Erica Kaprow turns up the volume on traditional wool applique with her brilliant jewel-tone summer sampler. If you can sew three basic hand stitches, you'll learn just how fun it is to applique these whimsical wool designs - at home or on the go! Each of the 12 must-have summer blocks is featured on an individual pattern sheet. With the bonus border pattern, this sampler makes the perfect block-of-the-month class, club project, or personal challenge. Celebrate summer with perfectly portable wool applique!

Celebrate summer with a sampler quilt chock-full of the season's charms! Make 14 cute block designs featuring trees and houses, chickens and flowers, birds and vines, baskets, bee skeps, and more. At queen size, this fanciful folk-art quilt can be showcased anywhere - on a wall, over a couch, or of course, on a summer bed. Use Jan's needle-turn technique, or any favorite appliqué method, to make the blocks. For quick coordinating projects, turn single blocks into pillows, wall quilts, table toppers, and more. Full-size patterns included.

Use big prints to make quick quilts! • 5 quilt patterns that can be pieced in a weekend • Tips for working with a variety of large-print fabrics • Quilts range in size from twin-size up to queen

How to combine traditional patterns into pre-planned layout to create handsome, one-of-a-kind quilts. 100 block plans.