Wool Appliqué the Piece O' Cake Way: 12 Cheerful Projects . Mix Wool with Cotton & Linen

by Becky Goldsmith, Linda Jenkins

Overview

Get luscious colors and textures in your quilts with 12 all-new projects from Piece O’Cake Designs. Best-selling authors Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins add felted wool appliqué to crisp cottons and linens for added dimension on quilts and home decor. Easy to stitch and easier to love, wool appliqué has no edges to turn under, making it ideal for beginners and experienced quilters! Learn about the best supplies, hand stitching methods, and quilt finishing tips.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617450471
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	08/07/2015
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	784,796
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Becky Goldsmith is the co-owner of Piece O’Cake Designs quilt patterns, as well as an award-winning quilter. Her art background and interior design degree provide a perfect alliance of insight and experience for quilting. She lives in Sherman, Texas. pieceocake.com Linda Jenkins, best-selling author and celebrated quilt designer, is the other half of Piece O’Cake Designs. She developed a fine eye for color as a hair colorist, makeup artist, and beauty shop owner, which influenced her appliqué patterns. She lives in Grand Junction, Colorado. pieceocake.com

Table of Contents

Contents  Acknowledgments and Dedication  Introduction  Getting Started  Basic Supplies • About Fabric Requirements • Borders Felted Wool, Cotton, and Linen  Felted Wool or Wool Felt? • Cotton • Linen Preparing To Stitch  Felted Wool Preparation • Always Use Fusible Web for Felted Wool Appliqué • The Best Threads to Use with Felted Wool • Cotton and Linen Fabric Preparation • Design and Audition  General Appliqué Instructions  Preparing Cotton and Linen Backgrounds • Making the Appliqué Templates • Using Templates for Fusible Appliqué • Using the Templates on Cotton to Appliqué with Attitude • Making the Positioning Overlay • Using the Positioning Overlay • Finger-press • Pressing and Trimming the Blocks Stitches for Appliquéing with Felted Wool  Choose Thread • The Blanket Stitch • Embellish With A Stem Stitch  Special Techniques for Appliquéing with Felted Wool  Outer Points • Inner Points • Curves and Circles  Appliqué with Attitude on Cotton  The Running Stitch Finishing Techniques  Finishing the Quilt • Quilting Felted Wool • Continuous Bias Binding • Straight-Grain Binding from Strips • Sewing Binding to the Quilt • Corded Binding Projects Blue Basket  Yoyo Garden Foot Warmer  Fruitful Market Basket  Strawberry Zip Bag  Strawberry Pincushions  Kitchen Quilts  Leafy Pillows  Leafy Table Topper  Jamestown Avenue  Tulips Do The Polka  Yoyo Basket  Vintage Gone Modern  About the Authors  Resources

Editorial Reviews

Use wool in exciting new ways! Becky and Linda have compiled 12 colorful home decor projects that combine wool with cotton and linen.

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