Go Wild With Quilts

Go Wild With Quilts by Margaret Rolfe. Published by That Patchwork Place. ISBN 1-56477-019-2. Pages: 96

Images of animals are among the oldest known pictures in art history, and in this book Margaret Rolfe captures this beautiful way these images have evolved and changed. These North American birds and animals have a feeling of life, as they are not confined to the traditional squares and triangles seen most often in quiltmaking - making this an ideal opportunity for the confident quilter to extend themselves, with different shapes, applique and hand-quilting. If you love innovative quilting and animals, these projects are certain to be a delight.

Featuring: Introduction, Materials and equipment, Piecing the animal blocks, Piecing traditional blocks and borders, Adding details (applique and embroidery), Constructing a quilt, The Blocks and Quilts: Black Bear, Beaver, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Canada Goose, Hummingbird, Mallard Duck, Moose, Robin, Squirrel, Swallow, Raccoon, Bald Eagle, Owl. Using the bird and animal designs to create quilts, Playing with block designs, exploring repetition, Combining straight-line blocks with patchwork blocks and borders, Using colour creatively, Changing the size of the quilts, Metric conversion..