Amish Quilting Patterns: 56 Full-Size Ready-to-Use Designs and Complete Instructions [Paperback] Review

This book gives complete details on HAND QULITING your Amish quilt and some general information about the colour/quilting/pattern combinations in black and white line drawings.Discusses the threads, batting thicknesses, how to copy the patterns,and includes information about quilting frames for a full roundup on the quilting scene.
As for which pattern to use with which type of quilt, the book breaks down the differences between the Lancaster PA Amish and the Midwestern Amish.Remember though this is geared all towards HAND quilting.For Machine Quilting see the Dover Pub,Amish Patterns for Machine Quilting which adapts these hand patterns for machines.
Really quite a nice book for the price.

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Veteran quilting instructors show how to create 56 of the most sought-after quilting patterns. Ready-to-use designs for tulips, cables, pumpkin seeds, more plus information on preparing patterns, transfering them to fabric, and executing decorative stitches.


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Lively Little Folk-Art Quilts: 20 Traditional Projects to Piece & Applique [Illustrated] [Paperback] Review

20 projects and you'll want to make them all!When was the last time you thought that about a quilt book?And Gwen Marston makes it easy for you with this selection of small projects.Make one today or better yet, grab some friends, a stack of fabric and everyone will make something inspired by this wonderful book.The small format make the projects go quickly by machine or you can linger and improve your handwork.Whimsical folk art along with tiny traditional treasures make this book a keeper and one you'll refer to again and again.

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Twenty little quilts feature folksy patchwork and applique from Gwen Marston.

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Amish Patterns for Machine Quilting (Dover Needlework Series) [Paperback] Review

A useful tool for the machine quilting library. There are about 50 templates including very basic, simple designs, plus flowers (lots and lots of them), baskets, stars, leaves, hearts, and combinations. Each templateis shown on one page along with a diagram showing arrows of how to sew thedesign with only one starting point. Some designs do require multiplestarting points but many are single-line (although much turning) designs.Some corner designs are shown and some attention is given to patterns thatturn a corner. About half the patterns are the kind that might be used in aquilt block (not continuous border-type designs), such as tulips, stars, orbaskets. I was looking more for new continuous-line, border-type patternsand did not see much new in that area. One page provides a detailed diagramshowing how to quilt feathers. Being more of a beginner-level, self-taughtquilter, the feathers always looked too difficult to me. But now I seeclearly how to proceed and might actually try this design!

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Traditional hand-quilted Amish designs are translated into easy-to-use sewing machine patterns. The 83 designs-including flowers, feathers, cables, baskets, stars and more-can be adapted in size, shape or any other aspect. A brief history of the Amish, diagrams and simple instructions are included (patterns can be quilted by hand, too).


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Flowering Dogwood Patterns [Paperback] Review

The cover of this book advertised on Amazon.com inspired me to look within.I was looking for a pieced quilt using a few colors in a Dogwood pattern.The book contains color pictures and easy-to-trace quilt pieces.I'm looking forward to sharing this project with my sister.

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The dogwood trees, which bloom in April in Kentucky, are favorite springtime blossoms. Now you can enjoy these beautiful blossoms all year long by making a quilt with the patterns in this book. Bonnie Browning, well-known quilting instructor and author of 'Borders & Finishing Touches' and 'Ribbons & Threads: Baltimore Style', has gathered both traditional and new patterns of flowering dogwoods. Whether you enjoy the familiar Dogwood Blossom design from the 1928 'Capper's Weekly', the newly designed Paducah Dogwood, or Signs of Spring blocks, you will find the full-size patterns and assembly diagrams easy to follow. Eleven patterns are included for every level of quilter, from beginner to advanced, using piecing and applique techniques. AUTHORBIO: Bonnie's mother taught her to sew as a child. She has been quilting since 1979, making her first quilt with blocks silk screened for an art class. Sharing her quilting knowledge, Bonnie conducts workshops for quilt groups and conferences across the country. She is a quilt judge, certified by NQA, and is qualified to judge master quilts. Her quilts, wallhangings, and clothing have been shown in galleries, museums, and quilt shows, winning numerous awards.

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