Quilts with embroidery blocks

quilts with embroidered blocks | There were several quilts that featured hand embroidered blocks. I ...

This is a small wall quilt. 21" x 32" I hand embroidered this and machine pieced. Made in about 1997. Not the best shot but it's winter and I can't get outside for photos. It's about 20 degrees!

Over one-third of quilters own an embroidery machine, and about one-third also do embroidery on quilt tops. That leads to a big question - How do you quilt them?

This beautiful quilt pattern, Redwork Garden designed by Dodi Poulsen of Two Sisters at Squirrel Hollow for RJR Fabrics, is free from Fab Talk blog. It incorporates 12 redwork motifs that are prepr…

Let us take a few minutes to clear up some confusion…I cannot tell you how much fabric to buy because I do not know where you will use it, how much of it you will use or how often you will use a pa…

In response to many requests for more information about my STATE FLOWER QUILT project, here's a little background and some links for getting started on a quilt of your own. Last fall (2009), I decided to redo an old quilt pattern that I had in my collection. I redrew all the flowers and updated the design with new lettering and the two-letter postal abbreviations for each state, reprinted it all--and began stitching. The small flower blocks were so pretty that I wanted to share them with…

This afternoon it was fine and still and not too sunny so I grabbed a few finished items and works in progress and headed outside to take some photos. After what seems forever, Simple Pleasures is finally finished. I quilted a 1/4 inch each side of the block seams ... and echo quilted the triangles in the border. In case you hadn't guessed it's a Hatched and Patched design by Anni Downs. Her stitcheries are so distinctive. For this quilt I used a range of fabrics by Heather Mulder Peterson…

Bird Brain Designs sells unique Hand and Machine Embroidery Patterns and Kits, Wool Applique Patterns and Kits. We also offer a wide variety of stitching accessories and other supplies for embroidery.