More! Hand Appliqué by Machine: 9 Quilt Projects - Updated Techniques - Needle-Turn Results without Handwork - Softcover

Ferrier, Beth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1571208321 ISBN 13: 9781571208323

Publisher: C&T Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

Appliqué that Looks Needle-Turned, with No Hand Sewing!

• Create machine-sewn appliqué that looks like you spent hours needle turning by hand
• Use fast assembly-line techniques to reduce preparation time
• Learn to adjust your machine to create stitches that no one will believe were machine sewn
• Have fun with fancy stitching, decorative threads, and appliqué trapunto
• Try out the techniques on 9 traditional-style wallhangings

If you hate hand sewing, or can't sew by hand, or you simply like to do everything the fastest, easiest way, this clever new appliqué method is just what you've been waiting for. Beth Ferrier's breezy style makes learning fun.

This accessible guide to creating fine fabric art with digital photos covers everything from the tools and equipment you'll need, to designing, finishing, and assembling your
quilt.

About this title

About the Author

A quilter since 1975, Beth Ferrier has had a lifelong love affair with needle and thread. Everything she designs is geared towards teaching skill-expanding tips and techniques. She lives in Saginaw, Michigan.

From the Back Cover

Learn to adjust your machine to create stitches that no one will believe were machine sewn Use fast assembly-line techniques to reduce preparation time Have fun with fancy stitching, decorative threads, and appliqué trapunto Try out the techniques on 9 traditional-style wallhangings

From the Inside Flap

When I was first learning to quilt, I despaired that beautiful appliqué was only the work of needle-turn goddesses. Being the stubborn sort (though I prefer to think of myself as tenacious), I set out to conquer appliqué. Because I'm almost pathologically curious and willing to experiment, I spent the next few years trying all sorts of appliqué techniques. Often I found myself wondering why it seemed that we quilters were so often doing things the hard way. Bit by bit I kept the parts of a technique that I liked and searched for better options to replace those I didn't. It took the chiding of my students to finally understand that I had, indeed, come up with a new approach to appliqué, one that I needed to write down. The result was my first book, Hand Appliqué by Machine. In the years since that first book was published, the quilting industry has blessed us with fantastic new products, making traditional techniques easier to achieve and allowing us to take our appliqué in nifty new directions. My goal has always been to find a way to make appliqué fun and easy without sacrificing that turned edge. But most of all, I wanted to make appliqué free-spirited again--open to interpretation instead of persnickety perfection. So come on, grab your scissors, and let's play!

Edition details

• Publisher: C&T Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1571208321
• ISBN 13: 9781571208323
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80