As a Science teacher I love the idea of quilts with links to Maths and Science. This Mini quilt is based on the Fibonacci sequence. This was a fun project - I used scraps of solids and kept adding blocks until it felt like a decent size. I'm definitely a convert to spray basting after quilting this quilt. So much quicker when you don't have to remove safety pins and so many less wrinkles. I think this might be oft hang in my Science Lab for a while!
This table runner is a quick-make project and perfect gift for the holidays. The best part is that it is quilted as you piece it and is finished once you sew in your last strip. Use an …
So today I continue sharing some of the photos I took on the previous day. I will say that you the viewer are getting a more than biased view of the exhibits because I photograph only the Quilts th…
Our Château Quilted Strappy Maxi Dress in Grape exudes romance with an untamed allure. Similar in fit to our Sienna Strappy Maxi Dress from Oceans Of Love with some exciting updates, our newest Strappy includes an open back with adjustable cross back ties and tassels with custom charms. Our Strappy is designed to flatter the body with an elasticated back waist, supportive adjustable shoulder straps, a cascading skirt and a unique quilted upper body feature.Turn heads in every room wearing our newest Strappy, soft and elegant in smokey pink and purple hues and mesmerizing with hand drawn peacock and bold bloom motifs.We imagine this one worn with chunky sandals for date night or with a strappy heel and fine jewels for that sunset soiree.- Crafted with 100% LENZING™ ECOVERO™ Viscose- Unlined for easy wear- Adjustable shoulder straps
The beautiful antique quilt was handmade in 1890 as stated in hand embroidered thread on the top. Silks and silk velvets were the fabrics of well to do families prior to the 1890’s. This Victorian crazy quilt, having been made in 1890 is comprised of wonderfully made silks and silk velvets. This quilt is gorgeous. It is edged with black velvet and the backing is a satiny paisley print. Each piece of this patchwork quilt is made from quality fabric probably salvaged from fabric used to make ballgowns in the 1800s. Each piece has hand embroidered embellishments between pieces as well as some decorative elements within. If interested feel free to Message me to facetime or zoom to get a closer look. The surface of some fabrics are shredding, but none are causing structural issues or are visually unappealing. Measures 62.5 " X 74" For some history: Crazy quilts were popular from the late 1800s through the early 1900s. They featured irregular shaped pieces of fabric sewn to a foundation fabric and then outlined with embroidery stitches. The most elaborate crazy quilts were made of silk satins and velvets and heavily embroidered with images of flowers and animals. Most are darker, rich colored fabrics that echo the Queen of England's fashions due to her mourning of her husband during this period. This quilt boasts over 30 different stitches. These quilts were created using the block formation. Created with 12 blocks apx 15 1/2” x 16" blocks, the edge of each block being embellished with various stitches. This quilt was embellished with beautifully adorned flowers. The silk velvet border appears to have been used prior to the edging of this quilt. Because of its size, this is a wonderful quilt to hang in the home or use as a decorative element on the bottom of a bed. Shown in pictures on the lower 2/3 of a king size bed. Free shipping to contiguous US States.
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Finally finished my first ever quilt top - took a class with Kaffe Fassett and this is what happened! It still needs some batting and a back and to be quilted together into something usable, but so far so good!
Another block from "Japanese Quilt Blocks to Mix & Match" by Susan Briscoe. I used freezer paper templates for the flower shapes and pearle cotton for the embroidery. The flower centers shapes were very difficult to get uniform and smooth. Block measures 9".
Butterick 5139; ca. 1978; Gil Aimbez - Misses' Culotte Jumper. Loose-fitting back wrapped culotte jumper, in below mid-knee length, has shaped front and back bibs, attached buttoned shoulder straps, self bias binding finish, shaped patch pockets, attached self ties and topstitching. Included are instructions for View "A" front and back bib quilting. Purchased tops. mbchills modern and vintage sewing patterns [insert your photos of this pattern made up] [insert your username, and make sure your p
Look what we've got in the mail just a few days ago! It is an alphabet quilt for a tiny pink penguin growing in my belly made by a collabo...
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I was lucky enough to take a class from the famous artist/quilter, Freddy Moran, Saturday in Sacramento. I invited my friend Natalie to go with me, and that made the day even better :) This is the house that Freddy built :) She doesn't measure, at least hardly ever, and she doesn't consider herself a sewer either. Here's my freehand house on the left, along with one of my trees on the right. Freddy says that if something doesn't fit, add some more fabric to make it fit, and the extra fabric also adds some interest. Freddy and me:) Freddy has a degree in Fine Arts, raised a family of 5 boys (6 if you count her husband), and she says she was very successful at that because they are all grown up and all have jobs, lol! Freddy started her career with textile arts when she was 60, she's 80 something now. Here's my little house and a wonky star and a tree that I made in class Saturday. This is one of my favorite quilts of Freddy's. The buildings come off the sides, and it isn't bound. Freddy creates a background, often from flannel, because fabric sticks really well to it. She then creates her masterpiece by laying fabric on top and gluing them on with a purple glue stick that dries clear. She takes the finished quilt to the quilter (that hasn't been sewn or appliqued) and she tells Carol, "if any piece falls off, just stick it back on where you think it looks good!" This is a close up of one of her small quilts. The background is sewn together, and she cuts fabric or images on fabric (flowers) and glues them onto the background. Freddy loves the living dead too, hence the skulls. Freddy said that she has never bought a piece of muslin and never will. She takes great care in producing pretty backs for her quilts. Alexander Henry fabrics are very beautiful and interesting, and Berkeley, California, has a Crate and Barrel outlet where they sell Marimekko fabric for $5.95 / yard. Freddy buys a lot of her backs there. Another favorite of mine is this cow quilt! Freddy has lots of "parts". That's fabric that she she has cut into shapes, she has them in containers separated by color. She grabs those "parts" and places them until she likes the arrangement, then glues them down and lets her Carol, her quilter, machine quilt them in place. Did you notice that the cow's tail is three dimensional? This is the bag of the cow quilt. This is a close up of the machine quilting, where you can imagine the pieces being attached to the flannel background, by machine quilting. During the day, we had our sewing class, and in the evening, we had a talk and trunk show by Freddy. It was great! Notice the stack of quilts? I didn't count, but there were 30 or more. Freddy said that she collaborates with her friend Gwen Marston. Together, they make about 30 quilts a year, not including the machine quilting. Freddy and Gwen can make a quilt a day, with their combined creative genius!!! Freddy's "parts department" also includes little blocks that have been put together, otherwise known as orphan blocks. She uses the parts for her quilts. Another favorite quilt of mine that she made is called "Parts Department". It's a kaleidoscope quilt with lots of little girls holding hands, pinwheels and much much more. It's really cute! (I couldn't find a photo of it) Freddy told us that she takes all her fabric out and refolds it every 3 months, so that she knows what she has. What a great idea!!! Here are my little blocks that I sped through! The wonkier the better, it adds a lot of interest. You don't trim until you figure out if you want your quilt to have horizontal or vertical rows, or if you are going to make a kaleidoscope quilt. Freddy loved this background fabric! I think this block is too matchy matchy, but if I put it with crazy, wonky blocks, it will add interest. Isn't this the cutest photo? I took it off the internet, it looks like a self portrait. Freddy's vests that she often wears are made by an artist in Berkeley, and are made from quilts. The biggest thing I learned from Freddy, is don't be hard on yourself, or critical about your work. Never show anyone your quilting mistakes, they will never notice them anyway. Be crazy and try new things in quilting. You don't have to follow everyone else's rules, make your own. I am still talking about quilting, lol! This quilt is called "Little House in the Big Woods". Do you see the little house in there? This is the quilt that Freddy built, and I am going to make my own version of it.....someday..... Freddy signed my book, and do you know what she wrote? "Red is a neutral."
Here are some pieces of fiber art that I'm inspired by! Grab a cup of something hot, sit back, and enjoy some wonderful websites! India Flint's weaving: Thom Atkin's "August: Thank you Kaffe Fassett": Arline Fisch's crochet Lantern Medusa: Kirsten Chursinoff's Knapweed 3: Happy Creating! Deborah
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Missing the beautiful frost and the crispy cold of the last few days. Back to murky and grey😕. #jackfrost #winter #textileart #machineembroidery #embroideredtextiles #contemporarytextileart
Lazies, I head off to Quilt Market in Houston this week where the new zipper pouch designs will officially make their debut. I know, they already feel
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I feel like I need a change, soooo, back to black until I decide what I want to change to! The meeting was good. Fabulous venue etc, good c...
I’m back to talk about what’s on my sewing table (and in my ears) this month- I love writing these little posts as they do help me stay accountable :-) What I’ve finished since my last update! I thought I had finished a lot this month but maybe not as much as I originally thought :-) First up,
One of a kind quilt short from Carleen handcrafted from vintage quilts. Featuring a soft cotton binding, a convenient back pocket, and an elastic waistband. Each piece is completely different in color and quilt design.
Evening jacket of quilted white satin, designed by Charles James, Paris, 1937
Pieced by Kim Ferris Quilted by Jessica's Quilting Studio
For those who are familiar with our patchworks you may notice Kielo is indeed a printed version of our bestselling Tassu quilt. This is big personal favourite so comes of course in our two sizes, large and baby and features our new Lemmikki print in vanilla and blueberry colourways The adult quilt
It's been awhile since I've made an Ernie Quilt and it's one of my favorite patterns because I just love making quilts with 2.5" strips. I've had the Kaffe Fassett Shot Cotton and Woven Stripes strips die-cut and ready to sew since last year and finally had the opportunity to make this quilt since buying my new, sweet, very portable Juki HZL-70 HWA sewing machine which meant I am now able to sew in the kitchen while watching TV, a cause for much of my quilting downtime. I posted several times about Ernie quilts HERE, THERE and IN BETWEEN. While my Postcard from Sweden Quilt was being made, (you can read about it here), I started working on the Kaffe Stripe Quilt because I was loving the Shot Cottons and knew I had this project on the back burner--talk about constant Kaffe. I consider this to be a DREAMi project and finally have something to cross out from one of my project lists I made too many of for this year. I have to show you my "No Rose, You Didn't" backing for this quilt. I do not like making pieced backings. To me it's just like making another quilt top and when I'm in a hurry to finish a quilt, I don't want to sew another quilt top. I have a pile of quilt tops laying around in my studio and I knew laying in the pile was an 84" square top made from big patches of Kaffe fabric which may have been a modified Turning Twenty pattern, a pattern when it was first released, I couldn't stop making them. It took me a couple of hours to remove some of the rows of this quilt top so I could use it for the backing since I really didn't have anything else in my stash vault that would be as neat as this quilt top was and besides I've come down with a slight case of not wanting to buy any new fabric (I hope this "virus" goes away real soon). Who knew five years ago I was making a future quilt backing when I made this top. I just love the big purple cabbages. I'm thinking I may have made several quilt backings already and may be making more now without knowing it. I don't usually talk about the color thread I use for machine quilting because I not very good at choosing a color and I mostly quilt with a light gray. I knew gray wasn't going to work well with this quilt and luckily I had in my Connecting Threads Essential Thread stash (no affiliate link here) a spool of the Fawn thread which is an apricot beige thread which worked very well with blending in with the many colors in this quilt. I am loving the quilting which sewed like butter on my Juki 2010Q and I could have finished the quilting in one sitting if I didn't have to go to bed at 3am in the morning--I didn't want to stop. The quilt is bound with a solid Chartreuse Shot Cotton which was the only solid color that I had enough for the binding and fortunately worked very well. I was really hoping to take a perfect photo of my Kaffe Fassett Stripe Quilt while in Myrtle Beach; one with it laying on the sand, sunset on the sea with a whale breaching in the background, perfectly centered on the horizon (just for Sandra) but it was not to be had--the wind was something fierce--20 to 30 mph. It wasn't fun for the Master Quilt Holder on the balcony nor could the quilt stay on the railing at the beach. The best photos were taken either in the elevator lobby or inside the condo where we were staying. Plus, there was no way I was going to lay it on the sand since I had visions of it parasailing over the Atlantic Ocean and onto the whale's back (again this vision prompted by Sandra's request and maybe to make it a tale, Louise (Quilt Odyssey) will rescue it during her sea travels). I had planned to sew the binding while traveling to Myrtle Beach, but I ended up finally finishing the quilt right before we left (I'm beginning to like the look of machine sewn binding). I definitely wanted to take photos of this quilt and my Postcard from Sweden Quilt here in warm, sunny weather since we're experiencing far too little of it in the Midwest as you can see from this photo taken on a snowy Sunday, the day before we left. I really put the Master Quilt Holder to the test when I kept repeating to make sure the quilt does not touch the ground and get wet. He did a practice stoop down before we went outside. I think the quilt photographed better in Myrtle Beach, despite the wind, don't you agree? I do hope you check out the links for the Ernie Quilts, especially the first one since it's about my dear friend Mary Etherington who started me on my Ernie adventures. Like the old commercial saying goes "Try It, You'll Like It!". Hubby and I will be traveling back home this Friday and look what awaits me when I return, my Dot Dot Dash blocks from Christa Watson's Piece and Quilt with Precuts book which were made during upstairs sewing time with my sweet little Juki. Also, Sandra of mmm! Quilts will be starting her Second Annual Quilt Along: Adult Plus Playtime Quilt, (you can read about it here) on April 24th. I had a fun time doing her Free Fall QAL last year and this year's pattern is not going to disappoint since I'll be using some of my Alison Glass Chroma fabrics. I'm looking forward to getting back into the groove since there's not much sewing happening in Myrtle Beach because I wanted to give my hands some rest. And one more thing, this Sunday, April 22nd, I'll be posting my project for the 30 Quilt Block in 30 Days Blog Hop so I hope you'll check it out. (you can see it here) Linking up with: My Quilt Infatuation, Needle and Thread Thursday, Crazy Mom Quilts, Finish It Up Friday, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday, Busy Hands Quilts, Finish or Not Friday
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Item Details. Another extraordinary handmade silk and silk velvet crazy patchwork quilt from our studio collection and dating from 1886/87, America. Made in rich jewel-like coloured silks and velvets embroidered with details including initials, dates, scissors, flowers etc. worked in hand worked silk embroidery. Patchworks such as this lovely example are the originators of recycling at its best, using tiny scraps and found pieces this quilt includes dress silks and velvets, cuttings from ribbons and such like. Probably made as a wedding quilt, perhaps by a mother for her daughters trousseau, no doubt some of the fabrics used would have been recognisable as a part of dresses etc. The quilt has been backed at a later date - possibly the 1930s with a scarlet, silky lining. It also has some later patches added over the years probably covering some damaged original patches. This is folk art piece, it has a charming naïve quality and was worked by someone who is untrained. The quilt is too fragile to use and deserves to be displayed on a wall or become part of a collection. You would never get tired of looking at it there is so much detail and interest. Measurements: 172 x 172cm Condition. The quilt is in good antique condition but is time worn from use, it has numerous rubs and losses to the surface of some of the thinner silk dress fabrics ribbons. These could be replaced and or repaired. All of the textiles we sell are genuine antiques and may have some the idiosyncrasies and small flaws that you would expect in an antique textile. Further Notes. We are able to accept layaway on this item, please ask for details. We have lots more original and quality vintage items and textiles in our shop, https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/TheTextileTreasury Where possible, we use recycled packaging when shipping items.
PADDED QUILTING SAMPLES Top layer: habotai silk. Back layer: cotton muslim. Padded areas outlined with twin-needle machine stitching, u...
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Hand Block Printed Floral jaal Reversible 100 % Cotton Quilted Quilt. Each one-of-a-kind razai (quilt) is crafted from a lightweight block printed cotton voile fabric and is masterfully quilted entirely by hand with 100% pure cotton. This comfortable soft Indian quilt with Indian traditional print is perfect for all weather. Hand Block Printed Reversible Quilt Material : Filling : (100% Cotton) Care:- Dry Clean or stain clean only. Front And Back Fabric : Voile (100% Cotton) Size : 260 x 220 cms ( 106" x 88" )Approx , 220 x 140 cms ( 88" x 58 " )Approx(1-3 inches can less). We can do any customise order If someone need please Feel Free to contact us.. Usage:- A cotton lightweight "quilt", with an appealing unique colourful design. It can be used as: Bedspread, Bedding Throw, Blanket Or Quilt, A summer bed cover, A throw A fabulous picnic rug, Nice bedroom quilt, A wedding fit, Wonderful Bedroom Bedding ANOKHI, JAIPUR QUILT, JAIPURI RAZAI, ANOKHI QUILT, HANDMADE QUILT, BOHO QUILT BOHO COMFORTER, JAIPUR COMFORTER, JAIPURI RAZAI, HAND BLOCK ANOKHI ANOKHI RAZAI, ANOKHI COMFORTER, JAIPUR BEDCOVER IMPORTANT: We accept Bulk Orders. Kindly Message Us For The Same. Note : - International buyers are responsible for their countries duties and taxes. - Actual product might be slightly different in terms of colour because of the nature of photography & screen resolution of your device. -Your product may little smell because of the (colors) product packed for long if your product will smell when you open your parcel please put the product in direct sunlight for 5-6 hours , after this product won't smell. - Buyers are responsible for return postage costs. If the item is not returned in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for any loss in value. Thank you.
"BLOOMING ART NOUVEAU FLOWERS - LILY"- QUILT BLOCK HAS 1 DESIGN ON 12" X 14" COTTON FABRIC 1 ""BLOOMING ART NOUVEAU FLOWERS -LILY" QUILT BLOCK is machine embroidered on pre-shrunk, 100% Cotton fabric that is high quality and a perfect weight for quilting or any quilting project that you might want to do. A beautiful Art Nouveau flower panel in redwork. Wonderful for quilts, and wall hangings! There is stabilizer on the back of the quilt blocks and you can leave it on or you can cut it away, it will not affect your quilt block in any way if you leave it on. The 12" X 14" blocks are ready to be cut to your personal block size. These are perfect for a quilt, a pillow, a lap quilt, or a wall hanging, and many other creative ideas. 1 - EMBROIDERED QUILT BLOCK in the size listed below: ""BLOOMING ART NOUVEAU FLOWERS -LILY"--5.94" X 11.76"(stitched embroidery size) SHIPPING:THE QUILT BLOCKS WILL BE MAILED BY USPS TO THE BUYER WITHIN 10 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE, SINCE THESE ARE CUSTOM DESIGNS MADE TO ORDER, PLEASE ALLOW TIME FOR ME TO STITCH THEM OUT FOR YOU. PLEASE ALLOW 4-7 DAYS FOR DELIVERY OF QUILT BLOCKS IMAGE PROVIDED BY EMBROIDERY LIBRARY THIS BLOCK IS A STITCHED QUILT BLOCK
