Fan quilts

My absolute favorite thing to do after I've finished up a quilt is to lay it out on the floor, adjust the blinds so the light shines on the quilt to cast shadows and then admire and take pics of the q

The fan pattern is one of my favorites. I've completed two fan quilts and have two others in progress. I like all fans -- smooth, pointy or scalloped. I purchased the fan blades for this quilt on ebay, and they were so clean, all I had to do was trim them a bit to fit my template. I was surprised to

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 adorable, and from the collection name you can guess the fabric collection is based on the Jane Austen novel "Emma". The prints include couples dancing, beautiful houses, florals and swallows, to name a few. I thought that fans were strictly a fashion item but, actually they were used to communicate with a suitor! My favorite is "I wish to be acquainted"…

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.

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.

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…

I recently finished quilting this lovely customer quilt. It was made by a lovely lady called Nessie who is 87 years young. Made up of Grandmother's fan blocks it was a lot of fun to quilt! Quilted freehand on my Q'nique, I used 3 different colours of thread, all Filtec Glide. Back view Next time I'll show you my newest commission. Thanks for visiting my blog today :) Rhianon.

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Not me, unfortunately! I'm due to go somewhere, but my summer adventures are not that adventurous. These client quilts are trekking their w...