Free-Motion Machine Quilting
From Practice to Perfection -- Troubleshooting Guide -- 50+ Designs
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2010
84 pages
978-1-60705-206-7 (ISBN)
Description
Mr. Quilt will teach your quilters how to machine quilt like a pro! Get professional-looking results on a home sewing machine with new techniques for drawing and stitching quilt designs. From needle to thread, Mr. Quilt walks you through every aspect of free-motion machine quilting.
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Don Linn
Free Motion Machine Quilting
From Practice to Perfection * Troubleshooting Guide * 50+ Designs
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03/2011
C & T Publishing
€24.00
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By Don Linn
Content
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1: Tools, Supplies, and Workspace
- Necessary Tools and Accessories
- The Machine
- Hopping/Darning Foot
- Machine Needles
- Nonslip Products
- Scissors
- Seam Ripper
- Optional Accessories
- Extension Table
- Adjustable Chair
- Extra Lighting
- Single-Hole Needle Plate
- Spare Bobbin Case
- Magnification
- Needle to Bury Threads
- Supplies
- Quilt Top
- Batting
- Backing Fabric
- Pins
- Masking Tape
- Thread
- Chapter 2: Free-Motion Quilting-The Basics
- Backing and Batting
- Basting
- Safety-Pin Basting
- Thread Basting
- Spray Basting
- Packaging for Quilting
- Tension
- Top or Spool Tension
- Bobbin Tension
- Stitch Quality
- Starting and Finishing a Quilting Design
- Method 1: Stitching in One Place
- Method 2: Backstitching
- Method 3: Knotting by Tying
- Hand Placement
- Practice Exercise
- Potential Problem with Stitch Quality, Probable Cause, and Solution
- Potential Problems with Stitch Length, Probable Causes, and Solutions
- Bad Habits to Avoid
- Chapter 3: Learning to Draw and Stitch Designs
- Practice Exercise
- Potential Problems with Stitching on the Lines, Probable Causes, and Solutions
- Isn't It Time You Were a Movie Star?
- Ropes, Feathers, and Beyond
- Practice Exercise
- Rope Border
- Double-Veined Feather
- Single-Veined Feather
- Other Complicated Designs
- Stitch In-The-Ditch
- Background Designs
- Crosshatching
- Diamonds
- Grid
- Stippling
- Chapter 4: Design Choices and Marking Tips
- What Quilting Designs Are Appropriate for My Quilt?
- Design Transfer and Marking
- Supplies
- Marking Tools
- Collins Washable Fabric Marker
- Collins Vanishing Fabric Marker
- Chalk Pencils
- Powdered Chalk
- Lead/Graphite Pencil
- Masking Tape
- Echo Quilting
- Fabric Print as the Quilting Design
- Making a Design Fit Your Border
- Method 1
- Method 2
- Method 3
- QUILT GALLERY
- QUILTING DESIGNS GALLERY
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- Legal Page
