A New Dimension in Wool Appliqué - Baltimore Album Style: Visual Guide - Unique Embroidery

by Deborah Gale Tirico

Overview

Honor the legacy and history of Baltimore Album blocks in Deborah Tirico’s distinctive appliqué style! With luscious felted wool and textures as rich as the history they depict, well-known motifs are the basis for 9 appliqué projects from table rugs and pillows to pincushions. Perfect techniques such as trapunto, layering, stuffing, needle-slanting, and beading with this complete visual guide. With no turned edges, felted-wool appliqué is a perfect take-along project. Full-size templates are included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617454639
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2017
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	873,724
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Deborah Gale Tirico is an avid needle artist and graphic designer. An active member of The Embroiderer’s Guild of America, she regularly teaches felt wool appliqué at guilds, events, and festivals across the United States. Deborah lives in Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Contents How to Use This Book • Behold the Beauty of Baltimore Album • The Wonders of Felted Wool • The Projects • The Techniques Projects The Table Rugs • Sincerely Mary Simon • Celebrare Cornucopia • The Vine Divine The Pillows • Voting by the Stitch: The Whig Rose • Freedom Soars: The American Eagle • Romance in Baltimore: A Spray of Peonies The Smalls • Loyal Huswif: Civil War Sewing Kit • Petal Perfect Pin Cushions Red Majesty Purple Passion for Pins Techniques for Success • Felted Wool Felt Your Own Wool Dye Your Own Wool • Tools and Supplies • Prework Make a Master Placement Guide Make an Embroidery Guide Make Freezer Paper Patterns • Appliquéing with Felted Wool Add Dimension • Perfect Pennies Stitching Glossary About the Author Resources

Editorial Reviews

The designs in this book are simply beautiful. By layering shades of wool and embellishing with embroidery stitches, Deborah has created works of art. She shares her dimensional wool appliqué with techniques such as beading, trapunto, layering and needle slanting with complete step-by-step instructions. Included are a number of smaller projects to get you started, such as cushions and table rugs.

Vol 16 No 1 Quilter's Companion

Using classic Baltimore Album motifs, Deborah has created dimensional wool applique projects. 9 small applique and embroidery projects using beading, trapunto, layering and needle slanting are found in this colourful book. Projects include table rugs, cushions, delightful pincushions and a sewing kit. I imagine the table rugs could also be used as wall hangings. All the templates are given and you could use any individual template or a number of them to create new projects. For example, two of the projects use birds and there are a number of flowers too. These could easily be used or adapted in different ways on wall hangings. Full instructions are given for every project with excellent photographs. Easy to work with felted wool is used throughout.

12/28/2016 yarnsandfabrics.co.uk

03/01/2017
Tirico (Gorgeous Wool Appliqué) combines wool appliqué with Baltimore Album motifs in this collection of small projects, which include pillows, rugs, and sewing accessories. The thickness of the felted wool, combined with clever layering, adds dimension to the pieces, and the finished appliqué is embellished with a variety of embroidery stitches. Though Tirico provides ample instruction via a chapter on techniques and a few of the projects are beginner-friendly, most require confidence in both appliqué and embroidery. A pull-out sheet featuring full-size patterns for use as placement guides is included, as are traceable templates for the pattern pieces with each project. VERDICT Baltimore Album designs are iconic in the quilting world, and Tirico's interpretation of these classic arrangements will wow appliqué fans.

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