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New Settings for Traditional Blocks
Margaret Miller offers a new perspective for settings using traditional blocks. You'll find hundreds of ideas for combining simple but unexpected designs, easy piecing, and a bit of fabric savvy.
"Get those blocks out of your closets and play with different settings using ideas from Smashing Sets. Margaret's clear illustrations and color photographs lead you through the process of 'reaching for the unexpected' to create spectacular quilts. Sampler quilts will never be the same again! Where did I stash my old blocks?"
—Bonnie Browning, Show Chairman for American Quilter's Society
"With the skills of a great teacher and quilt artist, Margaret leads the reader through the design process with ease and clarity. The practical instructions for making the sophisticated yet straightforward quilt designs will help quilters get past the constraints of traditional quiltmaking and venture into new territory. I can hardly wait to get started!"
—Marsha McCloskey, Quilt Designer, Teacher, and Author
| Dedication |
4 |
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50 |
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Acknowledgements | 4 | Border
within a Border | 54 |
| Introduction |
5 | Fabric
Choices | 55 |
| How
to Use This Book | 5 | Offsetting
Blocks and Other Elements to Create Movement |
58 |
| Supplies |
6 |
| 59 |
| Getting Started: |
| 61 | |
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| 8 | The Piecing Process: | |
| Acquiring
Quilt Blocks to Work With | 8 | From
Paper Design to Real Quilts | 62 |
| Preparation
of Sampler or Friendship Blocks | 9 | Supplies |
62 |
| Bordering
Each Block | 9 | Creating
the Scale Drawing | 63 |
| Working
to Scale with Colored-Paper Blanks | 11 | Creating
Full-size Template | 63 |
| Working "From the Inside Out" |
12 | Using
the Graph Paper Templates | 65 |
| Blocks
as Squares | 12 | Sewing
the Quilt Together | 66 |
| Blocks
on Point | 20 |
| 67 |
| Combining
Straight and On-Point Blocks | 21 |
| 67 |
| The
Block Linking Network | 24 |
Projects for You | 68 |
| The
Block and Blank Approach—Some "Loosening Up" Exercises |
25 | Afterword |
90 |
| Positiong
the Quilt Within the Perimeter—An Extension of the "Block and Blank"
Approach | 33 |
Appendices | 91 |
| Sashing
Strips—Variations on a Theme: Another Area to Reach for the Unexpected |
35 | Appendix
A—Sample Blocks to Work (Play) With |
91 |
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Design Details: | Appendix
B—Sample Layouts |
92 | |
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| 38 | ||
| Block
Segments | 38 |
Resources/Bibliography |
93 |
| The
Basic Cuts | 39 |
Index | 94 |
| Distorted
Blocks | 47 | About the Author | 95 |
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Traditonal Borders, Bindings, Settings, Lattice, Sash & Backings
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Margaret
Miller offers a new perspective for quilt settings for traditional blocks.
You'll find hundreds of ideas for combining simple but unexpected designs, easy
piecing, and a bit of fabric savvy. Let's get those blocks out of your closet
and play with different settings using ideas from Smashing Sets.
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