Continuous Line Quilting Designs: Especially for Machine QuiltingQuilters at all levels of experience will welcome this treasury of designs assembled specially for machine quilting. Included are 86 patterns chosen to avoid the pitfalls problematic short lines and complicated swirls common to using a sewing machine to execute designs intended for hand quilting. Instead, these continuous line designs offer an uninterrupted flow, with minimal starts and stops the perfect complement to the simplicity and convenience of machine quilting. Choose from versatile designs offering quilters an abundance of options, including a tremendous variety of border and allover patterns featuring geometrics, florals, and other motifs. Each pattern appears on a background grid for easy resizing, and repeat units and separate sewing paths are clearly indicated. In addition, the author offers helpful suggestions for choosing and combining patterns, fitting designs on projects, resizing, selecting materials, and basting. Ideal for bed and crib quilts, the patterns from "Continuous Line Quilting Designs "are also terrific for embellishing clothing, placemats, tablecloths, upholstery, and numerous other household items. Their convenience and ease of application will make them a welcome resource for beginning and experienced quilters alike. Slightly abridged Dover (2001) republication of the edition published by Chilton Book Company, Radnor, Pennsylvania, 1984." |
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AMISH appliqués areas avoid puckers batting block centers border designs chine quilting Choose corners CRAZY QUILT curves are gradual dark fabrics dashed lines design lines design onto plastic designs on projects different colors dotted Dover Publications easier edges Embroider embroidery foot frames free-machine quilting garment grid Gwen Marston hand quilting inches Inner and outer Joe Cunningham leaves look machine embroidery Machine Quilting marked lines Marston and Joe Mineola needle plate number of blocks outer elements overall design overall quilting PATCHWORK PATTERNS placemats polyester presser-foot quilting puff QUILT DESIGNS quilt return trips Quilt this design quilted clothing quilting path QUILTING PATTERNS REPEAT UNIT Diamond REPEAT UNIT REPEAT safety pins shapes simple design skirt slots Soapstone squares stamper prints start-stops stencils stitch length StitcherEase straight stitch stretch fabric supporting bridges thread basting Trace the design tulip turning points TWENTY LITTLE UNIT REPEAT UNIT width zig-zag