Carol Armstrong taught herself to quilt in 1980, developing a unique and highly artistic style. She uses her favorite technique, "Lightbox Applique." Botanically correct conventionalized celebrations of flora, birds, and woodland creatures are her strongest output, though any subject that catches her artistic eye may end up a minutely detailed grace on fabric. In 1986 Carol moved to Michigan's Upper Peninsula, USA where she lives with her cabinetmaker husband.
This is the most perfect book for appliqué fans. Cats,
Dogs, Birds and Flowers are all beautifully showcased inside this
wonderful book. The templates are perfectly sized and each of
the projects come with instructions and extra details to embellish
and finish your work. In full colour, the projects are amazing. The
detail in each piece is stunning and the finished pieces are really
something to look at. They can be made into quilts, cushions,
bags and other home furnishings or they can be given as gifts.
There are techniques and stitch details included and with lots if
hints and tips, even a beginner will be able to achieve a
beautifully finished item.
*Postcard Reviews*
Bring your quilting to life with a hundred and sixty appliqué
motifs featuring cats, dogs, birds, insects and flowers. Even if
you are fairly new to this type of needlecraft the instructions are
simple and the author even has a new, simple way of doing appliqué.
You will need a lightbox if you want to use Ms Armstrong’s method,
or at least a glass topped table with a lamp under it or a sunny
window. Before the patterns there is a section on what you need to
buy and some useful techniques and tips. This type of appliqué is
done by hand and there are a few embroidery stitches to learn plus
some helpful advice about getting features such as eyes right. Find
out how best to capture the look of feathers, fur, bird beaks and
legs and whiskers. Discover how to adapt your own favourite flora
and fauna for this type of work and also how to do quilting basics
such as borders, layering, binding and assembly. These brief pages
are ideal for anybody who needs to brush up, but a total beginner
would be advised to purchase a book that gives more detailed
instructions. There are five sections of patterns comprising all
the topics as mentioned earlier. The contents are listed at the
front (no thumbnails but there are a lot of patterns) and most take
up one or two pages depending on size and detail. Some of the one
page motifs (mostly flowers and birds) have very small photographs
of stitched examples, and I would have loved to have seen larger
pictures for the peony project. The insects are mostly tiny and
intended as details to add to other designs and so are several to a
page; the cat and dog projects all take up two pages and unlike the
flowers, birds and insects are actual pictures. The dogs pose
alone, but the cats are all busy interacting with their world; I
think the author must be a cat lover! At the back is a gallery to
inspire on how to combine the motifs plus a few projects including
tote bags, squares for a quilt, a panel and an idea for using up
odd buttons. Any quilter of improver level upwards will find these
projects doable, and beautiful. A lovely book that will appeal to a
wide range of needleworkers due to its accessibility.
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