of you may grow older,
but wisdom comes with age….
Love your interpretation in your quilt…awesome..
There are *a lot* of Grimm fairy tales that are not very well known. We had a huge book growing up, and we read them all but I just remember the most common ones now. Thanks for your visit, Shirley.
Wow Beatrice, thank you for your row, it is excellent! I have always and still do, love Grimm stories and had enjoyed this one very much as a child.
Thank you again 🙂
Thank you, Michele-Marie, I am glad you like it.
Back again, also thanks for providing a link to the story 🙂
A neat row, The Bremen Town Musicians. Thanks for sharing your creativity & talents, as well as a great story with all of us.
You are welcome, Dixie, thanks for stopping by.
Bremen Town Musicians is the theme name.
Thanks for your visit, Nancy.
Grimms Fairy tale “Bremen Town Musicians”. I am not familiar with this tale, but I love your row!
Thank you, Nancy. Isn’t it great how many interesting things we learn during these fun events?
It is absolutely wonderful. And since my parents are both European, I grew up with H C Andersen and the brothers Grimm, and I love your choice. Thank you so much – you are so talented!
Thank you, Orla. Funny that you mention Hans Christian Andersen. When my row design was finished, I suddenly realized that “The Princess and the Pea” would have been a good theme for the row format as well. It is still going around in my head, so maybe I’ll come up with a design for that… if I ever find the time LOL.
Bremen town musicians is the theme of this row. So great!
Thank you, Carol.
I honestly didn’t know this one “Bremen Town Musicians”. Learn something new. Your design is wonderful.
Thank you, Christi, I am glad you like it.
Bremen Town Musicians is totally appropriate for quilters – it’s an animal stack! Love it, and love your blocks of the month – the only ones I collect. Thanks for your work, this one is amazing!
LOL true. Thank you, Andrea, enjoy.
Thanks for the introduction to the Breman Town Musicians! Very cute row, too!
Thank you, Sandy, and thanks for stopping by.
Love your row! The Breman Town Musicians.
Thank you for your visit, Nancy.
Thank you, it’s wonderful. I love the story and loved the statue in Bremen! ( we spent two days and one night there in 1984)
You are welcome, Sally. 1984 is around the time I last visited too… maybe even a bit earlier.
Bremen Town Musicians is one of my favorites. Thank you very much for the lovely row pattern you are sharing with us all, Beatrice.
You are welcome, Ronelle, and thank you for your visit.
I love this block! Do you think this was where all the pictures, door stops, and other items with animals standing on top of each other started? It would explain a lot. As for the theme…. The elderly and disabled still have much to offer and we should respect and care for them as we would ourselves.
That might be, Robin. When I looked for an English version of the story I read that it dates back to somewhere around 1250, so it is quite old. The Grimm Brothers didn’t actually write these stories, they just collected them and wrote them down.
Love your “Bremen Town Musicians” row! Thank you for the pattern!
You are welcome, Susan, thanks for stopping by.
Your Bremen Town Musicians rows is great. It makes a wonderful stand-alone wall hanging like you have done. Thank you for introducing me to another tale with which I was not familiar.It will be fun to see your quilt hanging at the show, provided I can get there this year.
I hope you will be able to come, KJ. If you do, please come and say hi, I will have a booth there.
This is a new fairy tale for me. Thank you for story link and awesome design.
You are welcome, Myrtle, thank you for your visit.
Your Bremen Town Musicians row is so cute! I’ve never heard that story before, thank you for providing the link and thank you for sharing your talent!
Thank you, Susan, I am glad you like it.
Your row is adorable! I have not heard the story before and will check it out. I’m also going to be taking a cruise along the Rhine River in May and will be going to some of the towns in Germany. Thanks so much for sharing your row. You designers are fantastic and have come up with really great rows.
That sounds awesome, Sandi, the Rhine River is beautiful, lots to see. Enjoy!
Thank you. This story is new to me.
You are welcome, Jan, thanks for stopping by.
Bremen town musicians. So cute and I love hearing about stories from other countries.
Thanks for stopping by, Elizabeth, enjoy.
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LOL true, Inge Lise, not very far away from each other.
I love your row and I remember the story of the Bremen Town Musicians from my childhood.
Thank you, Cecilia, and thanks for stopping by.
I had never heard of the Bremen Town Musicians. Thank you for sharing your wonderful take on this.
You are welcome, Debra, thank you for visiting.
Bremen Town Musicians Thank you!
You are welcome, Rhonda, thanks for stopping by.
Such a clever row and really shows awesome detail! Bremen Town Musicians is the theme as the 4 animals are prepared to drive the robbers out of town!
Thank you, Kathy, I am glad you like my design.
Oh your block us beautiful. Such lovely work. I always liked that story about the musicians.
Thank you, Sobana, enjoy.
I’m sure I remember reading this story at one time or another, these types of tales were meant to teach as well as entertain children. Thanks for sharing your Bremen Town Musicians.
Thank you for stopping by, Lisa.
I love your idea for the Bremer Town musicians! Yes, I think you are right, most fairy tales/nursery rhymes are nonsensical.
But they have high entertainment value 🙂 Thanks for stopping by, Jenn.
I love the concept of stories and blocks and I love the animals on top of each other. You could tell the story and then the child could tell it to others or themselves by the picture!
Wonderful idea, Debbie, thank you for your visit.
“Bremen Town Musicians” is the theme of the row. I love it!
Thank you, Nicole, I am glad you like it.
Bremen Town Musicians, I bought a small figurine of this when I visited Germany, thanks for the story.
It is a rather well known story in Germany, no doubt there are lots of trinkets around featuring the Bremen Town Musicians. Great souvenir, Marsha, thanks for stopping by.
My gosh…haven’t seen the Disney movie Bremen Town Musicians in loooong time!! My kiddo’s had a book too. Fun lil tale. Love your Row too!! Sooo cool!! (& Thank you for chance to win your give-a-way too :D)
You are welcome, Lori, thanks for stopping by.
Your row for this tale is fantastic! Thank you for your pattern
You are welcome, Mary Lou, enjoy.
A wonderful old favorite. Thank you for a great pattern.
I am glad you like it, Susan, thank you for your visit.
Gorgeous! And I love the story too. Thank you so much for sharing this on Wednesday Wait Loss.
Thanks for stopping by, Jennifer.