Botanical Art Quilts

News and Updates

Janet Rice-Bredin designs quilt patterns under the name Botanical Art Quilts.

To Buy Patterns: Please email Janet for prices and shipping information. To buy patterns online, refer to the shops listed on the Stores webpage. If you are a shop owner or distributor, please refer to the Wholesale page.

BREAKING NEWS! Nancy's Notions will be carrying the Morning Glory Pattern in the March 2009 catalogue.

Check out my blog at Janet Rice-Bredin Etc. for images of my artwork, photos of nature, works in progress, and quilting events. I also started a Yahoo newsgroup called Botanical Quilts. Join me to talk about botanical quilts in their many forms!

See Botanical Art Quilts at the following shows:

Quilts on the Rocks, Sudbury, ON. October 2-4 2009

CreativFestival, Toronto, ON. April 23-25, 2010

Botanical Art Quilts is now on The Great Canadian Shop Hop Show #4 and QNNTV.com


Hot off the sewing machine!

Tree Frog Peekaboo©

This delightful froggie frolic will brighten any child's bedroom! Red-Eyed Tree Frogs peek out from Swiss Cheese Plant leaves in an easy fused appliqué technique. The pieced background and borders are simple to create, and perfect for kits!

Fusible web: Lite Steam-a-Seam 2®
Fabric: Blank Textiles

Wall Quilt Size: 26" x 38"

Bed Quilt Size: 70" x 90"

Frog #1

Frog #2


Hibiscus and Porcelain©

This pattern was inspired by the pink hibiscus in a friend's garden. I added the blue & white porcelain ginger jars to complement the flowers. The Orange-Barred Butterflies add some fun!

This bead embellished and embroidered quilt may be used as a wall quilt or a table topper.

Quilt Size: 32" x 32"

 


   

Leaf Magic Little Quilt©

Discover your inner child! Instructions for this new pattern include an exciting new technique to preserve real leaves, as well as 6 fabric leaf patterns (Maple, Aspen, Oak, Gingko, Sassafras and Tulip Tree). These easy little quilts are perfect for embellishments. They measure 7" x 9" and fit the Autumn Leaf Hanger by Ackfeld Manufacturing.The Leaf Magic Little Quilt© pattern and bead kits will be available at the Embellishment Village booth at Quilt Festival in Chicago this April!

See more photos on my blog, March 18th and 19th, 2008 posts.


Leaves: Mother Nature; Fabric: Blank Textiles; Thread: Superior Threads; Beads: Embellishment Village; Hanger: Ackfeld Manuf.; Fusible Web: The Warm Company



Buy here! Nancy Eha's Bead Creative Art Quilts are available through Janet for $34 Canadian + shipping. Nancy has autographed these for us. This is the definitive book on bead embroidery which I recommend in all my classes on Embellishment. The photos are luscious, the diagrams are clear and the projects are fun.
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Janet to order your copy! VISA, Mastercard, American Express, Money Orders and cheques accepted.


Companies whose products I use and love:

Ackfeld Manufacturing: Quilt Hangers like the Autumn Leaf Hanger

Attached Inc.: Mistyfuse fusible web

Bear Thread Designs: The Applique Pressing Sheet

Blank Textiles: Fabric

Clover Manufacturing: Fusible Quick Bias and Mini Quick Bias

Embellishment Village: Embellishment kits (beads, threads, Angelina)

Michael Miller Fabrics: Fabric

Nancy Eha: Author of Bead Creative Art Quilts, the best book on bead embroidery

Northcott Silk Inc.: Fabric

The Warm Company: Steam-a-Seam 2 and Lite Steam-a-Seam 2 fusible web

Superior Threads: Simply the best thread in the world, and I've tried them all

 

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