Mastering Machine Applique: The Complete Guide Including: Invisible Machine Applique Satin Stitch Blanket Stitch & Much More
Create your own machine appliquE masterpieces with this newly updated classic. Easy exercises let you practice your new skills.
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Create your own machine appliqué masterpieces with this newly updated classic. Easy exercises let you practice your new skills. Library Journal Anyone with a desire to master machine applique can do so by taking the time and effort to work through this beautifully organized manual. Hargrave has authored a number of critically acclaimed quilting books, including Heirloom Machine Quilting and From Fabric to Fiber. Machine applique has become more attractive to the home sewer with the advent of modern sewing machines and new fusibles and stabilizers to make the technique more easily mastered. This second edition updates the earlier volume with methods, materials, and techniques that have come to the fore since the first edition was published ten years ago. After an extensive discussion of equipment and supplies recommended for machine applique and of sewing machine maintenance and troubleshooting, Hargrave covers raw-edge techniques like the satin stitch and the blanket stitch as well as invisible machine appliqu on a turned-edge. Close-up step-by-step photos of critical techniques are included. This practical workshop-in-a-book is eminently suitable for both solitary learners and workshop participants and is highly recommended for all public libraries with fabric crafts collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.
DEDICATIONINTRODUCTION GETTING READY Chapter 1: Equipment Chapter 2: Supplies Chapter 3: Machine Basics Chapter 4: Preparing the Pattern for Satin and Blanket Stitching Chapter 5: Working with Fusibles for Satin and Blanket Stitching Chapter 6: Building the Design SATIN STITCHING Chapter 7: Machine Preparation for Satin Stitching Chapter 8: Satin Stitch Applique Techniques BLANKET STITCHING Chapter 9: Machine Preparation for Blanket Stitching Chapter 10: Blanket Stitch Applique Techniques INVISIBLE MACHINE APPLIQUE Chapter 11: Pattern Preparation for Invisible Machine Applique Chapter 12: Preparing Applique Pieces Chapter 13: Building the Design Chapter 14: Machine Preparation for Invisible Machine Applique Chapter 15: Invisible Machine Applique Techniques OTHER TECHNIQUES Chapter 16: Curved Piecing a'la Applique Chapter 17: Straight Stitch Applique Chapter 18: Broderie Perse Chapter 19: Stained Glass Chapter 20: Tips, Tricks, and Other Useful Information GALLERY PATTERNS INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR
\ Library JournalAnyone with a desire to master machine applique can do so by taking the time and effort to work through this beautifully organized manual. Hargrave has authored a number of critically acclaimed quilting books, including Heirloom Machine Quilting and From Fabric to Fiber. Machine applique has become more attractive to the home sewer with the advent of modern sewing machines and new fusibles and stabilizers to make the technique more easily mastered. This second edition updates the earlier volume with methods, materials, and techniques that have come to the fore since the first edition was published ten years ago. After an extensive discussion of equipment and supplies recommended for machine applique and of sewing machine maintenance and troubleshooting, Hargrave covers raw-edge techniques like the satin stitch and the blanket stitch as well as invisible machine appliqu on a turned-edge. Close-up step-by-step photos of critical techniques are included. This practical workshop-in-a-book is eminently suitable for both solitary learners and workshop participants and is highly recommended for all public libraries with fabric crafts collections. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.\ \
