Seasons of Life Quilt: Techniques & Patterns for 13 Baltimore Album Quilt Blocks

by Sandra L. Mollon

Overview

Fall in love with Baltimore Album quilts Take on your next quilting feat with a champion quilt! From expert quilter Sandra Mollon, recreate the “Seasons of Life” quilt, which is now a part of a permanent collection of the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Kentucky. Learn techniques for incorporating unusual fabrics, creating dimensional flowers, as well as shading with inks and embellishing blocks. In true “Baltimore” style, each of the 13 blocks features a different tribute to nature in highly stylized fashion: baskets, wreaths, flowers, leaves and vines, and small garden or forest animals. Appliqué each block for your very own stunning creation. Learn tons of techniques with appliqué, embroidery, ribbon work, beading, and more! Includes full-sized pattern and instructions to the award-winning “Seasons of Life” quilt Make 13 unique blocks with a pieced and scalloped border encircling the blocks

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617459627
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	05/25/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	48 MB
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About the Author

Sandra Mollon has been making quilts in both traditional and art quilting for 30 years, and teaching for 15, mostly in hand appliqué. Several of her traditional quilts were published in the book “500 Traditional Quilts” by Lark Publications. She lives in Valley Springs, CA. sandramollonquilts.com

Sandra Mollon has been making quilts in both traditional and art quilting for 30 years, and teaching for 15, mostly in hand appliqué. Several of her traditional quilts were published in the book “500 Traditional Quilts” by Lark Publications. She lives in CA. sandramollonquilts.com

Table of Contents

Preface 6

Introduction 7

A Brief History and Source Inspiration 8

Getting Started 11

Fabric Recommendations 11

Choosing Fabrics 12

Choosing Color, Value, and Scale 15

Tools and Supplies 16

Tools 16

Supplies 18

Embellishment Supplies 19

Techniques 20

Prepared-Edge Appliqué 20

Advantages 20

How to Master Prepared-Edge Appliqué 21

How to Glue Appliqué Shapes in Place 23

How to Sew Appliqué Shapes in Place 24

Making Dimensional Flowers and Pieced Leaves 25

Racked Roses 26

Yo-Yos and Yo-Yo Flowers 28

Pieced Leaves with Textured or Printed Stripes 30

Folded Rosebuds 31

Rickrack Roses 32

Beading and Beaded Berries 34

Embroidery 35

About Embroidery Floss 35

Stitches 36

Using Ink and Colored Pencils on Fabric 41

How to Apply Ink 42

How to Apply Markers 42

How to Apply Pens and Colored Pencils 42

Gallery of Quilts 43

Seasons of Life 50

Planning the Project: Seasons of Life 50

Layout Diagram 51

Preparing the Appliqué Block Patterns 52

Cutting the Block Backgrounds 53

Block Patterns and Instructions 54

Spring 55

Summer 68

Fall 80

Winter 94

Putting It All Together: Making the Quilt Top 106

The Center Block: Ruched Rose in a Crown of Flowers 106

Pressing the Blocks and Trimming to Size 107

The Quilt-Top Center 108

Accent Strip and Borders 108

Resources 110

About the Author 111