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Soar to new applique heights on the wings of this amazing artist, Bea Oglesby,her book, Birds & Flowers Album has 35 appliqué blocks of the best-known and most easily recognized backyard birds from across the country are showcased with Audubon-style quality. Fascinating information about each bird accompanies the patterns.
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Cover InformationSoar to new applique heights on the wings of this amazing artist!
Following the outstanding success of her first album book, Bea has created a sequel filled with exquisite bird and flower patterns.
Familiar images unite in 35 appliqué blocks. Charming combinations include a cardinal sitting on a pine bough, an eastern bluebird on a holly branch, a black-capped chickadee with sunflowers, and a yellow warbler in a dogwood tree.
The best-known and most easily recognized backyard birds from across the country are showcased with Audubon-style quality. Fascinating information about each bird accompanies the patterns.
Each block features a colorful photograph, full-sized pattern, and tips for construction, fabric selection, and embroidered details.
BONUS PATTERN: a trumpet vine border with three different little hummfngbirds adds the finishing touch to any quilt. Another AQS book by the author is Wildflower Album: Appliqué & Embroidery Patterns (2000)
About
the AuthorCombining sewing and drawing is a natural for Bea Oglesby. She considers gardens, flowers, and nature endless sources of ideas for appliqué Although Bea did not start quilting until the mid-1980's, she has sewn most of her life having three daughters and a background in home economics. Bea has lived in Japan and has a certificate in Japanese flower arranging. She has also studied art, including charcoal sketching, oils, and watercolors.
Bea teaches and lectures in her community and belongs to several quilt guilds. She is also a volunteer in the community and at the Johnson County Library. She lives in Kansas with her husband. American Quilter's Society books by Bea include Veggies from the Good Earth (2006) Art Nouveau for the 21st Century (2006), Butterfly Album (2004), Birds and Flowers Album (2003), and Wildflower Album: Appliqué & Embroidery Patterns (2000).
More books by Bea Oglesby
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| Preface | 8 | Indigo Bunting | 50 |
| Introduction | 9 | Kilideer | 52 |
| General Instructions | 11 | Mourning Dove | 54 |
| Patterns | Northern Cardinal | 56 | |
| American Goldfinch | 16 | Northern Mockingbird | 58 |
| American Robin | 18 | Purple Finch | 60 |
| Baltimore Oriole | 20 | Purple Martin | 62 |
| Barn Swallow | 22 | Red-Headed Woodpecker | 64 |
| Black-Capped Chickadee | 24 | Red-Winged Blackbird | 66 |
| Black Phoebe | 26 | Rose-Breasted Grosbeak | 68 |
| Blue Jay | 28 | Scarlet Tanager | 70 |
| Carolina Wren | 30 | Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher | 72 |
| Cedar Waxwing | 32 | Tree Swallow | 74 |
| Chimney Swift | 34 | Tufted Titmouse | 76 |
| Chipping Sparrow | 36 | White-Breasted Nuthatch | 78 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 38 | Wood Thrush | 80 |
| Eastern Bluebird | 40 | Yellow-Shafted Flicker | 82 |
| Eastern Meadowlark | 42 | Yellow Warbler | 84 |
| Evening Grosbeak | 44 | Border, BACKYARD BIRDS AND FLOWERS | 86 |
| Hummingbirds | 46 | Bibliography | 94 |
| Allen’s | 46 | About the Author | 95 |
| Ruby-Throated | 48 |
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