Quilter's Academy: Sophomore Year: A Skill-Building Course In Quiltmaking (Volume 2)

245 Pages·2010·7.94 MB·English

by  Hargrave

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hargrave, Harriet.
Quilter’s Academy Vol 1.- Freshman Year : a skill-building course in quiltmaking / by Harriet Hargrave and Carrie Hargrave.
p. cm.

ISBN 978-1-57120-594-0 (softcover) 1. Patchwork. 2. Quilting. I. Hargrave, Carrie, 1976-II. Title.
TT835.H3384 2009
746.46--dc22
2009008787

Printed in China 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
A Course in Quilting
A fresh new approach to uncovering the details that make quilting fun and
rewarding for the beginner.
Quilting 201—Sophomore Year
Continuing with strips and squares, but now jazzing them up by putting them on-
point in a diagonal set, adding sashing and window-paning, and working in
wonderful pieced frames and borders to continue your journey into quiltmaking
skills.
Dedication
We would like to dedicate this book to Mary Ellen Hopkins, who has been a
tremendous influence on both of us. Mary Ellen brought machine piecing to the
forefront in the early 1980s. She made it okay for us to get our quilt tops done
quickly and have fun doing it. Creativity and free thinking were her strong
points. The borders that are designed through the diagonal-set piecing in this
book were the brainchild of Mary Ellen. She called them Incorporated Borders,
meaning they are designed using a block on-point to create the piecing of a
straight-appearing border. They have also been called Painless Borders by Sally
Schneider, but they originated in a Summer Camp seminar with Mary Ellen.
Harriet participated in Mary Ellen’s It’s Okay if You Sit on My Quilt seminars for
several years before she started to teach at them with Mary Ellen throughout the
1980s. Carrie met Mary Ellen when she was a young girl and had her impression
of quilters changed forever. There is never a better time to be had by all than in
the presence of Mary Ellen. Her methods and designs have influenced both of us
for years. Thank you for the fun and inspiration!
Last, but certainly not least, to all the thousands of Harriet’s students who have
influenced her desire to be the very best teacher she could be during the past 32
years. We hope that the passion runs as deep in them as it does in us.
The authors take full responsibility for the contents of this book, including
the technical accuracy of the information. Please direct any questions to
[email protected] or visit the authors’ blog at
http://quiltersacademy.blogspot.com.
Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CLASS 210
The basics you need to get started.
We know it’s dry stuff, but it is really important!
Lesson One: Expanding your sewing area
Lesson Two: Sewing machines
Lesson Three: Threads
Lesson Four: More rulers
CLASS 220
Lesson One: Why cotton fabric?
Lesson Two: Colorfast issues
Lesson Three: Fabric preparation
Lesson Four: Review of basic principles
CLASS 230
Lesson One: What is a diagonal set?
Lesson Two: Figuring for setting triangles
Lesson Three: Basic layout and sewing
Lesson Four: Finishing the sampler
Lesson Five: The quilts
CLASS 240
Lesson One: Improving your workspace
Lesson Two: Adding sashing to diagonal sets
Lesson Three: Figuring for setting triangles for sashed quilts
Lesson Four: Constructing the diagonal-set sashed quilt
Lesson Five: Using sashing as a design element
Lesson Six: Sashed quilts
CLASS 250
Lesson One: Planning simple diagonal sets
Lesson Two: Figuring the quilt size
Lesson Three: Alternate blocks
Lesson Four: The quilts
CLASS 260
Lesson One: Collecting and storing fabric
Lesson Two: Choosing fabric for sashings and borders
Lesson Three: Bar sets
Lesson Four: Zigzag sets
Lesson Five: The quilts
CLASS 270
Lesson One: Figuring yardage for plain diagonal-set quilts
Lesson Two: Figuring yardage for diagonal-set quilts with sashing
Lesson Three: Designing with internal frames
Lesson Four: The quilts
CLASS 280
Lesson One: Squaring a diagonal-set quilt top
Lesson Two: Sewing the first plain border
Lesson Three: Pieced side and corner triangles
CLASS 290
Lesson One: More binding options
Lesson Two: Quilting designs
YOUR SOPHOMORE FINAL
Combining It All Together—Reading a pattern to come up with all the elements
and dividing them into units for easy sewing—Worksheets to formulate your
own sizes, grids, and yardage ABOUT THE AUTHORS
RESOURCES
Preface
You are holding the second in a series of six books. The purpose of the series is
to build your quiltmaking skills on a firm foundation from beginner to advanced.
Volume 1 laid the foundation for all the rest of the books. If you have not
worked through Volume 1 entirely, we strongly suggest that you do so first.
These books are not all-inclusive. This second volume is to be used as a
workbook. It contains a complete sequence of classes, lessons, exercises, and
projects that will build your skills from one project to the next. We highly
recommend that you make the quilts in the order presented, as we have placed
them in order of complexity. Each quilt offers new challenges and techniques
that will help you continually build your skill level. We have chosen designs that
are timeless and very adaptable to traditional fabrics, as well as to more upbeat
fabric and color choices. Use these quilts to explore your color and style
preferences.
This volume and the first in the series deal with quilts made up of strips and
squares. By mastering the techniques in these first two books, you are laying a
foundation for precise, high-quality piecing. There are hundreds of quilts based
on strips and squares, so you can spend a long time exploring these stunning
quilts before you jump into the more complex piecing in the following books.