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Wildflowers: Designs for Appliqué & Quilting

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The author and designer of this book has a great sense of humor. Her designs are realistic and her technique is simple and easy to understand. Gone is the pressure to be perfect because nature is not perfect. The color plates give excellent ideas on use of the various line drawings. Designs are presented so they may be mixed to create a realistic flower garden appearance.

The applique designs are lovely, realistic, and disarmingly simple. Watch out for small applique pieces. The individual flower designs seem to me to work better than the larger composition pieces shown, but all in all a refreshing new look.

Carol Armstrong has amazing talent; I'm so impressed! Using tiny bits of fabric, she creates masterpieces of floral arrangements. They truly take your breath away. She implies that I (her reader) can create the same by following her instructions. No way. It's gracious of her to be so inspiring and encouraging, but you need TALENT and a high level of skill to make these wallhangings. They look simple, but they are not - they're very sophisticated. I don't believe the average quilter would succeed with these. Her unrealistic expectations (and giving false hope?)is the only drawback to this book.

Book arrived in very good condition, very impressed with the designs. Will definetely work with those patterns, as they are easy to follow. HK

Knowing little about the book, it arrived in excellent condition and was filled with inspiring concepts for what I was looking to accomplish. i am very happy with this. And the seller was quick with the shipment and the book was in perfect condition.