Alison Glass Appliqué: The Essential Guide to Modern

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 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 appliqué 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).