This is the sweetest holiday wall hanging. The delicate shapes are inspired by the beauty of Christmas and all that comes with it. The design combines applique, wool applique and embroidery. This is the perfect small holiday project that will surely become a family treasure to be loved year after year. Created with various of Verna's fabric collections and hand dyed felted wool. Approx. 32" x 25"Material needed:1/2 yd main appliqué background1/4 yd top appliqué background1/8 yd for thin divider strip8 (6" x 6") scraps for patchwork borderF8TH's & scraps of various fabrics for appliquéScraps of felted wool for wool applique3/4 yds for backing1/2 yd binding Click here to see all of our Verna Mosquera patterns.
Our 100 Blocks Sampler continues with Vintage Spools designed by Kimberly Jolly of the Fat Quarter Shop.
*This gorgeous pattern is designed by Verna Mosquera of The Vintage Spool Approx. 70" x 70" This beautiful Christmas pattern features 13 applique images. It is set in a wonderful two colour Irish chain The pattern includes full size drawings and detailed photos of each image along with detailed instructions for both applique, strip set patchwork and quilt construction. It is structured as a block of the month but sells as 1 complete pattern set. It is a one of a kind Christmas quilt that will warm your home year after year.
I had been looking for ways to decorate my sewing room when I came across this wreath on Pinterest. I thought this was a perfect sewing room decoration and was like: “Hey, I can make that my…
I love vintage patterns! As I delve deeper into the quilting world, many modern patterns are inspired by or derived from vintage ones. I found this Alice Brooks Pattern "Crown of Thorns" and immediately fell in love with it! I modified the pattern to remove a "V" intersection at the center of the block. I have a free link to the pattern here. Here is another version I made. I love how Springy this one looks. If you are going to make the pattern, stitch your pieces together on the left and right and then your middle strip separately like this: I highly recommend paper piecing this pattern! If you make this block, please join my Charise Creates Flickr Group and add your version of this block. I'd love to see your version!!!! I've also listed this pillow in my Etsy shop : ) Have a lovely weekend!
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Blossom Stitch Dishcloth w/ Picot Edging - Crochet Measurements: 8 in. x 8 in. Materials: 1 ball worsted weight cotton yarn Size G crochet hook or hook required for good stitch definition Note: Picot stitch - ch 3 or 4 , sl in first ch Ch 39 Row 1: (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) into 3rd ch from hook, sk 1 ch, sc into next ch. *skip 1 ch, (1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) into next ch, sk 1 ch, 1 sc into next ch, repeat from * to end of row. Ch 2, turn. Row 2: *1 dc into sc, ch 1, sc into ch sp, ch 1, repeat from * to end, 1 dc into turning ch of previous row. Ch 2, turn. Row 3: *(1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc) into sc, 1 sc into dc, repeat from * to the end of row, working last sc into turning chain of previous row. Ch 2, turn. Repeat (rows 2 & 3) x10 or till work measures 7.5 inches lengthwise. Do not turn on the last row. Work picot in corner & continue down left side of cloth: *Sl 3, picot, repeat from * around all sides. Break yarn & weave in ends. Copyright © 2008 Toni in the Foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, All Rights Reserved
Pothodler Parade a simple Quilted Christmas pothodler pattern. Includes Round, Envelope, Christmas Tree & Striped Potholder patterns.
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Verna Mosquera of The Vintage Spool's style is nothing short of inspiring. We drool over her fabric collections and admire her timeless appliqué quilt
Spool Quilt Block In the Quilters' Book Club this month, we're reading The Goodbye Quilt by Susan Wiggs. The main characters in the b...
Hello there! I'm back for another episode of the Vintage Block Along I'm sharing another vintage block with you from my Grandma's pattern basket:) I named this block "STAR SHINE" and the name comes from my memories of camping under the stars:) One of the things that we did as a family when I was a girl was go camping... usually 3 - 4 times every summer. When I say family... I mean grandparents...aunts and uncles and cousins included! We would load up the station wagon and head up to the mountains of either Utah or Idaho:) We all loved it and looked forward to every single trip. I remember that one year when we were little... grandma and grandpa gave each of us grandkids a green folding camp chair just like these in the photo. Grandma wrote our names on them and we used those chairs every night around the campfire. During the day we would fish... play and hike... And when the stars came out at night we would sit around the campfire and roast hot dogs and marshmallows and most of all... listen to campfire stories. Grandma was the story teller:) She would tell us about her childhood... tell us stories that she had read and some that she had written. Grandma often wrote short stories and poems. I loved gazing at the night sky and feeling closer to the stars (being high up in the mountains) than I did when we were at home. Those nights around the campfire are some of my fondest childhood memories and I still love camping to this day! I love this vintage ad... it's so typical of how things were for us back then:) I had such a great time going through my Farm Girl Vintage fabric choosing prints for the block! I decided to make more than one... even though we will only be using one for the quilt... so take note that you only need to make ONE. I on the other hand... want to make one more for a total of 4 because then I'll use one for the quilt... and I want to use the other 3 to make a table runner for my kitchen counter:) Of course you could do the same thing if you wanted to!! For this block you will need 3 colors that contrast nicely from each other and one background:) Because the block finishes at 20" x 20"... I thought it was a great opportunity to use this cute little floral for my background and I love the way it looks in the blocks! From your background cut: 8 - 5 1/2" squares 8 - 3" squares For the star in the center cut: 1 - 5 1/2" square 8 - 3" squares For the "star shine" cut: 4 - 3" x 5 1/2" 20 - 3" squares For the points of the star shine cut: 8 - 3" x 5 1/2" First thing up is flying geese! Grab 4 of the star shine rectangles and the 8 center star print squares. With right sides together like this... sew from corner to corner on the back of the square. Mark the sewing line onto the squares or use the Seams Sew Easy Guide For the directions on how to put it on your machine... CLICK HERE Trim off the excess and press. You have to do the easy corner triangles on one side before you can do the other one... Like this! You should have 4 flying geese that measure 3" x 5 1/2" at this point. Now lay them out like this along with the center square and 4 of the star shine 3" squares in the corners... and sew them together! Your center star should measure 10 1/2" square at this point. Okay...now grab 4 of the 5 1/2" background squares and 8 of the 3" star shine squares. You are going to do more easy corner triangles! Do one on each corner like this... just like you did with the flying geese except that you are sewing them onto the bottom of a square instead of the sides of a rectangle:) You should have 4 total that measure 5 1/2" square. Now let's work on the 8 star shine points. We will do 4 at a time because the easy corner triangles will face one direction on four of them and the opposite direction on the other four. Make the first four to look just like this. The background ECT should be at the top and the star shine ECT on the bottom. Now grab the remaining 4 star shine point rectangles... And sew them exactly like this. These star shine points should measure 3" x 5 1/2" at this point... And each set of four should look just like this. Now place these segments together like this... And sew!! Now it's time to sew the entire Star Shine Block together. Sew it into 3 rows first... And then sew it together and make it shine!! Your Star Shine Block should measure 20 1/2" x 20 1/2" right now... BEFORE we sew it into our quilt:) Remember...you need ONE block only for the quilt:) Here's a close up of the second one that I made... And the third:) I'm going to make these three into the table runner so I will be sewing the another block probably this week. I may use one of these same fabric combo's again or make a completely different one... with Farm Girl Vintage fabric of course:) This is block seven in our Vintage Block Along! Click on the links below for each of the first six block tutorials: 1. Grandma's Star 2. Pattern Basket 3. Around the Corner 4. Little Farmhouse 5. Rhinestone 6. Vintage Lily Did you notice the cute granny square pincushion that I used while making this block? When Kimberly and Lily came to my house a few months ago... I did a 3 part crochet tutorial on how to make a granny square pincushion. CLICK HERE to watch part one:) A granny square was the very first thing that I learned to crochet when I was 6 years old and my other grandma taught me how after I asked her pretty please:) They are very easy to make and once you learn how they are so addicting! You only use 3 basic stitches: a chain stitch...double crochet and a slip stitch. In my first tutorial I show how to make the granny square itself... it's a project for those who have just learned the basics of crochet. If you don't know how to do those 3 basic stitches there are many other YouTube tutorials on just those stitches alone but I think if you watch closely and pause it in the right places etc... you can see how those stitches are formed. You may have already watched it and made one because I have loved seeing a lot of them popping up on INSTAGRAM The second part of the tutorial shows how I block my granny squares to get them all the same size before joining together for the pincushion...pillows...scarves etc. CLICK HERE to watch part two: The third tutorial shows you how I use the two granny squares and make the pincushion. CLICK HERE to watch part three:) I use my 100% Cotton Chunky Thread and my 100% Cute Crochet Hooks when I crochet. Here you see the first 14 colors... but now I have 6 new colors to add for a total of 20 so far. (More are coming) This is #3 Sampler Pack that holds a little bitty skein of all 6 new ones. I find crocheting very relaxing... probably because of the repetitive motion and the adding on of new colors until it grows into a cute little granny:) At night I love to relax and unwind with yarn and a hook... with hubby and Netflix:) I love making granny squares and I made several pincushions because they all look so cute displayed together and... you know... all the possibilities of different happy color combinations! Thanks for coming along with me on this trip down memory lane and learning how to make another Vintage Block:) My goal is to post one every Thursday until I have enough for the quilt. There are several more blocks I want to make so we are not even close to be finished yet:) However...my Farm Sweet Farm Sew Along starts on Monday and I'm crossing my fingers that I'll be able to keep up with the Thursday posts. Just know that if I miss a week... I'll be right back and will not miss two weeks in a row. Until then...enjoy sewing vintage!! xx Lori
Make an extra March Mini and have a little gift tucked away for a special friend. We are temporarily sold out of our Mini-a-Month Postcard Collection. We will let you know when they are back in stock. Thank you for your understanding. + + + + + + + This is a perfect quilt to practice your hand quilting. Check out our finishing a small quilt video tutorial here.
Celebrate Christmas in July with these fun throws using the Christmas Countdown Blocks!
I am going to have a Christmas tree filled with handmade ornaments using Liberty of London fabrics this year. I shared my Framed Fabric Orn...
Follow along with tutorial to make your own vintage inspired spool wreath. Perfect use of those scraps you love and would make an amazing keepsake or gift.
Hello Friends, I hope you’re doing well!! So excited for the weekend, and I hope you have some fun plans. I’m going to the new ghostbusters movie with a friend, and also getting some things ready for Thanksgiving. But first, check out this fun quilt that Sherry made!! It’s the Gnome blo
This is a quilting pattern leaflet and template only. It is not a kit or a completed project. The leaflet is from 1989 by Spinning Spools. It has 2 pages plus a pattern template. It has some shelf wear but overall it is in good condition. Table Of Contents: Wall Hanging - 32 inches square Sofa Quilt - 60 inches square It will be shipped first class USPS with tracking in a rigid mailer. International first class outside the US. Find more quilting books and patterns here! https://www.etsy.com/shop/NeedANeedle?section_id=13841660&ref=shopsection_leftnav_7 Want more? Check out my store front for more crafty categories and many more projects! https://www.etsy.com/shop/NeedANeedle?ref=hdr_shop_menu
