Passion For Piecing: Breathtaking Quilts from Easy Paper-Pieced Units - 16 Projects + Award-Winning QuiltsPieced Masterpieces You Can Make. 16 glorious quilts use Pineapples, LeMoyne Stars, Mariner's Compass, and Fan blocks in ways you've never seen before. Designs based on Claudia's winning entries in major shows and competitions. Photo galleries of 22 award-winning quilts. Full-size paper piecing patterns. Variety of quilts for skill levels from intermediate to advanced. Claudia Clark Myers helps you create a masterwork by making a few easy changes in the way you think about quilt settings and combining blocks and colors. Bring your style to life with precision piecing, paper piecing, and Claudia's Magic 3-Pin method for sewing perfect curves. |
Contents
Introduction | 4 |
Infinite Possibilities | 5 |
Where Do I Begin? | 6 |
The Nitty GrittiesHow Do I Make These Quilts? | 10 |
Pineapples | 17 |
LeMoyne Stars | 35 |
Mariners Compass | 46 |
Fans | 62 |
Tips | 77 |
Acknowledgements | 78 |
About the Author | 79 |
Templates | 80 |
Resources | 212 |
Legal Page | 213 |
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A Passion for Piecing: Breathtaking Quilts from Easy Paper-Pieced Units Claudia Clark Myers No preview available - 2009 |
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appliqué Assorted light background Binding blocks pullout border C&T Publishing circles colors compass complete pattern Construction Copy coral corner curved cut lengthwise cut once diagonally dark diagram for reference Duluth easy edges extras Fan block Feathered Star finished following pages following the diagram foundations frame gold half inner border join the following large fan leaves logs look machine match medium Minnesota mock-ups numerical order orange paper piece piece Pineapple blocks points Press the seams PRODUCT pullout page P3 purple quilt rectangles remove the paper rows sashing seam seams open setting triangles side small fan squares star star points stitch strata strips total subcut Sunflower sure swatchboard template tips Tree triangles trim Turn turquoises units wall wide wide for long width of fabric window block yard