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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Introduction
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Getting Started
  • Design and Fabric
  • The Blocks:
    • Machine Piecing(Linda)
    • Sewing on a Featherweight(Nancy)
    • Hand Sewing(Karen)
    • Using a Rotary Cutter(Joan)
    • Your Iron Is Your Friend(Patty)
    • And a Yard of This One(Rose)
    • This Is an Interesting Fabric(Libby, Mary, and Anne)
    • Fondling Fabric(Nina)
    • Folding Up the Leftovers(Judy)
    • Choosing a Palette of Fabrics(Dorothy and Harriet)
    • Pinning on a Design Wall(Natalie)
    • Auditioning Fabric(Pamela)
    • Sharing the Process(Cynthia, Vickie and Norah)
    • Design Workshop(Karen, Lucy, and Janet)
    • Hand Quilting on a Big Frame(Jane)
    • Hand Quilting in a Hoop(Chris)
    • Machine Quilting(Kathy)
  • Repeated Block Quilts:
    • Meandering
    • Whizzy Whackers
    • Spinning Featherwieghts
  • Small Wallhangings and Samplers:
    • Small Wallhangings from Single Blocks
    • Setting a Scene
    • Using the Blocks to Make a Sampler
  • Conclusion
  • About the Author
  • INDEX

Title: When Quilters Gather: 20 Patterns of Piecers at Play
Author/Designer: Ruth B McDowell
Format/Publication Date: TPB:2003
Publisher: C&T Publishing, Inc., Lafayette, CA
Language: English
Page Count: 112
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 1571202129

SUMMARY- This is a fun book of pieced patterns(no curved seams!) of women in different processes of quilting. You can use the blocks separately, in a wall hanging, or all together in a sampler quilt. The blocks are quite clever, and her piecing method seems pretty straightforward and easy to do(involves freezer paper templates).