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DESCRIPTION:
Breezy summer days, reminiscent of old-fashioned gardens abundant with flowers and their ever-present watering cans, are evoked by this quilt.
Accent tulips and sunflowers surround a quilted watering can at the quilt’s center. Bold sunflowers anchor the corners and are spread around the border. An “envelope”-style pillow throw highlights another sunflower surrounded by a flowing, ivy vine.
All the appliqué patterns, templates for quilting, assembly instructions, and fabric requirements for this delightful quilt are included. Also includes are complete guidelines for finishing the project.
A wonderful addition to your quilt pattern shelf!
This quilt evokes breezy summer days and memories of old-fashioned gardens abundant with flowers and an ever-present watering can.
This book includes all the appliqué patterns, templates for quilting, assembly instructions, and fabric requirements needed to make this refreshingly beautiful quilt.
“Though sunflowers occur only in yellow, this design can be adapted to many color preferences. Two variations appear in this book. May you be inspired and challenged to use this design to create a quilt of your own.” --Cheryl Benner and Rachel Pellman
CONTENTS:
The Garden Sunflower Quilt
How to Begin
Fabric Requirements
Cutting Layout for Queen-size or Double-size Quilt
Preparing Background Fabric for Appliqueing
Making Templates
How to Applique
Making the Patchwork Blocks
Assembling the Quilt Top and Back
Marking Quilting Designs
Quilting
Binding
Displaying Quilts
Signing and Dating Quilts
Log Cabin Block Templates
Applique Templates (Tulips and Leaves)
Applique Templates (Sunflowers A, B, C, D)
Applique Layout (Watering Can Patch)
Quilting Templates (Center Watering Can)
Applique Layout (Single Sunflower Patch)
Applique Layout (Triple Sunflower Patch)
Applique Layout (Pillow Throw)
Applique Layout (Ivy Border)
Applique Templates (Notched Border)
Applique Layout (Corner and Side Borders)
Quilting Layout (Border of Swirls)
Order Form
About the Old Country Store
About the Authors ABOUT
THE AUTHOR:
Cheryl A. Benner and Rachel T. Pellman together developed the book, The Garden Sunflower Quilt. Benner created the patterns; then together they selected the fabrics and supervised the making of the original quilt by Lancaster County Mennonite women. This is Benner’s and Pellman’s eighth collaboration on quilt designs with related books. Their earlier books are the popular The Country Love Quilt, The Country Lily Quilt, The Country Songbird Quilt, The Country Bridge Quilt Collection, The Country Paradise Quilt, The Country Tea Rose Quilt, and Favorite Applique Patterns from the Old Country Store, Volumes 1 through 6. Benner and Pellman also work together to design original fabrics for The Old Country Store, released nationally by Springs Industries.
Benner, her husband, Lamar, and two young sons live near Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of the Art Institute of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Benner is the children’s book illustrator of The Boy and the Quilt, Applesauce, Birthday Chickens, and Amos and Susie: An Amish Story, as well as two coloring books, An Amish Quilt and An Amish Farm.
Pellman lives near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Kenneth, and their two sons. She is co-author of The Country Bride Quilt. She is also the author of Tips for Quilters, 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. |
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