Some Frances Abell Brand Quilts for Sale
In the early days, Frances Abell Brand preferred piecing over applique, but quite often combined the two. Later she integrated hand-painted stenciling into some of these handmade quilts for sale. This was an influence from Frances’ time as an early American decorative artist.
Her quilts are sequenced mostly by the year made.
Quilts like Fanfare Variant are hand-pieced and hand-quilted with no applique.
Wild Goose Chase marks her early combination of both piecework and applique.
Baltimore Beauty Revisited marks her send-off into going all out with techniques.
Baltimore Country is the start off for the country scenes and farm life that Frances loved dearly.
Poultry Manor marks her entrance into an era of integrating hand-painting stencil work into her quilts.
Ohio Star and Ocean Waves are antique quilts.