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Enjoy quiet time with time-honored wool appliqué! Add warmth and texture to your home with wool appliqué. Sewing in the popular folk-art style, youll stitch fifteen projects, including thirteen heirloom-worthy table mats and two versions of an Advent calendar. Learn how reverse appliqué brings depth and color to your handwork without the bulk of additional layers. This guide offers advice on choosing and using wool (even scraps!) , plus valuable techniques and tips for wool hand stitchers.* Make heirlooms your family will treasure * Be inspired by beautiful styled photos with seasonal theme * Choose the best tools and get advice on stitches Read more Continue reading Read less ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mary A. Blythe loves heirloom crafts, rug hooking, cross-stitch, penny rugs, and knitting. From 2006 to 2011, she operated The Woolen Needle quilt shop, and today she spends time with family, traveling, and designing patterns. She lives in eastern Iowa. blythegirldesigns.com Read more Continue reading Read less
About the Author
Mary A. Blythe was born, raised, and lives in eastern Iowa. Because she was raised around antiques and an appreciation for history, she has always been attracted to what she considers heirloom crafts. Penny rugs, punchneedle, and rug hooking have been what drives her passion for handwork. In 2006, she opened The Woolen Needle, a quilt and wool shop in Williamsburg, Iowa with a group of fellow stitchers. While there, she designed more than twenty-five patterns and dyed the yarn and wool for the shop. In 2010, the shop was blessed with the honor of being named one of Better Homes and Gardens Magazine's Top 10 Quilt Shops.Since selling the shop in 2011, she has been designing and creating new patterns for Blythe Girl Designs, her pattern design company. All of her designs are influenced by her collection and love of antiques, heirloom handwork, and the wool itself.
