Fabled Flowers: Innovative Quilt Patterns Inspired by Japanese Sashiko and Origami Traditions

by Kumiko Sudo

Combines the traditional arts of origami, sashiko, and flower arranging to achieve dazzling, three-dimensional effects never seen before in quilting. These quilt blocks capture the beauty of the morning glory, camelia, dogwood, and two dozen other flowers. Flowers can easily be combined into a stunning quilt, or simply serve as an inspiration for quilters who want to create beautiful flowers of their own. Includes step-by-step instructions for 30 quilt blocks and assembly instructions and templates for six full quilts.

Genres: Quilting, Sewing, Crafts

139 pages, Paperback

First published November 11, 1996

Reviews

[Candy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the sashiko patterns associated with each flower. I quilt my quilts with big stitch quilting using perle cotton size 8, and could enlarge some of these patterns for interesting stitching on a larger scale.

[cat]

Have had this on my bookshelf for ages but forgot I bought it long ago. Needs reexamination soon.

[Heywu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Includes Patterns to create origami and sashiko style fabric flowers to apply to quilts and other projects. This is a beautiful book.