A Simple Life

Quilts Inspired by the '50s

Shelly Pagliai

• Publisher: C&T Publishing
• eBook ISBN:
  9781617453335
• Year: 2016

Learn to create appliquéd blocks and borders with retro country flair! A Simple Life is a peek back into the 1950s through entries made in the little red diary of Hazel Ilene Hyde, a teenager living the simple life of a farm girl during the era of roller rinks and poodle skirts. Her daily trials and adventures inspired author Shelly Pagliai to create 7 projects with retro country flair. These simple, charming projects will have quilting enthusiasts and vintage lovers alike oohing and aahing in delight! • Featured in The Kansas City Star block-of-the-month program • 7 projects combine piecing and appliqué • Simple, step-by-step instructions—great for appliqué beginners

Table of contents

• Cover
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Introduction
• The Life of Hazel Ilene, a website
• Hazel’s Diary Quilt
• Dear Diary Quilt
• Woman’s Work Quilt
• Summer of ’51 Tablecloth
• Summer of ’51 Embroidered Dresser Scarf
• Stars Over Missouri Quilt
• Happily Ever After Quilt
• Best. Christmas. Ever. Quilt
• Fancy Farm Girl Quilt
• Personal Legal
• eProduct Marketing