Applique Delights: 100 Irresistible Blocks from Piece O' Cake Designs [Paperback]

Becky Goldsmith (Author), Linda Jenkins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2004

50 classic Piece O' Cake blocks and 50 all-new designs, plus 8 quilt projects.

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About the Author

Piece O' Cake Designs is the creation of Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins. Together, Becky and Linda have been designing fun, fanciful quilts since 1994.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: C&T Publishing (May 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571202293
• ISBN-13: 978-1571202291
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #919,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I was born and raised in Oklahoma City. My husband, Steve, and I met at the University of Oklahoma. We married in 1978, at the end of our senior year at OU when we each completed our degrees, mine in interior design and his in zoology. He went on to obtain a Ph.D. in Zoology at Arizona State University. His career has taken us to Tempe, AZ, Tulsa, OK, and most recently to Sherman, TX, where he is currently chair of the Biology Department. Luckily, I can make quilts anywhere!

Our boys, Chris and Jeff, were born while Steve was in graduate school. I discovered quilting when the boys were young and needed comforters for their bunk beds. I have not put my needle down since!

I met Linda Jenkins, my partner in Piece O' Cake Designs, not long after I started quilting at a meeting of the Green Country Quilters' Guild in Tulsa. We've been friends ever since. We started Piece O' Cake in 1994. I could not ask for a better partner.

Making quilts is interesting, fulfilling, and challenging. Running the business with Linda is exhilarating. Although not what I thought I would be doing with my life when I graduated from college, this is so much better!

Our son, Chris, married Lorna in 2001. They presented us with our first grandchild, Elanor Cecelia, November 6, 2002 and John Patrick Kelly "Jack" Goldsmith was born October 24, 2007. Being a "Nana" is truly wonderful.

Jeff married Celia in the summer of 2009. I am blessed - I have two daughter-in-laws that I both love and respect. Life it good!

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! A+, August 23, 2004

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Jerilea Hendrick "duncanje" (Northwood, Iowa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Applique Delights: 100 Irresistible Blocks from Piece O' Cake Designs (Paperback)

This book has TONS of great patterns!

There are tons of flower patterns all are original ideas, never seen before flowers. There are also several houses, household items like a telephone, apron, chair, there are several butterfly and a dragonfly patterns and lots more. Along with all of these patterns, the authors show you several ideas for turning the patterns into quilts. An idea that I thought was great was that the authors created a redwork quilt using their applique patterns! If you have a tricky time with math this book makes it easy to enlarge or shrink the patterns you want to create. Also included are terrific directions easy enough for beginners.

This is an amazing collection of patterns by a couple of great women.

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Charming, whimsical applique patterns--fantastic!, March 15, 2005

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karenthecomputerwife (Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Applique Delights: 100 Irresistible Blocks from Piece O' Cake Designs (Paperback)

I have bought a number of Piece O'Cake books, and each one teaches me something new about applique. The thing I love about this one is the variety of designs. This book contains 100 charming applique patterns and five or six projects combining the blocks. Piece O'Cake originally published a book called "Dear Pin Pal" that had 50 applique designs. This new book combines those 50 designs and adds 50 new ones. Among others there are multiple flowers, trees, teapots, shoes, hats, houses, cats, chickens, and of course a piece of cake! If you have tried Becky and Linda's foolproof techniques taught in "The Applique Sampler" (something I highly recommend if you are serious about learning to applique) and you want to combine some applique blocks to make something all your own, this is the book for you. The chicken quilt is my favorite. It combines simple patchwork, fabulous fabric and color selection, and applique for a charming quilt. ***FYI There is a printing error. The blocks were printed at 4-1/4" inches instead of 5", which the body of the book says. This is important to know when enlarging designs to fit a specific space. The publisher has included a yellow sheet stuck to the inside cover explaining the error and how to enlarge the blocks at their printed size. Since these are applique patterns, the error does not detract from the usefulness or value of the book.***

5.0 out of 5 stars "Must Have" for Appliquers, July 18, 2011

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J. J. Foley "quilter" (Woburn, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Appliqu, Delights: 100 Irresistible Blocks from Piece O' Cake Designs (Paperback)

This book gives wonderful patterns, techniques, and color suggestions. As with all the Piece O'Cake books, Becky and Linda have done a wonderful piece of work!