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Wool Appliqué
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QUILT PROJECTS
Kim Schaefer
Text copyright © 2018 by Kim Schaefer
Photography and artwork copyright © 2018 by C&T Publishing, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Schaefer, Kim, 1960- author.
Title: Whimsical wool appliqué : 50 blocks, 7 quilt projects / Kim Schaefer.
Description: Lafayette, CA : C&T Publishing, Inc., 2018. | Includes
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Identifiers: LCCN 2018003523 | ISBN 9781617456558 (soft cover : alk.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Special thanks to the following people:
Karen Hendrickson, a longtime hand stitcher,
for having the patience to teach a newbie a few
basic stitches.
Kathy Hall, design director at Andover
Fabrics, Inc., for her encouragement and
support not only for this book in particular but
for the twelve years I have had the privilege of
working with her at Andover Fabrics. Kathy is
not only an unbelievably gifted fabric designer
who is willing to share her vast knowledge and
experience with others but also a longtime,
extremely talented hand stitcher herself. When
I showed Kathy some of the blocks for this book,
I knew she would have liked nothing better than
to take them from me and stitch them herself.
Thank you, Kathy, for writing the perfect
introduction to my book.
Helen Frost, my technical editor at
C&T Publishing, for once again checking and
rechecking the accuracy of my work. I am so
grateful for all you do.
Lynn Koolish, my editor at C&T Publishing,
for making the whole process so enjoyable and
rewarding.
Susan Lawson of Seamingly Slawson Quilts, for
her incredible longarm quilting. Susan, your
quilting has enhanced all the quilts in this book.
My husband, Gary, for his continued support
and encouragement.
FOREWORD 6
Contents
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS 7
Rotary cutting • Piecing • Pressing • Appliqué • Putting it all together
Layering the quilt • Quilting • Yardage and fabric requirements • Threads • Needles
Stitches: Blanket stitch • Whipstitch • Backstitch • Wrapped backstitch
Stem stitch • French knot • Running stitch • Fly stitch • Couching
THE PROJECTS 10
Sweet Tweets 15
Garden Whimsy 11
Bloomin’ Beauties 22 Enchanted Garden 25
Snug as a Bug 18
Ring Around the Bluebell 29 Flower Power Pillow 31
THE BLOCKS 34
Garden Whimsy
Sweet Tweets
Snug As a Bug
Bloomin’ Beauties Happy Flower Tulip Prairie Flower Morning Glory Speckled Bubble
35 36 37 38 Flower
Enchanted Garden 39
Ring Around the Bluebell
Flower Power Pillow
Additional Blocks
Sundance Star Flower Lazy Daisy Fringed Happy Moon Flower
40 41 42 Flower 44
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Ball Flower Dutch Delight Blue Bird Pink Bird Yellow Bird Red Bird Purple Bird Butterfly
45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52
Caterpillar Snail Bumblebee Ladybug Dragonfly Fancy Tips Sassy Flower Dazzle Flower
53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
Sparkle Flower Buttercup Wildflower Abigail Jany Jingle Dizzy Izzi Maddie Magic Phoebe
61 62 63 65 66 67 68 69
Luci Lu Bella Miss Molly Lanie Love Bluebell Square Flower Starburst Globe Queen
70 71 72 73 74 76 77 78
Wallflower Sunflower Monkey Flower Aster Fireworks Flower Double Daisy Splatter Flower Emma
79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86
ABOUT THE AUTHOR 87
Foreword
Earlier this year, I was excited to hear that Kim was developing a book using wool.
As someone who loves to do handwork, I have always thought Kim’s designs were
perfect for wool and hand appliqué, and I know several people who use her designs for
this technique. But what I liked hearing most was that Kim really enjoyed the hand
stitching as she worked on the blocks. She is such an expert at machine appliqué that
I thought I would never hear her say that. (Most people like one or the other.)
Working with wool is fun and easy. As Kim has shown, these blocks are perfect for
beginners. The designs have so much potential for experienced stitchers, as well, who
I’m sure will enjoy adding more embroidery, including beading, and even mixing in
cotton fabrics to make their blocks unique. I can’t wait to add this book to my library!
Kathy Hall
Design Director,
Andover Fabrics, Inc.
6 Whimsical Wool Appliqué
General Instructions
ROTARY CUTTING together, overlap them by about 1/8˝ to help prevent
I recommend that you cut all the fabrics used in the the potential of a gap between them. When tracing
pieced blocks, borders, and bindings with a rotary the shapes, extend the underlapped edge 1/8˝ beyond
cutter, an acrylic ruler, and a cutting mat. Trim the the drawn edge in the pattern.
blocks and borders with these tools, as well.
2. Some pieces are cut as a connected shape. Instead
of cutting multiple individual petals, the petals are
PIECING
cut as 1 piece, with dotted lines showing where they
All piecing measurements include 1/4˝ seam connect under another shape.
allowances. If you sew an accurate 1/4˝ seam, you
3. Write the pattern number on each traced shape.
will succeed! My biggest and best quiltmaking
The numbers are simply labels for the pieces and do
tip is to learn to sew an accurate 1/4˝ seam.
not indicate sewing sequence.
4. Cut around the appliqué shapes, leaving a
PRESSING
1/4˝ margin around each piece.
For cotton fabrics, press seams to one side—
preferably toward the darker fabric. Press flat and 5. Iron each fusible web shape to the wrong side of
avoid sliding the iron over the pieces, which can the appropriate fabric, following the manufacturer’s
distort and stretch them. When you join two seamed instructions for fusing. I don’t worry about the
sections, press the seams in opposite directions so grainline when placing the pieces.
you can nest the seams and reduce bulk.
6. Cut on the traced lines and peel off the paper
backing. A thin layer of fusible web will remain on
APPLIQUÉ
the wrong side of the fabric. This layer will adhere
All appliqué instructions are for paper-backed fusible the appliqué pieces to the backgrounds.
web with hand stitching. All the projects could be
7. Position the pieces on the backgrounds. Press to
done with machine appliqué, as well, if you prefer.
fuse them in place.
A lightweight paper-backed fusible web works best.
Choose your favorite fusible web and follow the 8. When hand stitching around the appliqué pieces,
manufacturer’s directions. choose the stitch of your choice (see Stitches, page 9).
If you are an experienced stitcher, I hope the blocks
1. Trace all parts of the appliqué design on the paper
will inspire you to create some beautiful work. As
side of the fusible web. Trace each layer of the design
always, the type of stitching you use and the thread
separately. Whenever 2 shapes in the design butt
color you select are personal choices.
General Instructions 7
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER The cotton fabric amounts are based on a usable
When all the pieces are completed for a project, width of 42˝. Fusible web amounts are based on a
arrange them on the floor—or, if you are lucky width of 17˝. The amounts given for binding allow for
enough to have one, a design wall. Rearrange the 2˝-wide strips cut on the straight grain. I usually use
pieces until you are happy with the overall look. the same fabric for the backing and binding. It is a
Each project has specific directions as well as good way to use leftover fabric. Cut the binding strips
diagrams and photos for assembly. on either the crosswise or lengthwise grain of the
leftover fabric—whichever will yield the longest
LAYERING THE QUILT strips.
Cut the batting and backing pieces 4˝–5˝ larger
THREADS
than the quilt top. Place the pressed backing on the
bottom, right side down. Place the batting over the There are a variety of beautiful threads available to
backing and the quilt top on top, right side up. Make hand stitchers. The following are the ones that I’ve
sure that all the layers are flat and smooth and that used:
the quilt top is centered over the batting and backing.
100% cotton 80-weight thread by Aurifil for
Pin or baste the quilt.
whipstitching the wool appliqué pieces to the
Note: If you are going to have your top quilted by a background
longarm quilter, contact them for specific batting and
perle cotton #8 for the blanket stitch, whipstitch,
backing requirements, as they may differ from the
backstitch, wrapped backstitch, stem stitch, French
instructions above.
knot, running stitch, and fly stitch
perle cotton #3 and perle cotton #5 for couching
QUILTING
Quilting is a personal choice; you may prefer hand or
NEEDLES
machine quilting. My favorite method is to send the
Milliners size 1 for French knots
quilt top to a longarm quilter. This method keeps my
number of unfinished tops low and the number of Chenille size 24 for the blanket stitch, whipstitch,
finished quilts high. backstitch, stem stitch, running stitch, and fly stitch
Chenille size 18 for the wrapped backstitch
YARDAGE AND FABRIC REQUIREMENTS
Appliqué or sharps size 10 for the invisible
I have given yardage and fabric requirements for
whipstitch
each project. All the backgrounds in the projects are
constructed using cotton fabrics, and the appliqué
pieces are cut from felted wool. Of course, you could
choose to make the projects using only cotton fabrics.
8 Whimsical Wool Appliqué
STITCHES
To keep it simple for this book, I kept to the most basic of stitches. That’s really all you need. Feel free to add any
additional stitches that you like. Use the block photos as inspiration for embellishing your blocks. The patterns
show suggested embroidery with dashed lines.
Blanket Stitch Whipstitch Backstitch
Wrapped Backstitch Stem Stitch French Knot
Running Stitch Fly Stitch Couching
General Instructions 9
