Product Description

The classic how-to manual is now fully updated with the latest new processes and products! Expert quilter Harriet Hargrave has taught thousands to produce top-quality work. Now readers can learn all of her tricks for creating their own machine appliqué masterpieces. Mastering Machine Appliqué provides instant help, easy exercises, and practical guidance for everything from sewing machine basics to satin stitch and more. First, Hargrave demonstrates each technique step by step, teaching top-level skills and demonstrating how to head off potential problems as one proceeds. Next, crafters will see how to choose-and use-the right needles, threads, fusibles, and stabilizers. Finally, helpful photos and clear directions show how to create wonderful quilts and gifts anyone would be proud of!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #49482 in Books
• Published on: 2002-02-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 144 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781571201362
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From Library Journal
Anyone with a desire to master machine applique can do so by taking the time and effort to work through this beautifully organized manual. Hargrave has authored a number of critically acclaimed quilting books, including Heirloom Machine Quilting and From Fabric to Fiber. Machine applique has become more attractive to the home sewer with the advent of modern sewing machines and new fusibles and stabilizers to make the technique more easily mastered. This second edition updates the earlier volume with methods, materials, and techniques that have come to the fore since the first edition was published ten years ago. After an extensive discussion of equipment and supplies recommended for machine applique and of sewing machine maintenance and troubleshooting, Hargrave covers raw-edge techniques like the satin stitch and the blanket stitch as well as invisible machine appliqu‚ on a turned-edge. Close-up step-by-step photos of critical techniques are included. This practical workshop-in-a-book is eminently suitable for both solitary learners and workshop participants and is highly recommended for all public libraries with fabric crafts collections.
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About the Author
Harriet Hargrave is an author, teacher, quilt shop owner, and innovator of machine quilting. She lives in Arvada, Colorado.

Customer Reviews

A superbly presented and user-friendly reference.
Now in a substantially revised and updated second edition, Mastering Machine Applique by quilt shop owner and machine quilting innovator Harriet Hargrave, is a complete and straightforward, step-by-step guide that is filled with full-color photographs for optimum presentability, making the easily accessible text is truly "user friendly". Even more convenient, its hard cover protects a spiral inner binding which allows the book to lie flat at any page, for easy reference and consulting while working with one's hands. Chapters address the art of machine applique for crafters of all skill levels, from beginner to seasoned veteran. Topics covered include basic equipment and supplies, satin and blanket stitching, invisible machine applique, and a variety of other techniques. Mastering Machine Applique is a very highly recommended reference and consult for anyone interested in trying or deepening their knowledge of machine applique!

Best Applique Book EVER
Harriet Hargrave is one of the best quilters and is extremely knowledgeable. She shares her expertise on applique with every technique imaginable and she explains each technique beautifully. If you love patchwork quilting but would like to try applique, this is the book for you.

Excellent Applique Book
Harriet takes the intimidating world of applique and breaks it sown into a series of simple steps. Her approach is well organized and very practical, with a hands-on approach. You will progress from very simple shapes and techniques to more complex patterns and techniques - without feeling pushed. In fact, if you practice the exercise lessons a few times, you might not even really notice as you move into complex designs. This book is a MUST HAVE for anyone even considering applique. Browsing it will give you the courage to forge into a whole new realm of design.