A Cottage Garden: Stitch and Enjoy a Bounty of Beautiful Blossoms

by Kathy Cardiff

When an avid gardener and seasoned quilt and stitchery designer combines her two passions, magic sprouts! Using a mix of wool and cotton as her medium and flowers as her muse, Kathy Cardiff brings her blossoming backyard garden to life in projects that blend elegant beauty with a touch of primitive charm. Projects from pillows and sewing notions to table toppers and wall quilts culminate in a stunning nine-block sampler quilt bursting with blooms. Add basic embroidery-stitch details to give each flower, leaf, and vine Kathy's special brand of cottage style. Full-sized pullout patterns included.

Genres: Quilting

96 pages, Paperback

Published February 15, 2018

Reviews

[Rachel]

Pretty, individual floral projects and a 9 flower "sampler" that I plan on making "some day". :)

[Martha]

like working from a kit: VERY detailed instructions with patterns at back of book

[Sheila]

Cottage Garden by Kathy Cardiff, Martingale, 2018, library book, read July 2018. Hand embroidery stitches. I am looking for some hand work that I can quilt in the car. This book is about embroidering on felted fabric.
- Felting is a process use to tighten the fibres and make wool feel thicker and shrink a little. To felt wool, wash it in hot water, using a short, high agitation cycle. Add a very small amount of soap and several tennis balls to the wash. The balls help with agitation. Rinse the wool in cold water. The temperature change from wash to rinse helps with the felting.

[Nann]

Wool applique is not my technique of choice. (I got this book at a warehouse clearance sale.)

[Sherry]

The instructions and projects are all done with wool felt. Either applique or direct embroidery. I enjoy working with felt and enjoyed seeing the different projects and designs.