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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Introduction
  • Developing Your Quilting Skills:
    • My path
    • Practice, practice, practice
    • Free-motion quilting
    • Moving on to custom quilting
    • Enhancing the quilt with quilting
    • How much quilting?
    • Rules
  • Four Steps to Choosing the Best Quilting:
    • Step 1- Determine the Category of the Quilt
    • Step 2- Determine the Intended Use of the Quilt
    • Step 3- Brainstorm What Quilting is Needed to Enhance the Quilt
    • Step 4- Select a Thread Color
  • Children's/Youth Quilts- Intro, Examples, Examples of quilting designs
  • Traditional Quilts- Intro, Examples, Examples of quilting designs
  • Contemporary Quilts- Intro, Examples, Examples of quilting designs
  • Art Quilts- Intro, Examples, Examples of quilting designs
  • Quilting Designs- Continuous Line, Allover Designs; Borders and Sashing; Squares; Triangles
  • Resources
  • About Author

Title: Listen to Your Quilt: Select the Perfect Quilting Every Time, 4 Simple Steps
Author/Designer: Barbara Persing
Format/Publication Date: TPB:2012
Publisher: C&T Publishing, Lafayette, CA
Language: English
Page Count: 72
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 9781607055006

SUMMARY- I like Mrs. Persing's writing style, and her practical approach. If you're new to machine quilting, this is a good book to read and reflect on about what goes into the decision-making process. You get a few designs in the back of the book, but mostly about what steps to take to decide how to quilt your quilt.