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Complete guide to machine quilting : how to use your home sewing machine to achieve hand-quilting effects / Joanie Zeier Poole.

By: Poole, Joanie Zeier Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2012Description: 128 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781250004253Subject(s): Machine quilting | Patchwork quiltingDDC classification: 746.46

Contents:

Ch. 1 Setting up -- All about your home sewing machine -- Other machines -- Attachments and accessories -- Setting up your work space -- ch. 2 Before you quilt -- What is a quilt top? -- Purpose and planning -- Choosing a quilting design -- Making and using templates -- Planning for a patchwork quilt -- Planning for an applique quilt -- Planning for a wholecloth quilt -- Choosing fabrics for the quilt top -- Fabric preparation -- Backing fabric -- Marking for machine quilting -- Batting -- Basting the layers -- Threads -- Needles -- ch. 3 Techniques -- Starting to stitch your quilt -- Getting from place to place -- Quilting straight lines -- An introduction to free-motion quilting -- Stippling -- Echo quilting -- Background fillers -- Trapunto -- Finishing -- ch. 4 Projects -- Project 1 Sewing tool caddy -- Project 2 Polka-dot quilt -- Project 3 Toile bed quilt -- Project 4 Keepsake baby bib -- ch. 5 Quilting designs / Luise Roberts.

Summary: This book will show you how you can get the most out of your sewing machine while quilting, from working easily with different weights of batting and fabric, to great time-saving tricks, and how to add a cornucopia of decorative stitching effects. For those new to the wonderful world of quilting, you will find all the help and advice you need to get started. Whether you have just completed your first piece of patchwork and find quilting a daunting prospect, or have been quilting your own work for years, this book is packed with all the information you need to get the most out of machine quilting, inspiring new design ideas and finishes along the way. The must-have book for machine quilters, from beginning to intermediate level. Get the same polished effects as the professionals with this collection of techniques, tips, and templates. Includes projects on which to practice your new-found skills.Summary: Machine Quilting.Summary: Craft.Summary: Sewing;

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Includes index.

This book will show you how you can get the most out of your sewing machine while quilting, from working easily with different weights of batting and fabric, to great time-saving tricks, and how to add a cornucopia of decorative stitching effects. For those new to the wonderful world of quilting, you will find all the help and advice you need to get started. Whether you have just completed your first piece of patchwork and find quilting a daunting prospect, or have been quilting your own work for years, this book is packed with all the information you need to get the most out of machine quilting, inspiring new design ideas and finishes along the way. The must-have book for machine quilters, from beginning to intermediate level. Get the same polished effects as the professionals with this collection of techniques, tips, and templates. Includes projects on which to practice your new-found skills.