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PATCHWORK, QUILTING AND APPLIQUÉ
By Jenni Dobson
AUD $70.86 ($77.95 with GST)
NOW AUD $35.00 ($38.50 with GST)
GST will be added for Australian residents only.
Patchwork has a long tradition, but contemporary quilting offers new techniques & products to enable you to express yourself in more creative & exciting ways. This book introduces you to the fabrics & tools needed to try the craft, then starts with simple projects to teach beginners the basic skills of piecing & quilting, while also encouraging you to achieve attractive results with fine finishing. Step by step instruction helps you to improve easily, while inspiring you to learn new techniques & to find unexpected ways to add personal touches to your work. Beautifully illustrated in full colour & has a very convenient lie flat binding.
CONTENTS
- BEFORE YOU START
- Origin
- A Few Terms
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- abric Facts
- Cotton
- Wool
- Flannel
- Silk
- Poly-Cotton
- Washing Care
- Pressing
- Quilt Wadding or Batting
- Polyester
- Wadding
- Wool
- Cotton
Thread
- Essential Tools
- Colour & Value
- BASIC SKILLS
- Quilt Plans
- One Patch, All Over Layout
- One Patch, Rows Assembled into a Set, Sets Repeated, Borders
- One Patch, Column Assembly with Setting Strips & Border
- Repeated Blocks, Straight Set
- Medallion, Borders
- Blocks in Rows, Half Block Repeat, Directional Setting of Rows
- Repeated Blocks in a Medallion, Block Elements in Borders
- Blocks with Setting Strips & Squares, plus Border
- Rotary Cutting
- Machine Piecing
- BEGINNING QUILT MAKING
- Working with Rectangles – FOREIGN EXCHANGE
- Working with Squares – RAINBOW CASCADE
- Working with Triangles – TRIP AROUND HAWAII
- Preparing to Quilt
- Simple Quilting
- Tying
- Quilting by Machine
- Starting & Ending
- FINISHING
- Preparation for Finishing
- Problems Caused by Quilting
- Turnings
- Butted Edges
- lapped Edges
- Binding
- Butted Edges
- Three Methods of Stitching
- Adding Decorative Insertions
- Lapped Edges
- Three Choices of Stitching
- Beautiful Bindings
- Three Choices of Stitching
- Single or Double?
- Straight Grain or Bias?
- Fabric Choices
- How Wide to Cut the Binding
- Making Straight Grain Binding
- Attaching Binding with Automatic Mitres
- Lovely Labels
- Making up Items
- Cushions
- Displaying a Quilt on a Wall
- IMPROVER’S QUILT MAKING
- Blocks & Template Making
- Drafting Blocks
- Cutting the Patches
- So, Why Might You Want Templates?
- Making Templates
- Block Project – VOLG DE LEIDER
- Curved Seam Blocks
- Drafting
- Sewing
- Varying Traditional Blocks
- MOON OVER THE MOUNTAIN CUSHION SET
- Foundation Piecing
- Making Copy Foundations
- Sewing
- Making a BASKET BLOCK
- SAWTOOTH BORDER
APPLIQUÉ
- A CALENDAR of BASKETS
- Appliqué Perse
- Cut & Stitch Appliqué
- Stuffed Appliqué
- Pieced & applied
- Double Bonded Appliqué
- HISTORY AS AN INSPIRATION
- Fabrics
- Care of Old Quilts
- REPRODUCTION PROJECT
- LIGHTENING NINE PATCH
- SEWING SOUVENIRS
- Memories
- Therapy
- Celebration
- PORTABLE SEWING PROJECT
- SAMPLER STYLE SOUVENIR QUILT
- Central Medallion
- Making a Building
- Hourglass Blocks
- Appliqué Blocks
- Completing the Project
- HILLSIDE TOWN
- Appliqué Perse
- Confetti Appliqué
- Assembly
- What to do about "Holes"?
- SPECIAL EFFECTS
- Fabric Painting with Cake Decorating Pens
- Stitched Effects
- Using a Twin Needle
- Fabric Decoration by Machine
- New Image Appliqué
- Materials for a Wall Hanging
- BEAR PAWS for a PICNIC
- Adventurous Quilting
- Stitches
- How to Work Sashiko
- Confetti Appliqué
- TEMPLATES
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