Simple Quilts for the Modern Home
Описание книги
Bright, fun, and simple-to-stitch quilts for beginning sewers—and everyone who loves modern style! This book teaches beginner quilters simple techniques to create successful quilts that reflect today’s tastes for bold colors and prints, high contrast, and expansive use of negative space. Simple Quilts for the Modern Home provides all the how-to a beginner needs to know to cut, piece, and finish 12 modern-inspired quilts. With over 75 pages of patterns, detailed instructions, high-quality photography, helpful illustrations, and step-by-step captions, you’ll learn and practice simple techniques to create beautiful, modern quilts. Each project is an opportunity to utilize a new skill, like strip piecing, using fusible appliqué, and cutting at a 45-degree angle. The results are fresh, bold, and contemporary quilts that will appeal to quiltmakers of all skill levels.
Оглавление
Stephanie Soebbing. Simple Quilts for the Modern Home
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Let’s Get Started!
Principles of Modern Design
Alternative Grid
Expansive Negative Space
Embracing Minimalism
Modernizing Traditional Blocks
Essential Tools
Sewing Machine
Quarter-Inch Presser Foot
Walking Foot
Thread
Rotary Cutters
Cutting Mats
Pins
Quilting Rulers
Batting
Quilting Fabric
Perfect Piecing
Straightening the Fabric
Cutting Diamonds
Cutting Triangles
Cutting 90° Triangles
Piecing
Strip Piecing
Half-Square Triangles
Equilateral Triangles
Large Background Triangles
The Quilt Sandwich
Prepping the Quilt Top
Prepping the Backing
Layering the Quilt Sandwich
Pinning the Quilt Sandwich
Quilting the Quilt
Finishing the Quilt. Continuous Binding
Label Your Quilt
Quilting Patterns
Going North
Stephanie’s Quilting Designs
Quilting Suggestions
Houndstooth
Stephanie’s Quilting Designs
Quilting Suggestions
Ripples
Stephanie’s Quilting Designs
Quilting Suggestions
Herringbone
Stephanie’s Quilting Designs
Quilting Suggestions
Bricks and Pavers
Stephanie’s Quilting Designs
Quilting Suggestions
Stripes
Stephanie’s Quilting Designs
Quilting Suggestions
Ombré
Stephanie’s Quilting Designs
Quilting Suggestions
Bubbles
Stephanie’s Quilting Designs
On the 60
Stephanie’s Quilting Designs
Quilting Suggestions
Argyle
Stephanie’s Quilting Designs
Quilting Suggestions
Ombré Star
Stephanie’s Quilting Designs
Diamond
Stephanie’s Quilting Designs
Meet Stephanie
About the Author
Special Thanks