A Flowering of Quilts


Book Description

Features nineteenth-century floral applique quilts, a description of each quilt's historical and botanical influences, and an explanation of women's interest in botany and flower garden designs as reflected in their quilts.




Happy Flower Quilts


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Happy Flower Quilts is the most colorful and cheerful collection of quilted projects around. Originally published in Japan, this book showcases master quilter and fabric designer Atsuko Matsuyama's unique ability to combine bright colors and fun prints. Packed with over 30 projects, quilters will be inspired to create colorful and print rich quilts, bags and more. Step-by-step instructions are included for all projects.




Cutting-Garden Quilts


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5 how-to patterns, plus photo gallery, feature rose, pansies, coneflowers, and apples




Fabulous Flowers


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Create sweet fabric flowers that look as if they've sprouted right from your quilts! Dimensional designs--from simple five-petal blooms to elaborate lilacs--will unearth a bouquet of ideas for quilts and wearable art.




Flower Festival


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Sew a Whole Garden of Blooming Appliqué Blocks. Create a bouquet of floral quilts with 50 adorable blocks of appliquéd flowers and bugs. Make 9 complete quilt projects in a lively, contemporary folk-art style. All 50 blocks are 8" x 8" for easy mixing and matching into one-of-a-kind quilts. It's all so easy with quick fusible applique and simple piecing. Cheer up that dull spot in your home with an adorable flower-and-bug quilt. Includes 9 colorful quilts to hang on the wall, dress up a table, or snuggle in on the sofa.




Flowers, Hearts, and Garlands Quilt


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Make an award-winning appliquâe quilt with two easy machine techniques! The patterns can also be hand appliquâed. These elegant designs can be used to create any size project, or are suitable additions to any quilting project.




Another Season of Beautiful Blooms


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Inspired by the breathtaking gardens and countryside of England and Europe, this book brings fresh floral designs to applique enthusiasts. Susan Taylor Propst has outdone herself with the variety of color combinations in this follow-up to her top-selling Beautiful Blooms. Each of nine designs includes a full-sized block pattern and instructions for both a pillow and a wall-hanging--in two different colorways--providing 18 projects in all. The projects are manageable in size, and the cushions fit commonly available pillow forms. Featuring petunias, tulips, lilies, and more, every artistic design stands on its own.




More Fabulous Flowers


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Find 20 all-new flower designs in this follow-up to the popular Fabulous Flowers, and watch your quilting bloom. With simple folding and stitching, you ll be growing gorgeous dimensional flowers in no time. Learn to make rosebuds, water lilies, marigolds, larkspurs, and more Personalize your flowers with beads, buttons, novelty yarns, and trims Make unique floral arrangements by combining different flower designs; the gallery will inspire your creativity




Beautiful Botanicals


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“A wonderful way to bring more beauty into your life . . . sophisticated floral appliqué projects, varying in size from pillows to quilts.” —The Professional Quilter Magazine Plant an indoor garden with a bounty of lyrical appliqué designs. All the project patterns are interchangeable, so you can create endless combinations of flowers and leaves. See how color-saturated cottons, vibrant silks, and tone-on-tone chintzes breathe new life into botanical appliqué. • 14 sophisticated floral appliqué projects include pillows, table runners, and small tapestry-style quilts and wall hangings • Full-size templates for 45 appliqué flowers, 2 butterflies, and 5 borders • Stitch up the projects as shown, or mix-and-match patterns to create your own masterpiece




Fast, Fusible Flower Quilts


Book Description

Presents eleven quilting projects with instructions, photographs, and patterns that feature the technique of appliqué and flowers that are commonly found in the garden.