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Our featured book this month, courtesy of C&T Publishing, is Wendy Williams’ Wild Blooms & Colorful Creatures.
I’m wild about these colorful blooms and creatures!
This book is all about combining our traditional cotton prints with wool and linen, to add a new dimension. Wendy starts out with a section on appliqué basics that gives information on wool, wool felt, threads, templates, and her style of needle-turn that uses a running stitch close to the turned edge. There’s also a whole page of illustrated embroidery stitches for adding special touches.
Then on to the projects! There are wall quilts, runners, pillows, bags, and sewing notions galore. All of the appliqué templates are printed at full size, and there’s even a pull-out section for the larger designs. Always a bonus!
Aren’t the designs wonderful? Such a fearless sense of color and whimsy.
If you’d like to win this book in a random drawing, please leave a comment before 7:00 p.m. California time on Tuesday, August 5.
Notice how I said “leave a comment”…? This is not the same as replying to your email feed. You’ll need to get out of your email program by clicking on the title of the post, which will bring you to the blog itself on the internet, and leave your comment there.
Open to U.S. mailing addresses only. Good luck all!!
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48 Responses to “Wild Blooms & Colorful Creatures”
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I love the bright colors and I especially love the owls and trees quilt!
Wow, just love the cover quilt, the colors are beautiful. This is definitely going on my list of quilts that I would like to make.
Wow! That’s a book I hadn’t heard of, but it certainly looks fun, so I’d love to win a copy! Thank you for the opportunity, Kay!
Kay,I love appliqué and this book loos awesome!
Wonderful use of color! Love the birds on the wire :-)
I have been learning to do applique and loving it. I love the bright colors in the book and I have been collecting patterns with owls!
I love this book as my budget for books has been depleted I would love winning this.
Those patterns are beautiful and so happy! I would love to win in the book! Thanks!
This is so cute.
LOVE this kind of project. Please let me win this book!!!! I would make every single thing in that book. So in love with it.
Thanks and keep up the good work.
Wow, such fun, dynamic colors–this quilting book looks so inviting, I’d love to make all the projects!
Gee–I’m wild about those designs. So cute!
What cheerful and fun designs! I’d love to win that book. Thanks for the drawing!
Love the colors Wendy uses. I’ve been wanting to work with wool. This looks like a book I would love to have.
I just learned to make 3D flowers although I am still in love with applique. This book would help me express myself in a totally unique way. Thank you
Wouldn’t those owls look great in wool? Needleturn has always been a challenge, but this quilt might just be the reason to jump in!
I do a lot of Art Nouveau designs, but these designs would be perfect for a small quilt for my 3 year old granddaughter. Thank you for your fun blog and for the opportunity to win this book. And thank you for selling me the right needles to do appliqué at the SF quilt show one year.
This book has gorgeous designs in it. Sure would love to win it. Thanks for the chance.
It would be a hoot to own this book.
Hi! I’m Just starting to applique ans I love it. Your book would be a big help, plus I love your work. Thank you for this chance.
hank you for the chance to win “WILD BLOOMS AND COLORFUL CREATURES.” It is calling my name!
Beautiful! I am teaching myself different methods of applique and loving it. Wendy’s method of needle turn sounds very interesting….her book would be wonderful!! Thank you!
What a beautiful book!
I enjoy working with wool and would love to win this book and experiment some more. Thanks for the chance to win.
What a cute, fun quilt on the cover! I’d love to win the new book and thanks for the opportunity. I’ve never worked with wool before so it would be an adventure.
I would love to learn to do this. So colorful and full of whimsy.
Those owls are wonderful. Would love to appliqué them.
Everyone seems to love the owls. Me Too!. I adore the bright and bold colors and the whimsy designs. Not the norm and I love that. Fits my style of a little left of center. Would love to win the book cause I love applique. Thanks for the giveaway and chance to win.
I love the owls and would be delighted to make that appliqué. Looks like a great book. Thanks for sharing it.
Those are such fun designs and the owl quilt would be so fun for kids. I was looking at it on amazon and saw they have a village too, lots of great projects in one book.
Debbie
That book is filled with wonderful designs. It fills my head with amazing quilts to be made. The big flowers and the birds would make a child a beautiful quilt.
I would love to have this book. What great quilts that will come from this. Thanks for sharing
I would love to win this book. Looks like another winner.
Love the colors! Thanks for the fabulous giveaway!
Happy sewing!
I love all kinds of applique and would love to include this method into my repertoire!
and considering the likeness of our names, I have to have this book!!!
I’d love to learn more about wool applique and this looks like a great book! Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
I’m thrilled to see more books coming out that combine cotton and wool! This book would be a wonderful guide if you wanted to add some embellishments to your projects, something I am not good at but would like to learn,
Ohh, I have been admiring this quilt book on Amazon! I love all of the bird appliques, and her fabulous sense of color! My fingers are crossed…
I love the interesting backgrounds! I made need to make something with a hot pink background.
I really like Wendy’s style! Doodles in fabric :)
I would love to do these in wool! So cute and a bit mischieveous! Hope I win !
I love animal quilts, this is right up my alley. Thanks.
Love the joyfulness of this book! Thanks for a great giveaway!
This would be such a fun book! thank you!
What a wonderful looking book! I am just starting my first wool project. I love the owl picture! Thanks- K-
I am just beginning to aliquot in wool. I love doing it and keep looking for ideas. Your book seems to have some beautiful ideas.
This would be my first applique book. The bright colors are great. Thanks for the opportunity to win it.
I just signed up for your site it very interesting. I have been working with wool for 25 years. Started out making penny rugs. Now I teach it. Would love to win your book. Thanks. Nancy p.