Mon Ami – l’uccello’s Embellished Lavender Heart Kit

This delightful collection of thread and ribbon storage cards feature recreations of antique ephemera and fabrics from the l’uccello archive. They are a beautiful and practical way to store treasured threads, lace and ribbons.

Designed and made in Melbourne.

Approx size:14.5cm x 7cm

This delightful collection of thread and ribbon storage cards feature recreations of antique ephemera and fabrics from the l’uccello archive. They are a beautiful and practical way to store treasured threads, lace and ribbons.

Designed and made in Melbourne.

Approx size:14.5cm x 7cm

This quilt features a variation of the classic Jacob’s Ladder block & a wonderful scrappy mix of fabrics typical of many quilts from the 1950’s. It features our fabric range Ruby’s Coverlet, a collection of reproductions of our favourite vintage  feed sacks and fabrics from the early to mid-20th century.

Finished size approximately 74 1/2” wide x 74 1/2” length. (Approx 189cm x 189cm)

Fabric Requirements

FOUR PATCH BLOCKS

(2.5” squares) 1.5 metres of fabric made up of a variety of different fabrics, as many as you like. Make sure to include some larger prints, all in medium to darker fabrics. If purchasing fabric specifically for this project, select a variety of fat 1/8ths for larger prints and fat 16ths for smaller scale prints. Allow extra if you prefer a lot of fussy cutting.

(1.5” squares) 1.1 metres of fabric made up of a variety of different fabrics, as many as you like. Select medium to darker fabrics, focusing on smaller scale prints. If purchasing fabric specifically for this project, select a variety of fat 1/8th or 16ths. You may also wish to use some of the same fabrics that you have selected for Piece A.

(1.5” squares) 1.1 metres of fabric made up of a variety of different fabrics, as many as you like. Select light coloured & patterned fabrics, focusing on smaller scale prints. If purchasing fabric specifically for this project, select a variety of fat 1/8ths or 16ths. You may also like to use some of the fabrics you have selected for the triangles.

TRIANGLE BLOCKS

This block is made up of 2 triangles, 1 plain colour, (we chose pink) and one in a lightly coloured & patterned fabric, we chose 5 different fabrics to continue the scrappy theme.

You will need 1.7 metres of the plain (pink) fabric for triangles and thin outer border (this includes an extra 20cm to allow for mistakes in cutting etc.)

And 5 x 30cm of light coloured & patterned fabric for the other triangles (this will also leave you some spare fabric suitable to use for Piece C in Block 1 if preferred)

Binding: 8 metres of bias binding or if you prefer to make your own, 60cm of 110cm wide fabric.

Instructions with colour illustrations.

Sajou 100% cotton gloving and applique thread in a 150m spool.

*1 unit = 1 spool of thread

The latest limited edition l’uccello Ephemera Panel featuring beautiful Christmas ephemera. This lovely cotton/linen panel features a collection of our favourites from our antique festive ephemera archive.

*PRE ORDER we are expecting more panels in 7-10 days (6th December)

Perfect to embellish as you wish and incorporate into a variety of projects such as slow stitching, bags & purses, quilts, scented sachets, pin cushions and small gifts.

Limited edition printed in Australia.

Panel size is approximately: 60cm x 45cm including plain outer boarder.

This lovely panel features reproductions of treasures from our archive of antique textiles and ephemera. Lightly embellished with simple embroidery stitches, the kit includes everything you need including thread.  Printed in Melbourne on a linen cotton base, ready for you to embroider and embellish as you wish. Finished size approximately 16cm x16cm.

This kit includes:

1 linen panel, backing fabric French cotton ricrac, ribbon, embroidery threads and lavender.

Perfect to store your favourite sewing tools and threads. Included in this Slow Stitch Huswif is the pattern and instrucions to complete this project in your choice of fabrics and embellishments. The finished approximate measurements are: Unfolded 38 x 28 cm. Folded 13 x 28 cm. A colaboration between l’uccello and Lisa Mattock.

*Please note this pattern does not include fabrics.

You will need

A collections of fabrics and embellishments for the outside huswif panels and inner pockets equivalent to approximately 30-40cms of 110cm wide fabric. You will need to allow extra if you plan to do lots of fussy cutting.

Inner lining fabric 38cm x 28cm

Calico backing fabric 40cm x 30cm

This album style quilt is named Mon Ami, which translates to My Friend, and it features appliqué images, some blocks symbolising  the bonds of love, friendship & good fortune.

The quilt features 5 classic old pieced quilt blocks and 5 lovely needle turn appliqué blocks, combined with a beautiful scrappy collection of fabrics. It is designed to complement l’uccello’s larger floral fabrics and some of our favourite medium – smaller size prints and wovens.

The finished size of the quilt is approximately 77″ x 77″

Pre-order Mon Ami Quilt Templates separately  HERE