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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Introduction
  • Preliminary to Soft-Edge Piecing-
    Working With Border Prints
  • Discovering Soft-Edge Piecing
  • The Basics of Soft-Edge Piecing
  • The Soft-Edge Technique in a Traditional Geometric Design
  • Construction Techniques
  • Planning the Quilt
  • Designs and Patterns
  • Resources and Bibliography
  • INDEX

Title: Soft-Edge Piecing: Add the Elegance of Applique to Traditional-Style Patchwork Design
Author/Designer: Jinny Beyer
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1995
Publisher: C&T Publishing, Lafayette, CA
Language: English
Page Count: 144
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0914881949;

SUMMARY- In 1988, my mom plunked down a stack of books in front of Ms. Beyer, and Ms. Beyer signed each one personally to my mother, with a little note. Clearly my mom loved this designer and her books, and just as clearly, the designer loved her fans. Here's another layer to this designer's talent. Mom bought the book for my grandmother for Christmas, according to the inscription - but I'm betting mom "borrowed" it after a few months...