This is an amazing depression-era sampler quilt. The minute I saw it I knew I had to share it with you. The blocks are made using a variety of techniques in a wide variety of sizes. There are 35 blocks in the quilt with filler strips making it all fit together. The quilt came from an estate in Plattsmouth, NE....
The finished size of the quilt is 54" x 66" making it perfect to snuggle under, display on the wall, or over the back of a chair.
All of the blocks are foundation paper pieced Little Blocks.
The pattern is divided into 14 easy-to-follow patterns
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A set of 52 unique 4 1/2" applique quilt blocks to be used alone or along side the pieced Midget Blocks. This first collection has a wide variety of designs including classic floral applique, baskets, art deco designs, hearts, fruit, baskets, individual flowers, Sunbonnet Sue and much more. Some of the blocks are adapted from my antique collection and some...
Each circular design is adapted from old English embroideries of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Many of them were seen at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The twenty five circular designs measures six inches finished size. After they are embroidered, they are appliqued to your background fabric and a quilting design completes this unique look. This quilt was...
Festive holiday fun! A darling, quick and easy embroidered wall quilt with button embellishments using the letters " Merry Christmas" to make up the shape of a Christmas tree. Finished size 24" x 28". A great design to use for a personalized family tree.
Digital pattern.
The perfect scrap quilt to use up all those little bits of fabric you have and leftovers from precuts. Rotary cut, machine pieced and precut friendly so you can use jelly roll strips, charm packs and layer cakes. This quilt is what I like to call a “Percolator Project” because you can work on it while you work on other...
Beautiful antique embroidery motifs from the early 1900s and a classic, machine pieced feathered star that’s much easier to sew than it looks. The Finished size is of the wall quilt is 33” square. Complete instructions and full size embroidery patterns. Nine redwork embroidery block designs and a beautiful cable border for redwork embroidery or quilting.
An adorable pattern for two miniature embroidered quilts. Blues Big Hat finishes at 11” x 14”. Yo-Yo Blues is a 12” square featuring twelve 1930s little girls and over 200 yo-yos adorning the sashing. Would be beautiful as redwork quilts!
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The Colonial Belle designs were available as a kit during the 1930s. The kit was manufactured by Rainbow Block Company and could be ordered through several women’s magazines such as Household Magazine. The magazine advertisement states— Colonial Belle Quilt Blocks Of course you must have a set of these beautiful Colonial Belle Quilt blocks. We wanted to offer our readers...
While at a Jane Stickle quilt retreat, a local antique dealer brought over an antique quilt she wanted me to see. I had just finished my second fabric collection and the quilt was filled with a vast array of antique fabrics along with some wild and crazy patchwork. She knew it would be the perfect jumping off point for another...
Do you love little pieces? Lots of pieces? Do you enjoy foundation paper piecing? Strawberry Stars will grab your heart and take you on a wonderful journey creating a block that has its roots deep in the past. Strawberries don't grow on trees but this block did! In the pattern, I tell you how an old, traditional quilt block was...
The second in a series of vintage designs for applique and embroidery. There are 23 designs for tinted and embroidered cloth dolls. Most of the dolls have both front and back designs. They range in size from 8" to 12". The patterns are printed just as they were in the early 1900s when they were stamped on fabric and sold...
