vintage

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...

Antique Quilted Baby Bibs

 These embroidered and quilted bibs are just adorable and perfect for that special little one in your life. Both are actual vintage designs from the F.A. Wurzburg Company, a leading manufacturer of art needlework and kit quilts in the early 1900s. They're surprisingly quite quick and easy to make. Full size patterns and complete instructions for both bibs.    Please...

Baby Basket

The adorable little basket block from the web site header that everyone wants to make. I always have some of these ready to stitch whenever I have a few minutes. At last count I have almost 75 of them finished. I'm not sure how I'll set them together yet so this pattern is only for the little basket I designed. My...

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...

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.    

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...

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...

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    

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...

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.

Home Town Holiday Decorating the Tree Quilt Kit

The Decorating the Tree Quilt Kit includes patterns and fabric for the quilt top and binding.  This kit comes in a keepsake box.The finished quilt size is 80 x 86

Indigo Spice Stars

This is one of our cottage quilts! A beautiful, scrappy, patchwork quilt that's easy to rotary cut and sew together. Pattern has complete instructions for a 93" x 118" quilt.  It's a great leader-ender project and Jelly Roll, Charm Pack, Layer Cake friendly too!  Best of all.................it's one of the Dollar Download Quilts!

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 2025 - Block of the Week

I hope you'll join me in making..........   STARTS 1ST FRIDAY IN JANUARY 2025 ***Shortly after signing up, you'll receive an email via SendOwl with a link to your Supply List. 2025 is a year not to overwhelm ourselves so we'll make just one Little Block block each week. There are eight other blocks made in sections you can space...

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...

May Morn Tulip Vintage Quilt Pattern

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...

Pop Tart Applique Block of the Week

This program has already started.  You may still register below - You'll receive your Supply List shortly after registration via SendOwl. Your first blocks will arrive via email within 48 hours.   ***Shortly after signing up, you'll receive an email via SendOwl with a link to your Supply List. The minute I saw this quilt I knew it had...

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....

Sentimental Stars

Several years ago I saw an antique quilt I fell in love with. I knew I had to make one myself. It was a simple quilt of Variable Star blocks set on point with an applique swag border. I think it was the fact that the blocks were only 3” in size that stole my heart. What a challenge that...

Snowbabies

 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...

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...

Sunbeam Babies

"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...

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...

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 Quilters

An antique applique design from a 1930’s mending bag featuring two Bertha Corbett style sunbonnet girls working on their very own yo-yo quilt. Full size applique drawings and piecing instructions for the 22” x 27” quilt.

Uptown Applique Block of the Month - Complete Pattern

From the moment I saw this circa 1800s antique quilt I knew it was one I wanted to recreate and share with all of you. The original has faded and is worn from being loved through the years yet its beauty shines through. Use your reproduction prints or jump into a new century with Kaffe Fasset prints.   21 different applique...

Victoria Fat Quarter Bundle

Experience the breathtaking elegance of Victoria, a stunning collection by Wendy Sheppard for P&B Textiles. This collection boasts a lovely range of colors including creams, pinks, and reds perfect for adding a touch of romance to projects. Discover various floral designs, stunning roses, intertwining leafy vines, and charming bohemian accents. 100% Cotton. This set includes 16 Fat Quarters, each measuring...