Artful Applique II: Introducing Scraplique and 12 New Floral Designs
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 appliquÃ© 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.comI 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