Applique Basics Flower Wreaths [Paperback]

Karen Kay Buckley (Author), Helen Squire (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1999

Easy to follow instructions for dimensional applique techniques and basic embroidery stitches show you how to add realistic accents to your quilt blocks. Learn to make daisies, peonies, marigolds, bluebells, tulips, dogwoods, pansies, and more. Each of the nine flower wreaths is also home to an inquisitive insect. Once you learn the techniques presented in this exciting new release, you will want to use them on other projects. AUTHORBIO: Karen Kay Buckley resides in Carlisle, Pennsylvania with her husband and pets. Karen graduated from Lock Haven University with a degree in Education. She has been quilting for nineteen years and teaching quilting for fifteen years. Her quilts have graced the covers of many magazines. She has over 250 quilts to her credit and her quilts have won numerous national and regional awards including six Best of Show awards. She has four books published with AQS. AUTHORBIO: Helen Squires has been a quilt teacher, designer of quilting patterns, guest lecturer, auctioneer, and Q&A columnist for 30 years, and is well known for her six books in the Dear Helen series of quilting patterns. Helen began her publishing career as the "Dear Helen, Can You Tell Me....?" columnist for "Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts" magazine in 1978 and published the first of her "Dear Helen" books in 1987. REVIEW: Provides an excellent survey by a master quilter who tells how to make all kinds of appliques. -The Midwest Book Review

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About the Author

Karen Kay Buckley resides in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with her husband and pets. Karen graduated from Lock Haven University with a degree in education. She has been quilting for nineteen years and teaching quilting for fifteen years. Her quilts have graced the covers of many magazines. She has over 250 quilts to her credit and her quilts have won numerous national and regional awards including six Best of Show awards. She has four books published with AQS and has recently started her own line of patterns.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: American Quilter's Society (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574327305
• ISBN-13: 978-1574327304
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #794,089 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Basically Helplful Information, April 4, 2000

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This review is from: Applique Basics Flower Wreaths (Paperback)

This book is an excellent book for someone who wants excellent information on the process of hand applique. Not only does Buckley give life to beautiful flowers, but she also adds interesting insects as well. The quilts come to life under her tutelage. Teaching from this book is like having a very able assistant in the classroom with you. Buckley does all the work and the instructor gets all the glory.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy-to-follow instructions for dimensional appliques, February 16, 2001

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Applique Basics Flower Wreaths (Paperback)

Karen Buckley presents easy-to-follow instructions for dimensional appliques and basic embroidery stitches for adding realist accents to quilt blocks in Applique Basics: Flower Wreaths. Needlecrafters will learn to make daisies, peonies, marigolds, bluebells, tulips, dogwoods, pansies, and more. Each of the nine flower wreaths featured is also home to an inquisitive insect as butterflies, moths, ants, ladybugs, and woolly worms, adding a touch of whimsical realism. Border designs are included, as well as tips on choosing and preparing fabric for a quilt projects. Highly recommended for the novice quilter and with much to commend it to even seasoned and experienced quilters, Applique Basics: Flower Wreaths is enhanced with a beautiful gallery of Karen Buckley's students' quilts.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent and informative survey by a master quilter., June 4, 2000

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This review is from: Applique Basics Flower Wreaths (Paperback)

Karen Kay Buckley's Applique Basics provides an excellent survey by a master quilter who tells how to make all kinds of appliques. The author features her own sampler quilts and variations on their themes, with full-size border designs and illustrations and photos in color throughout.