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With Easy Appliqué Blocks 50 Designs in 5 Sizes by Kay Mackenzie you will find jam-packed ideas just for applique lovers! Included are designs in traditional, modern and whimsical styles as well as a bonus CD.

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Easy Appliqué Blocks
50 Designs in 5 Sizes -
PLUS Bonus CD w/ Designs

Author: Kay Mackenzie
Pages: 63
Page size: 8.5" W X 11" H
Publisher: Martingale and Patchwork Place
Cover: Soft Cover
Item Code: 4FF0225
Weight: 0.75 lb
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Applique Lovers will find 50 designs in this jam-packed block book. Included designs are traditional, modern and whimsical. A bonus CD includes all the blocks in five different sizes (from 6" to 12") and in reverse and fusible applique for endless variety.

  • Shows each design in a line drawing and also stitched in fabric.
  • Includes basic instructions for hand-stitched applique as well as fusible applique.
  • Builds confidence quickly—many designs have large, easy-to-stitch pieces.

Author Kay MackenzieAbout the Author

Lacking any sort of quilting heritage, Kay Mackenzie started without a stitch of knowledge in a beginning quilting class, circa 1992. When Kay told her instructor that she enjoyed the Dresden Plate the most out of all the blocks in the sampler, the instructor said, "You just might be an applique person." Kay wonders to this day whether that observation shaped her destiny, because it turned out to be so true!

From that class on, Kay was gripped with the quilt pox, happily and at all times working on a project - or eight! Over the years she developed the yen to create her own designs to applique. When she took some digital-media classes and learned computer illustration, designing applique became a reality for her.

Kay considers herself a quilter who writes - or a writer who quilts. Either way you look at it, she lives in Santa Cruz, California, with her husband, Dana Mackenzie, who is a science journalist. Their family consists of three cats and their little papillon, Willie.

Table of Contents

 
Greetings, Fellow Applique Enthusiasts! 9
Printing Blocks from the CD 10
Block Library 13
Apples 13
Basket 13
Bird on Branch 14
Cardinal 14
Cat 15
Cat Dream 15
Charm 15
Cherry Pie 16
Chicken 16
Coffee Mug 16
Coffeepot 17
Crossed Fleurs 17
Crossed Tulips 17
Daisy 18
Dog Bone 18
Doves 18
Flower Basket 19
Folk Heart 19
Framed Blower 19
Fruit Basket 20
Hat 20
Heart and Buds 20
Heart Planter 21
King and Queen 21
Lemons 22
Little Dog 22
Love 22
Moon and Stars 23
Mouse 23
Pears 23
Pop Stand 24
Posy Bunch 24
Primroses 24
Purse 25
Rose 25
Rotary Cutter 25
Scottie 26
Sit and Sip 26
Starflowers and Buds 26
Sunflowers 27
Teacup 27
Teapot 27
Teddy Bear 28
`Tree 28
Tulip Trio 28
Vase 29
Welcome 29
Wreath 29
Kay's Hand-Applique Tips 31
Freezer-Paper-on-Top Preparation 35
Back-Basting Preparation 41
Hand Stitching 45
Raw-Edge Machine Applique 51
A Little Gallery of Ideas 54
About the Author 63

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There's One in Every Crowd
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Blooms in Red and Yellow

Blooms in Red and Yellow

Mackenzie Family Quilt

Mackenzie Family Quilt

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Pie & Coffee and Birds & Blossoms Good Night, Sleep Tight

Pie & Coffee and Birds & Blossoms and Good Night, Sleep Tight


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