Millefiori quilts

Katie on Instagram: "Better look at my finished La Passacaglia quilt top. She is 80 inches by 90 inches and I have NO IDEA where I’m gonna put her when she’s done. I’m so thrilled with how this quilt turned out and I’m forever thankful to Pink Door Fabrics for organizing this Block of the Month program. This pattern is by Willyne Hammerstein from her book Millefiori Quilts. It’s called millefiori because it looks like Venetian millefiori glass, literally translated to “thousand flowers.” It…

I’ve been in touch with numerous English Paper Piecers working on the La Passacaglia Quilt, and they have all said that getting started was the hardest part. In this post Ill provide a step by step…

Today's quilts include all the quilts I saw in the RMQM exhibit made from patterns by Willyne Hammerstein. Probably the most "famous" pattern of hers is La Passacaglia, which include all the quilts shown here except the second one. A couple of these ladies said this was their first attempt at English Paper Piecing. I'm not sure they could've picked a more difficult pattern! I have this book and the "papers" and have yet to start it. Some of the pieces are very tiny! I love all of these…

At a rate of about one rosette every two months, I’ve finally finished my second! With saturated red-oranges, prints resembling snowflakes (at least if you squint), and wintery novelty prints…

I'll start with my quilt, which was the Millefiori Quilt Along pattern by Katja Marek based on her book The New Hexagon. There were five quilts in the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum exhibit based on this pattern! I love how different they all are! Enjoy!!

= free pattern = Poinsettia Millefiori Quilt, 44"x59", by Marinda Stewart for Michael Miller Fabrics

You can make Willyne’s exquisite designs with Inklingo. Printing the shapes on fabric makes these complex settings possible for more quilters. Use the search bar (above) to find articles about each of the designs. This is the Main Millefiori Quilts Page. (More “Main Pages”) All prices are in US… - Quilt with Inklingo

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Shirley Mooney, of Don't Wait to Create blog, and I gave our Millefiori Quilts presentation to Capital Quilters, Wellington, NZ on Saturday. There were about 100 people there, and they were very interested in the Millefiori Quilts books, and the la passacaglia pattern that we are both making. Many people came and had a close look at our rosettes during the afternoon tea break. That's me, talking about my quilts We had a prepared a Powerpoint presentation showing how we select our fabrics…

When I saw Willyne Hammerstein’s quilt many years ago, I knew I had to do it! The pattern was beautiful, although I didn’t really like the c...