Community Quilts How to Organize, Design, & Make a Group Quilt,9781579903770

Community Quilts How to Organize, Design, & Make a Group Quilt

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ISBN13: 9781579903770
ISBN10: 1579903770
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2002-08-01
Publisher(s): Lark Books
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Summary

As these avid quilters discuss their motivation for joining in, they offer a beautiful how-to handbook so others can share the same joy. "The beauty of these quilts is mindblowing." Library Journal. "Charming... a wealth of directions... The gallery of more than 45 quilts is worthy of submission to a national contest."Booklist.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6(5)
Who We Are
11(6)
Gallery of Quilts
17(63)
Organizing A Group Quilt
80(41)
Establish a Time Frame
83(1)
Contact and Enlist Participants
84(1)
Choose Your Design
84(7)
Choose Your Quilting Pattern
91(1)
Choose Fabric, Batting, Backing, and Binding
92(3)
Prepare the Top and Backing Fabric
95(1)
Make the Kits
96(7)
The Blocks Come Back
103(2)
Decide on the Layout
105(1)
Sew the Top Together
106(2)
Press and Mark the Top
108(1)
Prepare the Batting
109(1)
Prepare the Backing
109(1)
Layer the Top, Batting, and Backing
109(2)
Baste the Three Layers Together
111(1)
Set Up the Quilting Frame
112(1)
Put the Quilt on the Frame
113(1)
Arrange the Quilting Bees
114(1)
Quilting
115(2)
Bind the Quilt
117(1)
Finishing Touches
117(2)
Planning Your Surprise Party
119(2)
Simple Patterns Suitable For Group Quilting
121(14)
Easiest of All
122(4)
Very Easy
126(2)
Intermediate
128(5)
Sample: Organizer's Instructions to Participants
133(2)
Quilting Terms 135(1)
Bibliography 136(1)
Acknowledgements 136(1)
Index 136

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