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Jacobean Rhapsodies: Composing with 28 Applique Designs

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This book is as perfect as a quilt book gets. Just holding it in my hands sends me into a blissful altered state. The quilts and the designs themselves are inspired. The color combinations in the quilt blocks are an entire class in color theory. The directions are helpful and easy to follow. The text is filled with useful and fascinating information about this all-American interpretation of Jacobean design. Buy this book!

This book just lifted my spirits when I browsed the designs! Better than chocolate, the designs offer a flexibility of creativity for the new quilter/appliquer. Explicit and easy directions are given for mixing designs and patterns to make wall quilts or bed quilts. The flowers, vines and berries are appliqued with exhuberant brightly patterned colored fabrics, not giving heed to consistent perfection, but instead to freedom of creativity with constant attention to FLOW. Definitely different than standard boxed-in blocked quilts, this book should inspire any quilter to break out and have fun creating. Designs are spin-offs of the ancient English art of Jacobean embroidery, which was used in clothing, bed covererings, cushions, etc. The patterns (28 included) are actual size printed on glossy paper. The gallery of pictures is a class act. No boundaries!!!!

I am SO glad I've added this to my library! The designs are very creative and inspiring. If you like to hand applique and are looking for something different from the usual patterns, give this a try! There are a great number of blocks and if you are creative enough you could mix and match some of the designs. All of the pictures in the book are in color and very up close for showing great detail. The last half of the book is all of the designs. I can't wait to try them out!

I realy like this book and am trying one of its projects, but it certainly isn't for the beginner or for the beginning intermediate sewer. I haven't given up yet, I plan on improving on my skills and making a lot of the other projects in this book. It is full of gorgeous quilts and patterns and I think it will be well worth the time, money, and effort once I have the skills needed to do the projects the way they are suppose to be done.

This book is truly phenomenal, even ify ou're not a quilter. It gives layouts for two bed-size quilts, as well as several smaller wall hangings. The flowers and plants in this book are exquisite, much like what you'd find in the 1800s and 1700s, too beautiful to be real. The authors give a good explanation of applique, so even if you've never done applique, you can make one of these masterpeices.

I can't remember buying a quilting book so beautifully written and ilustrated! The applique patterns in this book are really something. It is worth every penny you'll spend to buy it.

This book is truly phenomenal, even ify ou're not a quilter. It gives layouts for two bed-size quilts, as well as several smaller wall hangings. The flowers and plants in this book are exquisite, much like what you'd find in the 1800s and 1700s, too beautiful to be real. The authors give a good explanation of applique, so even if you've never done applique, you can make one of these masterpeices.

I am compelled to make every block in this book! Each one is more beautiful than the next. My quilt group meets two times a month to accomplish this goal-a must have book!