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Come Listen to My Quilts: Kristina Becker, master folk artist, presents this fun, inspiring, and unrestricted guide to creating your own colorful folk-art quilts. She presents 5 appliqué projects, an inspiring photo gallery, and yards of ideas to fuel your next folk-art quilt project. This guide is well suited for both beginners and experienced quilters.

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Come Listen to My Quilts Author: Kristina Becker Pages: 64 Page size: 8 1/2" x 11" Publisher: C&T Publishing Item Code: 4FF0200 Weight: 0.9 lb 20% off: $14.36 MSRP: $17.95

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Make Quilts the fun colorful folk-art way!
Cultivate the creative side of appliqué and quilting with inspiration from master folk artist Kristina Becker! Kristina's playful portrayals of cats, birds, and more neighborhood friends will help you tell your own stories in cloth, using imagination as a starting point. Forget everything you thought you knew about accuracy and coordinating colors - it's time to have fun with your fabric and patterns!

• 5 whimsical appliqué projects let you try out Kristina's methods.
• A gallery of 17 colorful folk-art quilts to warm your heart, tickle your funnybone, and inspire your creativity.
• Learn how to personalize basic pattern pieces and layouts for one-of-a-kind quilts.
• Suitable for all levels of experience - a great place for novices to begin and a perfect jumping-off point for seasoned quilters.

Table of Contents:

Introduction	6	Starcatch	20
Gallery		Moving On	21
Moonbird	8	Visit Our Newest "Colony"	22
Birdwatching	9	Stages of Life: Courtship, Family, and Retirement	23
Tuxedo Cat	10	Getting Started Exercise	24
The Tree	11	Toolbox	30
Cat and Mouse	12	Projects
Bird	13	Alley Cat	37
Eight Birds and One Cat	14	Wormhunt	42
September	15	Blackbird Pillow	47
"Fallen" Angel	16	Sheep with Bird	50
The Neighborhood Crow	17	Barnyard	90
At This Price You Only Get the Feet	18	Index	61
Crowded Crow	18	About the Author	64
Four Black Birds	19

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