Wildflowers by Janet Clare

Description

“One of the pleasures of walking our dog Betty is stumbling across a little patch of vivid red poppies you were not expecting to see or planning a trip to try and find (with numb toes!) the first snowdrops of the season.

Picnics in our ‘secret’ bluebell wood are an annual fragrant treat as is sitting in the park making daisy chains. Even a traffic jam on the motorway can be vastly improved by careful study of the greenery growing untroubled along the verges.

We are surrounded not by weeds, but by wildflowers so let’s admire them all and help them to thrive”.

This beautiful pattern book for Janet Clare’s Wildflower appliqué quilt features 12 intricately detailed wildflower blocks, paired with a traditional Irish chain block to create a stunning quilt.

Full to the brim of beautiful photographs, the book includes inspirational sketchbook pages with original Janet Clare drawings and paintings of the flowers. With lots of close up photography of each wildflower appliqué block showing Janet’s fabric selections and use of free-motion stitching and embroidery embellishments you will have the confidence to recreate this wonderful quilt

The full size appliqué templates are very versatile and can also be used for embroidery and paper craft. Why not use each wildflower individually as a piece of textile art or as the front of a cushion for example?

There is a double paged spread for each flower, with original sketches, paintings, field notes and detailed photos of the quilt blocks  and full size templates for 12 wild flowers, together with detailed instructions for all aspects of construction, including appliqué of the blocks, adding free-motion detail, construction of the Irish chain block, piecing the quilt blocks, layering up and binding