These photos are of Jan’s designs found in her books and patterns. Many were stitched with the help and needle artistry of family and friends. We hope you find inspiration from these treasures.
An Embroidered Quilter’s Canvas
Floral Urn 2.0, pattern available
Grape Wreath & Chalice 2.0, pattern available
Lil’ Needle Books, pattern available
My Favorite Flowers, filled with childhood memories from our family’s garden. Applique, embroidery, and dimensional embellishment. Pattern available.
Grandpap D’s Cherry Tree. Pattern available. Appliquéd cherry trees and birds fill this quilt with childhood memories of Grandpap’s garden.
Romantic Baskets. Pattern available. A celebration of pieced and appliquéd baskets, with hand embroidered basket handles and optional embroidered birds.
Needle Grace. Pattern/workbook available. A beautiful floral learning quilt that employs fundamental appliqué, embroidery and embellishment techniques.
Spring Tapestry. Pattern available. Inspired by an antique quilt, this beautiful floral tapestry features wool appliqué on a soft cotton flannel background, embellished with a variety of overdyed threads and ribbon.
Wooly Spring Tapestry. Pattern Available. An adaptation of the Spring Tapestry pattern using the Valdani Spring Tapestry Perle cotton 12 thread collection (see Notions).
Sisters’ Garden. Pattern available. Inspired by the simple and whimsical designs of an antique quilt, this garden of blocks features needle turn appliqué with elegant embroidered stems and optional embroidered baskets.
A Quilt to Dream Under, found in “Embroidery & Patchwork Revisited”, p. 94. An elegant, updated version of the classic crazy quilt..
Fan Favorite, found in Embroidery & Patchwork Revisited, p. 88. Inspired by an antique quilt, this Fan Favorite features 36 pieced fans embellished with hand embroidered combination stitches.
Scrappy Tidbits, found in “Embroidery & Patchwork Revisited”, p.85. A miniature version of A Quilt to Dream Under found on p. 95 in the same book.
Garden Rhapsody, found in “The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery…”. Eight floral blocks set in an 8-point star pattern surrounding the Garden Mistress block, with elegant corner swags. Featured in “500 Traditional Quilts” by Karey Patterson and part of the book’s traveling exhibit.
Olde World Charm, found in “The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery…”, p. 236. This sweet quilt features 13 4-inch blocks and 12 8-inch blocks.
Amuse-Bouche, found in “The Art of Elegant Hand Embroidery…”, p. 226. A sampler quilt with 112 4-inch blocks. It was featured in “500 Traditional Quilts” by Karey Patterson.
Alphabet Sampler, found in “Applique & Embroidery Fundamentals”, p. 118. It was featured in “500 Traditional Quilts” and travelled with the 500 Traditional Quilts exhibits to multiple venues.
Christmas Joy, found in “Applique & Embroidery Fundamentals”, p. 120. Simple piecing, appliqué and embellishing.
Stitch Sampler, pictured in “Embroidery & Patchwork Revisited”, p. 90. A free pattern available under the Free Patterns tab.
Applique Academy Tribute, a sampling of classes Jan taught at The Elly Sienkiewicz Applique Academy.
