A collection of ten quilt projects inspired by quiltmakers' gardens. This companion volume to "Through the Garden Gate" contains both traditional and contemporary designs for piecing and applique. Gardens include a restored plantation garden in Virginia; an ingenious, drought-resistant garden in Texas; a wild, natural retreat on an isolated island off British Columbia; and a lush rose garden in Suffolk. The gardens belong to quiltmakers like Jinny Beyer, Becky Goldsmith and Joen Wolfrom.
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Jean Wells owns The Stitchin' Post quilt shop located in the mountain town of Sisters, Oregon. While quiltmaking is her passion, Jean's second love is gardening. She is a fabric designer and author of eight other quilting books, all published by C&T. She lives in Sisters, Oregon. valori wells, Jean's daughter, is a freelance nature and portrait photographer who also expresses her creativity through quilting, printmaking, and papermaking. She is the author of three other books about quilting published by C&T and has appeared on HGTV's "Simply Quilts." Valori Wells lives in Sisters, Oregon.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Not enough quilts for me.,
By Cydney "always art" (in the California high desert) - See all my reviews
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This is a beautiful book that contains many gorgeous color photos of flowers. I would have liked to see more about quilts...which is why I bought it.
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A fascinating marriage of botany and art,
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Jean and Valori Wells' Along The Garden Path profiles quilters and their gardens, focussing on the designs and approaches unique to gardeners, who often use flower foundations as an inspiration. A fascinating marriage of botany and art.
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Journeys of creativity and discovery-quilting and gardening are parallel adventures, pleasing to the senses, challenging to the mind, and rewarding to the spirit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Journeys of creativity and discovery-quilting and gardening are parallel adventures, pleasing to the senses, challenging to the mind, and rewarding to the spirit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Log Cabin, Flying Geese, Drunkard's Path, The Netherlands New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Cotton Candy Quilts: Using Feedsacks, Vintage and Reproduction Fabrics by Mary Mashuta in Back Matter
- The Crazy Quilt Handbook, Revised 2nd Edition by Judith Baker Montano in Back Matter
- Pieced Flowers by Ruth B. McDowell in Back Matter
- Mother Earth by Todd in Front Matter
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- All About Quilting From A to Z by C&T Publishing in Back Matter
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