Quilting for the first time� - Softcover

Kooler, Donna

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9781402717680: Quilting for the first time�

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ISBN 10: 1402717687 ISBN 13: 9781402717680

Publisher: Sterling/Chapelle, 2004

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Thanks to the expert advice offered by the famous Donna Kooler Design Studio, anyone can create a beautifully detailed quilt. She answers all the questions and provides all the basics, from fabrics to more advanced techniques: What do I need to know to get started? How do I assemble a quilt? How do I appliqu� by machine? How do I make perfect corners with paper piecing? As your knowledge increases, graduate to such advanced skills as surface embroidery, making lattice-strip borders, and combining traditional quilt block motifs. Before long, you’ll be able to produce your own treasured heirloom quilt, including a traditional Nine-patch Sampler, Amish Star Box Top quilts, a Crazy Quilt stocking, and many others.

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In Australia quilting translates into a similar kind of fabric sandwich as the U.S.--except, perhaps, in the materials available. At least that's the impression given by Kooler of the eponymous design studio, collaborating with Chapelle to introduce novices to this stitching art. It is, in fact, the same format as other beginner crafts tomes from Chapelle: a series of questions (in this case, 23) answered by text and by projects (15 designs here). The three sections--basics, techniques, and beyond the basics--follow the reader's need to know, from materials and equipment to easy-to-copy patterns and, finally, more complicated projects. That could mean starting with a simple tied scrap quilt, progressing to a hand-appliqued Baltimore quilted pillow, and the graduate course, such as a crazy-quilt stocking. As to be expected, instructions are almost goofproof, accompanied by charts, illustrations, and color photographs. Appended are a glossary and a metric equivalency chart. Barbara Jacobs
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