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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Preface
- Credits
- 1 INTRODUCTION
- 2 MATERIALS FOR QUILTMAKING
- 3 PIECED WORK
- Geometric Design
- Grid System 1
- Grid System 2
- Preparing to Sew
- Marking the Fabric
- Sewing
- Machine Piecing
- Some Contemporary Pieced Quilts
- 4 APPLIQUE
- Design
- Preparing to Sew
- Cutting
- Basting
- Hand Applique
- Machine Applique
- Some Contemporary Applique Quilts
- 5 QUILTING
- Design
- Marking
- Basting
- Hand Quilting
- Machine Quilting
- Contemporary Quilting
- 6 THE QUILT
- Size
- Estimating Yardage
- Set
- Borders
- Preliminaries to Quilting
- Binding
- Signing the Quilt
- Hanging
- Taking Care
- More Contemporary Quilts
- APPENDIXES
- Appendix A: English Paper Patchwork
- Appendix B: Pressed Piecing- The Log Cabin
- Appendix C: The Technique of the Seminoles
- Appendix D: On Color In Quilts
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- History of Quiltmaking
- Quilt How-To
- Two Dimensional Design
- Color
- Art/Craft Idea
- Catalogues
- Periodicals
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Title: The Quiltmaker's Handbook: A Guide to Design and Construction
Author/Designer: Michael James
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1978
Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Language: English
Page Count: 148
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 9 1/4" x 6 3/4"
ISBN: 0137494084
SUMMARY- This book has ended up on several notable recommended reading lists for quilters - with excellent reason. Even after almost 45 years, the lessons here are still very clear and well presented, with photos and sample images provided, and above all practical. He gives you a list of the standard mattress dimensions from Crib to King(p. 91), as an example. There have been many many excellent primers for quilters published over the last 40 years, but Mr. James did it so well he became a benchmark for everyone who came after him teaching this craft. It reminds me of Sir Isaac Newton's quote, “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”
I should also note that much of Mr. James' bibliography is also on Quilter's Newsletter Magazine's 15th Anniversary Top 100 Quilting Books list...
Anyone with more information about this publication can contact me through My Contact Page.
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