Chinese Scroll 4 1/2″ with 2 1/2″ Chinese Curl sashing. This design is both elegant and simple. I guess the two often go hand in hand.
Although it’s part of the Chinese Porcelain series, it would be beautiful as a border with many other designs. This pattern is also available as a PDF download.
The most common Chinese ways of saying Happy New Year are Gong Xi Fa Cai(Mandarin) and Gong Hey Fat Choy (Cantonese). Even though the pronunciations are a little different, both are written the same.
Ever since I was young I have been fascinated by the Far East. I used to go with my Mother to visit “artsy” Lila L. She had her hair bound up with chopsticks and black lacquered furniture inlaid with Mother of Pearl. Chinatown was my favorite place to eat and I loved getting those prize balls at the gift shop and unwrapping yards of paper strips to find the tiny toys inside.
Little did I know I would “marry” into the army and live in the Orient. This amazing experience has increased my delight in all those memories and many new ones; like the Chinese Lion dance (always thought I’d draw this but haven’t yet!) , Sizzling Rice Soup and playing the Kayagum (like Koto). Subsequently I’ve drawn a number of popular Chinese inspired patterns. I’ll include Japan and Indonesia too! So for the New Year I’m passing along the celebration to you!
Get a copy of the CHINESE MEDALLION SET – FREE with purchase of any Oriental pattern.
This is one of the most beautiful and popular series we’ve designed. The patterns look lovely on any quilt – not necessarily Oriental. They include: Chinese Porcelain 12″ with 1.5″ beading and Corner (this can be used as an ornate border or E2E), Chinese Medallion Set (12-15″ block and P2P triangles), Chinese Scroll 4.5″ Borders and Chinese Mums 4.5″ borders.
Attached is a sample layout you might try. The matching borders are Chinese Scroll w/Chinese Curl and Chinese Mums. In fact, you can get them all in the Chinese Porcelain Set set for 20% off.
Do you love this beautiful blue appliquéd sample? Angela Meadows made it from a very shiny knit, fused it and straight stitched the edges. Someday we’ll finish the entire quilt!
Chinese Porcelain 12″ with 1 3/4″ Porcelain Beading sashing.
This Chinese Porcelain Design was inspired by a vase of the Sung Dynasty. (Thanks to my Oriental art history book from college.) The design is equally enjoyable stitched vertically or horizontally. If you’re doing an Edge to Edge arrangement you can leave out the little beading that is planned for a border. Just roll and repeat this pattern, but if you desire to offset it I like it shifted 12 inches.
This pattern also makes an elegant wide border.
I’ve always loved oriental things. Chinese food and Chinatown in LA were among my favorites. Remember those little “prize balls” with the gold seal and colored bands around them. You could unwind the long strips of tissue to reveal trinkets, fortunes and the like. Now after living in Asia my craving for the beauties of the Orient have not been satisfied, they have increased.
I made two wall-hanging with this pattern. One shows the corner as stitched in 1/4 of the Chinese Porcelain Quilt. The other picture shows how I adapted the panto for applique on the Chinese Brocade Quilt.
This lovely pattern set is made to coordinate with the Chinese Porcelain 12″ pattern. This block can be 12″ or 15″, and has 10″ and 12″ triangles included.
If you like Oriental and you like Clamshell quilts, you’ll definitely like this fun set of Oriental/Chinese images to stitch into your next quilt. Make it with silk and/or batiks for that Asian glow.
Each design is sized to fit into an 8-inch “Clammy” block. Of course you can resize them if desired. There are 12 designs so you can mix them up for variety.
Sometimes I feel like I’m just running around in circles! Do you ever feel that way? Try these circles. You can run around and actually get something done.
Modern quilts love the complimentary note of circles against the straight linear designs. Or combine the Circular Motion sashings with other MeadowLyon sashings – Nature’s Rhythms and Chinese Scroll – for a fun eclectic look.
