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Landscape Quilts by Nancy Zieman and Natalie Sewell. Let them show you step-by-step how to make gorgeous quilts without patterns or measurements.

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Author: Nancy Zieman and Natalie Sewell
Pages: 144
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: Leisure Arts
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Explore your creativity!

making gorgeous landscape quilts is easy with nationally recognized quilting experts Nancy Zieman and Natalie Sewell. Let them Show you step-by-step how to:

  • make gorgeous quilts without patterns or measurements
  • find inspiration all around you
  • select the best nature fabrics
  • free your creativity........be spontaneous

About the Author

Natalie Sewell, a renowned landscape quilter whose works have won major prizes at numerous national competitions, has been quilting for 10 years. Her awards include two first-place prizes and one second-place prize at the American Quilter's Society Show in Paducah, Kentucky, as well as inclusion in Quilt San Diego's "Visions" show. Natalie lives in Wisconsin, with her husband, Richard.

Nancy Zieman, a national sewing authority, is the producer and host of public TV's "Sewing with Nancy." In addition, Nancy is founder and president of Nancy's Notions, a sewing and quilting supply catalog, a designer of patterns, and an author of numerous sewing and quilting books. Nancy lives in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, with her husband and business partner, Rich, and their two sons, Ted and Tom.

wisteriamonets sunflowers

alaine's window
diagram sunny side of the fence
dancing maples

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started6Creating Autumn 84
Looking for Inspiration8Creating Two Dogwoods88
From Photo to Fabric10Showcase of Distant Woodland Scenes94
Fabric Selection 12Creating Close-up Woodland Scenes100
Tools and Notions15Showcase of Close-up Woodland Scenes105
Basic Techniques 19Chapter 6: Creating Water, Sky, Mountains, and Snow106
Cutting and Gluing20Capturing Details in Nature108
Machine-Stitching the Quilt Top21Creating a Horizon Line in Water Scenes110
Squaring Up the Quilt Top23Showcase of Water Scenes111
Adding Borders 24Creating Once in a Purple Moon114
Design Wall Options26Quick Bias Borders117
Chapter 2: Creating Your Own landscape Quilt28Creating Tiffany Mountains118
Creating Black-eyed Susans30Creating a Winter Scene120
Creating the Rock Garden36Creating Winter Trees122
Showcase of Flower Garden Quilts42Chapter 7: Finishing Touches126

Chapter 3: Adding Garden Accessories to Your Landscapes

44Embellishing the Landscape128
Creating White Picket Fence46Showcase of Embellished Quilts130
Showcase of More Picket Fence Quilts50Layering Your Quilt132
Creating Sunflowers in the Field52Setting Up Your machine and Workstation133
Creating Poppies Out My Window54Free-Motion Stitching 134

Creating Alaine's Window

57Stitching the Borders135
Three Grapevine Quilts58Binding Your Quilt136
Creating Still-Life Flower Quilts62Adding a Hanging Sleeve137
Chapter 4: Cutting Free-Form Shapes 64Blocking138
Creating Water Lilies66Labeling Your Quilt138
Creating Irises in My Garden70Showcase139
Creating Trillium72Fixing Mistakes 140
Creating Wisteria74Index142
Chapter 5: Creating Woodland Scenes 78Resources143
Creating Distant Woodland Scenes80Biographies
144
From Photo to Fabric81Nancy's Notions 144

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