Fan quilts

Hello! I had the pleasure of working with the new fabric line "Emma" from Citrus and Mint designs for Riley Blake Designs. The prints are ...

I've recently finished quilting a c.1930s Grandmother's Fan quilt top I found antiquing! Many of the fabrics were likely taken from cloth sacks that held a variety of staple goods, from sugar to flour to animal feed. I wish I would have taken a picture of a certain quilt block before machine quilting it in continuous curves and feathers, because on the muslin fabric background you could barely read “Great West…Denver, Co…Table & Pr…”. So I got on the internet and searched using this cryptic…

One thing I was thinking as I pulled my fabrics is that I may need to have interchangeable pieces as the months progress. By that I mean, a collection of

Hello! I had the pleasure of working with the new fabric line "Emma" from Citrus and Mint designs for Riley Blake Designs. The prints are ...

Create a new quilt design by mixing and matching your favorite 6"-square blocks. These patterns include traditional piecing and appliqué techniques.

This pattern is called Grandmother's Fan, and this quilt was passed down to me from the other side of my family, my father's side. This was pieced and quilted by his maternal grandmother, and it's been astonishingly well preserved. I think my grandmother, her daughter, kept it tucked away and never used it.

This is where I'll display your most recently finished quilts. Click on the photo to see a larger image of the quilt. Enjoy!

If you love traditional quilts this is the quilt for you. A very large variety of fabrics. Dresden plate, fans. Queen size quilt. Approximately 97 x 88 inches. Smoke and pet free home. Machine pieces. Machine embroidered. Machine washable cold water. Tumble dry. Quilted by a professional long arm quilter.

100% finished, binding, through the washer/dryer, finished! I left you in the last blog post about at the picture below. It did take a long time to raw edge machine applique the stems and 3 differe…

Use These Clever Blocks To Make A Ferris Wheel Fan Quilt. If you’re looking for a busy fun summer quilt this easy fan block makes up the most dazzling designs. It makes me think of a fun beac…