Originally Posted by Tropical
I love my book "Applique the Basics and Beyond" by Janet Pittman. She did an excellent job combining the photos with the written instructions. There are projects with complete instructions and patterns. When she refers to a technique elsewhere in the book she gives the page numbers so it is easy to find. The instructions are given for both machine and hand applique. It earned an Independent Publisher Book Award. I hope this helps. :)
It appears as though I need to speed up my typing because this is the second time in less than 30 minutes I have posted the same answer as another quilter. lol