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Beschreibung
Do your quilt blocks tend to misbehave?
Perfect your patchwork with a visual, step-by-step guide to 21 popular quilt blocks. Piecing expert Patty Murphy shows you how with fail-proof techniques that can be used in all types of quilt designs, from traditional to modern. Say goodbye to patchwork problems like mismatched seams, blunt points, and too-small blocks, and learn to avoid common mistakes in sashings, borders, and bindings. Though mistakes happen to all of us, these easy techniques will help beginning and intermediate quilters achieve quiltmaking success every timeLearn to flawlessly construct 21 popular blocks in both traditional and modern designs
Step-by-step photos guide new and intermediate quilters
Avoid common patchwork problems like mismatched seams with expert tips from a lifelong quilter
Do your quilt blocks tend to misbehave?
Perfect your patchwork with a visual, step-by-step guide to 21 popular quilt blocks. Piecing expert Patty Murphy shows you how with fail-proof techniques that can be used in all types of quilt designs, from traditional to modern. Say goodbye to patchwork problems like mismatched seams, blunt points, and too-small blocks, and learn to avoid common mistakes in sashings, borders, and bindings. Though mistakes happen to all of us, these easy techniques will help beginning and intermediate quilters achieve quiltmaking success every timeLearn to flawlessly construct 21 popular blocks in both traditional and modern designs
Step-by-step photos guide new and intermediate quilters
Avoid common patchwork problems like mismatched seams with expert tips from a lifelong quilter
Über den Autor
Patty Murphy has been sewing since she was six years old. The first thing she recalls making is a pink and white seersucker pillow with the word "Dad" crudely embroidered on it as a gift for her father on Father's Day. Fortunately for everyone, her sewing and quilting have greatly improved since then and so has her gift [...] loves to share her craft with anyone that will listen, and she teaches regularly at Intown Quilters in Decatur, Georgia, so she can share her knowledge and support her fabric obsession. Her work has been featured in several books, on the websites of major fabric manufacturers, on blogs, and in magazines, including an original quilt design for Intown Quilters that was featured on the cover of the Spring 2007 Quilt Sampler magazine. [...]
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface How to Use This Book Basic Tools Cutting and Sewing The 1/4'' Seam • Easing in Seams • Prewashing Fabric—Yes or No? • How to Avoid a “V” When Cutting Strips] Pressing Pressing vs. Ironing • Setting the Seam • Whether to Use Steam • Open or Closed? Furling Seams Building Blocks Strip Piecing Four-Patch Blocks Nine-Patch Blocks Half-Square Triangles Quarter-Square Triangles Flying Geese Blocks Classic Favorites Dutchman’s Puzzle Log Cabin Square in a Square Pinwheels Sawtooth Star Ohio Star Ocean Waves LeMoyne Star Modern Favorites Sewing with Narrow Strips Drunkard’s Path Bear Claw Half-Square Rectangles Equilateral Triangles Hexagons Diamonds Kansas Dugout Putting It All Together Squaring Your Blocks Coping Strips Sashings Setting Triangles Border Issues Bias Binding About the Author
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Genre: Importe
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Hobby & Freizeit
Thema: Basteln & Handarbeiten
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781617452574
ISBN-10: 1617452572
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Murphy, Patty
Hersteller: C&T Publishing, Inc.
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 280 x 216 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Patty Murphy
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2016
Gewicht: 0,557 kg
Artikel-ID: 132665039