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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE: General Principles
    • Fabric Selection:
            Contrast
            Color
            Types of Fabrics
    • Drafting
            Initial Drafting
            Scaling Down
            Importance of Precision
            Adding Seam Allowances
            Scaling Down Seam Allowances
            Doubling Sizes
            1" to 1' Scale
            Balance of Scale
    • Marking and Cutting
            Preparing the Fabric
            Quick Methods
            Scraps and Quick Methods
            Graph Paper Guidelines
            Marking Emplements
            Rotary Cutting
            Cutting Strips
            Cutting Squares and Rectangles
            Half-Square Triangles
            7/16" Rule
            Cutting Triangles
            Templates
    • Sewing
            Sewing Machine
            Seam Gauge
            Stitch Length
            Guiding the Fabric Through the Machine
            Pinning
            Ironing
            Working in Assembly Fashion
            Matching Seams and Points
            Curved Seams
            Sewing Quick Triangles
            Freezer Paper Method of Applique
    • Set
            Some Traditional and Not-so-Traditional Sets
            Drafting Set
            Set Assembly
    • Finishing Techniques
            Straight Borders
            Mitered Borders
            Marking for Quilting
            Batting, Basting, and Quilting
            Trimming the Edges
            Binding
    • Supplies
            For Further Study
  • PART TWO: Putting Techniques into Practice
    • A. Strip Piecing: Miniature Double Irish Chain
    • B. Quick Triangles: Miniature Churn Dash
    • C. Precision Cutting: Miniature Grape Basket
    • D. Y-Seam Construction and Spear-Through Techniques: Miniature Lone Star
    • E. Templates: Miniature Schoolhouse
  • PART THREE: A Sampling of Quilt Blocks
  • PART FOUR: Two Cents' Worth
  • Bibliography

Title: Working in Miniature: A Machine Piecing Approach to Miniature Quilts
Author/Designer: Becky Schaefer
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1987
Publisher: C&T Publishing, Lafayette, CA
Language: English
Page Count: 59
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 091488106X

SUMMARY- Some of these are worked in as small as 1/8" strips! She uses strip piecing in order to get big enough blocks to put through her sewing machine, and does it really well. There is plenty of great information here for someone who wants to try this.

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