How to Appliqué Quilts

April 5, 2011 - PRLog -- Loveland, Colo.: The art of appliqué quilting has been a way for quilters to add designs to their fabric, in addition to piecing. But while traditional quilters hand-stitched their fabric motifs in place, contemporary quilters are more apt to fuse or machine-stitch appliqué, opening up new, faster, design possibilities. Quilting Daily has put together a free eBook dedicated to appliquéing quilts.

Download the free eBook here: http://www.quiltingdaily.com/Applique-Quilts/

The Quilting Daily expert quilters have put together 4 quilt applique patterns in this free eBook. Depre explains how using a fusible interfacing, like Décor-Bond, shapes, supports, and stabilizes fabrics, making it perfect for machine appliqué use. Quilters can learn how to create curves of a fanciful landscape and make them into an applique quilt by appliquéing the pieces together. There is a wide variety of machine appliqué techniques, along with new appliqué quilt designs, all available for download in this free eBook.

Quilt Appliqué Patterns: How to Appliqué Design #1
Flying Colors by Mary Stoudt
Appliqué quilts are usually created to help decorate the inside of a home to make it more creative and fun. But now with Mary’s appliqué quilt design, decorating the outside of a home with appliqué quilts is an option as well. Mary’s step-by-step directions for appliqué quilting are easy to follow; quilters will be able to make an applique flag to hang outside of their home. These flags are made to be viewed and enjoyed from either side, plus they are quick to make. In preparation of this appliqué quilt design quilters can select quotations, poetry or song lyrics with a common theme that will be printed on fabric and become the machine appliqué designs on their flags. Adding embellishments, such as, tiny beads, feathers, small metal charms, anything that would relate to the quotations, make the flags more elaborate.

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The Heartfelt Landscape by Rose Hughes
In this how to appliqué design pattern, quilters will learn how to layer fabric applique landscapes in such a way that certain images pop-out, while others blend in with the background. Curves and circles become easy to feature with Rose’s methods. Combining simple straight-stitch hand appliqué piecing methods with machine appliqué, will help quilters produce shapes that are normally very difficult to piece. All quilters should download this free eBook today and begin machine embroidery appliqué designs, like Rose’s creative design.

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Décor-Bond It! Machine Appliqué by Mickey Depre
Décor-Bond is a fusible interfacing that shapes, supports and stabilizes areas, making it perfect for appliqué quilts and wall quilts. Created to add extra crispness to upholstery fabrics for home decorating purposes, Décor Bond is a great way to make sure appliqué quilting is sturdy and going to last. Iron the background fabric to the Décor-Bond. From there, quilters should simply follow Mickey’s detailed instructions on how to appliqué with Décor Bond and they will have an end result created from new machine appliqué techniques!

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Defining the Line: Free-Motion Appliqué Explained and Explored by Ellen Anne Eddy
Quilters can learn how to use free-motion appliqué quilting techniques, which will expand their appliqué quilting skills. Sewing in a horizontal line with a zigzag stitch will produce a narrow “jump” stitch that can be used to smooth any shape into a lovely, organic line suggesting leaves, vines, flowers, and branches. This piece of advice, along with expert tips on shading and thread choices, will help all quilters be successful with Ellen’s appliqué quilt designs. Ellen gives tips, hints for success and additional advice in her appliqué stitch design pattern that all quilters can get for free with this downloadable eBook.

Download the free eBook here: http://www.quiltingdaily.com/Applique-Quilts/

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