A-Z of Quilting

The Ultimate Resource for Beginners and Experienced Quilters

Country Bumpkin (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2016
Search Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-78221-164-8 (ISBN)

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A cohesive guide to quilting for beginners or established quilters, with clear step-by-step instructions.

A comprehensive guide to many of the techniques, tools and tricks involved in creating beautiful quilting projects for any occasion. Clear, photographic step-by-step guides describe how to prepare a template, how to bead or embellish, all the way through to the final binding stages. Part of the prolific Search Press Classics A-Z of Needlecraft series.

Compiled by the expert team at Country Bumpkin, renowned Australian publishers of embroidery books and magazines.

Contents 5

Tools 7

Pressing and starching 11

Caring for your quilt 11

Sizes of quilts 12

Preparation 13

Templates 14

Cutting out 16

Creating the quilt top 19

Patchwork and piecing 21

Patchwork blocks 21

Piecing by hand 23

Piecing by machine 23

Sewing curves 29

Foundation piecing 30

Strip piecing 31

English piecing 32

Log cabin 33

Crazy patchwork 35

Seminole patchwork 37

Appliqué 38

Preparing shapes 38

Hand appliqué 42

Machine appliqué 46

Bias tubes 47

Broderie perse 49

Shadow appliqué 50

Reverse appliqué 51

Fabric manipulation 52

Cathedral window 52

Ruching 55

Prairie points (or shark's teeth) 57

Slashing and chenilling 60

Tucking 61

Suffolk puffs 64

Yo-yos 65

Embellishing 67

Embroidery 67

Beading 75

Assembling the quilt top 78

Blocking 78

Setting blocks together 79

Sashing 80

Borders 82

Quilting 86

Marking the quilting design 87

Attaching the batting and lining 90

Quilting by hand 93

Quilting by machine 97

Straight line quilting 99

Echo quilting 100

Corded quilting 100

Trapunto 102

Tying 104

Finishing 106

Squaring the quilt 107

Making binding 108

Attaching binding 110

Backing turned to front 120

Adding a hanging sleeve 121

Glossary and Index 122

Erscheinungsdatum	12.10.2016
Reihe/Serie	A-Z of Needlecraft
Mitarbeit	Zusammenstellung: Country Bumpkin
Zusatzinfo	1000 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	Tunbridge Wells
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 228 mm
Gewicht	462 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Handarbeit / Textiles
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
ISBN-10	1-78221-164-0 / 1782211640
ISBN-13	978-1-78221-164-8 / 9781782211648
Zustand	Neuware