Quilted Fairie Tales: Love to Quilt Series [Illustrated] [Paperback] Review

11 actual patterns + a number of fairy variations to encourage your own creativity.This book is not what I expected - it is different to any other patchwork book I have.Basically, using well documented steps and glue-stick turn-over technique, Poole shows how to create a stunning fairy pictureAny fairy-lover would be thrilled with one of these quilts.The fairies (and their backgrounds) are of the Daisy Meadows Rainbow Fairies style - that is, they are more young girls or ladies with wings in an idealised environment (surrounded by butterflies, on a moon, etc).There is, however, a standard fairy + dragon design for those fantasy lovers.Poole includes her own poems or stories to match the quilt.

The patterns and guides are for the fairy pictures only - this s not a quilting book.However, many of the example quilts demonstrate how the pictures can be incorporated into a more complicated pieced quilt as a dramatic feature square.

Would I make one of these quilts?Probably not.There is a tendency for them to be fiddly and time-consuming.As a working Mum with two young children, I do not have the time nor patience.But it is one of those books I'll have in my collection to read every so often and wonder "Do I have the time?", choosing a new design I'll definitely do one day, each time.Right now, I would be choosing
1. "Tippy Toes" - night-time, standing on a moon (simple yet effective)
2. "Rainbow Fairie" - sitting on a cloud and painting a rainbow (the quilt tells a lovely story)
3. "Fire Fairie" - teaching a dragon to blow fire (my niece loves dragons)

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Product Description:
Woodland imps dance in the moonlight, clever elves tiptoe through the flowers, and a cute pixie flirts from her Corvette. It is all part of Linda M. Poole's world of Quilted Fairie Tales. Linda provides eleven basic 'fairie' applique patterns, but the fairy tale does not end there. Applique enthusiasts will delight in bringing these fanciful patterns to life with stories of their own. The author has also provided a lot of extra prop patterns to accompany the fairies on their journeys. Not so long ago, not too far away, the Quilted Fairie Tales began - on the Internet. Wizard Linda (the author) sent forth a call for quilters to join her on her magical mission - to create fairies in fabric, accompanied by fanciful tales. The call was answered, and a number of those quilts and stories are included in the book. Several of these delightful quilts with their stories are now part of the 'Quilted Fairie Tales' exhibit of 50 pieces, which debuted at the AQS Quilt Exposition in Nashville. The traveling exhibit has a busy schedule ahead. For those who love fairies, storytelling, embellishing, appliqueing, and quilting, this charming collection of patterns is perfect.

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