Backyard Birds

Becky Goldsmith is the co-owner of Piece O’ Cake Designs. Designing and making quilts, writing books, and teaching others how to make quilts is a better career than Becky could ever have imagined. For more information visit www.pieceocake.comBecky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins first met at the Green Country Quilters Guild in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where they both held up their hands and volunteered for jobs at their very first guild meetings. Their friendship grew as they worked together on many guild projects and through a shared love for quilting, and for appliqué in particular. They started Piece O' Cake Designs in 1994, as they were each moving away from Tulsa. Becky and her husband headed for Sherman, Texas, with their two sons. Linda and her husband, Paul, moved first to Pagosa Springs, Colorado, back to Tulsa in 2001, and finally to Grand Junction, Colorado, in 2008. Linda owned and managed a beauty salon before she started quilting. Over the years she developed a fine eye for color as a hair colorist and makeup artist. Becky took a liberal sprinkling of art classes while completing her interior design degree. They think that their varied backgrounds have combined well, making the quilts they design distinctive. Becky and Linda initially self-published their patterns and books but are now very happy members of the C&T Publishing family. Visit Becky and Linda at their website, www.pieceocake.com, and their blog, pieceocake.typepad.com/piece-o-cake-blog.

This pack is an instruction booklet and full-size pattern for a quilt measuring 52" x 65". The theme is Backyard Birds and it consists of 12 block patterns with applique borders. Alternatively, you could use the blocks independently for bags, pillows or clothes. The patterns are all printed to scale.The instruction booklet is in colour with photographs and full diagrams to illustrate each step and assembly. here are further instructions for preparing backgrounds for applique, making the templates and a positioning overlay. Everything you would need to fully construct this quilt is covered in the instructions. Workshop on the Web, September 2014

• General Instructions Needle-turn Applique Techniques Finishing Techniques Project Instructions Backyard Birds Early Birds About the Authors Resources