| Description |
285 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Teach yourself visually |
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Teach yourself visually.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
This unique reference guides readers through the entire quilting process, from selecting fabrics to assembling blocks to finishing seams, covering both hand-stitching and machine-quilting techniques. Full-color, step-by-step photographs and 18 different patterns provide inspiration for quilters at all skill levels. |
| Contents |
Introduction to quilting -- Fabric, the quilter's medium -- Quilting tools -- Choose fabrics for your quilt -- Prepare and cut fabric for your quilt top -- Cut and sew a place mat of squares -- Use squares to construct a baby quilt -- Work with rectangles: broken bricks pattern -- Introduction to strip sets: fence rail pattern -- Variations in strip sets: log cabin pattern -- More piecing techniques -- Four patch and nine patch -- Triangles -- Joining blocks diagonally: setting on point -- Crazy quilting and string piecing -- Backing, batting, and basting -- Tying and quilting -- Binding. |
| Subject |
Quilting.
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Quilting. (OCoLC)fst01085785
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| Added Title |
Quilting |
| ISBN |
0470101490 (softcover) |
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9780470101490 (softcover) |
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