70 Classic Quilting Patterns: Ready-to-Use Designs and Instructions

by Gwen Marston, Joe Cunningham

With the help of this volume from noted quilt makers, teachers, and lecturers Gwen Marston and Joe Cunningham, needleworkers can now create their own stunning heirloom pieces with designs that will enhance any patchwork or appliqué quilt. Seventy ready-to-use full-size patterns come in a wide assortment of designs for decorative pineapple, feather and swirl motifs, florals, corners, a selection of repeating borders, and much more.
Easy-to-follow instructions and clear diagrams take all levels of needleworkers — from beginners to veteran quilters — through each step of completing a quilting project — transferring the design to the fabric, placing the piece in a frame, the quilting stitch, beginning and ending a quilting line, etc.
The wealth of classic designs, brought together in one convenient sourcebook, will be a welcome addition to any quilter's library.

Genres: Quilting

96 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1987

Reviews

[Candy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a book of actual full size patterns for the quilting on a quilt, those little stitches that hold the sandwich together. I might circle back to this if I need ideas.
The part I found most interesting is exact instructions to set up a quilt frame on the back of 4 chairs. What to buy to make the frame and exactly how to the the quilt onto the frame.
I am really struggling at age 68 to crawl on the floor to sandwich and pin my quilts. This might work.
I also read in another place about using painter's tape to tape the layers to a wall and sandwich it that way. That might work for some quilts, but since I'm 5 foot 3 inches, I could only make short quilts!!!

[Susan]

Quilting Patterns-Traditional