Mastering the Art of McTavishing

Guide to Machine Quilting  

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Machine Quilting Made Easy CODE: TPP200 RRP: $26.95 Our price: $19.95 You save: $7.00 (26%) Points: 18  Author:   Maureen Noble   Publishing Information:   That Patchwork Place, 64 Pages  Amount:   Add to cart

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Machine Quilting Made Easy has all the skill-building information you need to become a master at spectacular machine quilting.

1. Practice the simple techniques prepared by experienced quilting instructor Maurine Noble
2. Easy-to-follow instructions and exercises on Straight-line Quilting. Freehand Quilting, Quilting with Decorative Threads and Tying a Quilt by machine.
3. Five comprehensive charts for selecting needles, thread and batting.
4. Guidelines for planning your quilts.
5. Basic techniques for finishing your quilts.

Table of Contents

Introduction
How to Use This Book

Supplies

• Threads
• Needles
• Walking Foot or Even-Feed Foot
• Darning Foot

Quilting Techniques

• Straight-line Quilting
• Exercise 1 - Determining the Stitch Length
• Exercise 2 - Stitching in-the-Ditch
• Exercise 3 - Background Quilting
• Sampler

Freehand Quilting

• Exercise 4 - Freehand Quilting
• Exercise 5 - Following a Printed Line
• Exercise 6 - Continuous Pattern Quilting
• Exercise 7 - Learning to Stipple
• Exercise 8 - Freehand Quilting Sampler
• Exercise 9 - Quilting a Feather Wreath

Quilting with Decorative Threads

• Exercise 10- Determining Tension Settings for Lightweight Decorative Threads
• Exercise 11- Determining Tension Settings for Decorative Threads in the Bobbin
• Exercise 12-

Quilting with a Twin Needle

• Exercise 13- Learning to Couch
• Exercise 14- Braiding Decorative Threads

Planning Your Quilting

• Pattern Ideas
• Marking the Quilting Lines
• Selecting the Batting
• Piecing the Batting
• Preparing the Layers

Quilting the Quilts

• Tying a Quilt by Machine
• Exercise 15- Tying a Quilt
• Exercise 16- Tacking a Quilt

Finishing Techniques