Fan quilt pattern

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"…

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The Traditional Fan is an elegant quilt block that lets you show off your eye for color and pattern. Download a great quilt block and instructions on how to make it in this article.

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.

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

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…

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…

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