Seminole patchwork

Seminole patchwork tutorial - learn how to enhance a design with rainbow fabric.

I promise to add dimensions to the strips in the directions below.. but I wanted to at least post pictures for you to see... More soon, I pr...

Sometimes, once a quilt top is finished, all we want to do is add a plain border or two. Many times they frame the quilt top very nicely, but a pieced border can add something special. Pieced borde…

Today I'm going to show you what I think is the most simple of the Seminole Patchwork strips. If you have not seen my previous blog entry, to HERE for an introduction to this series. First I 'd like to talk about fabric selection. Large prints or prints that have a high contrast are not suitable. The prints conflict with the small patches. Select solids or blenders like batiks or Moda Marbles. I decided to use gray, yellow, black and white solids for my demo because of the high contrast. If…

One of the classes I took at Quilt Fest was from Jan Lowe on Seminole Piecing. This type of patchwork originates in South Florida with the Seminole Indians. Toward the latter part of the 1800's traders began supplying non-electric treadle sewing machines to the Seminole, and Seminole women began making intricately patterned fabric strips to decorate clothing. I am not sure how seminole patchwork made it into the quilting world but you can see the beautiful results! This quilt was made by the…

This pattern is for the Northcott 10th Anniversary Block Party International Contest. Visit the url below for all the information, rules and stores participating in the contest. http://northcott.net/resource_details.aspx?resourceid=3135&resourceCatId=9 Designed by Karen Donnelly of Fabric Smart in Gulfport, Florida. This is a asymmetrical improvisational design, using Northcott's newest collection, Stonehenge Solstice, inspired by the Seminole patchwork of the Florida Seminole Indian Tribe…

My series of posts from Quilting on the Beach was interrupted by our local Quilt Show, but I have one more class to share with you. It was Seminole Patchwork taught by Eva Veltkamp. Do you think Se…

This technique is too fun not to explore it more, so I present you Part II of the Seminole Piecing tutorial. You find Part I here. Yesterday someone asked me if this technique works with ombre fabric. Of course, but you will not have such variety in color compared with a rainbow fabric. Many ombre fabrics are monochrome, but there are multicolor fabrics as well. For this new design I used again a rainbow fabric, from the Effervescence collection by Robert Kaufman (still in stores). This is…

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