Seminole quilt patterns

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…

“Created by the Native Americans of southern Florida, Seminole strip piecing is based on a simple form of decorative patchwork. Seminole strip piecing has uses in quilts, wall hangings, and t…

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

Seminole Sampler BOM Pattern MGD 410

Clothing When the Seminoles migrated into Florida around 1750, they carried on traditional Native clothing. With the European impact, Seminoles borrowed clothing patterns from them as well as tradi…

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…

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…

Seminole quilt began as strips of red and yellow fabrics the sandwiched Seminole while I was quilting it at DC Modern Quilt Guild [photo by Jessie Aller] Keith caught me sewing on the yellow calico binding the back is tiny white pinpoint dots back machine quilted lines match the top side stripe pattern I like the stripes all bunched up to make a jumble of patterns final the Semiole quilt completed It is all done. The red and yellow Seminole single quilt. It's 76 x 52 inches and all machine…

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 […]