Fraktur Wedding Tree

Pattern Information: This delightful quilt was influenced by early drawings of the Pennsylvania Dutch culture. Frakturs were made in early 1880's and were presented as birth and baptism certificates and later presented to schoolchildren by schoolmasters, as rewards for achievement in class. More often, Frakturs had religious references or quotes from the Bible which referred to some aspect to the life hereafter. All Machine quilted by Arlene Abernathy, Quilter's Elf, Memphis, Tn

$ 25.00

My True Love Gave To Me

Pattern Information: This quilt was inspired while attending the Houston International Quilt Show. My trip there was made more enjoyable by staying with my cousins. My cousin is a student of the Russian language and has traveled extensively to Russia. One evening, she set the table centerpiece with a bowl of Russian eggs, and to my delight, each egg was embellished in the Russian Fairytale manner with the 12 Days of Christmas. I immediately thought - "Quilt!!!" I proceeded to sketch the delightful designs and have since developed my own personal interpretation of that song we all sing duirng the holidays....ON THE FIRST DAY OF CHRISTMAS....MY TRUE LOVE GAVE TO ME"

All Machine quilted by Arlene Abernathy, Quilter's Elf
Memphis, Tn

13 pattern set - $ 30.00

Tussie Mussie

Pattern Information: The Tussie Mussie Quilt is out of print (the very first quilt I designed and sponsored by the Benartex Company for Fall Market of 1999). After the initial quilt designs were sketched, I proceeded to take them along to the International Quilt Market in Houston, Texas With some prodding and encouragement from my friends (Jean Shaw and Karen Gibson, owners of the Quilter's Attic in Goodlettsville, Tennessee) I went to the Benartex booth with my sketches. Benartex was immediately excited by the designs and sent me enough fabric to create this quilt for their booth at the following quilt show. How Exciting was that!? The designs were created out of my love for gardening, the flowers are my interpretation of some of my favorite plants - Lily of the Valley, Bleeding Hearts, Pansies, Roses & Ferns - all gathered to make up the center block called a Tussie Mussie. In the early 1800's, Tussie Mussies were small bouquets of flowers and herbs gathered from the garden and used indoor to create a pleasant perfume to dispell food or sickroom odors.

All Machine quilted by Arlene Abernathy
Quilter's Elf, Memphis, Tn

Pattern Information: My brother, John Piet, who is a marvelous sculptor, artists and Fine Arts Department Head of Macomb College, Michigan, designed this particular quilt several years ago. My granddaughter, Lily Catherine, was visiting for the summer and was bored while helping me in the office. So, like all good grandmothers, I gave her a pencil and paper and told her to draw something. We proceeded to fax the drawing to my brother and he faxed back a wonderful sketch. The sketch contained a page full of whimsical fishes and frogs and sea creatures that delighted Miss Lily and he added at the bottom of his drawing - "How Many Fishes In the Sea?" Another thought - QUILT!!! So with the wonderful imagination of my brother and Miss Lily Catherine, and some additions of my own, another quilt was born. This too, was done for Benartex's booth at the International Quilt Market & Festival in the fall of 1999. I have seen an ad in the Australian Quilt Magazine offering a block of the month for this pattern, although I'm not sure where they got the patterns from - or do I? I guess we could call it an "international quilt".

All Machine quilted by Arlene Abernathy, Quilter's Elf
Memphis, Tn

Floral Wallhanging

Pattern Information: This 3 panel wallhanging consists
of the most popular patterns from the Tussie Mussie Quilt, along with the addition of butterflies and bees.
The completed size:  23" x 51"

All Machine quilted by Arlene Abernathy, Quilter's Elf
Memphis, Tn

$ 12.00