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Everything you might need in terms of tips, techniques and quilt designs using applique methods. Hand and machine techniques are covered from traditional Baltimore style to contemporary.
101 Applique Blocks

101 Applique Blocks

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Nancy Brenan Daniel

You will never run out of quilt ideas with the help of this book filled with over 100 applique block designs. Each design includes full-sized line drawings and placement diagrams. This book will also teach you about the basics of applique, including basic techniques, tools used, how to make and use templates and more! 122 pages, all color.

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House of White Birches
Published by: DRG
ISBN: 9781592173136
Number of pages: 122

A Year in the Life of Sunbonnet Sue, 12 Small Quilts

A Year in the Life of Sunbonnet Sue, 12 Small Quilts

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Christine Porter and Darra Williamson

Using today's exciting fabrics, quilting experts Christine Porter and Darra Williamson give Sunbonnet Sue a wonderfully updated look.

•Find 12 small quilts featuring different themes, one for each month of the year
•Enjoy full-sized pattern pieces and fast-and-easy fusible appliqué
•Discover fun embellishing tips with each project

Quilt icon Sunbonnet Sue gets a 21st Century makeover by two international experts: San Francisco area quilting publishing professional Darra (Duffy) Williamson and Bristol, England quilting judge and Quilt Seminars at Sea instructor Christine Porter, in their A Year in the Life of Sunbonnet Sue: 12 Small Projects. In addition to 12 months of calendar fun for Sue (she skis, swoons, BBQs, celebrates the holidays), the authors have created two larger quilts available with online instructions.

Williamson was a Professional Quilter Teacher of the Year. Porter was formerly Patchwork & Quilting coeditor. Illustrated by Adrienne Smitke with photos by Brent Kane. Web resources listed. Praised by “The Quilt Show” cohost Alex Anderson (“Top-notch instructions. Delightful, whimsical, and easy-to-make.”).

Paperback: 80
ISBN: 978-1-60468-018-8
Published by: That Patchwork Place
About the Book
Published by: That Patchwork Place
ISBN: 9781604680188
Number of pages: 80

Learn to Do Applique in Just One Weekend

Learn to Do Applique in Just One Weekend

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Nancy Brenan Daniel

This updated version of a classic book features 6 new plus 2 classic designs.

Each project uses additional applique techniques with contemporary styling while including timeless techniques and designs from the original. Great for all skill levels, this book includes easy-to-follow instructions that are great for beginners, but are also a nice refresher for those with more experience. With just a weekend's time anyone can learn new skills necessary to create their own applique masterpiece.

64 pages, all color.
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House of White Birches
Published by: DRG

Flowers Hearts & Garlands Quilt

Flowers Hearts & Garlands Quilt

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Liz Jones

Learn a smart technique to quickly free-motion machine baste appliqué pieces of any size or shape, then finish the appliqué with a smooth satin stitch. The 25 flower, 6 garland, and 1-corner block patterns can also be hand appliquéd. Her 42 quilting designs including hearts are suitable additions to any quilting project. Use Liz Jones' distinctive, elegant designs to create any size project from a sophisticated pillow to her award-winning HEARTS AND GARLANDS quilt. Be inspired by her creative use of color to create your own masterpiece.
Published by: AQS Publishing
ISBN: 9781574326482
Number of pages: 96
Year published: 2011

Fuss-Free Machine Applique
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Fuss-Free Machine Applique

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Lori Buhler

Sew on the Line for Great Results

Want to make stunning appliqué blocks featuring complex-looking curves--without the challenge of intricate piecing? Use this easy machine-appliqué method!

•Learn to use interfacing to stitch perfectly smooth curved pieces by machine
•Choose from 12 appliqué projects in styles ranging from traditional to modern
•Find beautifully scrappy projects that are perfect for putting your stash to use



Published by: That Patchwork Place
ISBN: 9781604680676
Number of pages: 80
Year published: 2011

Impressionist Applique
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Impressionist Applique

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Grace Errea, Meridith Osterfeld

Exploring Value & Design to Create Artistic Quilts

Take a tactile adventure as you interpret the world through line, form, texture, color, and most importantly, value. Play with the unexpected and making your quilt becomes a dream-like experience...where the sea ebbs and flows in shades of fire, and feathered creatures evoke cotton candy softness. Set your imagination free!

• Discover how value creates a focal point, develops dimensionality, and lends a painterly effect to your quilt
• 5 projects with full-size patterns feature 3 appliqué styles: turned-edge, raw-edge, and free-edge
• Learn how to choose fabrics with value in mind to achieve different effects


Published by: C&T Publications
ISBN: 9781607054672
Number of pages: 97 plus pattern pullouts
Year published: 2012

The Ultimate Sunbonnet Sue Collection

The Ultimate Sunbonnet Sue Collection

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Recapture the charm of yesterday's sweetheart with this ultimate collection of 24 quilt applique patterns. The Sunbonnet characters, created by Bertha Corbett Melcher, were first popular with needleworkers as outline embroidery, then later gained the favour of quilters as an applique pattern. Now you can re-create her simple charm on a treasure trove of fabulous keepsakes, like a seasonal wall hanging, a baby quilt, and bed quilts in various sizes.

Garden Nouveau Quilts

Garden Nouveau Quilts

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Vicky Lawrence

The flowing style and organic motifs of Vicky's original designs hark back to a time when traditional and contemporary tastes were combining for a new (nouveau) look. Use any of the 10 blocks in any of the seven projects to complement or become the basis for a unique style. Designed as hand appliqué work that is easily portable, these patterns can also be fused for quicker results. Projects include fun ideas such as a sachet cover, bolster, and tote, as well as the original bed-size quilt and miniature version, a wallhanging, and table runner. Beginners will learn the basics of appliqué; experienced sewers will appreciate the clear patterns and directions.

Juniper and Mistletoe: A forest of applique

Juniper and Mistletoe: A forest of applique

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Karla Menaugh and Barbara Brackman

Based on mid-19th century quilts, a light-hearted block of the month quilt based on quirky, one of a kind tree patterns. Variations plus additional projects included.
Published by: Kansas City Star

The Complete Book of Patchwork Quilting & Applique

The Complete Book of Patchwork Quilting & Applique

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Linda Seward

A clear and comprehensive handbook. Contains over 1000 step-by-step illustrations, patterns and templates.

Covering all techniques from basic needlework to more challenging eight-seam joins, caut-and-sew applique and continuous bias binding.

Published by: Mitchell Beazley

Japanese Garden Quilt

Japanese Garden Quilt

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Karen Kay Buckley

Create rich, sophisticated quilts with 12 Circle blocks to hand or machine applique. Instruction booklet and full-size patterns.
Published by: C&T Pubishing

More Hand Applique by Machine

More Hand Applique by Machine

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Beth Ferrier

Applique that looks needle-turned, with no hand sewing. Use with Wash-Away Fusible Applique Sheets and your ink-jet printer to revolutionise machine applique.
Published by: C&T Pubishing

Applique Petal Party

Applique Petal Party

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Susan Brubaker Knapp

8 page colour booklet and 9 pattern sheets

Celebrate the Beauty of Flowers with Appliqué

• 16 wonderful 12 1/2" bouquet blocks and floral border make a 73" x 73" finished quilt
• Make the whole quilt or use one block as a pillow or wall hanging
• Package includes needle-turn appliqué basics and step-by-step instructions for the project quilt
• Full-size, easy-to-use appliqué patterns

Celebrate the beauty of flowers with this festive floral appliqué quilt. The package includes instructions and photos of a variety of other color and fabric options, including wool appliqué
Published by: C&T Pubishing

Applique Outside the Lines

Applique Outside the Lines

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Becky Goldsmith & Linda Jenkins

Put Down the Ruler and Free Your Inner Appliqué Artist

• Create 8 expressive appliqué quilts with this foolproof, no-rules approach
• Make your quilts as precise or freewheeling as you want them to be
• Use fabric color and value to make your appliqué come alive

Who says beautiful appliqué has to be fussy? Learn to create fresh and free quilts with your rotary cutter and new improvisational techniques from Piece O' Cake Designs.
Published by: C&T Pubishing

Alex Anderson's Hand & Machine Applique

Alex Anderson's Hand & Machine Applique

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Alex Anderson

Fall in Love with Appliqué!

• Learn to add beautiful appliqué to any quilt by hand or machine
• 7 charming quilts get you started
• 3 hand appliqué techniques: needle-turn, raw-edged, and reverse appliqué
• 3 machine appliqué techniques: invisible, raw-edged, and free-motion appliqué
• From beloved teacher and TV/Internet host Alex Anderson

Beloved quilting teacher and TV personality Alex Anderson shows you how easy it is to enhance any quilt with appliquéd flowers, leaves, hearts, and other shapes.
Published by: C&T Pubishing

Best in Show

Best in Show

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Carol Armstrong

Show off 24 favorite dog breeds with charming little appliqué portrait quilts that practically sit up and say woof!

• Save steps with Carol's easy light box appliqué technique
• Give your canine friends added depth and dimension with relaxed, random quilting designs
• Each pattern includes full-size appliqué templates

From the basset hound's mournful sincerity to the corgi's lively alertness, Carol Armstrong's designs capture that certain something that gives each breed its characteristic look. Now you can immortalize your own canine companion with her easy appliqué and quilting techniques.

Published by: C&T Pubishing

Sew Sunny Homestyle

Sew Sunny Homestyle

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Over 50 delightful projects that blend timeless seaside charm with effortless country elegance.
Published by: David & Charles

Flower Festival

Flower Festival

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Kim Schaefer

Sew a Whole Garden of Blooming Appliqué Blocks

• Create a bouquet of floral quilts with 50 adorable blocks of appliquéd flowers and bugs
• Make 9 complete quilt projects in a lively, contemporary folk-art style
• All 50 blocks are 8? x 8?, for easy mixing and matching into one-of-a-kind quilts
• It's all so easy with quick fusible appliqué and simple piecing

Cheer up that dull spot in your home with an adorable flower-and-bug quilt. Includes 9 colorful quilts to hang on the wall, dress up a table, or snuggle in on the sofa.


Penny Haren's Pieced Applique

Penny Haren's Pieced Applique

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Penny Haren

Innovative Techniques for Creating Perfect Blocks

Take the mystery out of creating intricate blocks with Penny Haren's amazingly simple technique.
Begin with nine basic foundation blocks and turn them into 25 "Wow! How did you do that blocks?"
• Flawless points and curves
• No inset seams
• Immediate success
• Full-size templates
• More accuracy, less bulk
• Complete, step-by-step instructions and diagrams

Published by: Landauer Books

Hearts & Tulips Applique Masterpiece

Hearts & Tulips Applique Masterpiece

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Margaret Docherty

Pay homage to the Pennsylvania Dutch design with the exquisite applique mastery of Margaret Docherty in this bold, colourful collection of folk art style birds and tulips.
Published by: American Quilter's Society

Applique Jubilee

Applique Jubilee

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McCall's Quilting

16 quilt projects with hand, machine and fusible applique. Styles for everyone from florals to wool felts and contemporary motifs.
Published by: C&T Pubishing

Quilted Garden Delights: Make your quilts bloom - 8 quick projects

Quilted Garden Delights: Make your quilts bloom - 8 quick projects

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Holly Knott & Diane Knott

8 small, easy-to-make art quilts using fast assembly with full-size patterns - applique and machine quilt at the same time.

• 8 small, easy-to-make art quilts celebrate the simple pleasures of the garden
• Fast assembly with full-size patterns and easy, fusible appliqué - stitch the appliqué and machine-quilt at the same time
• Learn to use fabric to re-create the soft effects of Diane's original watercolor paintings

Everything's in bloom when you make these beautiful floral appliqué art quilts. Inspired by watercolorist Diane Knott and designed by her daughter, art quilter Holly Knott, these small beauties celebrate the simple country pleasures of being in the garden.

Includes pattern pullout.

Published by: C&T Pubishing
ISBN: 9781571204486
Number of pages: 56

Beautiful Blooms: Quilts and cushions to applique

Beautiful Blooms: Quilts and cushions to applique

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Susan Taylor Propst

Quilts and cushions to applique inspired by English roses, Irish shamrocks, Welsh daffodils and more.

Bring your own gorgeous garden of flowers to life with appliqued blooms. Inspired by walks through the refined beauty of British landscapes, each colourful bloom adds a layer of artful splendour to quilts and pillows.
Published by: That Patchwork Place

Love Is

Love Is

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Nancy Halvorsen

Quilt, tote, hangings, table runner, mats and more - all with a heart theme.
Published by: Art to Heart

Mimi Dietrich's Favorite Applique Quilts

Mimi Dietrich's Favorite Applique Quilts

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Mimi Dietrich

13 of Mimi's best-loved quilt designs, long unavailable until now, all with new fabrics, fresh colours and great settings.
Published by: That Patchwork Place

The ABCs of Words on Quilts

The ABCs of Words on Quilts

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Elizabeth Scott

Decorate your quilts with words, phrases and monograms using applique and embroidery in 6 different lettering styles
Published by: C&T Pubishing

Mosaic Applique

Mosaic Applique

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Lorraine Carthew

Lorraine's mosaic tile designs fool the eye and create quilted beauties. Includes half a dozen beautiful mosaic patterns on three large pullout sheets for quilters to make.
Published by: American Quilter's Society

Birds 'n Roses: Applique Masterpiece Series

Birds 'n Roses: Applique Masterpiece Series

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Margaret Docherty

The complete pattern for Margaret's prize-winning quilt. Select the flowers, bouquets, birds and garlands you want using any applique method.
Published by: American Quilter's Society

Baltimore Elegance

Baltimore Elegance

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Elly Sienkiewicz

A fresh look at Baltimore Album Quilts. Elly's newest Baltimore Album book is designed with smaller, easier, just as appealing!

Published by: C&T Pubishing

Baltimore's Country Cousins: Album Quilt Patterns

Baltimore's Country Cousins: Album Quilt Patterns

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Susan McElvey.

Ever-popular Baltimore album quilts go a little bit country in a new collection from this well-known teacher, designer and author. 12 beautiful applique blocks.

Published by: American Quilter's Society

At Play with Applique

At Play with Applique

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Dilys Fronks.

Seven template-free techniques, ten step-by-step projects for hand and machine methods of applique.

•7 Template-Free Techniques for hand & machine work
•10 Step-by-Step Projects
•Workbook style puts information at readers’ fingertips
At Play with Appliqué offers an appealing, workbook-based approach to appliqué that frees readers to enjoy and experiment. Seven techniques (including both hand and machine work) are presented step by step, with two floral projects for each one, for immediate practice. Template-free, yet super-accurate, these methods make appliqué child’s play.

Published by: C&T Pubishing
Number of pages: 88
Year published: April 2006

Easy Chenille Applique

Easy Chenille Applique

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Cheryl Malkowski

Create chenille trim in any colours from layers of fabric. 6 easy dimensional projects include quilts, bags and accessories.

Stack, layer, and sew your way to easy colour "sticks!" 6 easy dimensional projects include quilts, bags, and accessories Create chenille trim in any colors, from layers of fabric Apply and quilt chenille sticks in two easy mistake-proof steps. Dimension and color magically appear when your item is washed and dried! Full-size pullout patterns - no need to enlarge designs for use Save even more time by embellishing purchased items like jackets, totes, kids' clothes, and pillows

Published by: C&T Pubishing
Number of pages: 48
Year published: Feb 2005

Three-Dimensional Applique & Embroidery Embellishment

Three-Dimensional Applique & Embroidery Embellishment

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Anita Shackelford

Re-introduced in paperback, this perennial favourite provides clear instructions on the basics of applique, then moves through nine techniques to add dimension to 48 exquisite applique patterns.

Whether you are reproducing traditional album blocks or developing your own contemporary designs, this comprehensive guide is sure to provide both the information and the inspiration you are seeking. For each technique there is a project, a small block you can refer to as an illustration or actually complete. Whether you work through chapter by chapter or simply turn to the book upon occasion with a particular need, you'll find it easy to use and full of sound information and inspiring ideas. Nine techniques provide dimension and fine detail to exquisite patterns. Choose from 48 applique patterns, each with a unique album quilt style. Embellish the applique with simple embroidery for a more realistic look. Clear and succinct instructions are provided on the basics of applique, as well as 65 projects to complete or refer to while stitching each technique. This comprehensive guide is sure to provide both the information and inspiration you are seeking.
Published by: American Quilter's Society
Number of pages: 152
Year published: June 2003

Mastering Machine Applique

Mastering Machine Applique

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Harriet Hargrave. 2nd edition of a classic book covering everything you need to get started and taking you through each technique. Learn to choose and use the right tools.
Published by: C&T Pubishing

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