Showing posts with label embroidery pattern. Show all posts
Showing posts with label embroidery pattern. Show all posts

Monday, December 23, 2019

Picture Perfect by Kathy Schmitz: Small Stitcheries and Embroidered Niceties

Kathy Schmitz is back with sixteen more charming embroideries and perfect projects for gifting. Each is 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" and can be worked up in short order.

Picture Perfect includes designs with birds, a cottage, nature and garden scenes, a beehive, a cat and a bunny. I have a hard time deciding which are my favorites!
Mix and match the designs to make any number of small projects. The pillows are made with five designs.
Or, mat and frame your projects. I envision filling a small wall space with several!
 Imagine how pleased friends and family would be to get one of these as a gift!
 The matting images are available online to download and print.
I want to make these sachets and fill them with lavender from my garden next year!
Embroidery on a loose-woven fabric, mounted on blank cardstock or cards, creates custom notecards. I make my own cards and I love this idea!
I love Schmitz's designs and enjoy embroidery. Since these patterns are small I could take them with me to work anywhere--and complete them in short order!

I was given access to a free ebook by the publisher through Edelweiss. My review is fair and unbiased.

Picture Perfect
by Kathy Schmitz
That Patchwork Place
Publication: December 6, 2019
ISBN 9781683560401, 168356040X
Paperback $25.99 USD (-$8 less for ebook only)

Sunday, April 2, 2017

Stitching with Beatrix Potter by Michele Hill

Before my son was born my Mother bought a set of Beatrix Potter's little books, all in a slip case. Since 1902 these books have been nursery staples. A self-taught artist, amateur scientist and farmer, Beatrix Potter's legacy has enriched generations of readers.


Beatrix Potter's illustrations have also inspired generations of crafters who adopted her art for needlework, stuffed animals, embroidery, quilts, knitting patterns, fabric lines, and coloring books. To celebrate 150 years sine the birth of Beatrix Potter, The 2016 Tokyo Quilt Festival included The World of Beatrix Potter, amazing quilts from Yoko Saito and ten other quilters.

William Morris aficionado Michele Hill already loved Beatrix Potter when she learned that Beatrix and Morris shared connections. Beatrix sent her early stories to Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris's business partner and friend, and her photographer father was hired by Pre-Raphaelite artist Sir John Everett Millais.

Beatrix Potter applique baby quilt by Michele Hill
Hill's new book Stitching with Beatrix Potter offers ten projects inspired by Beatrix's life and art. Her wonderful characters appear in embroidered and appliqued projects, floral applique with a Morris flair, pieced quilts in various sizes, a Hexie quilt pattern, and a pattern to reproduce Beatrix's heirloom quilt from 1863.

Iron cover by Michele Hill
A brief biography of Beatrix Potter is illustrated with photographs from her Hill Top farm.
Embroidered Hexie table topper by Michele Hill
Hill was amazed to see the rarely displayed Potter heirloom quilt dated 1863, bearing her parent's initials. Her version is appliqued, as seen below.
Appliqued 1863 reproduction quilt by Michele Hill
Patterns include

  • P is for Pinwheels, appliqued and embroidered coasters
  • Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle iron cover, just adorable
  • Bubbles and Bunting baby quilt featuring popular Potter characters in applique
  • Let's Play wool felt ball
  • Handmade Hexies lap quilt icluding embroidered character hexies
  • Floral Frieze wall appliqued hanging with a William Morris flare
  • Cherry Twist Cushion featuring an appliqued bouquet
  • Hill Top wool felt box with handles
  • 1863- A Wedding Quilt, 78" x 95"
  • Serendipity quilt, 55 1/2" x 55 1/2", with embroidered characters

Floral Frieze by Michele Hill
General instructions includes machine applique tips, binding, hand embroidery, all well illustrated with photographs.
Hill Top box by Michele Hill
My quilt group friends are all excited about this book! I am too.

Read my book review of Over the Hill and Far Away:The Life of Beatrix Potter by Matthew Dennison here.

Read an excerpt from the book at http://www.ctpub.com/blog/excerpt-from-stitching-with-beatrix-potter/

Learn about Hill's William Morris Applique book at http://www.ctpub.com/more-william-morris-applique/

I received a free ebook from the publisher in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.

Stitching with Beatrix Potter
Michele Hill
C&T Publishing
64 pages + pattern pull out
$22.95 paperback, $15.99 ebook
ISBN: 978-1-61745-610-7