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Harriet Hargrave has updated her products and techniques for Mastering Machine Appliqué in this 2nd Edition book. Easy exercises let you practice your new skills—then create wonderful quilts and gifts you'll be proud to show off!

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Mastering Machine Appliqué
2nd Edition

The Complete Guide Including: Invisible Machine Appliqué, Satin Stitch, Blanket Stitch and Much More

 

Author: Harriet Hargrave

Pages: 144
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: C&T Publishing

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The classic how-to manual, now fully updated!

Create your own machine appliqué masterpieces with this newly updated classic. Expert Harriet Hargrave has taught thousands of quilters how to produce top-quality work. Now you can learn all of her tricks and tips, including new processes and products that have emerged since the original publication of Mastering Machine Appliqué. Harriet helps resolve every conceivable issue with machine appliqué—and that makes you an up-and-coming expert, too!

  • Easy exercises let you practice your new skills—then create wonderful quilts and gifts you'll be proud to show off!
  • Covers everything you need to get started, from sewing machine basics to satin stitch and much, much more.
  • Harriet takes you through each technique step by step, teaching top-level skills and heading off potential problems as you go.
  • Learn how to choose (and use!) the right needles, threads, fusibles, and stabilizers.

Table of Contents:

Dedication
3
Chapter 11: 
Introduction
6
Pattern Preparation for Invisible Machine Appliqué67
Getting Ready
Chapter 12: 
Chapter 1:
Preparing Appliqué Pieces72
Equipment
8
Chapter 13: 
Chapter 2:
Building the Design80
Supplies
16
Chapter 14: 
Chapter 3:
Machine Preparation for Invisible Machine Appliqué84
Machine Basics
27
Chapter 15: 
Chapter 4:
Invisible Machine Appliqué Techniques 88
Preparing the Pattern for Satin and Blanket Stitching
34
Other Techniques 
Chapter 5:
Chapter 16: 
Working with Fusibles for Satin and Blanket Stitching
37
Curved Piecing à la Appliqué94
Chapter 6:
Chapter 17: 
Building the Design
42
Straight Stitch Appliqué100
Satin Stitching
Chapter 18: 
Chapter 7:
Broderie Perse103
Machine Preparation for Satin Stitching
45
Chapter 19:

108

Chapter 8:
Stained Glass
Satin Stitch Appliqué
49
Chapter 20: 
Blanket Stitching
Tips, Tricks, and Other Useful Information 114
Chapter 9:
Gallery125
Machine Preparation for blanket Stitching
59
Patterns135
Chapter 10:
Index140
Blanket Stitch Appliqué Techniques
62
  
Invisible Machine Appliqué
About the Author144



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Quick Look Guide:
Choosing Batting

Author: Harriet Hargrave

What every quilter needs to know about batting."

A concise guide to choosing quilt batting, with helpful advice, easy to read text, and convenient tables.

  • Material Characteristic Chart
  • Cotton, wool, polyester, silk
  • Batting selection checklist
  • Testing Batting
  • Brand names, fiber content, uses, and characteristics chart

Pages: 1 laminted tri-fold card
Page size: Folded: 8 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Item Code: 4e0402
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Quick Look Guide:
Caring for Fabric and Quilts

Author: Harriet Hargrave

Essential information about laundering quilts and quilting materials. Contains helpful advice, easy to read text, and convenient tables.

  • Quick Needle/Thread Reference Chart
  • Laundering, vacuuming, pretest, wash, rinse, and dry
  • Shrinkage, colorfastness, and water temperature
  • Prewash or not?

Pages: 1 laminted tri-fold card
Page size: Folded: 8 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Item Code: 4e0402
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Faux Applique using Color Pencil

Color Pencils, Textile Medium, Paints &/or Paint Sticks

Simulate Faux Applique and Traditional Blocks OR Embellish Innovative quilts with:

Color Pencils
Faux Applique
Faux Applique
by Helen Stubbings

Paint a Quilt
Paint a Quilt
 by Marie Monteith Sturmer

 Color Pencils
Quilts of a Different Color
Quilts of a Different Color
by Urena Bluhm		 Simple Stenciling, Dramatic Quilts
Simple Stenciling
Dramatic Quilts
by Pamela Stallebrass		 Wendy Jelberts' Water-Soluble Pencils and Other Aquarelle Media
Wendy Jelberts' Water-Soluble Pencils and Other Aquarelle Media
by Wendy Jelbert

Hand Appliqué How to:
Books & DVD/CDs

Multiple Techniques: Fine hand, needle-turn, reverse, freezer paper, buttonhole stitch & more

NOTE: Check Table of Contents

 DVD
Hand Applique Cover DVD
Workshops to Go
Hand Applique
 featuring Andrea Perejda		 Masterclass DVD
hand applique
Hand Appliqué
by Gabrielle Swain

Out of Print
Applique 12 Easy Ways
Appliqué, 12 Easy Ways
By Elly Sienkiewicz


A Handfull of Appliqué
 Hand Appliqué Preparation Techniques
Pam Pryshepa Ronan
Hand Applique
Hand Appliqué
with Alex Anderson 		Out of Print
Learn to do Applique in one Weekend
Learn to do Appliqué in One Weekend
by Nancy Brenan Daniel		 The Applique Sampler
The NEW Appliqué Sampler
Learn to Appliqué the Piece
O' Cake Way!
by Becky Goldsmith & Linda Jenkins

 

Includes DVD
Perfect Hand Applique
Perfect Hand Applique
 by Liuxin Newman

EQ Printables

Self-Adhesive Template Sheets
 Print templates for quilting stitches or appliqué

 

    

Machine Appliqué How to:
Multiple Techniques: Satin, invisible, button hole, free form & more

 Puffy Foam
Puffy Foam
At Play with Applique
Hand and Machine Methods
by Dilys A. Fronks		 Do the Herky Jerky cover
Do the Herky Jerky
by Kathleen Parman
new free-motion
machine appliqué technique		 Dream Landscapes
Dream Landscapes
Artful Quilts with
Fast-Piece Couching Applique
by Rose Hughes
  Love to Machine Applique
Love to Machine Appliqué
A Medley of Techniques
by Caroline Price		 Machine Applique For the Terrified Quilter
Machine Applique
For The Terrified Quilter
by Sharon Pederson		 Machine Applique Made Easy
Machine Applique
Made Easy
by Jean Wells		 Mastering Machine Applique
Mastering Machine Appliqué
By Harriet Hargrave
  Piece by Piece
Piece by Piece
 by Sharon Schamber and Cristy Fincher		 Invisible Mach App
Simple Blessings
Simple Blessings
by Kim Diehl
Stitched Raw Edge Appliqué
 by Sue Nickels and Pat Holly		  

Invisible Threads

Good for invisible machine applique, the hand-look machine quilting & bobbin thread

Schmetz Needle package
Schmetz Needles
every style and size

Helpful Sewing Machine Feet

Use for Invisible Machine Applique, and applying quilt binding and piping		 Wonderfil Thread
Invisafil samples
Invisafil 100 wt.
very fine w/matte finish
30 colors available
single spool or 6 packs
 Sew Art International
Invisible Nylon Thread
Invisible Nylon Thread
 in Clear or Smoke		 YLI
Wonder Invisible and Lingerie Bobbin Threads
Wonder Invisible Thread
in Clear or Smoke
Nylon Lingerie
& Bobbin Thread
in Black or White		 Superior Threads:

MonoPoly Invisible Polyester Thread
in Clear or Smoke
Zipper Feet
Zipper Foot

FAQ: Quilting Topics by Sharla Hicks

  • ARTICLE: Metallic thread:  Use in Embellishments and Quilting by Sharla Hicks. Hints and tips on using the sewing machine and appropriate needle sizes for different metallic threads.
  • ARTICLE: Invisible Machine Appliqué, Quilt Binding, and Cathedral Windows by Sharla Hicks. Learn how to use the adjustable zipper foot and invisible threads readily available on the market to make a hand look with the sewing machine.

Books by Harriet Hargrave

 Mastering Machine Applique
Mastering Machine Appliqué, 2nd edition 		Heirloom Machine Quilting
Heirloom Machine Quilting 4th Edition		 Art of Classic Quiltmaking
 The Art of Classic Quiltmaking		 Quick Look Guide to Choosing BattingQuick Look Guide to Fabric and Quilts
Quick Look Guides:
Choosing Batting &/OR
Caring for Fabric & Quilts

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