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A-Z of Quilting by Sue Garner is a comprehensive manual filled with 900 full colored photographs and easy step-by-step instructions. A must for beginners to advanced quilters alike.

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Editor: Sue Gardner
Pages: 128
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Squaring the Block

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.At last, the book every quilter has been waiting for!

Whether you have held a needle or have been creating heirlooms for decades, this remarkable book has something for you. It is filled with almost 900 full-colour step-by-step photographs that cover every aspect of creating a beautiful and unique quilt.

  • How to prepare your fabric and transfer your designs.
  • How to create the quilt top with a vast array of different techniques to choose from ,such a s piecing, patchwork,appliqué,embroidery,beading,tucking,ruching and slashing.
  • How to assemble a quilt top.
  • How to quilt by hand and by machine as well as specialty technique such as trapunto,echo quilting, corded quilting and tufting.
  • How to make binding and bind your quilt with a variety of different methods and looks.

Table of Contents

GENERAL INFORMATION05Blind tucks 
Materials06Graduated tucks 
Fabrics Centred tucks 
Batting Undulated tucks 
Threads Bubble tucks 
Tools07Suffolk puffs64
Cutting tools Yo-yos65
Rulers Embellishing67
Markers Embroidery67
Templates and stencils  Blanket stitch  
Fasteners Blanket stitch-long and short 
Hoops and frames Chain stitch 
Needles Detached chain
Thimbles  Feather stitch 
other tools Fly stitch 
Pressing and starching11French knot 
Caring for your quilt11Herringbone stitch 
Sizes of quilts12Pistil stitch 
PREPARATION13Stem stitch 
Templates14Couching 
Making templates for piecing by hand Beading75
Making templates for piecing by machine Attaching a bead 
Using templates for piecing by hand Attaching a string of beads 
Using templates for piecing by machine Attaching a circle of beads 

Cutting out

16Assembling the quilt top78
Using a rotary cutter  Blocking78
Cutting strips  Setting blocks together79
Cutting squares and rectangles  Sashing80
Cutting half-squares and rectangles  Sashing without cornerstones 
Cutting half-square and quarter-square triangles Sashing with cornerstones 
Cutting diamonds  Borders82
Trimming points Measuring for borders 
Cutting without templates Butted for borders 
CREATING THE QUILT TOP19Square corners 
Patchwork and piecing21Mitred corners 
Patchwork blocks 21QUILTING86
Piecing by hand 23Marking the quilting design 87
Straight seam  Stencils and templates 
Butted seam  Perforated patterns 
Set-in-seam Tracings 
Piecing by machine26Using masking tape 
Straight seam  Attaching the batting and lining90
Chain piecing Preparing the lining 
Butted seam Layering 
Set in seam Basting with safety pins 
Sewing curves29Basing with thread 
Foundation piecing30Quilting by hand93
Strip piecing31Knotting the thread 
English piecing32Starting and ending off the thread 
Log cabin33Quilting without a hoop or frame 
Crazy patchwork35Quilting in a hoop or frame 
Seminole patchwork37 Quilting by machine 97
Appliqué 38Starting and finishing 
Preparing shapes38Trimming the tails of thread 
Using paper-backed fusible web (or appliqué paper)  Quilting with the feed dog engaged  
Using templates  Free motion quilting 
Hand appliqué42 Straight line quilting99
Blanket stitch Quilting in the ditch 
Slip stitch  Outline quilting 
Stab stitch  Grid or cross-hatch quilting 
Needle-turn appliqué  Echo quilting100
Machine appliqué 46Corded quilting100
Satin stitch  Trapunto102
Zigzag stitch   Tying104
Topstitch  Buttoning 
Bias tubes 47Tufting 
Tube with the seam allowance on the outside   FINISHING106
Tube with the seam allowance on the inside  Squaring the quilt107
Double-fold tube  Blocking 
Appliquéing the tube Squaring 
Broderie perse 49Making binding108
Shadow appliqué50Joining bias strips 
Reverse appliqué 51Making continuous bias binding 
Fabric manipulation52Attaching binding 
Cathedral window 52Attaching doubled binding with butted corners110
Ruching55Attaching single binding with butted corners 
Grid ruching  Attaching doubled binding with mitred corners 
Circular ruching Attaching single binding with mitred corners 
Prairie points (or shark's teeth)57Making round corners 
Individual prairie points Scallops 
Multiple prairie points  Backing turned to front120
Slashing and chenilling60Adding a hanging sleeve121
Tucking61GLOSSARY122
Spaced tucks INDEX123
  Acknowledgments128

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Alex Anderson: Hand & Machine Applique

How to make easy quilts (beginner rotary overview w/ projects)

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