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The very popular Machine Quilting Made Easy by Maurine Noble brings 16 simple exercises to build your machine quilting skills into tip-top shape

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Machine Quilting Made Easy has all the skill-building information yo need to become a master at spectacular machine quilting.

Practice the simple techniques prepared by experienced quilting instructor Maurine Noble. You'll be ready to machine quilt your own heirlooms in no time with her...

  • Easy-to-follow instructions and exercises on Straight-line Quilting. Freehand Quilting, Quilting with Decorative Threads and Tying a Quilt by machine.
  • Five comprehensive charts for selecting needles, thread and batting.
  • Guidelines for planning your quilts.
  • Basic techniques for finishing your quilts.

Table of Contents

Introduction

How to Use This Book

Supplies

  • Threads
  • Needles
  • Walking Foot or Even-Feed Foot
  • Darning Foot

Quilting Techniques

  • Straight-line Quilting
  • Exercise 1 - Determining the Stitch Length
  • Exercise 2 - Stitching in-the-Ditch
  • Exercise 3 - Background Quilting Sampler

Freehand Quilting

  • Exercise 4 - Freehand Quilting
  • Exercise 5 - Following a Printed Line
  • Exercise 6 - Continuous Pattern Quilting
  • Exercise 7 - Learning to Stipple
  • Exercise 8 - Freehand Quilting Sampler
  • Exercise 9 - Quilting a Feather Wreath

Quilting with Decorative Threads

  • Exercise 10- Determining Tension Settings for Lightweight Decorative Threads
  • Exercise 11- Determining Tension Settings for Decorative Threads in the Bobbin
  • Exercise 12- Quilting with a Twin Needle
  • Exercise 13- Learning to Couch
  • Exercise 14- Braiding Decorative Threads

Planning Your Quilting

  • Pattern Ideas
  • Marking the Quilting Lines
  • Selecting the Batting
  • Piecing the Batting
  • Preparing the Layers

Quilting the Quilts

  • Tying a Quilt by Machine
  • Exercise 15- Tying a Quilt
  • Exercise 16- Tacking a Quilt

Finishing Techniques

  • French Double-Fold Binding
  • Stitch-and-Turn Finishing
  • Labeling Your Quilt

Tables

Resource List/ References

About the Author

Gallery of Quilts

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Machine Quilting Accessories

 

 Kwik Klip, Fastens Safety Pins
Kwik Klip,
Fastens Safety Pins		 Quilters Delight Safety Pin Grips
Quilters Delight
Safety Pin Grips
Quilter's Gloves 		Quilting Grips
Quilting 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 		Machingers
Machingers

Hand & Machine Quilting DVDs

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

Hand & Machine Quilting Books with Instructional CDs/DVDs

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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

Doodling Stencils,
Books & CDs

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Oodles of Doodles
Oodles of Doodles
by Tonya Bates, Andrea Gibson, Donna Goss, Emily Adams, and Jaime Echt		 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		 Over 45 Designs
Stencil Examples
Doodling
Templates & Stencils

Quilting with Home Sewing Machines

Also see: Quilting Designs aka Stencils

Elegant Machine Quilting
Elegant Machine Quilting
by Joanie Zeier Poole		Guide to Machine Quilting
Guide to Machine Quilting
by Diane Gaudynski		Heirloom Machine Quilting
Heirloom Machine Quilting
4th Edition
by Harriet Hargrave 		Out of Print
Learn to Machine Quilt in 1 Weekend
 Learn to Machine Quilt
in Just One Weekend
by Marti Michell
A Modern Mix
A Modern Mix
 by Anita Shackelford		Machine Quilting Made Easy
Machine Quilting Made Easy
by Maurine Noble 		Machine Quilting with Alex Anderson
Machine Quilting with Alex Anderson
 by Alex Anderson		Quilt Savvy
Quilt Savvy, Gaudynski's Machine Quilting Guidebook
Gaudynski's Machine Quilting Guidebook
by Diane Gaudynski		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
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
 Quilting Back to Front
Quilting Back to Front,
Fun & Easy
No-Mark Techniques
by Larraine Scoule		Out of Print
Show Me How to Create Quitling Designs
Show Me How to
Create Quilting Designs
by Kathy Sandbach

Quilt-as-You-Go using Home Sewing Machine

Beautiful Quilts as You Go
Beautiful Quilts as You Go Technique & Designs by Keryn Emmerson
Seams Easy
Seams Easy
Easier Method to Assemble Your Quilt AFTER You Quilt It by Julie A. Olson		 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

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