Artful Applique II: Introducing Scraplique and 12 New Floral Designs (That Patchwork Place) [Paperback]

Jane Townswick (Author)

Book Description

Series: That Patchwork Place | Publication Date: November 23, 2009

Learn how to create fantastic applique shapes with the innovative new 'scraplique' technique. Discover a whole new world of applique with Jane Townswick's innovative new technique. "Artful Applique II" features 12 original projects that introduce readers to the basics of 'scraplique' - a fantastic new method for creating applique shapes - accompanied by full-colour photography, full-sized patterns, and step-by-step instructions.

Editorial Reviews

Review

By Jane Townswick, this wonderful title was released by Martingale/That Patchwork Place. Among the flowers are unusual ones like the lady's slippers, orchids, camellias, and crown imperial along with all-time favorites like pansies and sweet peas. Along with seasonal blossoms are classics you can display throughout the year.

For each flower design this has a list of fabrics and supplies, and easy to follow, color illustrated, step by step directions with full size templates. The author's innovative appliqué method, scraplique, is described in detail. This also has a gallery of quilts made with the different flower blocks. This book is a good choice for beginners as it carefully explains how to choose suitable fabrics. This is a sequel to Townswick's very successful title called Artful Applique the Easy Way, which was also released by Martingale. --Connie Krochmal, Bellaonline.com

I can tell from the cover that these floral designs are even more free-form, natural, and detailed than in Jane's first book, Artful Applique. Never fear, Jane takes you step-by-step through her way of mastering this realism. She does advise beginners to consult one of her previous books or another reference book for the basics of applique.

In this book Jane introduces Scraplique, a technique for creating mosaic-like fabric compositions for your motifs without having to stitch tiny pieces together. There's also information on unit applique, where you can stitch an entire flower before stitching it to the background. Jane explains several advantages to this strategy.

The book has sections on color blending, free-form stems and branches, and a unique way of stitching sharp points. There's a gorgeous gallery of quilts and 12 floral blocks with step-by-step instructions and photos. You'll find anemone, camellia, iris, lady's slipper, pansies, sweet peas, and more! All so detailed you wouldn t believe it. --allaboutapplique.net

About the Author

Jane Townswick is an accomplished author, quilter, editor, and teacher. Her work has featured in American Quilter and Quilter's Newsletter Magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: That Patchwork Place; Original edition (November 23, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564779211
• ISBN-13: 978-1564779212
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,237 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful floral designs and techniques, December 29, 2009

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Kay Mackenzie (Santa Cruz, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Artful Applique II: Introducing Scraplique and 12 New Floral Designs (That Patchwork Place) (Paperback)

The floral designs in Jane Townswick's second Artful Appliqué book are beautiful, natural, and detailed. Never fear, Jane takes you step-by-step through her way of mastering this realism. While advising beginners to consult one of her previous books or another reference book for the basics of appliqué, she introduces many fantastic techniques to throw into your appliqué bag of tricks.

In this volume Jane introduces Scrapliqué, a technique for creating mosaic-like fabric compositions for your motifs without having to stitch tiny pieces together. There's also information on unit appliqué, where you can stitch an entire flower before stitching it to the background. Jane explains several advantages to this strategy.

The book has sections on color blending, free-form stems and branches, and a unique way of stitching sharp points. There's a gorgeous gallery of quilts and 12 floral blocks with step-by-step instructions and photos. You'll find anemone, camellia, iris, lady's slipper, pansies, sweet peas, and more!

A rich resource for the appliqué enthusiast.

Kay Mackenzie
Author, Easy Applique Blocks: 50 Designs in 5 Sizes (That Patchwork Place)

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Introduces scraplique and 12 new floral designs, February 13, 2010

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This review is from: Artful Applique II: Introducing Scraplique and 12 New Floral Designs (That Patchwork Place) (Paperback)

Jane Townswick's ARTFUL APPLIQUE II introduces scraplique and 12 new floral designs that demonstrate how to create applique shapes from scraps. A gallery of quilt art results accompanies step-by-step instructions for piecing a range of flowers and accents any quilter will find an excellent embellishment add-on.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful but complicated, January 26, 2011

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Barbara Rhoades "Jackie of all Trades" (O'Fallon, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Artful Applique II: Introducing Scraplique and 12 New Floral Designs (That Patchwork Place) (Paperback)

WOW! This will be something that I will do in my "old age" when I have the time to just sit! It is a beautiful book with beautiful flowers.

The author shows you how to cut, turn under the edges and sew the applique in place and reminds us that any edge that will fall under another piece of applique doesn't need to be turned and sewn. She also shows a technique she called Scraplique. If you are a fan of crazy quilting, then you have to try this! Having trouble with turning points? Check out what Ms. Townswick teaches for solving this.

There is a gallery of quilts made from these appliques and then you have dozen blocks to make using the techniques shown in this book. There are no actual patterns - just blocks for you to create and incorporate into a quilt of your own desire.

I know if I had the time (or maybe it's if I would take the time! hehe), my children would be fighting over who got the quilt! Absolutely beautiful flowers in applique is what you will have when you are done using the skills you learned in ARTFUL APPLIQUE II.