Hello, my friends, and welcome back to Free Pattern Friday!
As mentioned in recent videos, I’m working on a bookcase quilt for my husband. I have already designed several new blocks that I’ll share here and on Fandom in Stitches as they are ready.
We both love Sherlock Holmes, so adding our favorite fictional detective to his quilt was a no-brainer!
Next up is Sherlock Holmes’ Persian Slipper. This is inspired by one of our favorite quotes from the short stories:
“But with me there is a limit, and when I find a man who keeps his cigars in the coal-scuttle, his tobacco in the toe end of a Persian slipper, and his unanswered correspondence transfixed by a jack-knife into the very centre of his wooden mantelpiece, then I begin to give myself virtuous airs.”
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual
I hope you enjoy this pattern. I look forward to bringing you more new bookcase blocks as I design them!
The following patterns are designed by me, Jennifer Ofenstein, and are free for your personal use. Links go to Google Docs that you can save or print. ♥
Sherlock Holmes’ Persian Slipper Bookcase Block
designed by Jennifer Ofenstein
10″ paper pieced
free for personal use only
(machine embroidery not included)
Need some summer reading?
Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain!
You can access all the stories for free at Project Gutenberg.
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♥ Jennifer O
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Hi Jennifer, thank you so much for all you do! I have a question, would you have a layout for the Sherlock Holmes quilt? I find it difficult to figure out because the squares are different sizes, and I’m just not that smart! Thank you again, Sharen McColl