My Enchanted Garden: Appliqué Quilts in Cotton and Wool
You can tell wool appliqué is just exploding on the appliqué scene by the fact that so many of the new books are wool appliqué themed.My Enchanted Garden - Appliqué Quilts in Cotton and Woolis one of those exceptional books. Gretchen Gibbons designed her quilt "My; Enchanted Garden" using wool, cotton, beads and embroidery. It won the blue ribbon for "Best; Use of Embellishment" in the 2009 Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza. Patterns in the book are for all [of] the 9 blocks found in the quilt. There are also 8 stand-alone projects. Gretchen spends a great deal of time discussing wool and how to work with wool including felting and collecting. Wool appliqué techniques are also covered. Hints and tips are sprinkled liberally throughout the book. One of my favorite types of patterns is those that are filled in with color, not just the outline of the shape. This helps when you start to select colors for your blocks. All the patterns for the quilt will need to be enlarged 200% to use them full size. The patterns for the projects are printed at 100% and will not need to be enlarged. You will learn a lot from Gretchen's book as you learn to mix cotton and wool to give your projects added depth, richness, contrast in texture and color. --The Applique Society Newsletter, May/June 2014