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DESCRIPTION:
The Country Bride Quilt Collection uses and adapts the templates from the original “Country Bride Quilt” (which has become one of the most popular quilting books of recent years). Designed by the staff of the quaint Old Country Store in Intercourse, Pennsylvania.
This book contains complete actual-sized applique templates for making The Country Bridesmaid, The Country Romance, The Country Trousseau, The Country Wedding Wreath, The Country Courtship, and The Country Bride Collection Sampler.
Also contains detailed instructions and diagrams for assembling patches for these beautiful quilts.
Full-sized quilting templates, rich in flourishes and variety, with clear directions about how to take this important step in the creation in any of all of these five quilts.
CONTENTS:
The Country Quilt Collection
How to Begin
Applique Quilts
Preparing Background Fabric for Appliqueing
Making Templates
Appliqueing
Assembling the Appliqued Quilt Top
Quilting on Applique and Pieced Quilts
Marking Quilting Designs
Quilting
Binding
To Display Quilts
Other Projects
Signing and Dating Quilts
Cutting Layouts/Assembly Instructions for the Country Bridesmaid Quilt
Cutting Layouts/Assembly Instructions for the Country Romance Quilt
Cutting Layouts/Assembly Instructions for the Country Trousseau Quilt
Cutting Layouts/Assembly Instructions for the Country Wedding Wreath Quilt
Cutting Layouts/Assembly Instructions for the Country Courtship Quilt
Country Bride Collection
Country Bridesmaid Quilt Applique Layout
Country Trousseau Quilt Applique Layout
Country Bride Collection Alternate Patch Applique and Quilting Layout
Country Romance Quilt Applique Layout
Country Romance Quilt Sashing Template
Country Wedding Wreath Applique Layout
Country Bride Collection Pillow Throw
Country Courtship Quilt Applique Layout
Country Bride Collection Quilting Template for the Cameo Border
About the Old Country Store
About the Authors ABOUT
THE AUTHOR:
Cheryl A. Benner and Rachel T. Pellman together developed The Country Bride Collection designs. (Pellman in a co-author of the original Country Bride Quilt). They created the patterns, then selected fabrics and supervised the making of the original quilts by Lancaster County Mennonite women. This is Benner’s and Pellman’s fourth collaboration on quilt designs with related books. Their earlier books are the popular The Country Love Quilt, The Country Lily Quilt, and The Country Songbird Quilt.
Benner, her husband Lamar, and young son live in Honeybrook, Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of the Art Institute of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Benner is art director for Good Enterprises, Intercourse, Pennsylvania.
Pellman lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and is manager of The Old Country Store, Intercourse. She is also author of Amish Quilt Patterns and Small Amish Quilt Patterns; co-author with Jan Steffy of Patterns for Making Amish Dolls and Doll Clothes; and co-author with her husband, Kenneth, of A Treasury of Amish Quilts, The World of Amish Quilts, Amish Crib Quilts, and Amish Doll Quilts, Dolls, and Other Playthings.
The Pellmans are the parents of two sons. |
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