Celtic Style Floral Applique

Celtic Style Floral Appliqué

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This book is out of print, but some of the designs are now available as patterns. Please check the quilts shown below to see which ones have patterns for sale. If you really want the original book, try looking for it at Amazon or eBay for used copies. Celtic Medallion I, II, III & IV are available as printed patterns or e-patterns.

Celtic Medallion I
40" x 40"

A layout diagram for a larger 90" bed size version of this design, Interlaced Diamonds, is included in the pattern and e-pattern.

Celtic Medallion II
40" x 40"

Here's what Celtic Medallion II looks like as a wallhanging. I was so happy the publishers chose this one for the cover! A layout diagram for a larger 90" bed size version of this design,Interlace Squared, is included in the pattern and e-pattern.

Celtic Medallion III
40" x 40"

This quilt is from my first book. I had never made a series of quilts before, so this was a challenge. There are four quilts in this series. Writing a book also involved learning a lot of new skills. I had no idea when I started what I had let myself in for, but I am very happy with the results. A layout diagram for a larger 90" bed size version of this design, Celtic Wedding Rings (Interlace in the Round), is included in the pattern and e-pattern.

Celtic Medallion IV
40" x 40"

This was the last of the series and the hardest one to make. I don't like orange and it was a struggle for me to use it in this quilt. Also, I wanted to do something different with the border. That took some time to figure out. A separate pattern or e-pattern for this quilt is available. I decided to make it a pattern, as well as having it in my first book, since it is one of the most popular of my Celtic quilts. A layout diagram for a larger 90" bed size version of this design, Interlaced Diamonds, is included in the pattern and e-pattern.

Here's a quilt that was made using one of the diagrams for one of my patterns or my book:

[Joann Stuebing's quilt for her daughter]

Joann Stuebing of Grants Pass, OR, made this quilt for her daughter Carrielyn as a wedding present. It's hand appliquéd and hand quilted and it was completed in 1999. The Celtic border and lattice is from a bed size variation called Interlace on Point. The layout diagram and templates for Interlace on Point are included in Celtic Medallion I, which is available as a pattern or as an e-pattern. Joann made this quilt as a sampler, so the Celtic blocks are all different and are all from Celtic Style Floral Applique.

Nancy Ehinger of West Branch, Michigan chose the Celtic Wedding Rings design as the quilt that she wanted her friends to help make for her! This Celtic border and lattice design is one that Scarlett drew up as a layout diagram only, since it is a larger, bed-sized version of Celtic Medallion III, which is available as a pattern or e-pattern. Nancy's is the first finished quilt that Scarlett has seen from this diagram, which was titled the Celtic Wedding Rings, because of the circular lattice between the blocks. Here's a close up of the quilt, showing some of the fabulous hand quilting:

The mottled background fabric is wonderful! The colors Nancy chose for this design really make this quilt a knockout.

In making quilts and entering them in competition, I have learned how much interest there is in my designs. Quilters track me down and write to ask for patterns. This is what started it all. I submitted some of my designs to magazines, then books such as the Great American Quilts series. I have two patterns in the 1993 edition. The first quilt is Autumn Leaves, with a smaller paperpieced version available as a pattern. The second quilt is Stars and Their Fans.

There's one computer program that I've come across in my surfing that is for designing Celtic knots. It also does them in 3D, pretty fancy! Steven Abbott in England wrote it.The latest update for this program was done in April 2008.
If you want to try the program, download it from:
http://www.abbott.demon.co.uk/knots.html

This page revised May 15, 2008