Based on an antique quilt, this is a great design to feature a favorite fabric or use coordinating scraps. I pictured it using indigo blue fabric and a single shirting for the background but you could use 1930s fabrics, Kaffe Fassett, Civil War, or any genre of prints. Available as digital or printed download pattern Use the little drop-down...
Here's a group of vintage designs for redwork or colored thread embroidery. They are 8" designs Please use the little drop down menu just below the price to select printed or digital pattern.
We usually think of the block in this little quilt as Capital T and I was surprised to learn it's a very old pattern from Capper's Weekly called Friendship Quilt Grab your favorite bits and pieces of fabric to make this 19" x 23" foundation paper pieced little quilt. Available as digital or printed download pattern Use the little...
A great group of vintage Dolly Dingle designs. You'll enjoy the classic look of the early 1900s designs based on the drawings and illustrations of Grace Drayton. This pattern includes a selection of 11 designs of both boys and girls. Each character is about 9" tall, perfect for use on quilt blocks and other embroidery projects. Patterns are ready to...
A classic group of vintage Dolly Dingle designs. You'll enjoy the adorable antics of these little boys and girls adapted from the early 1900s drawings and illustrations of Grace Drayton. This pattern includes a selection of 20 different designs. Each character is about 9" tall, perfect for use on quilt blocks and other embroidery projects. Patterns are ready to trace...
Another classic group of vintage Dolly Dingle designs. You'll enjoy the adorable antics of these little boys and girls adapted from the early 1900s drawings and illustrations of Grace Drayton. This pattern includes a selection of 21 different designs. Each character is about 9" tall, perfect for use on quilt blocks and other embroidery projects. Patterns are ready to trace...
The first in a series of vintage designs for applique and embroidery. There are 108 designs in a variety of sizes from 3" to 11" including flowers, fruit, animals, household items, people, children's designs and much more. Many designs are provided in multiple sizes. Designs are ready to transfer to fabric and begin your stitching. Perfect for redwork, color thread...
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...
The Flower Basket quilt is a fantastic design from 1934. Great designs for both applique, embroidery or both. Use them in the pieced baskets of the 12" blocks making up the 76" x 93" quilt or as flower designs in other projects. There are 32 different flowers in beautiful bouquets. The pattern includes copies of the original newspaper clippings. Each...
Flurry is a graphic and modern snowflake quilt perfect for making a statement in your winter decor! Bright colors on a black background are striking too! This advanced beginner pattern uses raw-edge applique and includes suggestions for resizing the quilt from baby to king. The pattern includes directions for five sizes: 36"x 36" baby quilt, 60"x 60" throw quilt, 70"x...
The French Bouquet quilt is a great example of some of the vintage applique quilt patterns presented through the Nancy Page Club during the early 1900's. There are twelve pretty bouquets of flowers like little nosegays. Each bouquet is different and tied with a little bow. In addition to the bouquets there are fifteen designs used in the border of...
We usually think of the block in this little quilt as Capital T and I was surprised to learn it's a very old pattern from Capper's Weekly called Friendship Quilt Grab your favorite bits and pieces of fabric to make this 19" x 23" foundation paper pieced little quilt. Available as digital or printed download pattern Use the little...
A beautiful and unique quilt pattern by Margaret Techy. The set includes 25 fruit blocks and instructions to complete the 63” x 81” quilt. Each design has a description of the fruit and color suggestions for embroidery or appliqué. Patterns include: Apple, Cherry, Plum, Elderberry, Peach, Pear, Currant, Grape, Orange, Lemon, Apricot, Strawberry, Blackberry, Raspberry, Grapefruit, Pineapple, Gooseberry, Date, Fig,...
This Nancy Page Quilt Club Laurel Wreath Quilt was originally published in the 1930's. The set includes full size patterns for the flowers, birds and wreath designs along with the leaf and scallop pattern. As with all of Nancy's patterns, each block includes color suggestions. The finished quilt will measure approximately 90" x 104". Blocks are 12" and 10" x...
Designed by Anne Orr for the Burton-Dixie Corporation. I've looked everywhere for an example of this quilt and so far haven't been able to find one. I can see this made in planned colors or scraps, batiks, Kaffe Fassett, Tula Pink or just about any great collection of fabric. There are instructions for a 72" x 92" or 92' square...
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...
Patterns and instructions for the Midget Blocks from the 1930s Week by Week Sampler quilt but in a 4 1/2" finished size. They are constructed in a variety of techniques including foundation piecing, applique, machine and hand piecing depending on which one is the easiest way to construct that particular block. There are a total of 196 blocks in the collection totaling...
The Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme quilt was published weekly in The Detroit News. There are suggestions for floss colors on each block. If made as designed, the finished size well be approximately 58" x 78". The 20 blocks include: Mother Goose, Hi Diddle, Diddle, Jack Be Nimble, Little Tommy Tucker, Mary and Her Lamb, Old King Cole, Polly Put the...
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...
These adorable little Snowbabies are a joy to embroider as redwork designs or with a selection of your favorite colors. The twelve blocks are sewn together with a pieced sash and cornerstone setting. A simple border with room for quilting completes the 52" x 65" quilt. Patterns are full size and ready to use. Please use the little drop down...
Select four great fabrics and a couple of accents and you can whip up this easy Stars & Rails lap size quilt. It's a great project to use as a leader-ender project while working on another quilt. Finished size is 51" x 70" Available as digital or printed download pattern Use the little drop-down menu just below the price...
There are 48 blocks in the entire series with a diagram of the completed quilt layout. The block size is 7" x 9". Embroider in the naturalistic colors of the flowers, using the simple, well-known stitches such as outline, lazy-daisy, buttonhole and French knot. An ivory tone material, slightly darker than unbleached muslin, is even more effective than white...
"These are just about the cutest "babies" I have seen, with their old-fashioned dresses and bonnets with ruffles." Those are the words Ruby Hinson Duncan used to describe these adorable 1902 little Sunbeam Babies. The twelve blocks are for use on 8" or larger quilt blocks. Patterns are full size and ready to use. Please use the little drop...
