200 Questions Answered
Jake Finch
Search Press
March 2011/ ISBN 1844486591
How-To Books/Patchwork
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by Rachel A Hyde
Inside this
book are 200 questions about patchwork, and more importantly there
are also the same number of answers! Useful to just about every
patchworker from beginners through to advanced as surely most people
aren’t going to know everything in here…
This is a title in Search Press’ “200 Series”
where that number of questions, methods or whatever is explained.
If you are a beginner then starting at the beginning is a good idea
as you can learn just exactly what a quilt is, as well as what patchwork
is and what is has to offer to today’s stitchers. The next
few chapters are divided into patterns for blocks, grouping them
under how many patches each contains (e.g. four, nine, sixteen,
etc). You can also learn the basics in here, including what you
need to get started, what features your sewing machine ought to
have, setting up a work space, your first project etc. Other chapters
feature advice on designing, buying fabric, color choices, constructing
a block and finishing to name a few. There is a chapter at the end
with templates for some of the more complex blocks that are difficult
to work out through scaling alone. Each block pattern earlier in
the book features a colored picture of the block and how to work
out the size of the pieces as well as an explanation in some cases
of the block’s history. If you read this book from cover to
cover (or at least pick out some of the relevant answers) you ought
to have no trouble in completing your first quilt. One for every
quilter’s keeper shelf.
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