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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • Quilt Artists
  • Chapter 1: Electrifying Palettes
    • "Garden Path"- Machine pieced, hand quilted, nine patch and log cabin var.
            by Brenda Duncan Shornick
    • "Memories of Ben"- Hand appliqued and quilted
            by Jeanne Nelson Loy
    • "Autumn: Pride Goeth Before the Fall"- Machine pieced, appliqued, and quilted
            by Kathleen M O'Hanlon
    • "Nightshades"
            by Heather W. Tewell
    • "Palouse Puzzle"
            by Karen Schoepflin Hagen
  • Chapter 2: Dawn to Dusk
    • "Denali Lights"- String paper piecing, machine quilted
            by Ree Nancarrow
    • "Starry Starry Night"- Machine pieced, hand quilted, Ohio Star var.
            by Deborah White
    • "Orion Rising"- Machine pieced and quilted, beaded
            by Melody Crust
    • "Village Sunrise"- Machine pieced, appliqued, and quilted, designing with light and illusion
            by Barbara Lee Olson
    • "The Stardusters in Their Night Garden"- Hand and machine appliqued, hand painted and dyed, machine embroidered
            by Kathy Martin
  • Chapter 3: Calming Waters
    • "Stars at Ocean Shores"- Machine Pieced, embellished, stuffed, hand quilted
            by Connie James
    • "Northwest Bounty"- Machine pieced, hand quilted, easy watercolor quilt
            by Joyce R. Becker
    • "River Rocks"- Hand dyed, dye painted, hand appliqued
            by Karen Perrin
    • "Midnight Sun"- Machine pieced, machine and hand appliqued, hand painted
            by Kathy Martin
    • "Fox Pond"- Machine embroidered, hand pieced, appliqued, and quilted
            by Jane Herbst
  • Chapter 4: Mystical Moods
    • "Falling"- "Toss and Sew" strip and paper pieced, hand applique, beaded
            by Roslyn Rowley-Penk
    • "The Nursery"- Machine pieced, hand appliqued, stuffed, embellished
            by Patti Cunningham
    • "Renewal II"- Machine pieced, appliqued, and quilted, stenciled, embellished
            by Sheila R. Chapman
    • "Dreaming Pool"- Hand appliqued, free-motion appliqued and quilted
            by Rosy Carolan
    • "Metamorphic"- Pigment painted, layered applique, decorative thread
            by Elizabeth Hendricks
  • Chapter 5: Inspiring Landscapes
    • "Urban Oasis"- Machine pieced and quilted, hand appliqued
            by Melody Crust
    • "The Farm"- Needle-turn appliqued, hand quilted
            by Ivy Tuttle
    • "Wild Flowers at Mt. Rainier"- Reverse Appliqued, hand dyed, pigment and dye panted, hand embroidered
            by Joyce R. Becker
    • "Flowers in the Mist"- Machine pieced, hand quilted, using a design wall
            by Charlene Phinney
    • "Mt. Shuksan - Shalom"- Needle turn and machine appliqued, machine pieced, hand quilted
            by Karen Schoepflin Hagen
  • Chapter 6: The Richness of Life
    • "Evergreen Habitat"- Machine pieced, animal prints overdyed
            by Flo Burghardt
    • "Deneki"- Machine pieced, machine quilted, color wash
            by Ree Nancarrow and Karla Harris
    • "A Bouquet of Beauties"- Hand appliqued, trapunto, echo and stipple hand quilted
            by Joyce R. Becker
    • "Goldfinches at the Feeder"- Machine pieced and appliqued, hand quilted
            by Heather W. Tewell
    • "Mostly Lichens"- Machine embroidered and appliqued, machine pieced and quilted
            by Jane Herbst
  • Epilogue
  • Templates
  • Biographies
  • Resources

Title: Nature's Patterns: Inspirations and Techniques for Quilt Makers
Author/Designer: Joyce R. Becker
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1996
Publisher: Quilt Digest Press, Lincolnwood, IL
Language: English
Page Count: 148
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0844226483

SUMMARY- I was expecting this to be all landscapes and it isn't - only about a quarter of the quilts shown are landscapes. But you get patterns for a lot of the quilts that aren't landscapes, and you get artist brief bios and descriptions of their process.

FEATURED ARTISTS: Joyce R. Becker, Flo Burghardt, Rosy Carolan, Sheila R. Chapman, Melody Crust, Patti Cunningham, Karen Schoepflin Hagen, Karla Harris, Elizabeth Hendricks, Jane Herbst, Connie James, Jeanne Nelson Loy, Kathy Martin, Ree Nancarrow, Kathleen M. O'Hanlon, Barbara Lee Olson, Karen Perrine, Charlene Phinney, Roslyn Rowley-Penk, Brenda Cuncan Shornick, Heather W. Tewell, Ivy Tuttle, Deborah White