Elegant Cotton Wool Silk Quilts

Add Asian flair and Rami Kim's distinctive elegance to your quilts, wearables, and home decor projects. Centuries of Asian art and culture provide the design inspiration for six one-of-a-kind fabric projects. From castle walls to roof tiles to lattice windows, what has been beautiful in Korean architecture is stunning when translated into pieced American quilts. Applique shapes are taken from paintings depicting nature-clouds, leaves, flowers, rocks, and mountains. Learn the symbolism of lotus blossoms and the ancient fabric arts of chopkey (folding), bojahgey (piecing) and weaving. Projects are worked in cotton, wool, or silk, the fibers reflecting both Eastern and Western reverence for all things natural.

Add excitement and dimension to your quilting with these traditional three-dimensional Korean folding techniques. These beguiling designs are meticulously illustrated and exquisitely executed. Other fabric manipulation methods range from American smocking to harlequin tucks, pinwheels, and more. Put your newly gained skills to work making a number of the projects provided including a wallhanging, pillows, purses, totes, and chargers complete with finishing instructions. For additional inspiration, many of Rami's elegant and award-winning ensembles are pictured. You ll be eager to incorporate these techniques into your own clothing and quilting projects. OUT OF PRINT

Double your delight with this doll-quilt combination. The pattern for the dolls includes four interpretation of the dolls with examples to complete the doll faces. Detailed instructions are provided for adding adornments, such as hair, for the dolls. Dresses for each doll are created using a twisted log cabin design with a variety of fabrics to add color distinctions for each. Accessorize your quilt with applique and buttons.

Create lush and luxurious patchwork quilts using tweed and wool heritage fabrics—no matter your quilting ability. A beautiful collection of five quilts made using woolen fabrics for wonderful results. The quilt designs are simple and achievable for quilters of all abilities. Instructions include various techniques specifically for working with wool and tweed, including wool applique and combining wool with other fabrics like cotton and linen. The quilt patterns included are Hearts and Flowers, Grandad’s Coat, Seeing Red, Warm Heritage, and Floral Vase.

With their hugely popular book Elegant Quilts, Country Charm, Leonie Bateman and Deirdre Bond-Abel won fans around the world. Now these talented Australian designers are back with stunning all-new designs featuring wool applique on cotton backgrounds. Experience the sumptuous pleasures of working with wool including reverse applique to create distinctive designs Select from 12 appealing patterns in a variety of sizes for all skill levels Make charming lap quilts, table runners, a pillow, framed applique, wall hanging, and more

Have a ball blending cottons with rich wools, lustrous silks, and textural home decor fabrics for quilts that beg to be touched. Weave unconventional textiles together like a pro with the best advice for cutting, sewing, and pressing fabrics of texture and sheen. Craft 14 pieced and appliquéd projects, like table runners, quilts, pincushions, and tote bags. Dimensional and exciting, mixed-fabric quilts are ripe for using up scraps and expanding your horizons!

How can something so elegant be so easy? Experience the joys of using wool applique to add depth and texture to your quilts and other projects. There are no edges to turn under--and wool doesn't fray! Even beginners can create these cozy, antique-looking quilts. Choose from 11 traditional projects that combine reproduction fabrics with felted-wool applique designs Find all the basic techniques in the wool-applique instructions Stitch conversation-piece quilts, table runners, pillows, and more

A book for quilters and silk lovers on the use of silk in quilts.