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...
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...
Designed by Corliss Searcey for Threadbear in Australia Celestial Garden is a quilt that celebrates the beauty of scrappy piecing and hand appliqué. Finished size - 81 1/2" x 81 1/2"The quilt features striking star blocks surrounded by pieced units, framed with an elegant appliqué vine and leaf border. Celestial Garden was designed with reproduction fabrics in mind, particularly 1800s-inspired shirtings and...
The newest pattern from Max & Louise is here. You can make three different-sized quilts.
It's very scrappy so raid your stash or purchase 20 fat 1/8ths to start, adding more fabrics from your stash for variety.
Small Quilt 32 1/2" square / Medium Quilt 57 1/2" x 69 1/2" / Large Quilt 96 1/2" square
This design is a variation on the classic Lone Star Quilt. The Commonwealth Star is made up of diamonds cut from strip sets and arranged into a radiating star design. Includes instructions for five sizes (Wall Hanging, Baby, Throw, Large Throw, and Queen). Skill Level: Confident Beginner. This is a good quilt pattern for someone who has made a couple...
Carina is a fat quarter-friendly pattern that combines three different star blocks and sashing to create a quilt with lots of visual interest. The techniques to make it are simple, with strip-piecing and half-square triangles making up most of the techniques. It’s the block and fabric value combinations that elevate the final look. Available in crib, lap, twin, and king...
Sew Much Fun is written with teaching in mind! A free pdf teacher's shop guide is available by contacting Karen Walker at chezstitches@gmail.com Pattern includes 9 pages. Each page offers a large and small block of the same motif, starting with the easiest block (spools) and graduating in skill level with each additional blocks. Teacher's guide offers a 10 week...
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...
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...
This quilt was inspired by a good old-fashioned cross-stitch sampler. And to make it a true sampler style quilt pattern, I’ve incorporated different elements of my favorite designs. Finishing at 79x73", each section of the quilt features a different technique - scrappy stars, applique sheep and flowers, and more! - perfect for the magpie quilter or a chunk-of-the-month project.
This simple charm quilt was inspired by an old fence on the beach! It is the perfect pattern for any quilter--just use charm squares from your favorite fabric line for a quick and easy throw size quilt!Finished Measurements: 50" x 60"Fabric/Supplies:3 charm packs or 105 charm squares (5")1 & 1/8 yards white solid3 yards backing fabric1/2 yard binding fabricTwin size...
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....
