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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Foreword
          by Robbie Fanning
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1: The Whole Process
    Claudia's Wedding Quilt
    • Claudia's Quilt, Step-by-Step
    • Choose a Designer to Organize the Quilt
    • Choose the Occasion
    • Schedule the Time
    • List the Contributors
    • Select the Theme and Technique
    • Design the Quilt Layout
    • Choose Related Colors
    • Pick Suitable Fabrics
    • Measure and Buy the Yardage
    • Prepare the Kits
    • Design the Invitation
    • Plan the Party
    • Assemble the Quilt Top
    • Finish the Quilt
    • Plan for Display
    • The Gift of Friendship
    • Quilt Profile
  • Chapter 2: Eight Ways to Organize a Quilt
    The Minister's Retirement Quilt
    • Historic Friendship Quilts
    • Making the Minister's Quilt
    • The Four Elements of a Friendship Quilt
            Honoree/Event
            Theme
            The Group
            Design and Technique
    • Eight Great Managing Methods-
            Rotating Quilt Mothers in a Permanent Group
            The "Anything Goes" Approach
            The Quilting Bee
            Mailing Background Squares
            Partly Completed Squares
            Adding Signatures to Finished Blocks
            Exchanging Blocks
            Sending Kits and Instructions
    • Quilt Profile
  • Chapter 3: Design and Layout Planning
    Peter's Wedding Quilt
    • Planning the Quilt
            Choices for Peter's Quilt
    • Dimensions and Layout
    • Determining Overall Size
    • Quilt Mother's Checklist
    • Figuring Size and Quantity of Blocks
    • Laying Out the Quilt Top
    • Figuring Yardage Widths
    • Graphing a Layout
    • Laying Out Peter's Quilt
    • Scheduling Time
    • Don't Count Your Chickens
    • Quilt Profile
  • Chapter 4: Ways to Include Friends
    Kim's Valentine Quilt
    • Providing Partly Completed Squares
    • The Invitation to Participate
    • Instructions to Contributors
    • What If You Are Asked to Make a Quilt Block?
            Sources of Ideas for Imagery
            Fit the Imagery to the Technique
            Working from Photos and Drawings
            Simplifying Designs
            Following Your Instincts
    • Quilt Profile
  • Chapter 5: Choosing Colors
    Lori's Wedding Quilt
    • Color Sense: Everybody's Got One
            Purpose
            Function
            Mood
            Consistency
            Fabrics
            Style
            Testing Colors Together
            Color Theory
            Color Schemes
    • Quilt Profile
  • Chapter 6: Fabrics Plain and Fancy
    Louise's Antique Crazy Quilt
    • The Hundred-Year-Old Quilt
    • Antique Quilt Fabrics
    • Synthetic Fibers
    • Characteristics of Suitable Fabrics
            Color
            Texture and Weight
            Care
            Stability
            Grain
            Tearing Fabrics
    • The Right Stuff
    • Quilt Profile
    • Making a Contemporary Crazy Quilt
            Assembling Face Fabrics
            Laying Out the Top
            Making the Blocks
            Hand-Sewing Blocks
            Machine-Sewing Blocks
            Concealing Raw Edges
            Assembling the Quilt
  • Chapter 7: Tools for Patchwork
    Hattie's Birthday Quilt
    • Quiltmaking Tools and How to Use Them
            Measuring and Computing Aids
            Drawing and Pattern-Making Supplies
            Cutting Tools
            Gluing and Pinning
            Sewing Supplies
            Miscellaneous Supplies
    • Making Patchwork Squares-
            Traditional Piecework
            Designing Patchwork
            Changing Pattern Sizes
            Making Templates
            Cutting Blocks
            Assembling Squares
            Signing Squares
    • Quilt Profile
    • How to Make Hattie's Birthday Quilt-
            The "Nine Patch" Blocks
            "Windmill" or "Whirlwind" Patch
            "Amish Square"
            "Log Cabin"
            "Album Block"
            "House"
            "Lafayette's Orange Peel"
            "Sail Boat"
            "Christmas Tree"
            "Fruit Basket"
            "Grandmother's Fan"
            "King's X"
            "Hattie's Hat"
            "Cat"
            "Star"
            "Flower"
            Stitching Signatures
            Assembling Blocks, Spacers, and Borders
  • Chapter 8: Hand and Machine Applique
    The Artist's Quilt
    • Making the Artists' Quilt
    • Planning an Appliqued Quilt
    • Drawing for Applique
    • Machien Applique
            Needles
            Threads
            Machine Settings
            Anatomy of a Satin Stitch
            Preparing the Appliques
            Stitching Unhemmed Patches
            Stitching Patches with Seam Allowances
    • Hemmed Applique by Hand
    • Quilt Profile
  • Chapter 9: Embroidery by Hand and Machine
    Amy's Wedding Quilt
    • Planning an Embroidered Quilt
            Marking a Design on Fabric
    • Hand Embroidery
            Supplies
            Stitches
    • Machine Embroidery
            Preparation
            Stitches
    • Stitching Signatures
    • Finishing the Blocks
            Attaching Beads, Bows and Trim
            Other Kinds of Embroidery
    • Quilt Profile
  • Chapter 10: Cross-stitch, Crayon Transfer, Stenciling, Novelty Techniques
    A Quilt Quintet
    • Cross-stitched Blocks-
            Mary's Birthday Quilt
    • Crayon Transfer: Janet's Baby Quilt and the Kids' Quilt
    • Stenciling Hearts: Julie's Wedding Quilt
    • Novelty Figures: Carolyn's "SS Friendship" Quilt
    • 13 Ideas for Terrific Quilts
  • Chapter 11: Assembling the Quilt Face
    Gini's Wedding Quilt
    • Finishing and Arranging the Blocks
            What If There Aren't Enough?
            What If You Have Too Many?
            Inspection and Repairs
            Seam Allowances
            Double-Check Border Fabric
            Balance and Symmetry
    • The Strip Assembly Technique
            Step One: Preparation
            Step Two: Organize and Diagram
            Step Three: Stitching Blocks to Lattice
            Step Four: Joining the Rows and Lattice
            Step Five: Joining the Borders
            Step Six: Mitering Corners
            Step Seven: Finishing the Quilt
    • Quilt Profile
  • Chapter 12: Assembling and Quilting the Layers
    Colleen's Wedding Quilt
    • Professional Quilting
    • Making a Quilt Sandwich
            Fillers
            Backings
    • The Finish-Before-You-Finish Method
            Assembling Layers with Finished Edges
            Making a Rod Slot(sleeve)
            Assembling Layers with Raw Edges
    • Machine Quilting-
            Controlling Bulk
            Machine Settings
            Using Hoops for Machine Sewing
            Choosing a Quilting Pattern
            Pin-and-Stitch
            Free-Motion Quilting
    • Knot Quilting by Hand or Machine
    • Hand Quilting
    • Strip Quilting: Quilt-As-You-Go
    • Quilting Frames
    • Binding the Edges
    • Quilt Profile
  • Chapter 13: Displaying Quilts
    The Birmingham Bicentennial Quilt
    • Hanging a Quilt-
            Rod Pockets
            Velcro Strips
            Bamboo Rods
            Drapery Hooks
    • Displaying a Community Quilt
    • Displaying the Birmingham Church Quilt
    • Caring For Your Quilt-
            Washability
            Surface Protection
            Storage
            Repairs
  • Chart for Recording Your Quilts
  • Sources of Supply
  • Suggested Reading
  • INDEX

Title: Friendship Quilts by Hand & Machine
Author/Designer: Carolyn Vosburg Hall
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1988
Publisher: Chilton Book Co., Radnor, PA
Language: English
Page Count: 205
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 9" x 7 1/4"
ISBN: 0801977843

SUMMARY- What do you get from one of the world's greatest soft sculpture artists who also happens to quilt, and the genius Chilton editor Robbie Fanning when she decides to pursue a book from Carolyn? This book. If you have plans on making a friendship quilt in any forseeable future, this is the book you need to lay your plans. It has a wide variety of types of friendship quilts(to provide for those less artistically or sewing inclined) with practical plans for completing them, and lots of advice on overcoming the inevitable stumbling blocks that are going to occur. This is a treasure trove of good information - I recommend it, a lot.