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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Author's Preface
  • How to Use This Book
  • PART ONE: GETTING STARTED
    • Fabric(this was truncated)
    • Other Supplies and Equipment(this was truncated)
    • Pattern Transfer(this was truncated)
    • Block Preparation and Completion(this was truncated)
  • PART TWO: THE LESSONS
    • Lesson 1: Cutwork Applique and the Tack Stitch(Both Visible and Hidden), 3/16" Seams, the Terms "Inlaid" and "Onlaid" Applique, Mending Applique, and Troubleshooting Points and Corners
    • Lesson 2: Onlaid Cutwork Applique with Freezer Paper on Top, Plus Pattern Bridges, and the Blind Stitch(Alias the Invisible Applique Stitch, the Ladder Stitch, the Pumpkin Stitch, the Jack-o-Lantern Stitch, the Slip Stitch, the Speed Stitch, and the Hem Stitch)
    • Lesson 3: Inlaid Cutwork Applique with Freezer Paper on Top; Applique in the Opposite Direction: Facing the Seam, a Smaller (1/8")Seam Allowance, and How to Do Inlaid Applique Without Freezer Paper, Plus Writing on Your Quilt
    • Lesson 4: Celestial Bodies: Masterpiece Straight-Edge Applique, Plus Sharper Points
    • Lesson 5: Adding a Second Color- Unit Cutwork Applique; Patterns Adapted for Cutwork; Cutwork Islands; Layering, Abutting, Needleturn, Pattern-bridged Islands for Cutwork; and Placing Appliques on Grain
    • Lesson 6: Unit Cutwork with Folded Fabric Flowers, Rectangle Roses, and Circle Roses, Plus Stitched Rose Hairs
    • Lesson 7: Interrupted Cutwork, Plus Stuffed Silk Roses(Stuffed Applique), Layered Roses, Cutwork Roses, Simplifying Units in Layered Applique, Template-free Flowers, Use of Tie-dyed Fabric, and Drawing on Your Block in Ink
    • Lesson 8: Mixed Applique Techniques, Ruching, the Textured-edge Running Stitch, Plus Needleturning Without a Marked Seam Turn Line, Nineteenth-century Style
    • Lesson 9: Superfine Stems, Stuffed Berries, and Perfect Grapes, Plus Split Leaves
    • Lesson 10: the Many Modes of Seams Pre-basted-under Applique, Including 1) Turn and Baste, 2) Machine-edged Turn Line, 3) English Paper Method, 4) English Paper Method with Freezer Paper, 5) Spray Applique, 6) Freezer Paper Inside, 7) Freezer Paper Inside with Glue Stick, 8) (Plastic) Template Applique, 9) Yo-Yo Hearts, 10) Basted Reverse Applique
    • Lesson 11: Buttonhole Applique - Raw-edge Buttonholing, Hemmed-edge Buttonholing, Plus a Modern Buttonholing Miracle
    • Lesson 12: The "Mary Evans" Challenge
  • PART THREE: THE QUILTMAKERS(this was expanded - no names were given in the ToC)
    • The Contest Winners:
      Jeanne Benson, Agnes Cook, Nonna Crook, June Dixon, Zollalee Amos Gaylor, Daphne Hedges, Eloise Lewis McCartney, Silvia Pickell, Mary Toda, Albertine Veenstra
    • Recent Members of the Good Ladies of Baltimore:
      Catherine A. Berry, Donna Carman, Donna Collins, Jane Doak, Hazel B. Reed Ferrell, Roberta Floyd, Katharine Kent Ivison Fowle, Mary Lou Fox, Anna Holland, Jackie Janovsky, Mary Anne Johnson, Jeana Kimball, Virginia Lemasters, Stell Lundergan, Jackie Neeley, Joy Nichols, Brenda Papadakis, Kathy Pease, Theodosia Ann Peters, Dot Reise, Jan Rold, Darlene Scow, Doris Seeley, Elly Sienkiewicz, Sallye Sileski, Jean Stanclift, Joanne Turnley, Gene Way, Carol Jo White
  • PART FOUR: THE PATTERNS(this was expanded - no names were given in the ToC)
    • "Fleur-de-Lis I"
    • "Double Hearts"
    • "You Are Perfect"
    • "Divine Guidance I (and II)"
    • "Feathered Star"
    • "Star of Hearts"
    • "Crossed Laurel Sprays"
    • "$200,000 Tulips"
    • "Hospitality"
    • "Fleur-de-Lis with Folded Rosebuds II"
    • "Wreath of Cherries"
    • "Brenda's Rosebud Wreath"
    • "Love" or "Feather-Wreathed Heart with Doves"
    • "Feather-Wreathed Heart"
    • "Sweetheart Rose Lyre"
    • "Silhouette Wreath"
    • "A Token of Gratitude"
    • "Crown of Laurel/Broken Wreath of Cherries"
    • "Wreath of Hearts I(and II)"
    • "Vase of Roses I"
    • "Rose Wreath with Red Birds"
    • "Wreath of Strawberry Leaves"
    • "Lyre Wreath"
    • "Ruched Rose Lyre"
    • "Wreath and Dove"
    • "Red Woven Basket of Flowers"
    • "Epergne of Fruit"
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • APPENDIX I: Sources
  • APPENDIX II: Course Descriptions

Title: Baltimore Beauties and Beyond: Studies in Classic Album Quilt Applique, Vol. 1
Editors: Elly Sienkiewicz
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1989
Publisher: C&T Publishing, Lafayette, CA
Language: English
Page Count: 176
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 091488123X

SUMMARY- If you want to kick your applique work up a notch(or two or three), then hunt down a copy of this book. Just borrowing it from the library isn't going to do it, because you're going to want it on your shelf. This book is profusely illustrated with clear text and soooo much eye candy. Never used cutwork in applique? Here ya go. Seriously, there are techniques here you won't have learned yet, I don't care how experienced you are. This one is a "Must Have".