Welcome to My Web Site
Hello, I am happy you have
stopped by my web site.
Let me introduce myself.
I am Arlene Lane and my
unique perspective on
Applique Designs comes
from my Slovenian heritage.
I have always been
attracted to the folk art
of many European cultures
and this is reflected in
my unique applique designs.
In the mid 1980's, I wrote
and published a book on an
applique technique,
"APPLIQUE, AN EFFECTIVE NEW APPROACH."
An award winning quilt designer,
I have been given many awards
for my applique quilts. My brodier
perse quilt, "AN OLD ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN,"
won first place at the San Diego
quilt show, VISIONS. That same
quilt won first place at the
San Francisco quilt show chosen
by renowned designers and authors
Diana McClun and Laura Nownes.
This quilt is featured on the
cover of one of their books,
"QUILTS GALORE," and featured
in the book. The high light for
this quilt was winning second
place in Paducah, Kentucky,
at the American Quilters Society Quilt Show.
Browse through my Applique Designs and Applique Patterns
I have been encouraged to share my patterns
and my applique techniques after teaching
and lecturing at Guilds and shops. You will
be able to purchase all my patterns here on
the web site as well as in your local shop.
My web site is so new that many designs I
am working on are in the process of being
finished and will be going to the printer
in just a few weeks. If you find what I
have available at this time to your liking
be sure to check back from time to time for
a whole new selection of Applique
Patterns.
The SPRINGTIME
SONNET series offers six of the twelve
Applique Patterns to begin with.
The remaining six patterns of this
series are in production and will be
available soon. Be sure to check back
for these patterns.
The
VINTAGE APPLIQUE series are a collection
of traditional Applique block Designs
with some what of a new twist. These
Applique Block designs have been used
for a very long time in some of the
older Album Quilts.
My
SLOVENIAN SPLENDOR APPLIQUE Pattern
was born from a desire to reproduce
many of the shapes and colors used
by my grandmother and aunts in Slovenia.
These women would use embroidery to
decorate their festive garments. I
transposed some of these shapes into
an Applique layout for a wall quilt
and have produced this quilt into a
pattern.
The wall quilt
ALPINE MEADOWS is another example of
a Folk Art Applique Quilt. The shapes
and forms have been handed down through
the years and have been used by many
cultures. They are familar shapes and
pleasing to most Applique enthusiast.
Thank you for taking your time
to browse through my site. I hope you
found something to stimulate your
Applique appetite. Be sure to view
my Applique Quilt Gallery,
these are a few of the Applique Quilts
I have produced over the years. I am
very fond of Broderie Perse style of
Applique.
I hope viewing
these quilts will possibly inspire
you to try creating one for yourself.
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