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Appliqué Is a method of creating a design by placing one fabric, usually
cut into a shape or part of a shape, on top of another and stitching it
down rather than stitching pieces of fabric together along their edges to
make a design (piecing). Edges can turned under or left "raw" but the
piece must be stitched down along the edges in some manner or elsewhere on
the piece to keep it attached to the background.
Appliqué allows the
artist-maker to put any design anywhere in whatever order to create amazing
curves and clusters of fabric pieces that traditional piecing cannot
accomplish. In the past, early quilt makers created extremely detailed and
complicated baskets of flowers, figures, text and other images –almost
drawing on the surface of the quilt. This style of quilt making is still
very popular. Baltimore Album quilts and Hawaiian quilts are two well-known
styles of Appliqué.
Raw-edged Appliqué is exactly that. The fabric
appliqué is placed or fused to the background and the raw fabric edges are
left unturned and tacked down using various types of stitching. Often a
blanket, satin or other decorative stitching is used and sometimes only the
body of the appliqué is stitched leaving the edges rough and raw. Appliqué is commonly used in creating
landscapes, realistic and portrait fiber art. Appliqué has no limits for design,
color and complexity, only the time and dedication the maker is willing to
commit to the project. I have tried various techniques for different
effects and will continue to experiment when the appliqué technique fits
the project. (see
Glossary for expanded technical details)
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Industry's Footprint- Valero 20" x 16"
Cotton Fabric, Thread, Fabric Ink
Techniques: Raw-edged Applique, Fabric Ink Stamping, Free-motion Stitching
(Privately Owned)
This hand-drawn interpretation of an aerial view map of the Valero Refinery in Benicia was transformed into
fabric with Raw-edged Fabric Appliqué enhanced by stamping several features using Fabric Ink and finally
Free-motion stitching to highlight the design and create texture, dimension and visual interest.

A View from Baker Court #2 10" x 8"
(Part of a series A View from Baker Court SEE ALL »»)
Cotton Fabric, Thread
Techniques: Raw Edged Applique, Free-motion stitching
This version of "A View from Baker Court", based on an original photo of mine, utilizes applying fabric shapes
to a background and stitching around their raw edges and other areas of the piece to create detail and dimension.

Nesting Swans 14 1/2" X 11 3/4"
Cotton, thread, mounted on Artist's canvas
Techniques: Applique, machine satin stitching, free-motion machine
stitching
Nesting Swans was a piece I created to challenge myself to explore the
more traditional appliqué technique for the first time. The swans are
cutouts placed in a circle creating a strong design. They were situated on
the background and stitched with a machine satin stitch around the edges.
The beaks of the swans are also satin stitched in different colors. The
nest was a mottled-brown fabric heavily stitched to resemble twigs and the
background and swan bodies were free-motion machine stitched to create
dimension and texture to the piece.
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Purple and Blue 16" X 20"
Cotton, thread. Mounted on Artist's Canvas
Techniques: Raw-edged Applique, fabric twisting and knotting, free-motion machine stitching, hand-stitched embroidery.
Purple and Blue is an exercise in texture with a limited palette of
purples and blues. I found a wonderfully complex Batik fabric and had fun
tearing it, twisting it, knotting it and stitching it. (Privately Owned)
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