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Heirloom Machine Quilting 4th Edition by Harriet Hargrave.

A brand-new edition of the machine quilting classic! Heirloom Machine Quilting is a compendium of 25 years of experience in quilting and teaching from quilting expert Harriet Hargrave. This newly updated classic belongs on every quilter’s bookshelf!

Quick Look Guide: Choosing Batting by Harriet Hargrave.

A concise guide to choosing quilt batting, with helpful advice, easy to read text, and convenient tables.

Quick Look Guide: Caring for Fabric & Quilts by Harriet Hargrave.

Essential information about laundering quilts and quilting materials.


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Heirloom Machine Quilting

Heirloom Machine Quilting 4th Edition
Hardcover with hidden wire binding

Author: Harriet Hargrave
Pages:176
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Item Code: 4N0830
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Heirloom Machine Quilting

 

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A brand-new edition of the machine quilting classic! Heirloom Machine Quilting is a compendium of 25 years of experience in quilting and teaching from quilting expert Harriet Hargrave. This newly updated classic belongs on every quilter’s bookshelf!

  • New information and tips developed since the last edition cover the basics and beyond
  • Everything you need to know about straight-line and free-motion quilting, elegant feathers, and padded quilting
  • In-depth instruction for every step of the process, from planning and preparation to detailed quilting techniques
  • Updated in full color, including 4 quilt galleries that highlight quilting details

Table of Contents

Dedication3GALLERY 
Acknowledgements3Advanced-Level Quilts93
Introduction7PART THREE - QUILTING TECHNIQUES103
GALLERY Chapter 9: Straight-Line Quilting: Ditch Quilting
104
Beginner-Level Quilts...9Chapter 10: Straight-Line Quilting: Lines and Grids111
PART ONE - GETTING YOUR SPACE READY19Chapter 11: Free-Motion Quilting Basics117
Chapter 1: Preparing Your Work Space20Chapter 12: Free-Motion Quilting: Beyond Basics125
Chapter 2: Sewing Machines and Accessories26Chapter 13: Feathers143
Chapter 3: Threads and Needles38Chapter 14: Padded Quilting149
GALLERY GALLERY 
Intermediate-Level Quilts50Master-Level Quilts152
PART TWO - PREPARING THE TOP FOR QUILTING57PART FOUR - QUILTING DESIGNS157
Chapter 4: Planning Ahead58Index172
Chapter 5: Choosing Designs to Quilt62Bibliography175
Chapter 6: Stencils, Marking Techniques, and markers67Resources175
Chapter 7: Layering and Pin-Basting 78About the Author176
Chapter 8: Packaging and Preparing to Quilt84 
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Quick Look Guide:
Choosing Batting

Author: Harriet Hargrave

What every quilter needs to know about batting."

A concise guide to choosing quilt batting, with helpful advice, easy to read text, and convenient tables.

  • Material Characteristic Chart
  • Cotton, wool, polyester, silk
  • Batting selection checklist
  • Testing Batting
  • Brand names, fiber content, uses, and characteristics chart

Pages: 1 laminted tri-fold card
Page size: Folded: 8 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Item Code: 4e0402
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Quick Look Guide:
Caring for Fabric and Quilts

Author: Harriet Hargrave

Essential information about laundering quilts and quilting materials. Contains helpful advice, easy to read text, and convenient tables.

  • Quick Needle/Thread Reference Chart
  • Laundering, vacuuming, pretest, wash, rinse, and dry
  • Shrinkage, colorfastness, and water temperature
  • Prewash or not?

Pages: 1 laminted tri-fold card
Page size: Folded: 8 1/2" x 4 1/2"
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Item Code: 4e0402
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Books by Harriet Hargrave

Mastering Machine Applique
Mastering Machine Appliqué, 2nd edition
Heirloom Machine Quilting
Heirloom Machine Quilting 4th Edition
Art of Classic Quiltmaking
The Art of Classic Quiltmaking
Quick Look Guide to Choosing BattingQuick Look Guide to Fabric and Quilts
Quick Look Guides:
Choosing Batting &/OR
Caring for Fabric & Quilts

Gloves Helpful to Quilters for Hand &/or Sewing Machine Work

 

Beige or Blue
Thera-Glove
Thera-Glove
Single OR Pair

Quilter's Gloves
Machingers
Machingers
Quilting Grips
Quilting Grips

Machine Quilting Accessories

Kwik Klip, Fastens Safety Pins
Kwik Klip,

Fastens Safety Pins
Quilters Delight Safety Pin Grips
Quilters Delight

Safety Pin Grips
SideWinder
SideWinder™

Portable Bobbin Winder
SewSlip
SewSlip Slider
Supreme Free Motion Slider
Supreme Free-Motion Slider

LaPierre Studio LLC
Schmetz Needle package
Schmetz Needles

every style and size

Frequently Asked Question

Frequently Asked Question

Metallic Thread and the SewingMachine:
Use for Embellishments and Quilting

by Sharla R. Hicks

Invisible Machine Appliqué, Quilt binding, and Cathedral Windows
using Adjustable Zipper Foot

by Sharla R. Hicks

Schmetz Needles
Page 1 of 2

Schmetz Needles
Page 1 of 2

Schmetz Needles
Page 2 of 2

Schmetz Needles
Page 2 of 2

Universal Speciality Machine Embroidery Metallic
Variety Combination Pack Quilting Needles Gold Titanium Embroidery Metallic Needle
Universal Needles 5 Pack Self-Threading (Handicap) Machine Embroidery Twin & Triple
Universal Needles 10 Pack Leather Needles Serger / Overlock Multiple styles & sizes
Ball Point & Stretch Topstitch Needles ELX705 Twin & Triple Needles
Stretch Needles Hemstitch Needles Overlock Needles Twin universal, stretch, hemstitch, jean, metallic, embrodiery, decorative
Ball Point Needles Microtex/Sharp Needles  
  Denim Needles  
  Double Eye Needles    

Hand & Machine Quilting DVDs
& CDs For Line Ideas

C-Shell CD Case
C-Shell

strong, flexible, thin, translucent CD case
Machine Quilting
DVD
Fluff & Stuff DVD
Fluff & Stuff

Machine Quilting
with Paula Reid
Machine Quilting
Grand Finale DVD
Grand Finale DVD

by Ricky Tims
Hand Quilting
DVD
Hand Quilting DVD Cover
Workshops to Go
Hand Quilting
featuring Andrea Perejda
DVD
Hand Quilting
Hand Quilting

Decorative Threads
& Speciality Techniques
Clipart on CD
Flower Doodles
Flower Doodles

by Design Originals
Brushes act as rubber stamps in Adobe® Photoshop® programs
Clipart on CD
Swirls, Doodles, & Dots
Swirls, Doodles & Dots

by Design Originals
Brushes act as rubber stamps in Adobe® Photoshop® programs
 

Stencils for Quilting Ideas

Over 45 Designs
Stencil Examples
Doodling
Templates & Stencils

Hand & Machine Quilting Books with Instructional CDs/DVDs

BK w/DVD
Perfect Hand Quilting
Perfect Hand Quilting Without Pain

by Liuxin Newman
Machine Quilting

Mastering the Art of McTavishing
by Karen McTavish
Includes DVD
Machine Quilting
Secrets of Elemental Quilting
The Secrets of Elemental Quilting

Plus Trapunto Tips and Tricks
by Karen McTavish
Includes DVD
Machine Quilting
Quilting For Show
Quilting for Show
by Karen McTavish
Includes DVD

Quilting with Home Sewing Machines
NOTE:Also see: Quilting Designs aka Stencils

Bold and Beautiful
Bold and Beautiful
Artful Quilts from Just One Fabric
by Judi Dains

cover Foolproof Machine Quilting
Foolproof Machine Quilting

by Mary Mashuta

Free-Motion Quilting Made Easy
Free-Motion Quilting
Made Easy
186 Designs from
8 Simple Shapes

by Eva M. Larkin
Quilt Savvy
Quilt Savvy, Gaudynski's Machine Quilting Guidebook
Gaudynski's Machine
Quilting Guidebook

by Diane Gaudynsk

Heirloom Machine Quilting
Heirloom Machine Quilting
4th Edition

by Harriet Hargrave

Joanie's Quilting Elements
Joanie's Quilting Elements

by Joanie Zeier Poole
Machine Quilting Made Easy
Machine Quilting Made Easy
by Maurine Noble
Machine Quilting Solutions
Machine Quilting Solutions
Christine Maraccini
A Modern  Mix0
A Modern Mix

by Anita Shackelford
A Modern  Mix0
A Modern Mix

by Anita Shackelford
One Line at a TIme
One Line at a Time

by Charlotte Warr Anderson
Show Me How to Machine Quilt, A Fun, No-mark Approach
Show Me How to
Machine Quilt,
A Fun, No-Mark Approach

by Kathy Sandbach
Stitching to Dye in Quilt Art
Stitching to Dye in Quilt Art
Color, Texture and Distortion

by C June Barnes
Out of Print
Quick Look Guide to Choosing BattingQuick Look Guide to Fabric and Quilts
Quick Look Guides:
Choosing Batting &/OR
Caring for Fabric & Quilts
Out of Print
Show Me How to Create Quitling Designs
Show Me How to
Create Quilting Designs
by Kathy Sandbach

Quilting: Decorative by Sewing Machine

 

Bold and Beautiful
Bold and Beautiful
Artful Quilts from Just One Fabric
by Judi Dains

Machine Quilting with Decorative Threads
Machine Quilting with Decorative Threads

by Maurine Noble and Elizabeth Hendricks

Whitework Quilting
by Karen McTavish
Out of Print
Creative Machine Stitching
Creative Machine Stitching
by Patricia Nelson

Quilt-as-You-Go using Home Sewing Machine

Beautiful Quilts as You Go
Beautiful Quilts as You Go

Technique & Designs
by Keryn Emmerson

Fast & Furious
Fast & Furious
Quilting as you go

by Gudrun Erla

 

Machine Quilting in Sections
Machine Quilting in Sections

by Marti Michell
One Stitch Quilting
One Stitch Quilting
The Basics
by Donna Dewberry and Cindy Casciato
Quilting  On the Go
Quilting on the Go
by Carolyn Forster
       

Reversible Quilts

Quilt-as-You-Go Techniques

Reversible Quilts
Reversible Quilts
Two Quilts at a Time

by Sharon Pederson
Reversible Quilts
More Reversible Quilts
by Sharon Pederson
Two for One Foundation Piecing
Two-for-One Foundation Piecing

by Wendy Hill

 

Reference Cards (Laminated)

Need-to-Know Card
Fons and Porter's

Need-to-Know Card
Size charts for diagonal corners, mattress sizes, cutting charts, yardage calculations and more

Foundation Piecing, Basics
Foundation Piecing, Basics
by Marci L. Baker

Know Before Sew
Know Before You Sew: Binding Mitered Corners, Beyond Basics
by Marci L. Baker


Rotary Cutting, Basics
by Marci L. Baker
  Quilter's Strip Ticket
Quilter's Strip Ticket

Bias Tube Construction and Yardage Tables
Quick Look Guide to Fabric and Quilts
Quick Look Guide

Caring for Fabric & Quilts
Quick Look Guide to Choosing Batting
Quick Look Guide:

Choosing Batting
The Quilting Answer Book
The Quilting Answer Book

by Barbara Weiland Talbert

Reference Booklets

Some with Heavy Cardboard Front & Back, Spiral Bindings
or
Bolted Corner (allows fanning of cards)

Spools & Cones
MasterPiece Thread Example
Superior
MasterPiece Thread

Available in 50 Colors
50 WT fine cotton
Endorsed by Alex Anderson

 

3-in-1 Color Tool
3-in-1 Color Tool

by Joan Wolfrom
All-in-One
Quilter's Reference Tool
All-in-One
Quilter's Reference Tool

by Harriet Hargrave, Sharyn Craig, Alex Anderson & Liz Aneloski
make your first quilt
Make Your First Quilt
by M'Liss Rae Hawley
Needles & Threads & Bobbins, Oh, My!
Needles & Threads & Bobbins, Oh, My
!
A Quick Reference for Today's Quilter
by Nancy Goldsworthy

Piecing Tips &
Tricks Tool

Editor Liz Aneloski
Quick & Easy Block Tool
Quick & Easy Block Tool

Edited by Liz Aneloski & Kandy Petersen
The Quick Guide to Fundraising Quilts
Quick Guide
to Fundraising Quilts
by Kelly Gallagher-Abbott

The Quilter's
Quick Reference Guide

by Candace Eisner Strick

 

 

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