Visual Guide to Patchwork & Quilting

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• Chapter 1: Quilting Supplies & Tools Setting up a sewing area - sewing machine, iron, cutting areas - Sewing Machines (domestic) - Presser feet - Rotary cutter + Cutting Mat - rulers Seam Guide and measuring for accurate 1/4" seam Needle Sizes and types (hand vs. machine) Threads Useful Gadget (Scissors, Pins, Stilletto, seam ripper, etc. Tools, equipment, notions Bobbins? Chapter 2: Quilting Fabric Choosing Fabrics (preparing fabric - prewash): Precuts Fabric Vocabulary: Selvage, fold, grain, bias, width, length, right/wrong sides defined All About Fabric, grain, photos, tearing or cutting off bolt, Calculating blocks per quilt and shapes per yard Yardage estimator - what can you cut from a yard of fabric? How many squares, strips, triangles, etc. Color/Value - Blenders Focus fabric Chapter 3: Piecing Piecing Step-by-Step Construction (both Hand & Machine) Our basics? Include pressing Rotary Cutting (and fussy cutting) Block Patterns - Quick & Easy Block Tool Piecing Practice Projects Traditional Contemporary Modern QAYG Chapter 4: Applique Applique Step-by-Step Construction (both Hand & Machine) Cutting Die cutting tools Marking supplies Parts of the applique Pressing (Anderson?) Pinning Piecing Types of Applique: Baltimore, Traditional, Contemporary, Trapunto applique designs Practice Applique Projects Traditional Contemporary Modern Chapter 5: Making the Quilt Top Standard quilt sizes Calculating sashing and borders Calculating batting, backing and binding fabric Drafting - Sally Collins Tips from our authors? Chapter 6: Quilting by Hand & Machine Hand quilting Domestic machine quilting Mid Arm / Long Arm and tension Wholecloth? What else? XX Quilting Designs Tips from our authors? Chapter 7: Quilt Finishing Techniques Making a quilt sandwich Basting Pressing Pinning Binding Finishing Sleeve Label More labels, Care of finished quilt Chapter 8: Beyond the Basics: Specialty Quilting Techniques Chain Piecing - Hunter Quilt as you go Stitch and Flip? Crazy Quilting +Embroidery + Embellished Foundation Piecing /String Improv EPP Paper piecing Crazy Quilting Practice Projects: Chapter 9: Glossary - Index - Bibliography