Nature's Beauty in Redwork [Paperback] Review

I am a Redwork lover (or bluework or greenwork or any other same color work).It is easy in that you don't have to worry about whether the next line to embroider is a different color and it let's me work and watch TV at the same time without worrying about color changes.It is also the first craft I learned as a small child when I stitched my embroidery work to my skirt!And even with this mistake, I still enjoy embroidery today.

Debra Feece found an antique quilt at an outdoor flea market and grabbed it up.She shares 25 of the 72 patterns in this book.Maybe we can talk her into sharing the rest in another couple of books so that way we too can recreate this wonderful antique quilt.

The patterns range from flowers, of course as what antique quilt is complete without a flower or two, to birds and animals.Debra provides a page of general embroidery instructions and there is even a photo of a throw pillow as a suggestion of other ways to use the patterns.

If you are a craft teacher or a lover of embroidery, take a look at NATURE'S BEAUTH IN REDWORK.You won't be disappointed.

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Product Description:
If you love Redwork you will just love this book!Filled with 25 favorite patterns rescued from an Antique Quilt, these reproduction blocks are like no other.From quilt to pillows and framed art these blocks illustrate nature's beauty at its best in whatever color you choose to stitch.Complete with a stitch guide and detailed directions to ensure your project success.

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Kitties to Stitch & Quilt: 15 Redwork Designs [Paperback] Review

If you have a feline "assistant" always willing to help with your quilting, you are going to want this book.Cute, old fashioned designs for a lovely quilt.

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The 1940's charm of redwork stitchery and well-known "Kitty Homemaker" motifs are now combined to create whimsical projects with an old-fashioned feel. Bestselling author Nancy J. Martin presents Kitty Homemaker patterns of days past in fifteen vintage blocks, each embroidered in classic redwork style and framed by traditional patchwork. Includes:
- Fifteen 6" blocks featuring Kitty performing her daily tasks: block themes include Quilt, Shop, Cook, Wash, Iron, Sew, Sweep, and Rest
- Full-size patterns printed on easy-to-use transfer paper; just iron patterns onto fabric and start stitching
- Ideas for easily adapting designs to the popular quilt-block-of-the-month format; four start-to-finish quilt projects are provided

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Teddy Bear Redwork: 25 Fresh, New Designs, Step-by-Step Projects, Quilts and More [Paperback] Review

I received my book in the allotted time frame. The book was in great condition. So I was happy about my purchase.

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Create sweet teddy bears in vintage redwork style! These 25 adorable teddy bear blocks are easy to stitch and add a touch of nostalgia to any child's room. Includes three quilt projects and accessories, such as a pillowcase, framed picture, overnight bag, and more. Plus, readers will see how to adapt redwork patterns to other mediums, such as fabric paint and applique, for unlimited design potential.

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Red & White : American Redwork Quilts & Patterns (Volumes 1 & 2) [Hardcover] Review

This book would make a lovely gift for anybody interested in textile arts, even for someone with little or no quilting or embroidery experience.The presentation is lovely -- two nicely bound, wonderfully illustrated books nestled inside a snug cardboard jacket.One book features a short discussion of redwork embroidery along with illustrations of exquisitely executed quilts.The other supplies brief instructions (perhaps too brief -- especially the section on transferring the patterns)and a lovely collection of redwork patterns so that readers can create their own redwork quilt.My only quarrel with the book is that a beginner (like me!) might not feel confident with the brief instructions.However, a quick trip to the fabric store to talk to a knowledgable salesperson should dispel any doubts.Despite this small problem, I give the book 5+ stars -- it was great fun to browse through, then to read intently , then to pore over as I selected possible designs for my very first quilt!

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Red & White: American Redwork Quilts and Patterns isthe most comprehensive look at redwork available. Redwork, a type ofneedlework popular during the late nineteenth and early twentiethcenturies, is once again the hottest trend in the quilting world. Inthis two-volume, heavily-illustrated work, best-selling author DeborahHarding traces pattern sources and design inspirations for antiquequilts with original catalog offers and period advertisements to helpcollectors identify, date, and document their own quilts. Blocks ontwenty antique quilts are analyzed in detail. In the accompanyingpattern book, 100 actual-size patterns and detailed instructionsenable readers to create their own redwork quilts and linens.
"Red & White... is a testimonial to the prodigious research conducted by author Deborah Harding. This excellent book's publication, occurring during a time of ever-increasing fascination with the old time needleart redwork, will be welcomed by many, including quiltmakers, quilt historians, quilt collectors, textile experts, appraisers, antique dealers, art historians, and designers."
--Cuesta Benberry
"Red & White... is the first book to explore redwork quilts in a systematic manner. This book is a must for anyone specifically interested in American quilt history and more generally in American textile history and culture."
--Lee Kogan, Museum of American Folk Art, New York
"As one who loves embroidery, I have discovered that Deborah Harding's Red & White is a treasure! Each of the 100 actual-size patterns is its own little piece of Americana-and all it takes to recreate them is one basic stitch."
--Julie Nixon Eisenhower
"At last-a fascinating book that explores the patterns, sources, and methods of creating those enchanting, figural redwork embroidery quilts. How helpful to have such a delightfully written and comprehensive reference work for this increasingly popular collecting area."
--Laura Fisher, Antique Quilts & Americana, New York

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