Jacobean Rhapsodies: Composing With 28 Applique Designs (Paperback)

~ (Author), Mimi Ayars (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

This volume contains 28 applique designs, adapted from the Jacobean embroidery style, to embellish quilts, clothing and home decor items. Ten quilt projects are included, and help is provided with choosing appropriate fabrics, and strategies for achieving colour and contrast.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: C&T Publishing; illustrated edition edition (August 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571200495
• ISBN-13: 978-1571200495
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #677,343 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this book sends me into rhapsody, May 22, 2000

By	Susan D. Delaney (Plano, Texas) - See all my reviews

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!

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FREE SPIRITED APPLIQUE! BEAUTIFUL AND EASY!, September 14, 2003

By	C. A. Mcpherson "mcpherson" (Bellbrook, Oh United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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!!!!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book for the future, July 2, 2003

By	Tammie (MO, USA) - See all my reviews

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.