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Quilting & Patchwork
What are contemporary, colorful, traditional, ecological, inexpensive, and fun all at the same time? If you haven't guessed by now - quilting and patchwork.
Basically, they're both techniques. The final results may range from a king-sized bedcover to a beanbag, but the paths from each idea to each completed item follow approximately the same steps, and once you've mastered the methods, the door lies open to a whole new appreciation of and involvement with fabric. When you discover for yourself what effects stitching, filling, and piecing can create, you'll look at everything through new eyes. It's true - almost anything can be made or decorated using these techniques.
Basically, they're both techniques. The final results may range from a king-sized bedcover to a beanbag, but the paths from each idea to each completed item follow approximately the same steps, and once you've mastered the methods, the door lies open to a whole new appreciation of and involvement with fabric. When you discover for yourself what effects stitching, filling, and piecing can create, you'll look at everything through new eyes. It's true - almost anything can be made or decorated using these techniques.
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1973
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December 26, 2022
Good for getting off the ground and hitting the deck running
If you ever want to get into a new craft or skill, you can always count on "A Sunset Book"
Techniques and tools to get started in Quilting.
In the Glossary Patchwork is described as “Designs formed by small pieces of material sewn together, usually in the form of a square.”
The quilt is “The finished product, or the process of sewing the layers of a quilt together using small, even stitches in a decorative design.”
One design is a Crazy Patch Racquet Cover.
If you ever want to get into a new craft or skill, you can always count on "A Sunset Book"
Techniques and tools to get started in Quilting.
In the Glossary Patchwork is described as “Designs formed by small pieces of material sewn together, usually in the form of a square.”
The quilt is “The finished product, or the process of sewing the layers of a quilt together using small, even stitches in a decorative design.”
One design is a Crazy Patch Racquet Cover.
August 21, 2014
A very 70's peek into quilting. Basic projects, and yes, all very 70's. I do like the Tree Nap Quilt project, which is a small quilt that looks just like a tree - who wouldn't want to take a nap on that? And the Ote-dama bags are pretty cool. Other than that, be prepared to see some pretty awful patchwork ties, bags, and even a hand painted and quilted vest!
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