Charming Quilted Animals: Irresistible Patchwork Designs & Accessories by Yoko Saito Christmas The hugely accomplished textile artist

The hugely accomplished textile artist Jean Draper gives an invaluable guide to designing and working with pattern in textile art

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Poppy & Columbine Pinwheel by Susan O'Connor

you just thread the needle onto the ball and go

Charming Quilted Animals: Irresistible Patchwork Designs & Accessories by Yoko Saito Christmas The hugely accomplished textile artistI could not resist these sweet animal patchwork patterns! And there's a lot of room for creative embroidery once you've pieced your animal together. Yoko offers many ideas for how to incorporate these animals into finished objects beyond the quilted blanket (though there is that, too). I am personally very charmed by the crocodile pencil bag! What if you personalized it by embroidering the owner's name or stitched an accessory for the croc? These are