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Gwen Marston takes a back to basics approach in her book, Classic Four-Block Appliqué Quilts. The stunning quilts are accompanied by Gwen's entrancing narratives and how to choose colors like a pro.

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Classic Four-Block Applique Quilts

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Classic Four-Block Appliqué Quilts
A Back to Basics Approach

Author: Gwen Marston
Pages: 112
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4FF0189
Weight: 1. lb
20% off: $21.56

MSRP: $26.95

aunt frank's quiltsYellow  Quilt

Back Cover Information

Yesterday's techniques yield today's four-block beauties.

  • Learn how our quilting ancestors made quilts- and how they used simple basic techniques for stunning results
  • 5 projects with full-size patterns
  • Gwen shows you how to choose colors, borders, and quilting designs like a pro!
  • Gwen brings history to life with her entrancing narratives
  • Use just one special block to create a stunning crib quilt
Gwenny's crossed tulips

Table of Contents

Foreword6Back to Basics: Technique39
History of Four-Block Quilts8Projects and Patterns48
Characteristics of Nineteenth-Century Appliqué Quilts10Adapting the Four-Block Quilt to a One-Block Format79
Going Back to Basics17Helpful Information for Finishing Your Quilts86
Back to Basics: Tools18Gallery of Quilts90
Back to Basics: Design21Afterword108
Back to Basics: Fabric and Color24Bibliography110
Back to Basics: Cutting the Shapes26About the Author111
Back to Basics: Placing the Appliqué Patches 34Index112
Back to Basics: Borders36

 

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Gwen Marston

Needlework Designs
Gwen Marston's
Needlework Designs
Folk Art Friends
Lively Little
Folk Art Quilts

by Gwen Martson
Out of Print
Classic Four-Block Applique Quilts
Classic Four-Block Appliqué Quilts
by Gwen Marston
Out of Print
Liberated String
Liberated String Quilts
by Gwen Marston
Out of Print

Fabric Picture Books
by Gwen Marston

Baltimore Album
& Applique

Elly Sienkiewicz

 

 

Applique 12 Easy Ways
Appliqué, 12 Easy Ways

By Elly Sienkiewicz
Applique Paper Greetings Cover
Appliqué Paper Greetings

by Elly Sienkiewicz
Baltimore Beauties Part I Cover
Baltimore Beauties Part II

by Elly Sienkiewicz
  Baltimore Elegance
Baltimore Elegance
by Elly Sienkiewicz

Sweet Dreams, Moon Baby

by Elly Sienkiewicz
 

Baltimore Album

Florals


Applique Rose Garden
by Faye Labanaris
Baltimore Basics
Baltimore Basics
by Mimi Dietrich
baltimore's country cousins
Balitmore's Country Cousins

by Susan McKelvey

The Best of 4 Blocks and More

by Linda Giesler Carlson
  A Dozen Roses
A Dozen Roses
by Jennifer Rounds and Catherine Comyns

Easy Floral Applique Patterns

by Eula Mae Long
A Gathered Garden
A Gathered Garden

by Carol Armstrong
Pattern|
DVD

Jukebox Rose Pattern
with Kelly Gallagher Abbott
plus How-To Applique
Piece by Piece
Piece by Piece
by Sharon Schamber and Cristy Fincher
Return to Elm Creek
Return to Elm Creek

by Jennifer Chiaverini
Rose Sampler Supreme Cover
Rose Sampler Supreme

by Rose Makhan
Three-Dimensional Appliqué & Embroidery Embellishment
Three-Dimensional Appliqué & Embroidery Embellishment

by Anita Shackelford
Book 05
DSB05  Victorian Designs
Victorian Designs
Design Source Series

Birds & Florals

Baltimore Album Style


Applique Masterpiece
Little Brown Bird Patterns

Book and/or CD
by Margaret Docherty
Bird 'N' Roses
Birds 'n' Roses
by Margaret Docherty
Fancy Feathered Friends
Fancy Feathered Friends for Quilters

by Susan McKelvey
 

Guides for Marking

Quilting Lines or Curved Quilt Edges & Corners

 

Easy Scallop Tool
Easy Scallop Tool

by Darlene Zimmerman
Mini Perfect Spiral
Mini Perfect Spiral

Thimbleworks
Mark Quilting Grids
up to 10" Across
Perfect Spiral
Perfect Spiral

Thimbleworks
Mark Quilting Grids
up to 24" across

Katie's Korners Radial Ruler
Katie's Korners
Radial Ruler

2 sizes

Ruching Guides, Mylar Hexagons & Circles

Circular Ruching Guide
Circular Ruching Guide
Thimbleworks

Strip Ruching Guides
Strip Ruching Guide
Thimbleworks

 

Brandy's
Hexagon Mylar Pieces
Hexagon
Mylar Pieces
1" & 1.25" & 1.5"
Brandy's
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Example of circles
Mylar Pieces
Multiple sizes
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Perfect Circles
Perfect Circles &
Bigger Perfect Circles
by Karen Buckley

Appliqué & Pieced

Mixed
Floral & Birds
Floral &Nature
Floral & Fruit

Courtship Quilts
Courtship Quilts

by Jana Sheppard
Divide & Conquer!
Divide & Conquer!

by Nancy Smith & Lynda Milligan
Favorite Applique & Embroidery Quilts
Favorite Appliqué & Embroidery Quilts

by Betty Alderman
favorite applique quilts
Favorite Applique Quilts
by Mimi Deitrich

Flower Patch Quilts
by Laurie Bird

Flowering Quilts
by Kim Shaefer

Hearts and Flowers
by Kathy Delaney
Romantic Quilts
Romantic Quilts

From Australian Patchwork & Quilting Magazine
Meadowbrook Quilts
Meadowbrook Quilts
12 Projects Inspired by Nature

by Jean Van Bockel
Simple Blessings
Simple Blessings

by Kim Diehl
Stitch and Split Applique
Stitch and Split Applique

by Jayme Crow and Joan Segna
Strawberry Fair Cover
Strawberry Fair
Quilts with a Country Flair

By Elizabeth Hamby Carlson
Strippin' Along
Strippin' Along
by Donna Kinsey and Linda Roacmontes
Sunshine and Sunflowers
Sunshine & Sunflowers
by Suzanne McNeill
Tea in the Garden
Tea in the Garden

by Cynthia Tomaszewski
13 Recipes & Quilts
Two-Block Applique Quilts
Two-Block Appliqué Quilts
by Claudia Olsen
Wine Country Quilts
Wine Country Quilts

by Cyndy Lyle Rymer & Jennifer Rounds
Out of Print
Birds and Flowers Album
Birds and Flowers Album
by Bea Oglesby

 

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