Quilt a Travel Souvenir

by Einmo, Kimberly

• ISBN13: 9781574328929
• ISBN10: 1574328921
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Collector Books

Summary

Pack your bags and get ready to take a quilt tour through Europe! Over a dozen eye-catching memory quilts in vibrant colors capture the color, texture, diversity, and grandeur of her travels, and her journey to create unique vacation memory quilts. Her beautiful quilt patterns are presented with easy to understand instructions, clear illustrations, and an engaging writing style. Above all, the author shares her love for quilts and her sense of adventure and fun while providing many suggestions for creating a tangible quilted souvenir to enjoy long after the vacation is over and the suitcases are unpacked! The book contains a balanced mix of precision piecing methods, fanciful machine applique, and stunning hand or machine embroidery scattered throughout, which is sure to appeal to many. The quilts can be sewn by using the most basic of sewing machines. Dozens of suggestions and helpful hints are included for using the many wonderful features and decorative stitches available on today's mid-range and high-end sewing machines. In each chapter, there is a special 'Try This' section that encourages the reader to learn a new technique or to try stepping beyond his or her quilting comfort zone.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(2)
Making Souvenir Quilts	8	(11)
Personalizing Your Quilt	8	(1)
Gathering Supplies	9	(5)
Favorite Techniques	14	(5)
Quilts Patterns	19	(86)
ICE Train to Amsterdam	20	(6)
Keukenhof Tulips	26	(8)
Parisian Pinwheels	34	(5)
City of Lights	39	(5)
Market Day	44	(5)
Memories of Germany	49	(8)
Bohemian Crystal	57	(5)
Notting Hill Hidden Garden	62	(5)
English Estate	67	(7)
Trip to Dublin	74	(4)
Chocolate and Lace	78	(5)
Windows to Belgium	83	(7)
Fruits of Tuscany	90	(10)
Greek Isle Cruise	100	(5)
Lesson Plans for Instructors	105	(4)
Acknowledgments	109	(1)
Resources	110	(1)
About the Author	111