Landscape Quilts

by Nancy Zieman, Natalie Sewell

- Make quilts without patterns or measurements
- Quilt experts Nancy Zieman and Natalie Sewell offer easy instructions
- Select the best nature fabrics

Genres: Quilting, Sewing, Crafts, Art, Reference

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Nancy Zieman—author, designer, businesswomen, producer, blogger and national sewing authority—was the host of the popular show "Sewing With Nancy" which appeared on Public TV and online. Nancy was also the founder of Nancy's Notions, a direct marketing company, featuring sewing and quilting products.
Nancy wrote numerous books on sewing and quilting, including her autobiography, "Seams Unlikely," which was co-authored by Marjorie L. Russell.

Reviews

[Brit · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book gives you pointers on how to make a landscape quilt, but not patterns in the traditional scenes where you are told what and how much fabrics to purchase, templates for cutting shapes etc. It is a good book for the quilter artist who wants to design and make their own creation.

[Tanesha · Rating 4 out of 5]

THE classic book on how to make beautiful landscape quilts!

[Janice Haug · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great ideas!

[Kristin Eoff · Rating 4 out of 5]

I want to make a landscape quilt for a national parks quilt challenge, so I found this book in my bookcase and read it for tips on constructing such a quilt. The book offers a good overview of construction techniques (cut pieces, then adhere to a background with a glue stick before sewing them on with your machine), then highlights dozens of quilts made by the two authors (Nancy Zieman and Natalie Sewell). The reader can tell the difference between the quilts made by Sewell and the quilts made by Zieman. Sewell's quilts, especially her woodland quilts, showcase incredible talent and award-winning techniques. Zieman's quilts are generally simpler and more accessible to a beginning landscape quilter. The difficulty level of the quilts pictured increases as the book goes on, inspiring readers to create landscape quilts of their own. The basic techniques described herein can also be used to create more modern pictorial quilts.

I have watched Zieman's shows for years and was sad to find out today that she passed away from cancer eight years ago. It's no wonder I was confused, because her shows are still airing on PBS. She was a prolific author and TV host, and many will remember her for inspiring them to try new sewing and quilting techniques, like in this book. In addition, Sewell passed away the year after Zieman did, so this book is kind of a tribute to the skills and creativity of these two amazing women.

[Kirsten · Rating 3 out of 5]

The authors start out by saying "we aren't going to give you patterns" but much of the book is just that. Also, heavy focus on flowers and gardens - which is fine, if that's what you want, but I didn't.

[Candy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was just curious about landscape quilts and I trust Nancy to explain things. The quilts are amazing.