In 144 easy-to-read, easy-to-understand pages with more than 550 full-colour illustrations, teacher and designer Janet Pittman has created a stunning and comprehensive guide to applique. Beginners will find everything they need to know to get started successfully. Experienced appliquers who want to improve their techniques will be inspired by the hundreds of photos, patterns for mixing and matching and personal tips. Contents include: chapters on equipment and supplies; preparing applique, stitching and embellishing; 7 inspiring projects and 12 alternative quilt layouts; 16 pattern groups for mixing and matching; and 23 notebooks with essential how-to information.
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The Professional Quilter, Fall 2006 Applique, the basics and beyond, Janet Pittman, Landauer; $24.95 "This teaching, techniques, project book contains more than 550 full-color photos and illustrations to help a beginner learn appliqu?? or an experienced stitcher improve her technique. The step-by-step photos feature up-close hand shots of both preparing the appliqu?? and stitching, whether by hand or machine. A nice section is included on embellishing techniques, again offered step-by-step. A section on equipment and supplies is also helpful. Sixteen pattern groups are included for either Janet's projects or one of your own design. Also, the lay-flat, hard cover hidden spiral binding makes it easy to use." -- The Professional Quilter "The Professional Quilter"
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Janet Pittman has been designing quilts for 20 years. Her quilts have won numerous awards and in 1998 she started publishing quilt patterns under the name Garden Trellis Designs, specializing in applique floral and children's quilts.
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This is the one!,
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This review is from: Applique the Basics and Beyond: The Complete Guide to Successful Machine and Hand Techniques with Dozens of Designs to Mix and Match (Spiral-bound)
If one were to buy only one book on applique techniques, this would be the one. This is by far the clearest explaination of the process. It covers all possible approaches to a project, hand to machine. The illustrations are fabulous. I finally get it--- and you probably should too, if you are at all interested in tackling any applique projects.
The projects contained in the book have a nice simple modern look, and would be worth trying to get a feel for the process. After this good start the techniques can be applied to all sorts of designs, even ones so advanced as those in another amazing book Little Brown Bird, by Margaret Docherty, a master (or mistress) of hand applique. The only aspect of applique that is probably not covered fully enough is reverse applique. There is one page discussing this technique, however for a more complete discussion I would recommend Dutch Treat by Judy Garden. My final favorite applique book is Applique Inside the Lines by Carol Armstrong which combines applique outlined and highlighted with simple hand embroidery, however, many more techniques for embellishing with embroidery are covered in Pittmans book. She has done a magnificent job! So again--- This is the one!
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I teach a begining applique class and this book has everything I have been covering in my class. I plan on requiring my students to buy this book and am currently redesigning the class using this book. I love this book and highly recommend it. It covers everything completely with easy to understand directions and beautiful color pictures every step of the way. This is a must have book for your quilting library!
32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
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Applique away!!!!!!!,
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The great thing about this book is that it illustrates every type of applique in simple, easy to understand, full color pictures. Even the "applique impaired" like myself will want to try all the different kinds of applique. The quilt patterns provided are beatiful, functional and modern. A must have guide for the novice or experienced quilter
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