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up the card envelope and inside you will find a booklet and
set of patterns. This is all you need (apart from materials
and tools of course) to make your own “stunning Baltimore
Album-style project” based on Turkish Iznik ceramics
and tiles.
The beautiful project is depicted on the cover in white, blue
and dark red featuring nine floral blocks. Inside the booklet
you can read a short history of the Iznik style with some
photographs of examples. Every panel and border section is
named after one of the valide sultans, the powerful mothers
of the sultans themselves or their wives and there is a short
description of each woman. The rest of the booklet tells you
what materials and tools you need and includes a section all
about raw-edge appliqué. For such a complex and impressive
looking quilt the instructions are concise and simple to understand,
illustrated with photographs where necessary. Everything is
broken down into manageable pieces making it all seem fairly
easy, although not for beginners. There are colored diagrams
of each block and border, how to assemble the quilt and even
some ideas on what else to make with the blocks. Not all of
these are quilted either; motifs have been taken and stitched
or painted as well as quilted and there are samples of bags,
cushions and pictures. I can imagine most quilters of improver
level and up having a ball with this one.
If you
cannot find a good range of quilting materials locally try
www.searchpress.com
for a list of suppliers.
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