Judith Baker Montano

The Crazy Quilt Handbook (eBook, ePUB)

12 Updated Step-by-Step Projects-Illustrated Stitch Guide, Including Silk Ribbon Stitches

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The classic guide to crazy quilting, now with new projects, stitches, and techniques For nearly 30 years, The Crazy Quilt Handbook has been the essential guide to the fine art of crazy quilting. This newly updated edition brings you more of everything that makes crazy quilting wonderful: gorgeous stitches, embellishments, fabulous crazy quilt photos, and updated beautiful projects to make for yourself. Learn all the ways you can use crazy quilting to decorate clothing and accessories, beautify your home, share family memories, and create heirlooms for future generations. This is the must-have resource for any crazy quilter, whether you are just a beginner or are an experienced stitcher looking to enhance your technique. . The best-selling crazy quilting guide from world-renowned expert Judith Baker Montano (over 230,000 copies sold!), now updated with new stitches and techniques . Includes 12 beautiful projects, a dictionary of 37 embroidery and silk ribbon stitches, and instructions for additional embellishments . Benefit from Judith's wealth of knowledge on colors, fabrics, piecing, embroidery, appliqué, embellishing, beading, photography, painting, dyeing, and more

Produktdetails

• Verlag: C&T Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781617450334
• Artikelnr.: 41849055

Autorenporträt

By Judith Baker Montano

Inhaltsangabe

Contents [chapter head]
Acknowledgments
Preface
Crazy Quilt Definitions
Recollections
Trailblazers
Links with the Past
Historical Perspective
The Crazy Quilt Legacy
Antique Method
Crazy Quilting Today
Home Decor
Family Memories
Friendship Quilts
Clothing and Accessories
Getting Started
Create Your Own Look
Color
Color Wheel
Color Combinations
Understanding Color
Choosing Colors
The Montano Color Theory
Fabrics
Crazy Quilt How–To
Hints for Successful Crazy Quilting
Plastic Window Templates
Hiding Seam Lines
Adapting Crazy Quilting to Garment Patterns
Repetition and Balance
Design Elements For Successful Crazy Quilting
Design Placement
Before You Get Started
Prepare The Foundation
How Much Fabric Will You Need
Choosing the Supplies
The Montano Center Piece Method
The Cardinal Rule
Montano Centerpiece Method
Problem Solving
Creating Curved Bridges
Fussy Cutting Special Fabrics
Overlapping
Piecing More than One Block
Preparing For Embroidery
Placement of Lace, Ribbons and Trims
Joining The Blocks
Finishing
Borders
Backing
Tacking
Bindings
Embellishments Galore
Embroideries
Cross-Stitch
Outline Embroidery
Satin Stitch
Combination Stitches
Punchneedle Embroidery
Calligraphy
Fabric Painting
Fabric Dyes
Photography on Fabric
Ribbons and Roses
Embellishment On Ribbons
Meandering and Twisted Ribbon
Ribbon Ruffles
Ruth's Ruched Ribbons
Concertina Rose
Wire Ribbon
Gathered Flowers
Beads
Needles and Threads
Beaded Highlights
Sewn Beaded Designs
Buttons
Knots, Cords and Tassels
Laces, Doilies, and Hankies
Lace
Cleaning Antique Lace
Coloring Lace
Coffee Or Tea
Watercolor Paints and Dyes
Doilies
Hankies
Projects
CQ Chateleine
CQ Pansy needlecase
Weeping Heart Pendant
Crazy Quilt Frame
Oval Needlecase
Garden Shed Project
Chicken Bumble Pincushion
Floral Swing Purse
Heirloom and Postcard Collages
CQ Christmas ornaments
Cottage Gardenard
Sabre Party Pouch
Stitch Dictionary
Embroidery Stitches:
Buttonhole Stitch
Buttonhole Closed Stitch
Buttonhole Circular
Chain
Chevron Stitch
Cretan Stitch
Colonial Knot
Couching
Feather Stitch
French Knot
Fly Stitch
Herringbone Stitch
Lazy Daisy Stitch
Running Stitch
Satin Stitch
Stem Stitch
Straight Stitch
Silk Ribbon Stitches:
Threading Up
Bullion Tip Lazy Daisy
Decorated Lazy Daisy
Fargo Flower
Iva's Rose
Japanese Ribbon Stitch
Judith's Curled Leaf
Loop Flower
Montano Knot
Pistil Stitch
Plume Stitch
Rosette Bud
Ruth's rosettes
Ruth's Ruched Ribbon
Spiderweb Rose
Velvet Pansies
Whipstitch Straight and Curled
Fans
Webs
Spiders
Free-Form Trees
Index
Bibliography
About the author