Easy Floral Applique Patterns [Paperback]

Eula Mae Long (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2003

Keeping it simple never looked so beautiful with these delightful designs. Easy-to-cut and handle applique pieces produce clean and crisp results. These patterns are perfect for the applique beginner and for those who prefer to work with larger applique pieces. Full-sized patterns for about three dozen applique blocks are featured. Six setting examples included. AUTHORBIO: A love of sewing naturally evolved into quiltmaking for Eula Mae Long. Her mother taught her to sewwhen she was old enough to hold a needle and thread. Eula took four years of sewing in high school, as well as every adult education sewing class offered after she was married. Her first attempt at quilting was when her grandchild was born, and she has not stopped quilting since. Residing in Oregon, Eula teaches quilt classes and has discovered a love of designing applique patterns. REVIEW: Keeping it simple never looked so beautiful with these delightful designs. Easy-to-cut and handle applique pieces produce clean and crisp results. These patterns are perfect for the applique beginner and for those who prefer to work with larger applique pieces.

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About the Author

Born in Prescott, Iowa, as the only girl of seven children, Eula Mae Long learned sewing from her mother. It was her task to hand sew the small squares together which her mother then made into quilts. In high school, Eula Mae took home economics all four years to learn as much about sewing as possible. She received her first sewing machine (a treadle model) as a gift from her mother-in-law and turned out much of her children's clothing. Eula Mae taught sewing classes to 4-H clubs and adults for many years, focusing on clothing design. Then, for a change of pace, she took a course in quilting in Riverside, California, and three years later was asked to help teach quilting at McKinley School in Salem, Oregon. It wasn't until 1989 that Eula Mae began to applique and draw some of her own designs. She found there was a great need for applique designs suited for beginners and older women who had trouble handling the small pieces in most designs. That's when she decided to put her easier designs into a book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: American Quilter's Society (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157432831X
• ISBN-13: 978-1574328318
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,466,402 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy Floral Applique Patterns, April 15, 2004

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L. McQueen (MO United States) - See all my reviews
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Please be sure that when you purchase this book, you only want patterns. I mistakenly thought it would be about applique techniques, but it does not!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy Floral Applique Pattertns, August 12, 2008

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Darlene Cooper "Quilt Shop Owner" (Eldred, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Easy Floral Applique Patterns (Paperback)

This book is very very good. Well written and beautiful pictures of the quilts. The directions are very clear. I was looking for a book with large pieces of patterns for large flowers and this book has it. But some of the pieces are small for a beginner like me.

I love the book and I will learn someday.