Scrap-Applique Playground: Turn Quilting Scraps into Fun Applique Fabrics

Scrap-Applique Playground: Turn Quilting Scraps into Fun Applique Fabrics

Discover how easy it is to fuse and patch your strips and scraps to make whimsical appliqué designs. These projects are as charming to look at as they are fun to make! Choose from eight sweet and simple appliqué quilt patterns for quilters of all skill levels - Learn five different ways to make scrappy fabrics for appliqué designs: combine strips of varying lengths, strips of similar lengths, scraps plus strips, bias-cut strip sets, and pre-fused scraps - Find step-by-step instructions for each project and method Kay Mackenzie's book "Scrap-Applique Playground -- Turn Quilting Scraps into Fun AppliqueFabrics" offers the appliquer a chance to try something new and use up the many fabric scraps we all save. You will marvel at how easy it is to fuse and patch your strips to create whimsical designs. Have fun pulling your scraps and stitching them together following Kay's instructions. Kay offers several machine applique methods for you to choose from to successfully complete the projects. The book contains clearly written instructions, beautiful photos and plenty of diagrams for each step in the process. There are eight projects in the book to help get you started. Color patterns are provided for the projects along with the instructions. Enjoy the journey as you learn the Scrap-Applique technique and create carefree and whimsical projects. --From an interview with the author in The Applique Society Newsletter Quilters will love patching together strips and scraps to create charming appliqué motifs. Learn five easy and fun methods for creating scrappy fabrics for each appliqué design. While living in central Ohio as a newlywed, Kay took one class and became an instant quilter. She was an appliqué enthusiast from the get-go! A few years later, fortune took the Mackenzies to Santa Cruz, California, where Kay now lives with her husband of more than two decades, science journalist Dana Mackenzie. Classes in digital media at the local college introduced Kay to computer illustration, and again it was love at first try. Appliqué design and computer drawing--what a great combo platter! Combine them with a writerly bent and, according to Kay, you've got the best job in the world!