Japanese Flowers in Appliqué
by Eileen Campbell
Inside this book is the pattern to make a most glorious quilt, inspired
by the authorfs visits to Japan and where the quilt was entered
for a Japanese exhibition. It depicts the flowers associated with
that country; water lillies, camellias, irises, chrysanthemums,
peonies and more. Here too is how to make it yourself.
This is a very hands-on book that jumps straight in and tells you
what you need to buy, what sewing machine feet to use, what size
of needle and other important things as simply as possible. If you
are a beginner at quilting and appliqué then this book is
not for you; you don't have to be very experienced to make
it but this is not a book of beginnersf instructions. Each
block is shown individually, but to acquaint you first with the
method and how to use double-sided fusible webbings there is a staged
example. Not staged as in lots of photographs and steps, but showing
how to break up the design, transfer it and what it looks like cut
out in fabric, and then stitched. This made the rest of the book
remarkably easy to tackle in my opinion, and all you then need is
access to a computer (which you already have or you wouldn't
be reading this) and a graphics program to enlarge some patterns.
Large- scale diagrams show where to put the accent stitching that
brings the blooms to life, and smaller diagrams show how to combine
the shapes. Towards the back of the book the patterns get smaller
and more complex, but by then you should have mastered how it is
done and be up for a bit of a challenge. There are also instructions
on cutting the rest of the material to make up the quilt, and how
to put it all together. At the very back is a short glossary of
terms, so the project should not be too advanced for anybody who
has had a bit of experience in this type of thing before. The finished
result is beautiful, and the whole slim volume is beautifully simple
and direct to work from.
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The
Book |
Sally Milner Publishing (Distributed in the UK by Search Press) |
July 2010 |
Paperback |
1863514112 / 9781863514118 |
How-To Books/Quilting |
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The
Reviewer |
Rachel A Hyde |
Reviewed 2010 |
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