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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Introduction
  • 1. QUILT GALLERY
    • One-Patch Designs
    • Repeated Block Designs
    • Single Image Designs
  • 2. DESIGNING
    • Types of Design
    • Frames and Borders
    • Tonal Contrasts
    • Movement and Space
    • Colour
    • Working With Fabrics
    • Making a Design
    • Contemporary Quiltmakers
  • 3. SEWING
    • General Sewing Equipment
    • Patchwork Templates
    • Patchwork SEwing Sequence
    • Sewing Patchwork by Hand
    • Machine SEwing Patchwork
    • Quick Patchwork Method
    • Log Cabin
    • Applique
    • Machine Sewing Applique
    • Hawaiian Applique
    • Completing the Top
  • 4. QUILTING
    • Quilting Equipment
    • Quilting Templates
    • Marking Quilting Patterns
    • Hand Quilting
    • Machine Quilting
    • Quilt-as-you-go
    • Italian and Trapunto Quilting
    • Finishing the Work
  • APPENDIX
    • Block Patterns
    • Quilting Templates
    • Caring for Quilts
    • Useful Addresses
    • Index
    • Acknowledgments

Title: The Complete Book of Quiltmaking
Author/Designer: Michele Walker
Format/Publication Date: TPB:1985
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, NY
Language: English
Page Count: 192
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 10" x 8"
ISBN: 0394743725

SUMMARY- This book has a great gallery and takes the time to give you some background on the antiques, and evaluation of the style it was done in and discusses the materials used - an enjoyable read. Going over the elements of design is useful, and the sewing instructions are fairly basic and clear, though not as extensive as some of the other "How To" books I've read on the subject. I wouldn't start with this book, but if you're new (like me) there's a lot of interesting information worth delving into.