title: Simple Circles and Quick Curves: Machine Applique the Easy Way
author:  Nancy Mahoney 
description: Nancy Mahoney shares 2 appliqu techniques to make the awesome circular quilts in her new book <i>Simple Circles and Quick Curves</i>. The 8 patterns included are ideal for using fat quarters, fat eighths, precut strips or a variety of colorful scraps from your stash.<br /> --<b><i>Quiltmaker Magazine, March/April 2014</i></b><br /><br />Nancy Mahoney's <i>Simple Circles and Quick Curves: Machine Appliqu the Easy Way</i> provides a fine collection of curved-appliqu designs and teaches fusible and starch appliqu techniques especially useful to any newcomer to using appliqu. From using precuts or cuts from a stash to following patterns and making different blocks, this is a fine survey packed with tips and techniques perfect for any newcomer to machine appliqu.<br /> --<b><i>Midwest Book Review, February 2014</i></b><br /><br />Love the look of curved piecing but not the pinning and matching required? Author and designer Nancy Mahoney shows quilters how to cleverly create that same dynamic look using easy machine appliqu. Choose from eight scrappy quilt patterns. Use convenient fat quarters, fat eighths, and precut strips-or piece from your stash! --<b><i>Quilt-It Today Magazine, March/April 2014</i></b><br /><br />If you like the look of curved piecing, but don't want to take the time to do it, this book is for you. Nancy shows how to create the same look using two different methods of machine appliqu. Eight new lap quilts combining piecing and appliqu are sure to inspire your creativity and reduce your fabric stash... or send you straight to the fabric store! --<b><i>Fons &amp; Porter's Love of Quilting, March/April 2014 </i></b><br /><br />Nancy's new book <i>Simple Circles and Quick Curves -- Machine Appliqu the Easy Way</i> is Nancy's 13th book she has written with Martingale. Take your appliqu to a new level by using it to create lovely stash busting scrappy quilts. All quilters face the challenge of piecing curves and circles but there are times that challenge can be a bit daunting. Nancy, faced with many of the same issues, has devised a way to use starch appliqu with heat-resistant plastic templates, invisible thread and a tiny machine blanket stitch to create the look of curves and circles without any of the headaches. Instructions for both fusible appliqu and starch appliqu done with a machine are clearly written with good illustrations. There are eight quilt projects included in the book. --<b><i>The Applique Society Newsletter, March/April 2014</i></b>
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  ## Sweet Curves, book 7
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Megan Wade
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2020 by Megan Wade
  
  
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  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  1\. [Tina](part0003.html#2RHM0-eacf3b9b00004c349d2ee1175470a782)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  2\. [Troy](part0004.html#3Q280-eacf3b9b00004c349d2ee1175470a782)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  3\. [Tina](part0005.html#4OIQ0-eacf3b9b00004c349d2ee1175470a782)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  4\. [Troy](part0006.html#5N3C0-eacf3b9b00004c349d2ee1175470a782)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  5\. [Tina](part0007.html#6LJU0-