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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Foreword
- CHAPTER ONE: FROM INSPIRATION TO DESIGN
- Sources of Inspiration
- Using the Viewfinder
- Changing the Scene to Make it Your Own
- Suggestions
- Materials List
- Drawing the Full-size Cartoon
- Labeling the Cartoon
- Making the Templates
- CHAPTER TWO: ELEMENTS OF DESIGN
- Format
- Division of Space
- Bpimdaru
- Focal Points
- Eye Follow-through
- Horizon Line
- Base and Ground Contour Lines
- Banding
- Overlapping
- Linear Perspective
- Aerial Perspective
- Trees, Rocks, and Clouds
- CHAPTER THREE: COLOR AND FABRIC CHOICES
- Color Wheel
- Hue, Intensity, and Value
- Color Temperature
- Light and Shadow
- Fabric Selection
- Plaids and Stripes
- CHAPTER FOUR: APPLIQUE TECHNIQUES
- Marking Fabric for Hand Appliques
- Marking Fabric for Freezer Paper Applique
- Marking Templates for Machine Sewing
- Sewing Order
- Needle Turn Applique
- Points
- Inverted Points or Corners
- Reverse Applique
- Broderie Perse
- 3-D Flowers and Leaves
- Flowers
- Raw-edged Flowers
- Ruched Flowers
- CHAPTER FIVE: EMBELLISHMENTS
- Couching
- Embroidery Stitches
- Trapunto
- Ribbons
- Buttons, Beads, Sequins, Paints
- CHAPTER SIX: BORDER ELEMENTS
- Traditional Borders
- Directional Borders
- Pieced Block Border
- Vertical Bars Border
- Japanese Influence
- Composed of Abstract Borders
- Applique Border
- CHAPTER SEVEN: THE QUILTED LINE
- Wind Streaks
- Clouds
- Water
- Trees
- Rocks
- Ground Contour Lines
- Grids
- Hand Quilting
- Tying
- Preparing the Quilt for Quilting
- Basting the Quilt Top
- RECOMMENDED READING
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- COLOR PLATES