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Nikki Tinkler
Search Press
9781844486793/ ISBN 10 February 2011
How-To Books/Quilting
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Reviewed
by Rachel A Hyde
There is more to patchwork and quilting than choosing
a block, cutting out the pieces and stitching them together. Here
is a useful reference book that explains over 200 different stitches
with which to attach your pieces of fabric together and decorate
your work using both hand and machine methods.
Leafing through this book I was reminded how much I like the Search
Press method of laying out a book. The generous staged diagrams,
profuse colored illustrations and photographs, sensible headed chapters
and even a guide on how best to use the book. Other publishers might
be content with coffee table hardcovers but these inexpensive paperback
books are not only affordable but real primers that you can actually
learn something from. They also look good enough to put on your
coffee table of course and the mixture of photographs of finished
work and drawn diagrams is the perfect way to learn these stitches.
As well as a central section showing you how to do them all, there
are other sections showing you what to buy and why, tips for quilting
and patchwork and how best to attach the pieces in a number of classic
blocks. The guide to buying different threads, waddings and construction
fabric is very useful as it lays out in tables the pros and cons
of each, making choosing simpler. I should think that just about
any quilter or patchworker of any level will get a lot out of this
book – highly recommended.
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