All Things Quilting with Alex Anderson

2015·English

by  Alex Anderson

Dedication Page: 3
Acknowledgments Page: 3
Contents Page: 4
Introduction: A Few Words from Alex Page: 7
Anatomy of a Quilt Page: 8
In the Sewing Room Page: 10
Sewing Machine Page: 10
Shopping for a New Machine Page: 10
Caring for Your Machine Page: 11
Your Physical Setup Page: 12
Tools and Notions Page: 14
Fabric and Color: Choose It and Use It! Page: 18
Fabric Grain Page: 18
A Few Words about Quality Page: 18
Three Keys to Successful Fabric Selection Page: 19
Color Page: 19
Value Page: 21
Character of Print Page: 21
Alternative Strategies for Choosing Fabrics Page: 27
Fabulous Focus Fabric (or Favorite Designer) Page: 27
Capture a Style or an Era Page: 28
Caring for Your Fabric Page: 29
To Prewash … or Not? Page: 29
Where and How to Store it Page: 30
Drafting: Have It Your Way Page: 31
Drafting Blocks Based on Grids Page: 32
Drafting Non-Grid-Based Blocks Page: 33
Drafting anEight-Pointed Star Page: 33
Drafting a Hexagon (Hexie) Page: 34
When Hexie Size Doesn’t Matter Page: 34
When Hexie Size Does Matter Page: 35
Subdividing the Hexie Page: 35
Rev Up Your Rotary Cutter Page: 36
Safety First Page: 36
Basic Rotary-Cutting Technique Page: 37
Squaring Up the Fabric Page: 37
Cutting Strips Page: 38
Magic Numbers Page: 39
Cutting Squares Page: 40
Cutting Rectangles Page: 40
Cutting Page: 40
Cutting Half- and Quarter-Square Triangles Page: 40
Half-Square Triangles Page: 41
Quarter-Square Triangles Page: 41
Cutting 45° Trapezoids Page: 42
Cutting an Isosceles Triangle in a Square Page: 43
Background Triangles (A) Page: 43
Isosceles Triangles (B) Page: 43
Cutting Equilateral Triangle Page: 44
Cutting 45° Diamonds Page: 45
Cutting Bias Strips Page: 46
The Ins and Outs of Piecing Page: 47
When You Need Templates Page: 47
Adding a Seam Allowance to Drafted Patterns Page: 47
Machine Piecing Page: 48
Pinning Page: 48
Stitching Page: 51
Pressing Matters Page: 52
“Unsewing” (a.k.a. Seam Ripping) Page: 52
Machine-Piecing Techniques You'll Want to Know Page: 52
Strip Piecing Page: 52
Sew-and-Flip Method Page: 54
Secret Star-Point Method Page: 56
Y-Seams Page: 58
Sewing Curves Page: 59
Paper-Foundation Piecing Page: 60
Sizing Fabric Pieces Page: 61
Creating Patterns Page: 62
Sewing Page: 62
Sewing Units into Blocks Page: 64
Hand Piecing: English Paper Piecing Page: 65
Cutting the Shapes Page: 65
Piecing the Shapes Page: 66
All About Appliqué Page: 67
Preparing for Appliqué Page: 70
Preparing Individual Appliqués(Hand or Machine) Page: 70
Preparing Individual Appliqués(Hand Only) Page: 77
Preparing the Background for Appliqué (Hand or Machine) Page: 78
Hand-Appliqué Techniques Page: 79
Basic Appliqué Stitch Page: 79
Needle-Turn Appliqué Page: 79
Buttonhole-Stitch (Blanket-Stitch) Appliqué Page: 83
Reverse Appliqué Page: 84
Machine-Appliqué Techniques Page: 85
Invisible-Stitch Appliqué Page: 85
Customizing Stitches Page: 87
Raw-Edge Appliqué with Buttonhole (or Blanket) Stitch Page: 87
Putting It Together: Settings and Borders Page: 89
Settings Page: 89
Gallery of Settings Page: 90
Borders Page: 100
Design Considerations and Proportions Page: 102
Intended Use Page: 104
Squaring Up the Quilt Page: 104
Measuring for Borders Page: 104
Cutting and Grainline Page: 104
Stitching Borders Page: 106
Border Options Page: 106
Butted Borders Page: 106
Mitered Borders Page: 107
Partial-Seam Borders Page: 109
Borders with Corner Squares Page: 110
Pieced Borders Page: 111
Self-Bordering Quilts Page: 112
Scalloped Borders Page: 113
Appliqué Borders Page: 114
Choosing and Marking Your Quilting Design Page: 115
Basics of Good Quilting Design Page: 116
Basic Quilting Strategies Page: 120
Other Sources for Quilting Designs Page: 122
Ideas for Creating Your Own Motifs Page: 124
Eight-Section Designs Page: 124
Twelve-Section Designs Page: 124
Soft, Curved Lines Page: 125
Transferring The Design Page: 125
Straight-Line Quilting Page: 126
Stipple Quilting Page: 126
Preparing To Quilt Page: 127
Housekeeping Page: 127
Choosings and Preparing a Batting Page: 127
Choosing and Preparing the Backing Page: 128
Piecing the Backing Page: 128
Basting Page: 129
Basting for Hand Quilting in a Hoop Page: 130
Basting for Machine Quilting Page: 130
Ready, Set,...Quilt! Page: 131
Hand Quilting Page: 131
Placing the Quilt in a Hoop Page: 131
Selecting a Thimble Page: 132
The Quilting (Rocking) Stitch Page: 132
Preparing to Stitch Page: 133
The Quilter’s Knot Page: 133
Thimble on Middle Finger Page: 134
Thimble on Pointer Finger Page: 136
Thimble on Thumb Page: 138
Finishing and Burying the Knot Page: 140
Machine Quilting Page: 142
Adjusting the Tension Page: 144
Handling Bulk Page: 144
Starting and Stopping Page: 146
Anchoring Page: 148
Machine-Quilting Technique Page: 150
Straight-Line and Simple-Curve Quilting Page: 151
Free-Motion Quilting Page: 152
Stipple Quilting Page: 153
Practice, Practice, Practice Page: 153
Tying Your Quilt Page: 154
Finishing Touches Page: 155
Binding Page: 156
Straight-Grain vs. Bias Binding Page: 156
Figuring Binding Length Page: 157
Double-Fold Binding Page: 157
Preparing the Quilt for Binding Page: 158
Binding with Squared Corners Page: 158
Binding with Mitered Corners Page: 159
Binding a Zigzag Edge Page: 160
Binding a Scalloped Edge Page: 161
Faced Edge with Hanging Sleeve Page: 163
Folded (Flat) Piping Page: 165
Prairie Points Page: 166
Adding a Hanging Sleeve Page: 168
Making a Label Page: 169
Caring for Your Quilts Page: 170
Index Page: 171
Resources Page: 174
Binding a Zigzag Edge Page: 175