In 144 easy-to-read, easy-to-understand pages with more than 550 full-colour illustrations, teacher and designer Janet Pittman has created a stunning and comprehensive guide to applique. Beginners will find everything they need to know to get started successfully. Experienced appliquers who want to improve their techniques will be inspired by the hundreds of photos, patterns for mixing and matching and personal tips. Contents include: chapters on equipment and supplies; preparing applique, stitching and embellishing; 7 inspiring projects and 12 alternative quilt layouts; 16 pattern groups for mixing and matching; and 23 notebooks with essential how-to information.
The Professional Quilter, Fall 2006 Applique, the basics and beyond, Janet Pittman, Landauer; $24.95 "This teaching, techniques, project book contains more than 550 full-color photos and illustrations to help a beginner learn appliqu?? or an experienced stitcher improve her technique. The step-by-step photos feature up-close hand shots of both preparing the appliqu?? and stitching, whether by hand or machine. A nice section is included on embellishing techniques, again offered step-by-step. A section on equipment and supplies is also helpful. Sixteen pattern groups are included for either Janet's projects or one of your own design. Also, the lay-flat, hard cover hidden spiral binding makes it easy to use." --The Professional Quilter; Fall, 2006
If you're just getting started in appliqué or want to improve existing skills, APPLIQUE: THE BASICS AND BEYOND is for you: it packs in over a hundred pages and over five hundred color photos and illustrations to survey the art, from equipment and stitches needed to mixing pattern groups and learning from projects. Add lay-flat hardcover binding with spine lettering and you have a fine guide whether you're using a machine or appliquéing by hand. --The Midwest Book Review; November, 2006
Need a winter project? This beautiful book by Janet Pittman of West Des Moines is straightforward and direct, with helpful step-by-step instructions and photos to get you started on the lovely art form of appliqué. From an item-by-item explanation of tools and equipment to detailed how-to steps on preparing your fabric and stabilizers, the book becomes a helpful handbook for beginners and more accomplished handworkers. Pittman, a former food stylist at Meredith Corp., in Des Moines, combines her artistic approach to this appealing quilt form. Beyond chapters on fundamental techniques, there are details on various stitches to use in your work, along with ideas on special embellishments to enhance your projects even more. Lovers of flowers will appreciate the garden-inspired projects for hand or machine appliqué daylilies, daffodils, leaves, clematis, irises, tulips, roses, and, just for fun, funky flowers. A number of full-size patterns will get you on your way. --Welcome Home Magazine
Janet Pittman has been designing quilts for 20 years. Her quilts have won numerous awards and in 1998 she started publishing quilt patterns under the name Garden Trellis Designs, specializing in applique floral and children's quilts.
