Pick a Pattern Applique & Variations [Paperback] Review

Pick-A-Pattern Applique & Variations by needlecraft expert Joan Waldman is a thoroughly "user friendly" compendium of pattens, settings, and techniques for personally designing a quilt which will reflect individual stye by changing the blocks in a setting and employing different techniques to stitch or paint the blocks. Pick-A-Pattern Applique & Variations shows that by mixing or matching the pattern pieces, anyone can create a virtually unique, one-of-a-kind quilt with its own distinctive "personality" -- especially when coupled with different methods of hand or machine applique, embroidery, redwork, paint, stencils, or trapunto. With its fifty beautifully designed blocks inspired by 18th and 19th century album quilts, Pick-A-Pattern Applique & Variations is a simply wonderful addition to any dedicated quilter's reference collection.

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Choose from an abundance of patterns, settings, and techniques to design a quilt that reflects your style. Each pattern develops a unique personality when coupled with your choice of four different methods of hand or machine applique, embroidery with colored threads, redwork, paint, stencils, or trapunto. Up-to-the-minute instructions allow you to explore each technique with accuracy and speed. The dozens of designs presented are repeat patterns that can be stitched with ease by hand or machine. Make a one of a kind heirloom quilt in a matter of weeks with these quick methods that produce lasting results. AUTHORBIO: Joan Waldman grew up on a farm near Humphrey, Nebraska. Since the mid-1970s, she has been a quiltmaker, designer, and teacher. She is co-founder of the Calico Quilt Club of Columbus, Nebraska, and member of the Country Piecemakers Quilt Guild of Norfolk, Nebraska, Nebraska State Quilt Guild, NQA, and AQS. REVIEW: This is a must-have book for the applique enthusiast.

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