Lift Your Appliqué to New Heights of Elegance • The founder of the Elly Sienkiewicz Appliqué Academy is now your personal trainer
• Elly's clear instructions and irresistible imagery help you make more impressive Baltimore blocks and quilts
• Enjoy this visual guide to advanced techniques-cut-away versus separate unit, inked and embroidered embellishments, and dimensional appliqué
• Learn Elly's unique approach to multiple ruching styles
Continue your Baltimore Album journey with world-renowned expert Elly Sienkiewicz in this sequel to the popular
Elly Sienkiewicz Teaches You Beginning Baltimore Appliqué DVD.
This second DVD is also filmed in the gracious Williamsburg Hospitality House Inn, Elly's Appliqué Academy site, and this DVD teaches you:
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Pattern Transfer: You'll explore pattern transfer and learn a technique Elly developed called "Pattern-Bridging".
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The Pattern: Elly teaches an exquisite sprig of roses block whose pattern, "The Star Ruched Rose", is included on the DVD
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Appliqué Methods: This block reviews Cutaway Appliqué by Needleturn — teaching its unique methods for Points, Curves, and Inside Corners. Next, Separate Unit Needleturn Appliqué is taught on the tiny leaves.
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Ruching: Ruching as many of you know is patterned gathering. You'll learn the most common kind of ruching, "Shell Ruching", plus rectangular "Rake Ruching", a curved "Crescent Moon" ruching pattern, and variations of these patterns. You'll ruche our lesson block's flowers in a "Star Ruching Pattern".
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Embellishment in Thread: You'll learn how to embroider the finest stems, flower stamens, moss on the moss rose, and serrations on the rose leaves.
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Embellishment in Ink: You'll learn how to iron-on a photocopy of a Victorian hummingbird engraving, then etch it in finest permanent pen. You'll learn how to pen in the finest botanical details, adding a finer depth to the embroidered embellishment. The hummingbird transfer is included so that you can print it out.
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Copperplate Calligraphy: You'll learn how to change the writing you were taught into the artful Copperplate Calligraphy of the antique Albums. Learn Elly's secret for a rough draft in place — and thickening the downstroke to imitate the effect of the old elbow pens. The Copperplate alphabet is included in the DVD.
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Sets and Borders: Elly Teaches Advanced Baltimore Appliqué concludes with this rarely covered subject. You'll learn so much about designing the "Set" of your blocks so quickly with beautiful quilt examples!
This second DVD is good entertainment - with an informative interview section. Elly’s excellent instruction got her voted "Favorite Appliqué Teacher" (2009) by readers of Quilter's Newsletter. Let her teach you in the most comfortable of settings — your home!