INTRODUCTORY BASICS About this book Quilting tools SECTION ONE: FABRICS Chapter One: Types of Fabric • Calico/Quilter’’s cotton • Muslin • Broadcloths • Voile and Lawn • Linen • Denim and Corduroy • Silk • Wool • Hand dyed fabrics/Batiks • Textured fabrics Chapter Two: Yardage and Measuring • Standard mattress and corresponding quilt sizes • Calculating shapes per yard • Using pre-cuts • Calculating sashing and borders • Calculating background fabrics • Calculating backing fabrics Chapter Three: Caring for Fabrics • Pre-shrinking vs. not • Pre-treating for color fastness • Aftercare Practitioner Profiles SECTION TWO: COLORS Chapter Four: Color Theory • Color wheels • Choosing color palettes Chapter Five: Matching Fabrics and Colors • Matching solid colors and prints • Combining different prints (size and scale) • Using different textured fabrics • Considering embellishments, backings, and bindings Practitioner profiles SECTION THREE: DESIGNS Chapter Six: Shapes • Squares and Rectangles • Triangles • Diamonds • Hexagons and curved shapes Chapter Seven: Types of Blocks • Traditional Blocks • Modern Blocks • Mixing and matching quilt blocks Chapter Eight: Block Layouts and Settings • Horizontal settings • Vertical settings • Diagonal settings • Alternating settings • Sashing settings • Medallion designs • One patch settings Chapter Nine: Styles and Arrangements • Traditional American Patchwork • Japanese and Shasiko • French and Provencal • Swedish and Hawaiian • Freeform/Improvisational • Collages • Picture and art quilts • Abstract Chapter Ten: Sashing • Plain • Frame • Strip pieced with cornerstones and stars • Graduated color and Pieced sashings Chapter Eleven: Borders • Lapped • Interrupted Corners • Mitered Corners • Multiple Chapter Twelve: Embellishment • Applique • Embroidery • Paint • Trims Practitioner Profiles SECTION FOUR: ASSEMBLING Chapter Thirteen: Piecing • Hand piecing • Paper and foundation piecing • Traditional piecing • Chain piecing • Strip piecing • String piecing • Grid piecing • Piecing batting • Piecing backing fabric Chapter Fourteen: Quilt Sandwiching • Types of batting • Layers of the quilt sandwich • Basting • Transferring the quilting Chapter Fifteen: Types of quilting • Hand • Tying • Machine - walking foot • Machine - free motion • Long arm quilting Chapter Sixteen: Different bindings • Bias binding • Straight grain binding • Single fold and double fold • Using the backing as binding • Turning right side out • Hand sewing vs. machine sewing Practitioner Profiles Glossary Index Acknowledgments
