Butterflies and Blooms: Designs for Applique and Quilting
Armstrong (Wildflowers: Designs for Applique & Quilting; Wild  Birds: Designs for Applique & Quilting) is an appliqu  artist  who specializes in re-creating the world of nature in fabric.  Over the years, she has developed techniques that make hand  appliqu  more enjoyable, including a simple "lightbox" technique  for drawing the applique pattern on the background fabric and a  tiny-bias technique for making narrow bias lines like those in  most flower stems. This book teaches those techniques and also  includes 24 wildflower and 18 insect and other garden fauna  patterns, plus nine learning projects. Each design includes a  color photo, line drawing templates, and instructions. These  lighthearted projects can be done by the beginner but will be  better appreciated by those with some hand appliqu  experience.  Recommended for large public library and quilting collections.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.