Continuous Line Quilting Designs (Dover Quilting) - Softcover

Cody, Pat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486417026 ISBN 13: 9780486417028

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 2001

Synopsis

Quilters at all levels of experience will welcome this treasury of designs assembled specially for machine quilting. Included are 86 patterns chosen to avoid the pitfalls problematic short lines and complicated swirls common to using a sewing machine to execute designs intended for hand quilting. Instead, these continuous line designs offer an uninterrupted flow, with minimal starts and stops the perfect complement to the simplicity and convenience of machine quilting. Choose from versatile designs offering quilters an abundance of options, including a tremendous variety of border and allover patterns featuring geometrics, florals, and other motifs. Each pattern appears on a background grid for easy resizing, and repeat units and separate sewing paths are clearly indicated. In addition, the author offers helpful suggestions for choosing and combining patterns, fitting designs on projects, resizing, selecting materials, and basting. Ideal for bed and crib quilts, the patterns from "Continuous Line Quilting Designs "are also terrific for embellishing clothing, placemats, tablecloths, upholstery, and numerous other household items. Their convenience and ease of application will make them a welcome resource for beginning and experienced quilters alike."

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Product Description

Instructions for 86 great designs (geometric, garden, and other motifs) without complicated starts and stops. Includes helpful suggestions for choosing and combining patterns, fitting designs on projects, resizing, selecting materials, and basting. Patterns appear on a background grid for easy resizing, and repeat units and separate sewing paths are clearly indicated.

Synopsis

Quicker and easier than hand quilting, machine quilting enjoys widespread popularity among needleworkers. This volume abounds in exactly the kinds of patterns that machine quilters seek: continuous line designs. Rather than the problematic short lines and complicated swirls of hand quilting designs, these patterns provide an uninterrupted flow, with few of the starts and stops that complicate machine quilting. Here are 86 great patterns with geometric, garden, and other motifs, plus helpful suggestions for choosing and combining patterns, fitting designs on projects, resizing, selecting materials, and basting. Each pattern appears on a background grid for easy resizing and repeat units and separate sewing paths are clearly indicated. These attractive patterns are ideal for designing bed quilts, as well as for embellishing clothing, placemats, tablecloths, upholstery, and numerous other household items.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0486417026
• ISBN 13: 9780486417028
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 96