Simply Successful Appliqué Handy Pocket Guide: Approachable Steps for Machine & Turn-Free Hand Stitching

Machine and hand-appliqué essentials at your fingertips!

This convenient pocket guide features Kim Diehl’s unique and wonderfully successful technique for invisible appliqué by machine and turn-free appliqué by hand. Discover how to shorten your stitching time, how to finish appliqués that aren’t reversed from the original pattern, and how preparation can eliminate the need to anchor seam allowances in place with starch or a fabric glue stick prior to stitching. Learn about Kim’s invisible machine-appliqué techniques that use freezer paper and are infinitely quicker to complete. As a bonus, learn how to machine appliqué with trapunto!

• Best-selling author Kim Diehl of the popular Simple series returns with a convenient pocket guide to machine and hand appliqué.

• Appliqué confidently with easy-to-follow techniques, clear how-to photos, and tried-and-true tips.

• Gain the basic skills and knowledge of appliqué for personalized crafts.

Kim Diehl fell in love with a sampler quilt pattern in the late 1990s, taught herself the steps needed to make the project, and became smitten with quiltmaking. Winning a national contest turned Kim’s life down an unexpected path, and her new-found hobby quickly blossomed into a full-time career. She lives in Pocatello, Idaho. Find her on Instagram @kim_diehl_quilts.

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