Jane Austen quilt - a hand-pieced diamond coverlet made by Jane herself. There is reproduction fabric from Riely Blake to make your own.
What started out as a pile of very out of date, small print fabric that I have dipped into for years and years and can’t seem to make a dent in has turned into one of my very favorite finishe…
I am hoping you are all enjoying my photos of the Whitecroft Austen experience. Despite several camera malfunctions, I can share some more ...
I am hoping you are all enjoying my photos of the Whitecroft Austen experience. Despite several camera malfunctions, I can share some more ...
Make your own Jane Austen heirloom quilt using Sally Albett's free pattern and tutorial. Sew your own heirloom quilt today!
The best part of my job is having a small part in some pretty amazing quilts! And this one is breathtaking…. Jean Rawson pieced this quilt as a gift for her daughter who was graduating with a…
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The beautiful Jane Austen quilt! A remarkable patchwork quilt that is thought to be made by Jane Austen herself, alongside her sister Cassandra and their mother. It was created in the traditional technique of English Paper Piecing, whereby fabrics are tacked or basted to a paper template and then whipstitched together. Myself and Robin have drawn up a meticulous reworked version of the original patchwork coverlet FREE for you to recreate this spectacular quilt as well. It features a medallion style diamond centre panel with a broderie perse appliqued design of birds and a basket of flowers. Broderie perse is the technique of selecting and cutting motifs from chintz and other such fabrics and needle-turn appliquéing them to different background fabrics to create a new design. We have omitted a specific appliqué design for the medallion centre, so you can create your own. The main section of the quilt top is then made up of diamonds pieced between a cream and navy dot sashing, finished with a deep border of smaller sized paper pieced diamonds. We have been asked to make paper pieces for the Jane Austen quilt for many years, and for one reason or another it always ended up on the back-burner. Though when I heard news of a Jane Austen At Home fabric collection to launch I knew it we had to make time! To one of our loyal Festival of Quilts shoppers each year (whose name escapes me now!) that always asked, can we do the Jane Austen papers - this is for you! ;-) We are offering a free downloadable 5-A4 page PDF pattern through Sew & Quilt. We also have printed copies if you don't have access to a printer, and prefer a hard copy rather than online viewing. Wow, it was quite the brain exercise to create and draw up the pattern, so much so that I'm not sure we would have done it had I known that from the start, lol! Download your Jane Austen Quilt Pattern here. Quilt Size: 71” x 89” What do I need to make the quilt? You will need the Jane Austen English Paper Piece Kit to complete the quilt top. We have created two options for you; - Starter size kit, which is just one regular size pack of each (+1 extra of one, in order to cut down, details included in the pack and on the product listing) of our standard sized bag options we sell at Sew & Quilt, put together as one item for you to purchase. - Complete kit, which includes all the paper pieces required to make the quilt top (though it doesn't include all of the small diamonds for the border, as we thought you could reuse some of those, given the large amount). We have all the information inside the pattern on total numbers of pieces, and the EPP kit product page gives details on pack sizes (if you wanted to work out how far the starter kit will get you). We also have matching acrylic templates, these include a 3/8" seam allowance. What fabric do I need to make the quilt? We have provided yardages requirements in the quilt pattern, based on cutting rectangles, as noted this will be the most wasteful in terms of fabric usage. However this is the only way we are able to give you an accurate yardage requirement. You will need 22 fat quarters for the main quilt top. 5-1/2 yards ~ 5.25m approx. (large diamonds). For our version, we have used 18 FQ's from the Jane Austen At Home Collection + an additional 4 which are duplicated. I hadn't even thought to mention in the quilt pattern which ones they were (silly me!), but it's important you should know this information which is not included in the pattern: The four duplicated FQ's for our design are; Elinor 04, Harriet 09, Margaret 11 and Penelope 15. 4-1/2 yards ~ 4.25m, approx. (Cream with Navy Dot, for sashing fabric) 9 yards ~ 8.25m approx. (borders, I would advise using up your fabric stash as the pieces are very small so you don't necessarily need the same collection, just stick with on-theme prints. 3/4 yard ~ 0.75m (binding fabric) The photo above shows you can cut (24) 3" 5-point diamonds to a (UK sized) fat quarter. Our pattern says you can cut (12) to a FQ, because as mentioned above we have based this on rectangles. Instead cutting this way (using the Jane Austen acrylic template set) you can be more frugal with your fabric. The Jane Austen fabrics are sold out? If our Jane Austen FQ bundle and the 4 additional FQ's mentioned above are out of stock, don't worry. I would instead suggest you use our numbered key of 0-17 and gather other fabrics and label each print 0-17. That way you can still follow along with our numbered diagram. Remember you will need two FQs of numbers 04, 09, 11, 15, when using our cutting instructions from the quilt pattern. Find all our Jane Austen Quilt products online at Sew & Quilt. I really hope you have fun making this quilt, it is a beautiful design that has stood the test of time and will no doubt become a family heirloom - which is what we are all about at Sew & Quilt; 'Creating your future heirloom today!'. Please share your versions of the Sew & Quilt Jane Austen quilt pattern, using the hashtag #JaneAustenEPPQuilt so we can share progress and updates online!
Hier is het middenstuk van de Jane Austen quilt. Het was een hele toer om het goed te krijgen. De bies om het middelste deel is breder dan...
Vandaag is Jane Austen aan de beurt. Ze was een beetje te lang opgevouwen en zat heel erg in de kreukels. Op de foto die ik op Facebook zette, is dat nog heel goed zichtbaar. Na het strijken is ze heel erg opgeknapt, maar nu heb ik het probleem dat ze er wat donker uitziet. De sashings zijn wit met zwarte stippen zoals in de originele quilt. Voor dames die deze quilt willen maken onder begeleiding start ik één keer in de maand een groepje. De eerste keer op zaterdag 17 maart van 10 tot 12. U heeft geen boek nodig, omdat ik de patronen heb getekend in de maat van de oorspronkelijke quilt. De prijs per ochtend is 7,50 euro. We hebben natuurlijk koffie en thee klaarstaan en ook het patroon is in de prijs inbegrepen. Locatie is Dorpsstraat 8 Ophemert en die is rolstoelvriendelijk. Even een mailtje naar [email protected] , als U belangstelling heeft.
The Austen patchwork This spread with a central basket is attributed to the Austen women. "My dear Cassandra, have you remembered to collect pieces for the Patchwork? -- We are now at a standstill." In 1811 Jane Austen reminded her sister they were working on a bedcover at Chawton Cottage. Chawton Cottage where Jane Austen, her sister and her mother lived after 1809 Patchwork (presumed to be made by the family) is on display at this shrine for Austen fans. A look at the quilt can tell us a lot about fabric in the teens. It's actually called a bedcover as it is not quilted. Much English patchwork of the time was a single layer like this piece. See a video---a few seconds of a tour of the bedroom here http://www.flickr.com/photos/alisabethpix/3464487483/ The main part is a patchwork field of rather oddly proportioned diamonds in a grid. They are not true 60 degree diamonds, a little off. I am just going by photos so I cannot say if that grid patchwork is a grid of dots or another tiny figure, but they certainly look like round dots. Observations: Polka Dots are old---they go back to the 18th century at least, before anybody called them polka dots. Dots are a good option for a neutral print in an early reproduction. A Question? Is the use of dots in this era more English taste than American? (Notice the George III quilt in a recent post.) The center features a larger diamond with a wicker basket full of flowers. About a dozen years ago Makower printed a reproduction of that basket panel. Eat your heart out if you didn't get one then. It's too late now. But Moda's French General has a similar isolated basket in a collection called Paniers des Fleurs---in shops now! Question: What fabric did the Austens use to cut the center diamond? Answer: I asked Merikay Waldvogel, who keeps a list of early panel prints, and she showed me a quilt with the same fabric---proving it was cut from a panel. And then there is a recent post about a quilt at England's Bowes Museum with the same print. Detail of center of a quilt made by Elizabeth Norman Collection: Bowes Museum See photos of this quilt at the PiecenPeace blog: http://piecenpeace.blogspot.com/2012/02/bowes-museum-textiles.html And see a better photo of it in Dorothy Osler's book North Country Quilts: Legend and Living Tradition from the Bowes Museum. (page 15). Here's a link to one at the Bowes Museum website: http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk/collections/objects/category/15/214/ The center patchwork field in the Austen quilt is bordered by a field of patchwork of smaller diamonds without the white grid. It looks like the border is on three sides here but I am guessing the top border is folded over in this photo... ...As it's displayed with a border over the pillow and at the foot of the bed. In some photos the border echoes the rather soft colors of the central diamond patchwork. But in other photos there seems to be a clash of color as well as print style. Here's a men's patchwork dressing gown from about 1820 in remarkably similar style in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. See the whole piece by clicking here: http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/80097446 Observations: The outer border is pieced of brighter fabrics The outer border is pieced of smaller-scale fabrics. The outer border seems to be pieced of roller printed calicoes rather than block printed furnishing prints. Question: Is the border later than the inner field? There is a distinctive style difference in the prints in the two areas. The inner patchwork looks more like the classic floral chintzes popular for furnishing fabrics. The outer diamonds look more like small calicoes that became quite popular in the teens when roller printing and new dye combinations began to change taste. Question: Is this a classic case of dawdling over a project so long that taste and technology completely changed? Perhaps the two Cassandras (mother and daughter) finished the quilt years after Jane's death in 1817.
I have finally had a chance to hang "Lambton" and take a photo of the entire quilt. Here she is, the culmination of fifteen months work: It is very hard to portray the true colours of a quilt or give an idea of the detail. Here are a few close ups. This is the centre inspired by the shape of stained glass rose windows. The following photos will give you some idea of the intricate detail of the quilting by Helen Hayes (thanks again Helen). "Lambton" is my major workshop piece for next year. I am looking forward to teaching it and seeing all the different colour combinations.
By Anne Page. When Anne’s dear friend Thelma died, her husband gave her the piece of fabric that Anne has used as the centre piece. It is a copy of Jane Austen’s quilt. Winner of Members’ choice and Viewers’ choice.
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Hier is het middenstuk van de Jane Austen quilt. Het was een hele toer om het goed te krijgen. De bies om het middelste deel is breder dan...
Many moons ago...as in nearly three years ago...I came across this article about a quilt that Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra made. ...
Make your own Jane Austen heirloom quilt using Sally Albett's free pattern and tutorial. Sew your own heirloom quilt today!
The iconic Jane Austen quilt. A Sew & Quilt exclusive; a meticulous replica design of the original Jane Austen patchwork coverlet thought to be made by Jane Austen herself, alongside her sister Cassandra and their mother in the traditional technique of English Paper Piecing. A medallion quilt with a large central diamond panel, (the original features a printed Chintz panel featuring birds and a basket of flowers, this could be lovely reworked as an applique design to the makers choosing).
I am absolutely thrilled with the quilting on my latest quilt for my Jane Austen Quilt Collection called "Lambton". I received the quilt last night from Helen Hayes of Victoria, who is a lovely lady and a master quilter! Here are some detailed shots of the quilt (I cannot photograph the whole quilt yet as I have no where to hang it until it is bound): This is the centre. Helen has quilted beautiful little feathers around the large scallops and in the spaces around the hexagon flowers. I love it. Here is the detail on the "fussy cut" scallop border and my coffin shape border. Here is a selection of the outside blocks which are all slightly different. Helen has quilted a row of semi-circle scallops around each block and then swirly fills and beautiful details on some of the applique. These are the corner blocks, repeating some of the motifs from the centre: "Lambton" will be my major workshop piece for next year. Class lists are already filling at The Stitchers Cupboard in Camden (phone 4655 8348 if you are interested). Thank you so much Helen for the magnificent job you have done on the quilting of my quilt. I appreciate all the time and thought you have put into every little detail. K xx
Jane Austen At Home for Riley Blake Designs Fabulous new collection of reproduction prints from the original 'Jane Austen' coverlet quilt thought to be made by Jane Austen herself, her sister Cassandra and their mother, dating back to the 1800s. Intricate and beautiful florals of varying scale in a captivating colour palette. Our exclusive curated bundle includes (18) fat quarters total, each measuring 56cm x 50cm. Please note this bundle does not include the navy dot fabric from the collection. (We have paper piece kits for the Jane Austen quilt, as well as a free quilt pattern).
The best part of my job is having a small part in some pretty amazing quilts! And this one is breathtaking…. Jean Rawson pieced this quilt as a gift for her daughter who was graduating with a…
Een hoop te doen in de winkel deze dagen Gistermorgen de Dear Jane Bee met z'n vijven waren we en we hebben veel geleerd. "Quilt as you go" per blokje dat wilde ik nu graag eens zien Nienke legde het ons haarfijn uit Mooie blokjes en we zijn niet gauw tevreden want het moet strak precies En we doen het elkaar graag voor om de fijne kneepjes te leren. Het was plezierig om elkaar te stimuleren. Vrijdag 15 december is er weer een bijeenkomst De beginners schieten ook al weer aardig op Bijna alle blokken in elkaar en we overleggen hoe nu verder en waar de knelpunten zitten. Mooi ziet het er allemaal uit En we zijn het er allemaal over eens: het is superleuk om dit met elkaar te doen Samen zoeken we de stof voor de sashings en de cornerstones uit en vergapen we ons aan datgene wat we ooit ook zo graag willen maken (Al is een enkeling stiekem al begonnen, en ben ik verbaasd over het resultaat) Vandaag de cirkels van Lianne Best pittig, en er wordt hard gewerkt even op weg helpen. Het is zo leuk om een nieuwe techniek te leren. De dag vliegt voorbij en in een ommezien moeten we opruimen en er is al resultaat Het is weekend, heel even maar want we vouwen ons een slag in de rondte. Mooie nieuwe folders waar alle info over de winkel in staat. En stoffen vouwen, maar we kunnen er nog bij lachen. Morgen heerlijk zingen. 20 jaar bestaat ons koor en ik denk dat wij er nu zo'n 18 jaar bij horen Het wordt een feestelijke Evensong met veel gasten die uitgenodigd zijn. We konden gisteren nog een glimpje meemaken van "GLOW" in Eindhoven. De kerk prachtig verlicht. Koen is weer beter gelukkig en vandaag is alsnog in Maastricht zijn verjaardag gevierd. Hij vindt het allemaal prima, hij geniet Een prachtige trein krijgt hij en wat is er nou mooier dan dat je grote broers je helpen om hem in elkaar te zetten. Fijn weekend allemaal en ik hoop velen van jullie te zien op de beurs in stand 44. groetjes Wietske
The best part of my job is having a small part in some pretty amazing quilts! And this one is breathtaking…. Jean Rawson pieced this quilt as a gift for her daughter who was graduating with a…
More quilts from the show in Utah! I still haven't shared all the pictures I took in Birmingham - I'll have to get back to that. Some of these quilts were displayed at the luncheons so I don't have the information on who made them.... This morning I went to the Farmer's Market and I was speaking to the lady selling honey. She said they move their bees to California for the winter! That sounds like quite an undertaking. I had no idea they did that. I was looking for their Chocolate Hazelnut honey, but they were all sold out.... I really love the texture made just by the machine quilting. Pretty spectacular. My brother-in-law and his wife teach English in China at a medical school. He sent a picture of this cart he saw in Beijing with a Colorado license plate on it! Pretty funny! My plan for today is to start quilting my Woodland Whimsy - hurray!! Happy Quilting 😁
Jenny's quilt is finished and I am thrilled with how this wonderful Jane Austen Quilt has turned out. It may have sixty-four diamonds which have been quilted in sweltering Melbourne heat, but it has all been worthwhile. Each of the diamonds has been quilted with curved cross-hatching. The centre applique has been quilted with radiating straight lines to tie in with the straight lines in the setting diamonds. The setting diamonds have been quilted with radiating lines which extend into the piano key border. Enjoy your fabulous quilt Jenny!
De collectie in de studio en webshop breidt zich bijna wekelijks uit. Vandaag heb ik een aantal stof pakketjes, jelly rolls en YLI handquilt garen toegevoegd. Je kunt in de webshop nu kiezen uit maar liefst 51 kleuren speciaal gewaxed hand quilt garen. In de studio heb ik nog 30 kleuren extra. Die worden binnenkort toegevoegd aan de website. Maar daar ga ik toch een regenachtige dag voor kiezen, het is veel te mooi weer voor de computer. Dus nu: Hup naar buiten!
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Jane Austen was both an accomplished novelist and expert seamstress. She mentions household sewing as well as trimming and retrimming her hats, bonnets and gowns...
The best part of my job is having a small part in some pretty amazing quilts! And this one is breathtaking…. Jean Rawson pieced this quilt as a gift for her daughter who was graduating with a…
Make your own Jane Austen heirloom quilt using Sally Albett's free pattern and tutorial. Sew your own heirloom quilt today!
Jenny's quilt is finished and I am thrilled with how this wonderful Jane Austen Quilt has turned out. It may have sixty-four diamonds which have been quilted in sweltering Melbourne heat, but it has all been worthwhile. Each of the diamonds has been quilted with curved cross-hatching. The centre applique has been quilted with radiating straight lines to tie in with the straight lines in the setting diamonds. The setting diamonds have been quilted with radiating lines which extend into the piano key border. Enjoy your fabulous quilt Jenny!
