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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...

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,...

Cheddarback Block of the Month

 The wonderful Cheddarback Quilt BOM. You can purchase a complete pattern.  Each set includes 1 large block and 4 small block patterns.   Available as digital download patterns Patterns for the Alphabet and Optional Filler Blocks are sold separately.   Use the little drop-down menu just below the price to make your selection and add it to your shopping cart.    

Dear Daughter Block of the Month

  You can purchase the complete set of monthly block sets for the Dear Daughter Quilt.   The blocks are provided full size with a color photo from the antique quilt.  The finished size of the quilt is 86" x 99". There are 42 applique blocks and instructions for setting the quilt together.    Please use the little drop down menu...

Deco Quilt Pattern

This one is amazing! So many looks you can create with this pattern and it comes with instructions for three sizes!  Deco is a modern, traditionally pieced quilt pattern that is inspired by the Roaring Twenties. There are three sizes, Baby (45in x 50in), Throw (56in x 68in), and Bed (102in x 102in). Choose from a two-color option or multi-color...

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. 

Dutch Girls Days of the Week

Ella Maria Deacon Quilt Block of the Month - Complete Pattern

  You can purchase retired monthly block sets for the Ella Maria Deacon quilt.  Full-size block patterns and instructions.  Be sure to check the blog posts each month! Each block is 9" and the finished size of the quilt is 106" x 106"   Available as digital download pattern    

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 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 1

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...

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...

Friendship 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...

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,...

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...

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...

Lady Jane Quilt Pattern

Raid your stash or gather together a beautiful group of blue and white fabrics to make this 76" x 90" quilt or 46" x 46" wall quilt.

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...

Lookout - Tree and Animal Sampler Quilt Pattern

This fat quarter-friendly forest quilt can be made in three sizes, each featuring a bear, deer, and rabbit hiding among the trees. Everything is pieced using conventional patchwork techniques. No templates or paper piecing!Baby Quilt = 40" x 45"Lap Quilt = 56" x 60"Picnic Quilt = 72" x 75"

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...

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...

Penny Garden

  A beautiful combination of rich colors and classic designs in this stunning applique quilt! You'll receive all 4 monthly patterns at once for this block of the month quilt. This is NOT a monthly program and does not include fabric. Instructions and full-size pattern templates for all Penny Garden block patterns Finishing Guide (border pattern not included) Finished quilt size is 55 inches by 61 inches

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....

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...

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 1857 Album Quilt Block of the Month

You can purchase the retired monthly block sets for the 1857 Album Quilt.  Each 10" block is provided full size with a color photo from the antique quilt.      Please use the little drop-down menu just below the price to select printed or digital patterns.   

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....