| Introduction |
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Conventions Used in This Book |
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How This Book Is Organized |
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Part I: Gathering Your Tools and Getting Ready |
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Part II: Planning Your Masterpiece |
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Part III: Sharpening Your Sewing Skills |
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Part IV: Ahead to the Finish: Quilting the Pieces in Place |
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Part V: Completing the Circle: Projects to Try |
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Part VI: The Part of Tens |
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Part I: Gathering Your Tools and Getting Ready |
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7 | (42) |
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9 | (8) |
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Following the Recipe for a Fabric Sandwich |
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9 | (3) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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``Quilt-thropology:'' A Brief History of Quilt Making |
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13 | (1) |
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A Persistent Pastime: Quilting Today |
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Threads, Needles, and Gadgets --- And All That Jazz |
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A Thread for Every Occasion |
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17 | (4) |
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18 | (1) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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Stocking Up on Sewing Basket Essentials |
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Scissors --- One pair won't cut it |
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Needles for sewing by hand |
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23 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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Measuring tape and marking implements |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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More Basics and Nice-to-Haves |
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27 | (4) |
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28 | (1) |
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Quilting hoops and frames |
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28 | (1) |
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Paper and colored pencils |
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29 | (1) |
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30 | (1) |
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The Piece de Resistance: Fabric |
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31 | (18) |
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31 | (8) |
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Recognizing quality cotton |
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32 | (2) |
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Staying in style and getting a good (color) value |
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34 | (3) |
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37 | (1) |
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Prewashing for project protection |
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38 | (1) |
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Hitting a Homer with Your Batting |
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39 | (6) |
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Prepackaged or by the yard? |
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39 | (1) |
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Choosing your batting's fiber content |
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40 | (3) |
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43 | (2) |
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Backing Up Your Quilt with the Proper Fabric |
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45 | (4) |
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Part II: Planning Your Masterpiece |
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49 | (38) |
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A Patch in the Fabric of Time: Designing Quilt Blocks |
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51 | (8) |
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Would a Quilt Block By Any Other Name Feel as Cozy? |
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52 | (2) |
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Choosing Your Quilt Block System: Four-patch or Nine-patch |
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54 | (2) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (3) |
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56 | (1) |
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Turning doodles into full-sized block patterns |
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56 | (3) |
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Creating and Using Templates |
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59 | (10) |
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59 | (2) |
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60 | (1) |
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Springing for plastic sheeting |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (4) |
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Making templates from patterns you've created |
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63 | (2) |
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Making templates from ready-made patterns |
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65 | (1) |
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Making window templates for hand piecing |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (2) |
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Playing with Blocks and Borders: Which Way Should They Go? |
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69 | (10) |
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69 | (5) |
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The straight set and sashing |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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The vertical or ``strippy'' set |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (1) |
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Making a Run for the Border |
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74 | (5) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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Stitching the borders to your quilt |
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77 | (2) |
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Using Your Computer as a Crystal Ball |
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79 | (8) |
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Software for Soft Quilts: Checking Out What's Available |
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80 | (1) |
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Beginning Your Quilt Design: Building Blocks |
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81 | (3) |
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Selecting or creating your block |
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82 | (1) |
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Perfecting Your block design |
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82 | (2) |
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Glimpsing Your Quilt's Future |
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84 | (3) |
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Playing with layouts and borders |
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84 | (1) |
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Trying on fabrics from fabric libraries |
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85 | (1) |
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Calculating yardage and printing patterns |
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85 | (2) |
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Part III: Sharpening Your Sewing Skills |
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87 | (48) |
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Cuts and Creases: Pressing Matters |
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89 | (10) |
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Creating a Cutting Game Plan |
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89 | (2) |
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Slicing through Rotary Cutting Basics |
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91 | (3) |
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Prepping your fabric for rotary cutting |
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91 | (1) |
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Cutting strips, squares, and rectangles |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (5) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (2) |
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Positively Perfect Piecing |
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99 | (12) |
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Perfect Machine Piecing for the Impatient Quilter |
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99 | (4) |
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100 | (2) |
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Chain piecing to save time and thread |
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102 | (1) |
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Hand Piecing for the Purist |
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103 | (3) |
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Piecing Blocks with Set-in Seams |
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106 | (2) |
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Standing on a Firm Foundation |
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108 | (3) |
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What is foundation piecing? |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (2) |
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Do You Know the Way to Applique? |
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Applique: Stylistic Versatility |
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111 | (1) |
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Applique Basics for Hand and Machine |
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112 | (1) |
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Doing Seams: Appliques with Seam Allowances |
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113 | (10) |
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Turning under the seam allowance |
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114 | (4) |
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Hand stitching the appliques |
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118 | (2) |
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Machine stitching the appliques |
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120 | (3) |
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Look, Ma, No Seam Allowances! Fusible Machine Applique |
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123 | (12) |
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Buying fusible transfer webbing |
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124 | (1) |
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Preparing for machine applique |
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124 | (3) |
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Stitching it all in place |
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127 | (8) |
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Part IV: Ahead to the Finish: Quilting the Pieces in Place |
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135 | (44) |
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The Plan of Attack: Deciding How to Quilt Your Quilt |
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137 | (10) |
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Machine versus Hand Quilting |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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Choosing a Stitching Pattern |
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139 | (8) |
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Outline quilting to enhance shapes |
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139 | (1) |
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Filler patterns for quilting large areas |
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139 | (5) |
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Decorative quilting patterns and stencils |
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144 | (3) |
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Assembling the Quilt Sandwich |
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147 | (6) |
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Marking Your Quilting Stitch Designs |
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148 | (1) |
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Pulling Together Top, Batt, and Back Layers |
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149 | (2) |
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Assembling the quilt layers |
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149 | (1) |
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Basting the layers together |
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149 | (2) |
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Taming the Bed-size Beast |
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151 | (2) |
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Ready, Set . . . Quilt! The Ins and Outs of Quilting Your Masterpiece |
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153 | (12) |
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Introducing the Quilting Stage and Your Options |
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154 | (1) |
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Hooping It Up with Hand Quilting |
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154 | (4) |
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155 | (1) |
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Threading the needle in hiding the knot |
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155 | (1) |
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Hand stitching your quilt |
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156 | (2) |
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Making Fast Progress with Machine Quilting |
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158 | (5) |
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Preparing large-size projects |
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159 | (1) |
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Starting out simply with straight-line quilting |
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160 | (2) |
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Breaking boundaries with free-motion machine quilting |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (2) |
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Finishing Touches: Bindings and More |
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165 | (14) |
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Calculating Your Binding Needs |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (8) |
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166 | (3) |
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Tackling traditional bias binding |
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169 | (3) |
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172 | (2) |
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Using What You Already Have: Self-Binding |
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174 | (2) |
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Keeping It All Inside: Pillow-style Finishing |
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176 | (3) |
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Part V: Completing the Circle: Projects to Try |
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179 | (146) |
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181 | (38) |
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Hand-Quilted Starburst Pillow |
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181 | (6) |
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181 | (1) |
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Preparing the pillow top for quilting |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (2) |
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Half-Size Starburst Quilting Pattern |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (8) |
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188 | (1) |
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188 | (2) |
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190 | (1) |
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Adding dimension to the pillow top |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (2) |
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Full-Size Trapunto Pattern |
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195 | (1) |
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Dancing Blossoms Wall Hanging |
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195 | (7) |
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196 | (1) |
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196 | (1) |
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Creating the appliqued blocks |
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197 | (2) |
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Assembling the quilt center |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (1) |
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Center Leaf Spray Pattern |
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203 | (1) |
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Traditional Basket Wall Hanging |
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203 | (8) |
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204 | (1) |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (2) |
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208 | (2) |
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Quilting and finishing the project |
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210 | (1) |
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Half-Size Quilting Pattern and Full-Size Applique Templates |
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211 | (1) |
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Half-Size Basket Template |
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212 | (1) |
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Chicken Scratch Foundation-Pieced Quilt |
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212 | (5) |
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213 | (1) |
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213 | (1) |
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Creating the foundation-pieced blocks |
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213 | (1) |
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Creating the quilt center |
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214 | (2) |
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216 | (1) |
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Chicken Scratch Foundation Block Pattern |
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217 | (2) |
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219 | (36) |
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219 | (10) |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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Creating the flower squares |
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221 | (3) |
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Creating the leaf squares |
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224 | (2) |
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226 | (2) |
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Quilting and finishing your quilt |
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228 | (1) |
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Stem Diagram and Leaf Template |
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229 | (1) |
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Scrappy Bloomers Wall Hanging or Lap Quilt |
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230 | (5) |
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230 | (1) |
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Preparing the applique pieces |
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231 | (1) |
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Appliqueing the quilt blocks |
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231 | (2) |
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233 | (1) |
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Quilting and finishing the project |
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234 | (1) |
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Scrappy Bloomers Template |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (9) |
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236 | (1) |
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Preparing the applique pieces |
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236 | (1) |
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Appliqueing the snowflakes |
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237 | (2) |
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239 | (5) |
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Quilting and finishing the project |
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244 | (1) |
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245 | (1) |
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Winter Holly Lap Quilt or Wall Hanging |
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246 | (7) |
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246 | (1) |
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246 | (2) |
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248 | (2) |
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250 | (2) |
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252 | (1) |
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Quilting and finishing the project |
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252 | (1) |
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Leaf Template and Half-Size Applique Pattern |
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253 | (2) |
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Projects for the Machine Queen |
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255 | (32) |
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Pieced Flower Pots Wall Hanging |
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255 | (8) |
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256 | (1) |
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256 | (1) |
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Assembling the pieced blocks |
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257 | (4) |
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261 | (1) |
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Quilting and completing the project |
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262 | (1) |
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Pieced Blossoms Lap Quilt |
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263 | (11) |
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264 | (1) |
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264 | (3) |
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Creating the petal blocks |
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267 | (3) |
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Joining petals to make flower blocks |
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270 | (2) |
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272 | (1) |
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Quilting and finishing your quilt |
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273 | (1) |
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Americana Applique's Banner |
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274 | (7) |
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275 | (1) |
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276 | (1) |
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Creating the quilt center |
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276 | (4) |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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Scrappy Pines Lap or Nap Quilt |
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281 | (5) |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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Appliqueing the tree blocks |
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283 | (1) |
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283 | (1) |
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Quilting and finishing your quilt |
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284 | (2) |
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286 | (1) |
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287 | (38) |
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Appliqued Bluebirds Breakfast Set |
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287 | (10) |
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287 | (1) |
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288 | (4) |
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Appliqueing the place mat |
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292 | (2) |
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294 | (1) |
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Appliquing the kitchen towel |
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295 | (2) |
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297 | (1) |
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Pink Tulips Breakfast Set |
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298 | (10) |
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298 | (1) |
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Assembling the quilt blocks |
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299 | (3) |
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302 | (3) |
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305 | (2) |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (3) |
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Blue Star Place Mat and Hot Pad |
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311 | (9) |
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311 | (1) |
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Putting together a place mat |
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312 | (4) |
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316 | (3) |
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319 | (1) |
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Pastel Nine-Patch Wall Hanging |
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320 | (5) |
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320 | (1) |
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320 | (4) |
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Quilting and completing the project |
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324 | (1) |
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Part VI: The Part of Tens |
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325 | (18) |
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327 | (4) |
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327 | (1) |
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327 | (1) |
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Set Up an Efficient Workspace |
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328 | (1) |
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328 | (1) |
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Divide Your Work into Mini-Projects |
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328 | (1) |
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Forego the Iron in Favor of the Finger |
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328 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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329 | (1) |
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Keep Several Needles Threaded |
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329 | (1) |
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Spring for Prepackaged Binding |
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330 | (1) |
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Ten Tips for Displaying Your Art |
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331 | (6) |
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Pin Your Quilt to the Wall |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (1) |
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Hang Around with Dowel Sleeves and Rods |
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332 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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Drape the Quilt over Furniture |
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334 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (1) |
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Drape It over the Stair Railing |
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335 | (2) |
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Top Ten Criteria Quilting Judges Use |
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337 | (6) |
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337 | (1) |
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338 | (1) |
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338 | (1) |
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338 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (1) |
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340 | (1) |
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341 | (2) |
| Appendix: Resources for Quilters |
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| Index |
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