Recipe for a Fun Fall Craft: Purr-fect Patchwork : 16 Appliqué, Embroidery & Quilt Projects for Modern Cat People by Pamela Jane Morgan

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Embrace your inner cat lady with contemporary cat-themed projects! Play with texture and style to create 16 unique projects from bags and decor to 7 different quilts.

Synopsis:

Cat-loving quilters mew-nite! Embrace your inner cat lady with contemporary cat-themed projects! Play with texture and style to create 16 unique projects from bags and decor to 7 different patchwork quilts. Each project includes step-by-step instructions guiding stitchers on a variety of techniques from foundation paper piecing to free-motion embroidery. Also learn how to play with different substrates such as cotton, linen, wool, wool-blended felt, denim, vinyl, and repurposed clothing. From beginners to more experienced, there is something new to learn for every stitcher. The paw-sibilities are endless! • Make the most of your feline fabrics and craft 16 original cat-themed quilts and textile projects • Use dozens of techniques from basic piecing, hand embroidery, and machine sewing for a vintage-meets-modern aesthetic • Experiment with different textiles and fabrics to create bags, accessories, home decor, and quilts

Review:

So as an essential worker, I didn't really get the whole Covid-shutdown thing. But I got the baking and jigsaw puzzle craze, but I was actually surprised that there wasn't a renewal of quilting! After all, if you have time to make bread repeatedly, then you have time to sit and make patchwork tops out of all those clothes (aka fabric) you were throwing out of your closets (!) and then you've got even more time to do some fun hand or machine top quilting and binding too! SIGH, I guess it's a matter of lack of sewing machines (hello come to my house, we have 4 working, 1 not, LOL)....

This book would be the perfect way to get back into sewing, or to learn basic quilting and patchwork! There are simple and easy fun projects that don't require a lot of material and more involved full size quilts to really learn everything about quilting! Even if you aren't necessarily a cat lover, they'd be fun to give as presents (Christmas is less than 100 days AWAY people- are you like us and just not into it this year???). It's a fun book for teens to learn basic sewing techniques from, or for giving-make up a fun gift basket for a cat/craft lover, with this book and some fun materials in a basket!

About the Author:

Pamela Jane Morgan is an avid quilter whose work has appeared in Fons’ & Porter’s Quilting Quickly and Moda Bake Shop. She runs active quilt-alongs through her online home-based business Sweet Little Stitches. She lives in Idaho Falls, Idaho with her husband and four children. mysweetlittlestitches.com