Rebekah smith wool appliques

Folkartist Rebekah L. Smith designs and creates wool applique patterns inspired by historic American folk art. Find patterns for your next hand-stitched project.

Rebekah L. Smith

Find unique designs for wool applique from Rebekah L. Smith. Discover wool applique patterns inspired by American folk art and nature. Get your creative on with wool applique, and satisfy the urge to stitch!

Last year this post was a favorite among readers so I would like to share it again with new readers. Hello readers! My name is Tessa Smith, the daughter of your favorite Rebekah L. Smith. I would just like you to see the difficult and extremely stressful steps to writing a book. My mother has been working hard all winter and spring to get it done, and I would like you all to see what she has to go through. I must warn you, though, she may not exactly know about these photos, for I took them…

Find unique designs for wool applique from Rebekah L. Smith. Discover wool applique patterns inspired by American folk art and nature. Get your creative on with wool applique, and satisfy the urge to stitch!

February is my birth month and also home to one of my favorite motifs: the heart. This month's Reshaped project is full of hearts. I just never tire of them. I don't know the history of the shape we use to illustrate a heart, but I do know that I was very disappointed as a child when I saw for the first time a picture of a real heart. It looked nothing like what I was led to believe a heart was shaped like. This simple project was so easy to stitch. There is still plenty of time to complete…

her lady's pocket

Rebekah L. Smith: Commemoration in Wool Applique

Yesterday was the day. Rebekah L. Smith class day. Wooly Thistles Table Runner day. Rebekah ~ Some of the class ~ The project ~ Lots of detail pictures to help me with my stitching. My accomplishment . . . lol. I got all my pieces cut out and pinned to the linen. I could have started stitching, but didn't. Rebekah brought all the models from her book. What fun to see them up close and personal. They are SO MUCH better in person. Originally I had planned to take this along on vacation to…

Color has been a very large part of my whole career. As an artist it is important to have a sense of what colors are composed of, how light affects them, and ho

Meet the book's co-author, Kelsey Anilee Smith, who specializes in embroidery designs featuring wool and cotton threads. Take a glance at her work, and find out what inspires her!

Rebekah L. Smith on Instagram: “Note: you can use many different kinds of threads in wool applique, this just reflects what I myself prefer to use. 🙂✂️ #woolappliquefaqs…”

Rebekah L. Smith Christmas ornaments - patterns in Early American Life

Come to the ATHA rug hooking Biennial in Denver in August 2019 for classes, vendors and all things wool. Rebekah will be teaching this unique, alpine flower table rug on black linen. Come stitch out west!

Wishing you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving! "Autumn Fowl" by Rebekah L. Smith As soon as I saw this, I knew that I had t...

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Rebekah L. Smith Folk Artist added a new photo — at Sauder Village.

Find patterns, kits, and notions for your next wool applique project. Hand-stitch folk art designs created by Rebekah L. Smith, author of Wool Applique Folk Art and Seasons of Wool Applique Folk Art.