60 of 63 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Fun!, Nov 21 2002
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Folded Flowers: Fabric Origami with a Twist of Silk Ribbon (Paperback)
I was so excited to hear that Kumiko Sudo had a new flower book out! I loved Fabled Flowers and I like this one even better! The photos are beautiful and the patterns are so nicely laid out that I could follow them without any problem. For a visual learner like me, that--and lots of pictures--is exactly what I need. I made two of the flower designs the first weekend after buying the book. I used some of my favorite floral fabrics and they look wonderful. I love Rose Hortensia--little fairy faces peeking out of the flowers . . . so cute! I can't wait to get started on one of the purse designs . . . Marcie in Chicago
30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabric Origami, Oct 28 2006
By Virginia Allain "(retired librarian)" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Folded Flowers: Fabric Origami with a Twist of Silk Ribbon (Paperback)
The ladies in my quilting group went crazy over this book and the new techniques it showed them. It has 24 original three-dimensional flower designs in fabric and silk ribbon. You learn to make a pompom dahlia, a lily, kalanchoe, hollyhock, China aster, an Australian waratah, passion flower, sweet pea, cockscomb, malaleuca, and others. She shows each flower in a finished project with detailed instructions to make the small quilt.
There are also patterns for six purses so you can make your own elegant evening bags or give them as gifts.
The steps are show in drawings with color so it is easy to see the folding and which side you are working with.
The techniques taught are appliqué, Japanese sashiko stitching, beading and embellishment, all-in-one backings and borders, and others.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is what I was looking for!, Nov 26 2007
By Genevieve BORREUX - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Folded Flowers: Fabric Origami with a Twist of Silk Ribbon (Paperback)
This is exactly what I needed to complete a quilt I am working on. I wanted to include some flowers in a pineapple log cabin made in batik to give more dynamism to the end result. The projects in the book are easy to follow, magnificient and have that oriental touch but which can easily be included / adapted in more standard pieces of work. It is a real pleasure also to glance through the pages.