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Tell stories, evoke different places and people and celebrate life on charming machine applied quilts. With Photo Album Quilts, Wendy Butler Berns starts by teaching you her specially-developed technique and a few quilting basics and spells out the supplies that are required for making beautiful quilts.
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Back Cover InformationPhoto Album Quilts - Quilts That Share Familiar Life Stories Through Pictures Capture memories and everyday experiences on appliqué quilts inspired by photographs. Wendy Butler Berns gives you all the techniques you need, plus instructions and patterns for three charming projects. She also provides tips and suggestions for adapting 10 additional quilts to make them your own. You'll use her unique method of creating line drawings of your photos that will serve as guides for transferring those images onto fabric. Your finished work will be a cherished heirloom from one generation to the next.
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Table of Contents |
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| Chapter 1: Getting Started | |
| A Comfortable Workspace | 10 |
| Tools | 10 |
| Supplies | 12 |
| Techniques | 13 |
| Chapter 2: The Step-By-Step Process | |
| Master Image Map | 20 |
| Machine Appliqué | 24 |
| Machine Embellishing | 24 |
| Machine Quilting | 28 |
| Finishing Techniques | 30 |
| Chapter 3: Making Faces | |
| Study Before Drawing | 36 |
| Face Drawings | 37 |
| Defining Profiles | 39 |
| Facial Features | 39 |
| Enlarging the Design | 40 |
| Transferring and Embellishing Features | 40 |
| Repetition as a Design Element | 41 |
| Chapter 4: Project Quilts to Make | |
| Pink Coneflower #1 | 44 |
| Pine Coneflower #2 | 52 |
| Take on the World | 56 |
| Chapter 5: Tips, Tricks & Tutorials | |
| Grandma's Little Gardener | 66 |
| Little Gardener I | 68 |
| Little Gardener II | 69 |
| Little Gardener IIII | 70 |
| Exchanging Gifts - Ice Cream Cone | 71 |
| Exchanging Gifts - Frog | 72 |
| Captivating Coneflower | 74 |
| Pretty as a ..Picture in Yellow | 78 |
| Coneflower Chorus | 80 |
| Hello Mr. Cardinal - It's Spring | 84 |
| Hello Mr. Cardinal - It's Summer | 85 |
| Climb Every Mountain | 86 |
| George the Entomologist - Catches the Quilting Bug | 90 |
| Behold the Beauty and Believe | 94 |
| Remembering ... in the Spring | 96 |
| The Bear and the Boy - I Spy the Disappearing Bear's Paw | 100 |
| Chapter 6: Quilt Gallery | |
| Be Gentle, the Future is Fragile | 106 |
| Together We Can | 108 |
| The World is Yours | 110 |
| Solitude | 112 |
| WBB - Wendella B. Butterfly | 114 |
| I Am | 116 |
| Mountain Dream | 118 |
| Pure Joy ...Imagine That! | 120 |
| Acknowledgments | 123 |
| Resources | 123 |
| Metric Equivalency Charts | 124 |
| Index | 126 |







![]() Face Drawings
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1000+ Books &
Magazines Index
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Memory Quilts: Add Sayings, Signature Blocks & Signature Quilts |
![]() ABC's of Words On Quilts by Elizabeth Scott |
![]() Quilts With a Message by Nancy Kazlauckas |
![]() Signed-by-Friends by Dori Hawks |
![]() Talking Quilts and Friends by Jeanette Pie |
Alphabets / Monograms for Quilts, Wearables & Embroidery |
![]() Alphabet Quilts by Bea Oglesby |
![]() Mono-grams and more |
![]() Thread Calligraphy by Nancy Kazlauckas |
Memory Quilts
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![]() Adventure & Applique Traveling with Award-Winning Quilter Suzanne Marshall |
![]() Fabulous Tee Shirt Quilts by Caryl Schuetz |
![]() Memorabilia Quilts by Linda Causee and Rita Weiss |
![]() Quilt a Travel Souvenir by Kimberly Einmo |
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![]() Travelin' America in Appliqué by Ursula Michael |
The Art of Travel with Sketchbook by Mari Le Glatin Keis |
Appliqué Memory Quilts
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![]() Come Listen to my Quilts by Kristina Becker |
![]() Fabric Photo Play by Julia C. Wood |
![]() Fabric Silhouettes Quilted Treasures From the Family Album by Louise Handley |
![]() Paint by Number 2005 CD Being able to draw is NOT required! Turn any photo or image into a pictorial quilt! |
![]() Photo Album Quilts by Wendy Butler Burns |
![]() Quilt Your Favorite Photos by Betty Alofs |
Memory QuiltsFabric Printing, Collage & Scrapbook Style Layouts |
Includes section on Fabric Printing![]() Beginner's Guide to Art Quilts by Banar Designs |
![]() Fast, Fun & Easy Scrapbook Quilts by Sue Astroth |
![]() Memories on Fabric by Sue Hale |
![]() Moment In Time by Jan T Urquhart with Angela M Clark |
Fabric Printing & Photo Transfer |
![]() Altered Photo Artistry by Beth Wheeler with Lori Marquette |
![]() Gifts for All Occasions by Amy Brackman |
![]() Innovative Fabric Imagery for Quilts by Cyndy Lyle Rymer with Lynn Koolish |
Also See: |
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![]() Quilt Savvy by Caryl Bryer Fallert |
CD
Picture Perfect Projects CD by June Tailor |
![]() Photo Fun Print Your Fabric for Quilts and Crafts Edited by Cyndy Lyle Rymer |
![]() More Photo Fun by Hewlett-Packard with Cyndy Lyle Rymer and Lynn Koolish |
Included in BK Images on CD ![]() Print Your Own Fabric by Linda Turner Griepentrog and Missy Shepler |
![]() The Photo Transfer Handbook Snap IT, Print IT, Stitch IT! by Jean Ray Laury |
![]() Pop-Out Picture Books by Jean Boyd |
![]() Posterize It! by Joe Hesch and Frankie Seme |
Out of Print![]() Quilting More Memories by Sandy Bonsib |
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