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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • INTRODUCTION
  • 20 Top Tips for Machine Quilting
  • Preparing Your Sewing Machine
  • Setting Up a Machine-Quilting Workspace
  • Choosing the Right Needle & Thread
  • No More Trouble with Tension!
  • Marking Quilting Designs
  • The Basics of Batting
  • Layering & Basting for Machine Quilting
  • Selecting & Fitting Quilting Designs
  • Adapting Designs for Continuous-Line Quilting
  • Handling a Big Quilt
  • Learning How to Start & Stop
  • Machine-Guided Straight-Line Quilting
  • Machine-Guided Gentle Curves
  • Free-Motion Quilting Basics
  • Free-Motion Stipple Quilting
  • Machine Quilted Feathers
  • Free-Motion Echo Quilting
  • The Basics of Machine Trapunto
  • Twin-Needle Corded Trapunto
  • From Basic Bar Tacks to Charm Tacks
  • Machine-Quilting Secrets from the Pros
  • Machine-Quilting Glossary
  • About the Writers
  • Acknowledgments
  • Resources
  • INDEX

Title: Rodale's Successful Quilting Library: Fast & Fun Machine Quilting
Editor: Karen Costello Soltys
Format/Publication Date: HC:1997
Publisher: Rodale Press, Inc., Emmaus, PA
Language: English
Page Count: 128
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 11" x 8 1/2"
ISBN: 0875967612

SUMMARY- I ended up spending way more time reading this book than I intended to - so much useful information. This set of books is fantastic.

DESIGNERS/WRITERS: Stan Green, Laura Heine, Nancy Johnson-Srebro, Jeannette Muir, Susan Nickels, Ellen Pahl, Karen Soltys, Susan Stein, Holice Turnbow, Debra Wagner, Hari Walner, Joanne Winn