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Applique: The Basics & Beyond, Second Revised & Expanded Edition: The Complete Guide to Successful Machine and Hand Techniques with Dozens of Designs to Mix and Match (Landauer) Over 600 Photos - Softcover

Janet Pittman

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9781947163225: Applique: The Basics & Beyond, Second Revised & Expanded Edition: The Complete Guide to Successful Machine and Hand Techniques with Dozens of Designs to Mix and Match (Landauer) Over 600 Photos
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1947163221 ISBN 13: 9781947163225
Publisher: Landauer, 2019

Synopsis

The ultimate go-to resource to learn and do it all!

  • Award-winning guide and project book for learning and practicing appliqué
  • 9 inspiring projects with step-by-step instruction, photography, and illustrations
  • 12 alternate layouts for the creative applique projects
  • 16 pattern groups for mixing and matching, to inspire your creativity
  • Over 600 photos and illustrations walk you through appliqué practice in full color
  • Essential how-to information on equipment & supplies, preparing applique, stitching & embellishing, and more
  • Convenient spiral binding in sturdy hardcover lays flat and makes it easy to follow along
  • Newly expanded Second Edition has two new projects and information on wool appliqué, hand appliqué, and updated tools

Whether you're just getting started in appliqué or are experienced and want to improve your techniques, Appliqué: The Basics and Beyond was written with you in mind!

Packed with visual information to instruct a beginner or improve an experienced appliquer's techniques, this updated, award-winning classic features two new projects, plus everything you need to know about wool appliqué, preparation and stitching, hand appliqué, and updated tools. The handy hidden spiral binding inside a sturdy hardcover helps the book lay flat when open, so you can follow along hands-free.

After chapters on getting started, grasping the basics, understanding the equipment, selecting the right supplies, and learning all about applique, you'll then progress into 9 creative projects. Throughout the book, you'll find "Notebooks" with essential how-to information and helpful tips that are personal favorites of the author.

Including step-by-step tutorials and over 600 photos and illustrations to practice applique, this is the ultimate go-to resource to learn and do it all!

The author, Janet Pittman, has been designing quilts for 20 years and has won awards for both her quilts and her books, including this one! You'll find new inspiration as you enjoy learning more about and exploring the creative art and play of ornamental needlework with Appliqué: The Basics and Beyond!

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About the Author

Janet Pittman, a quilt artist from West Des Moines, Iowa, has been designing quilts for 20 years. Her quilts have won several awards in Iowa and Des Moines quilt shows. Her quilt designs have appeared in Fons & Porter Love of Quilting, American Patchwork and Quilting and Country Marketplace. Janet is the author of First-Time Machine Applique, the bestselling Applique: The Basics & Beyond, and Colorful Quilts for Playful Kids.

From the Back Cover

Appliqué The basics & beyond

Whether you're just getting started in appliqué or are experienced and want to improve your techniques, I've written this book with you in mind. With two brand new wool projects and more than 600 full-color photographs and illustrations, you'll have essential information on:

  • Equipment & Supplies
  • Preparing Appliqué
  • Stitching & Embellishing
  • Everything you need to know about wool appliqué
  • 9 Inspiring projects with a bonus feature of over 12 alternate quilt layouts
  • 16 Pattern groups for mixing and matching
  • 18 Notebooks with essential how-to information
  • 20 Helpful tips that are personal favorites

To get started, select a project that pleases you or choose from a variety of patterns to create your own designs. You'll find everything you need to know to complete your project successfully. My wish is that you'll find new inspiration as you enjoy learning more about and exploring the creative art and play of appliqué.
Janet

Step-by-step photographs illustrate each preparation technique.
Clear how-to photographs of stitching details
Dozens of machine and hand embellishing ideas

"This book is excellent. It clearly explains everything you need to know about both hand and machine appliqué, plus the popular wool appliqué."
—Karin Hellaby, quilting and patchwork teacher, author of Jelly Roll Bargello Quilts

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Publisher
Landauer
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1947163221
ISBN 13 
9781947163225
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
2
Number of pages
160
Rating
  • 4.12 out of 5 stars
    8 ratings by Goodreads