Quilts and purse made from Brigitte Giblin patterns inspired by old quilts by Nancy Horsfall, Anna Thompson and Anna Brereton using hexagons, clamshell and English medallion piecing.


"i-Purse" pattern

"i-Purse" pattern is the perfect size to fit your "iPad" or other tablet of the same size. The pattern is easy to follow with step-by-step colour photos.

 

13-Panel Hexagon Quilt

13-Panel Hexagon QuiltThis quilt was designed to showcase large print panels from my collection and to play with fussy-cutting motifs and stripes for the hexagon frame borders surrounding each panel.

This pattern will enable you to use a variety of colours and styles to achieve a scrappy and whimsical quilt.

 

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Little Hexagon Purse

Approx 6" high and 9" wide. This pattern includes instructions for 2 versions of this delightful and easy to make roomy purse. To make each purse you will need to purchase: a purse frame; ¼" hexagon papers (1 pack/200 pieces) and/or ½" hexagon papers (2 packs/125 pieces).

 

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Nancy Horsfall's Baby's Crib Quilt

Nancy Horsfall's Baby's Crib QuiltInspired by the Nancy Horsfall bed covers made in the early 1830’s, this quilt combines hand appliqué, English paper piecing and machined bordes. Crib size 40 x 55 inches. Paper pieces used for this quilt are: 1” honeycomb and 2” 8-pointed star pieces.

 

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English Frame Quilt

English Frame Quilt103” square, Machine pieced quilt. Inspired by a medallion quilt of muted printed cottons made around 1850 – as seen in “North Country Quilts and Coverlets from the Beamish Museum” by Rosemary E Allan.

A good pattern for using up many soft print fat quarters.

 

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Baby Hexagon Quilt

½” hexagon paper pieced centre inspired by a French cushion pattern from 1862 in “Modes Illustree”.

This crib sized quilt (50” x 52”) has simple borders with appliquéd hexagons and a scalloped whip stitched edge.

3 packs/125 pieces each of ½” hexagon papers are required to complete the centre panel.

 

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Hearts & Vases Quilt

65 ½” sq quilt with naïve appliqué vases centre inspired by “Appliqué Summer Cover” in Ljiljana Baird’s book “QUILTS” and chain of hearts border inspired by Ann Thompson’s 1824 quilt in “The Quilts of the British Isles”  by Janet Rae/David Cripps.

Hand appliquéd centre and hearts with machine pieced borders.

 

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Anna Brereton Quilt

89” x 80” queen sized quilt is inspired by the Brereton hangings in the collection of Strangers Hall, Norwich, UK.  The original quilt is featured in “The Quilts of the British Isles” by Janet Rae/David Cripps.  The paper pieced hexagon centre is surrounded by large hexagons and diamonds, which have been machine pieced.  A 600-pack of 1” hexagon papers is required to make the centre panel.

 

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Baby Clamshell Quilt

39” x 42” cradle/baby quilt.

This traditional English hand appliquéd pattern is simple and accurate using a new method for clamshell placement.

Use up lovely scraps in prints and shirtings to give a soft, old fashioned look.

 

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