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Alison Glass Appliqué

The Essential Guide to Modern Appliqué
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Alison Glass, an award-winning pattern and textile designer, presents a vibrant guide to appliqué, blending traditional and modern techniques. This book offers 14 unique projects perfect for beginners and fans alike, demonstrating various fabric types, threads, and embroidery stitches to create textural quilts and home décor. With detailed step-by-step photography and two pull-out pages of mix-and-match shapes, readers learn to craft heirloom-quality pieces with needle-turn, raw-edge, reverse appliqué, and inventive big-stitch accents. Glass encourages creativity through piecing improv components and layering, bringing warmth and style to your crafts.
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This book is ideal for craft enthusiasts, quilters, and textile artists eager to explore appliqué in depth. Beginners will appreciate the clear, step-by-step instructions, while seasoned makers will find fresh ideas and sophisticated techniques to enhance their projects. Fans of Alison Glass and those seeking to combine creativity with expert craftsmanship will also enjoy this inspiring resource.

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Bringing a wealth of essential and new applique techniques to the modern sewist.

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Former interior designer turned award-winning pattern and textile designer, Alison Glass, brings you fresh, creative projects guaranteed to add warmth and style to your home. You'll love making eye-catching quilts and home decor that rival boutique-style accessories but made by hand.

Alison Glass Appliqué introduces readers to a variety of fabric types, threads and techniques suitable for creating wonderful textures in appliqué. She also includes a series of embroidery stitch instructions to get you started with hand-stitched embellishments.

Who says appliqué has to be from a single fabric? Learn how to piece interesting improv components to cut large-scale appliqué shapes to add more layers to your quilts. From heirloom-quality needle-turn applique to modern jersey and big-stitch accents, this book includes step-by-step photographs covering each technique in detail, from raw-edge to needle-turn to reverse appliqué.

With two large pull-out pages packed with mix-and-match shapes to use, Alison gets you drawing, cutting, snipping, turning and stitching to express your own style through each fabulous layer. 14 unique projects for those new to appliqué and Alison Glass enthusiasts alike.

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A compelling fusion of technical guidance and personal insight, Alison Glass Appliqué wins praise for its clear instructions and inspiring approach. Reviewers highlight the author's passion and expertise, noting how her anecdotes elevate the book beyond mere technique to explore the artistic philosophy behind appliqué. The book serves as both a reliable reference and an invitation to experiment, appealing to those who appreciate the stories woven into their quilting. Described as whimsical yet highly technical, it is recommended for anyone keen to deepen their appliqué skills.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781940655031

Publisher: Lucky Spool Media

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 November 2014

Country: United States

Imprint: Lucky Spool Media

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 202.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 540g

Pages: 144

About the Author

Alison Glass is a surface designer and former interior designer living in Virginia with her husband and two young children. She is a well-known fabric designer for Andover and is well-known to distributors due to her established pattern business she designs under her own name., Alison Glass Designs. She has a collection of threads through Aurifil and teaches nationally.

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