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    Quilted Projects with Wool and Wool Felt: Easy Techniques with Full-Size Templates
    Quilted Projects with Wool and Wool Felt: Easy Techniques with Full-Size Templates
    Quilted Projects with Wool and Wool Felt: Easy Techniques with Full-Size Templates
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    Quilted Projects with Wool and Wool Felt: Easy Techniques with Full-Size Templates

    By Beth Oberholtzer and Rachel Pellman

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    This friendly book will teach you everything you need to know to start on a memorable quilting adventure, with small, simple-to-sew projects that come together quickly. Supporting layout diagrams and cutting templates are provided at actual size, and can be used directly from the book. No photocopying or resizing necessary!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDesign Originals
    Release dateOct 1, 2014
    ISBN9781607651512
    Quilted Projects with Wool and Wool Felt: Easy Techniques with Full-Size Templates
    Author

    Beth Oberholtzer

    Beth Oberholtzer is a graphic designer, illustrator, and photographer from Lancaster, Pa. The daughter of a Lancaster County farmer whose Mennonite ancestors crossed the Atlantic in 1727, Beth greatly admires Pennsylvania German handcrafts, vintage textiles, and works of art and utility made from repurposed materials. Although she has designed hundreds of books, this is the second she has coauthored.

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      Quilted Projects with Wool and Wool Felt - Beth Oberholtzer

      Introduction

      My earliest memory of sewing is from first grade. I remember complaining one morning that I had nothing to wear to school. I don’t know what a video of the morning would show, but my memory says that my dear mother pulled out a piece of seersucker fabric, cut a front and back panel, sewed a few seams, inserted elastic to fit my waist, and sent me happily off to school wearing a brand new skirt.

      Coming from a large Mennonite family, sewing was expected for my sisters and me. My mother, and later I, made most of my clothing throughout my high school years. My mom sewed my white eyelet wedding dress.

      While I was very comfortable with fabric, needle, and thread, quilting didn’t enter the picture for me until after graduation from college. I worked in a fabric and craft store where local people brought their wares to sell to the large tourist population that visits Lancaster County, Pennsylvania each year. Every week I encountered women (many of them Amish) who were both buying fabric for quilts and bringing finished quilts to the store to sell. I was captivated. These were gentle, unassuming craftspeople doing amazing, creative things with fabric. And though they didn’t identify themselves as artists, quilts were an outlet for their creative energy. I began to think I could do that!

      Quilters are generally open to sharing ideas, techniques, and tips of the trade. I have yet to meet a quiltmaker who withholds information about how she, or sometimes he, works her magic. I am the beneficiary of a long line of quilters who imparted their wisdom without reserve. I learned tiny appliqué stitches from Emma Weaver. Dozens of Amish women who cheerfully talked with me about their memories of old quilts taught me about the deep rich colors and simple patterns of traditional Amish designs. I was amazed by the daring, unusual, and completely successful color combinations of Mildred Mast. Rosie Mutter taught me that outside-the-box quilting lines can add a whole additional dimension to pieced and appliquéd quilts. Katie Esh willingly showed me her large collection of quilting stencils and told stories of how they were used. The women in my quilt group challenged me to try tiny little patches and new techniques. Quilts exhibited in shows are an ongoing source of inspiration. Anything I know about quilting, I credit to the scores of quilters who have gone before me.

      I learn best by watching. From my point of view, the easiest way to learn is to sit at the elbow of a patient, skilled crafter and watch them work. It is my hope that this book, with its pictures and text, will give you that feeling. I have tried to give enough detail and information that you will be able to follow the steps to a successful end. And while you may follow the patterns precisely as given, you should also take as much artistic license as you wish. The owl pillow blocks may be used in a wall quilt, or the sheep wall quilt block may be made into a pillow. Have fun, be creative!

      The projects in the book are small. You don’t have to commit a year of your life to finishing them. While my mother was a very patient seamstress, I seem to have inherited enough of my Dad’s get it done now genes that I prefer working on projects where beginning and end come together fairly quickly. The projects in this book fit that model. While I am a firm believer in doing something carefully and well, I don’t think it should take forever.

      My design inspiration starts with simplicity. If it isn’t simple, I can’t draw it. I am grateful to live in an area where a weekend bike ride takes me on back roads through meadows, fields, and gardens filled with animals, crops, flowers, trees, and birds. They fill my mind with beauty and color.

      I wouldn’t have tackled this book without the prompting of my co-author, Beth, who believed we could do something to make the beauty and fun of quiltmaking accessible to everyone.

      Quilters are generally open to sharing ideas, techniques, and tips of the trade. I have yet to meet a quiltmaker who withholds information about how she, or sometimes he, works her magic.

      What You’ll Learn

      Tools and Materials

      Sample: Berries Block

      Choosing Fabrics

      Prewashing

      Cutting

      Piecing and Pressing

      Appliqué

      Quilting

      Binding

      Each layout diagram page is color-keyed to

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