Stitched with Love: A Mother's Quilting Legacy [With CDROM]

I was lucky enough to take a class with Robyn, I purchased this at her suggestion....great to reinforce what she taught us in class

I had the pleasure of taking an applique workshop offered once a month for a year at my local quilt shop with Ms Pandolph. I enjoyed the workshop and Robyn and her designs. I bought this book after browsing a friends copy. I especially like having the patterns on the cd. I wasn't sure about it at first but after decorating one of my daughter's hats, a pair of overalls and one of my jumpers, by altering the size of the patterns, I was won over by the idea of having patterns on the computer.I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys applique and Robyns lovely designs. And it is alot of fun playing with the designs in the different color schemes on the computer, so much easier than trying to figure them out in "real life"!!

I am a fan of Robyn's fabrics and I love her style. This book just radiates her soft touch. I so much enjoy going through the book. The patterns are so do-able and she suggests so many other uses for each pattern and idea. The CD-ROM is a great addition as you can print the patterns in the size you want and for the project you are working on. The CD also allows you to "try out" different fabrics and different looks for each pattern. This is one of my favorites!

Here are some excerpts from my review of this book. You can see the complete review on the Quilter's Review website."...'Stitched With Love' includes clear how-to instructions and recipes. Not only do you see photos of quilts, you see these cute quilts in rooms showing the other projects included in this book. The beautiful double-page photos by Mark Packo make you think you are looking at a decorating magazine instead of a quilting book....""Robyn's easy applique patterns look real nice in her vintage fabrics, but I would like to make the quilts in bright colors for baby shower gifts. She anticipated this by including a nursery brights palette along with a country colors palette and a contemporary fabrics palette. "There's also a teaching video on the CD-ROM, in which Robyn shows her method of needle-turn applique step by step. The best part of this video is that each step is a separate mini-video, making it easy to repeatedly watch just the pieces on which you need clarification...."

This is a delightful book with lots of different design ideas for other applications included. You will perfect your applique skills doing these quilt designs. The only bad thing is that you MUST have a CD rom and a printer to retrive the patterns as they are NOT printed in the book itself.