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A Flower A Day - Days of the Week

Pattern is a copy of vintage Vogart #215 - A Flower a Day days of the week embroidery for your kitchen. Designs include a Rose, Morning Glory, Sweet Peas, Tulip, Poppy, Daffodil and Pansies. Designs are about 9 1/2" tall. They would be wonderful as individual embroidered pictures or blocks in a small quilt. Omit the wording on each block and...

A Kitten A Day - Days of the Week

Copy from Vogart Pattern 696 Iron-On Transfers - A Kitten A Day To Cheer Your Kitchen. There is an adorable kitty for each day of the week along with designs for tea towels and pot holders, baby bibs, aprons or other kitchen items.  Daily designs are about 7 1/2" tall. This pattern is also available as a digital download.

A Mother's Gift Quilt Pattern

Full size block patterns for the beautiful, Pennsylvania sampler quilt made by Barbara Butcher Snyder in the late 1800s. Wonderful, intricate, 4 1/2” blocks set together with a wide, double pink sashing. Each block has a color print if you want to replicate the original colors. Finished size is 81” x 91” (photograph used with permission) Foundation Paper Piecing Patterns...

Auntie Tess Quilt Pattern

This amazing quilt was inspired by vintage powder compact. Corliss Searcey has created another masterpiece quilt with her latest design. It's a great combination of applique with a little bit of patchwork. The pattern for the complete quilt includes color photographs, full sized pattern sheets & instructions. This quilt is 82 3/4" x 82 3/4" finished. A masterpiece for those who love...

Beyond The Cherry Trees Block of the Month - Complete Pattern

  A stunning antique red and green applique album quilt from the mid-1800's. The quilt was a block of the month quilt project where each block was available free for one month and then retired here so you can still make this great quilt.  Each 16 1/2" block, including the unique quilting designs, is provided full size with a color...

Big Blue Quilt Pattern

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...

Bountiful Baskets Quilt

The Bountiful Basket quilt was designed as a scrap quilt to use all my treasured fabric scraps. I decided to have 5” basket blocks, with one flower representing each of the 50 states. The center medallion basket is point with alternating quarter square triangle blocks, and the small on point basket blocks. The pattern contains three 25” x 40” pattern...

Caswell Quilt

Circa 1835 - This stunning quilt was inspired by the famous Caswell Carpet which resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.  Thirty appliquéd blocks of flowers & leaves, birds & butterflies adorn this quilt.  The pattern includes full-size blocks and individual color photos of all blocks. Finished size 71" x 82" Check out my Caswell Quilt board...

Celebrating Mary Brown Quilt Pattern

Circa 1851 - This stunning quilt was inspired by the famous Mary B Brown applique quilt sold at Christie's Auction House in 1991 for $49,500. Corliss Searcey has outdone herself with this fantastic pattern for the complete quilt including color photographs of all blocks, full sized pattern sheets & instructions. This quilt is 90" x 90" finished and includes 44 individual blocks,...

Cinderella

The classic story of Cinderella in a quilt. Simple applique and embroidery combine to create this rare reproduction of F.A. Wurzburg kit quilt #3633. Sadly this kit never went into production during the 1930s but it's time has come. The quilt applique and embroidery is not a daunting as you might think. The pattern is divided into easy to work...

Civil War Bride

By Corliss Searcey - Here’s a fabulous quilt in the style of 'The Bird of Paradise quilt' in the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. Heavily appliquéd blocks of flowers & leaves, birds & butterflies, animals and fruit. 68” square — Indulge your passion for appliqué!The complete pattern includes full size blocks & borders   Available as a...

Colonial Belles

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...

Designs for Hand Embroidery - Set 1

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. 

Double Star Quilt of Remnants Quilt 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...

Dutch Girls Days of the Week

Embroider Me - Designs for Embroidery - Meet the Dingles

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...

Embroider Me - Designs for Embroidery - The Dingles I

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...

Embroider Me - Designs for Embroidery - The Dingles II

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...

Embroider Me - Designs for Embroidery & Applique - Collection 2

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...

Feathered Star Redwork Pattern

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.

Flower Basket Quilt

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 Quilt Pattern

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...

Folk Art Sampler Block of the Month

Traditional piecing, combined with applique using wool, cotton, or flannel 56" x 64 1/2" quilt. The blocks are 16 in x 16 in size.  The Block of the month is for the pattern only. You'll use your own fabric. You'll be charged every 30 days - 9-month program. The price below INCLUDES the shipping charge

French Bouquet Quilt

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...

Fruit Block Quilt

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,...

Garden Belle Quilt

Beautiful applique and a little embroidery on this 90” x 102” bed quilt that was a popular kit quilt during the 1930s. The garden belle fits the top of a double or queen size bed and a row of pretty flowers for the pillow area. Full size pattern and complete instructions

Garden Gate

Antique crib spread design of embroidery from a 1920’s vintage piece. The design size is 17” x 23” for use on a standard crib quilt of 45” x 60”. Would also be really cute made as a wall hanging for your favorite little girl.

Gremlins Day of the Week

An unusual and interesting set of vintage designs for needlework. They feature cute little horned, gremlins hanging laundry, ironing, etc. Each little gremlin motif is about 6 1/2" - 7" tall. Please use the little drop down menu just below the price to select printed or digital pattern. 

Hargraves Quilt

  Slow Stitching is Corliss' favorite way to sew - so her quilt is entirely hand stitched. Choose your favorite techniques and methods - it's all about enjoying the process! Hargraves is so named as it was the final design she worked on before leaving Threadbear's counter on Hargraves Street, Castlemaine - heading for semi-retirement. Finished size 86 1/2" x...

Heartfelt Block of the Week - Complete Pattern

 Available as a digital pattern only This is the complete pattern from one of the 2021 blocks of the week programs making this classic quilt inspired by a circa 1860 antique quilt. Almost all of the blocks are pieced but there's a touch of applique in the center medallion. The antique quilt that inspired this design was indigo blue and white...

Hollyhock Kids Pattern

A wonderful 1920’s antique design combining applique and embroidery that features two little girls picking flowers for their basket. Design size is 18” x 25” for use on a standard crib quilt of 45” x 60”. The original design was finished as a summer spread with no batting.

Ideal School Supply Drawings Book

 This late 1800s school book was used for art classes. It’s filled with 50 drawings perfect for redwork, embroidery, applique or tinting. There are leaves, fruit, flowers, animals, children, seasonal, fairies and more to choose from. Please use the little drop down menu just below the price to select printed or digital pattern. . 

Jane's Kids Embroidered Quilt

Just adorable embroidered children you can crayon color or fabric tint. This is adapted from a 1919 Wurzburg kit quilt. You’ll love these adorable cuties that are fun and easy to stitch. Finished size 44” x 54”. This quilt was the inspiration for my Petticoats and Polka Dots fabric collection.   Please use the little drop down menu just below...

Just Takes 2 - Benjamin Biggs Quilt

  Just Takes 2 Block of the Month  - Benjamin Biggs Quilt Retired monthly patterns from the Just Takes 2 -  Benjamin Biggs Quilt presented by Dear Jane and Sentimental Stitches can be purchased here. Individual blocks are no longer available.   Please use the little drop down menu just below the price to select printed or digital pattern.   

Just Takes 2 Quilt

  Just Takes 2 Block of the Month Retired bi-monthly patterns from the Just Takes 2 quilt. This quilt was featured at International Quilt Market and Festival for their Ruby Jubilee.  There are 100 blocks in the quilt. The printed pattern includes nearly 200 pages of patterns and instructions. The patchwork section finishes at 72" x 90".  If you add...

Kitty & Me

This adorable embroidery design was drafted from an old mending bag made during the early 1900’s. Finished size of the wall quilt with it’s unique applique border is 26” x 26”

Laurel Wreath Quilt Pattern

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...

Little Blocks 365 - COMPLETE PATTERN

Little Blocks 365 -- COMPLETE PATTERN --   These little gems are so much fun to make. Use any fabrics you'd like. They look great in reproduction prints, solids, Kaffe Fassett, and anything that makes your heart sing. Raid your stash and get started.     365 different 3" foundation paper pieced quilt blocks so all your points are perfect! Color...

Little Blocks 4.5 - Complete Pattern

These "not quite so little" gems are so much fun to make. They're all classic blocks (not the same as the 3" Little Blocks 365. Use your 1930s fabrics or pull out your reproduction prints. How about using solid colors? I'm also thinking about using my Kaffe Fassett fabrics.  Here are the little details -  161 different 4.5" foundation paper...

Little Bunnies Quilt

My first embroidery/quilt blocks made when I was little! Adorable block designs for crayon or fabric paint tinting and embroidery. Full size drawings and complete instructions for individual block completion. This was my first embroidery/quilt project made from vintage quilt blocks from the F.A. Wurzburg Company. Finished size is 40” x 50” Please use the little drop down menu just...

Little Lulu Days of the Week

Pattern is a copy of a vintage 1940s embroidery and applique pattern to make Little Lulu Days of the Week Tea Towels. Washing Monday, Ironing Tuesday, Sewing Wednesday, Marketing Thursday, Cleaning Friday, Baking Saturday and Church Sunday. Sweet Little Lulu measures about 7" tall Please use the little drop down menu just below the price to select printed or digital...

Little Quilts Squared - Calendar Series Block of the Month - Individual Patterns

 Individual Patterns Only -  Instructions are included for making each month to make a fun and easy 12” quilt for your LITTLE QUILTS collection. These are great for displaying on a 12” x 14” single scroll stand. You can also add the letter blocks to make a cute quilt for your wall, or dress it up and make it functional...

Midget Blocks Quilt Patterns

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...

Morrell Quilt

This stunning quilt was reproduced by Di Ford-Hall, from an original by Sarah Morrell in the 1840s. It measures 86" x 86" with the sixty blocks, stitched by hand or machine, are broderie perse, appliqué and pieced. This pattern comes with full sized block patterns, diagram and instructions. Lots of great visual instructions for broderie perse and fabric selection. Includes...

Mother Goose Quilt Series Pattern

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...

My Wish

This wall quilt is 27” x 33” and features a vintage redwork design from the late 1800’s updated for today’s quilters with a pieced star s and strip border. A great nostalgic sentiment is on their sign. I wish you health I wish you wealth, And a happy home with freedom; And may you always have true friends But never...

Old English Quilt

 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...

Pennies in my Garden

This quilt is 72" square and is perfect for a lap quilt, bed  topper or a wall hanging.  It was inspired by a few wool rugs that I own.  It will fit right on the top of a king sized bed along the edge of the mattress or would look wonderful on the diagonal, draping off of the sides on...

Pinwheel Pals Redwork Quilt

Perfect as a wall quilt, small crib quilt or the beginning of a traditional size crib or twin size quilt. This 36” square quilt features a vintage 1920s redwork design used on a summer spread for infants. Pattern quantities are limited at this time

Potluck Block of the Week - Complete Pattern

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....

Red Rose Basket

Based on an antique applique kit quilt from the F. A. Wurzburg Company, the twin size embroidered Red Rose Basket quilt is a true beauty. Great redwork design and just a little applique. Scalloped border instructions included. It measures 68" x 88" when finished. 

Ruby Sue

What a cutie! This 24” x 29” wall quilt features a vintage redwork little girl from the 1930s updated for today. She is working on her own little redwork quilt. Old fashioned photo corner appliques add to the charm.  

Sally Post Floral Sampler

A unique pattern for a applique floral sampler quilt made in 1854 and signed by Sally Post. Includes 36 floral blocks for 8” squares and instructions to complete the quilt. Also included are color pictures from the antique quilt. Finished size of the quilt is 84 1/2” x 84 1/2”. Please use the little drop down menu under the price...

See Saw Vintage Crib Quilt Pattern

A sweet, vintage, applique crib quilt pattern. Finished size is 40” x 60” without an outer border. Pastel applique and hand embroidery accents make this a treasure. Pattern quantities are limited at this time.

Sparkling Stars and Pinwheels

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...

Stars & Rails Quilt Pattern

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...

State Flower Quilt

   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...

Sunbonnet Sue Vintage Quilt Block Pattern

  One of my favorite versions of Sunbonnet Sue. This vintage design is for 10" - 11" quilt block. I used this pattern to make a crib quilt several years ago and still smile each time I see it.    Available as digital or printed download pattern   Use the little drop-down menu just below the price to make your...

Sweet Dreams Vintage Embroidery

One of the prettiest designs I’ve ever stitched. The embroidery design is 12” x 18” so it’s perfect for a cushion or pillow sham. It would make a beautiful center for a mediallion quilt. Stitched with royal blue floss but great for redwork embroidery. 

Sweet William Quilt Pattern

Susan Smith was inspired by one of my favorite antique quilts to create her Sweet William quilt. I'm thrilled to bring this talented Australian designer's wonderful pattern to you . The quilt has easy to piece baskets filled with a variety of applique blossoms. There are patterns for 36 blocks in this 67" quilt. The original quilt was circa 1860...

The Birds & The Bees

You can stitch these adorable birds and bees on a variety of projects. Perfect for colored thread or redwork embroidery, they are ready to trace and stitch. Sized for tea towels or quilt blocks. Fourteen designs - six birds (days of the week) and eight bees. Bird designs are 7" - 9". Bee designs are 4" - 9". A great...

The English Basket

This is Corliss Searcey's interpretation of the English Medallion Quilt from the early 1800s. These naive baskets are surrounded by borders of hexagon flowers, stars, hearts, and more. You can have great fun with this "busy" quilt and its easy shapes that do not need precise placement to achieve a fabulous look. The complete pattern includes full-size blocks & borders....

The Stitcher

A unique antique redwork design featuring a colonial sunbonnet lady stitching among the hollyhocks. She's been the Sentimental Stitches logo since 1996. The design is perfect as this 24” x 28” wall quilt or enlarge the design for the center of a bedspread. The Stitcher was originally used as the embroidery design on an early 1900s mending bag. She was...

Trick or Treat Kids

A “Baker’s Dozen” of adorable children dressed in a variety of clothing. Design size is 8 1/2” tall. Perfect for embroidery, applique or a combination of both. This set of patterns was used in the Trick or Treat Kids Series.   Please use the little drop down menu just below the price to select printed or digital pattern.   

Week by Week 1930s Sampler

A fantastic collection of 187 – 4” quilt blocks and instructions for assembling the quilt. The blocks are all designs that were offered by mail in newspapers around the country during the 1920s and 1930s. You’ll receive photos of this beautiful antique quilt, color suggestions and a full size block drawing for pattern. Finished size of the pictured quilt is...

Winter Joy Quilt Pattern

Do you love winter but not the cold? Experience the beauty of winter with this stunning pieced quilt layered with easy to applique snowflakes. Finished size - 68 inches x 86 inches.