Quilty
10-29-2004, 02:06 AM
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<td class="modulecell" width="20%" valign="top" align="left">Title</td>
<td class="modulecell" colspan="2" width="80%" align="left">The Quilter's Companion</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="20%" valign="top" align="left">Description</td>
<td class="modulecell" colspan="2" width="80%" align="left">Self announced as the complete guide to machine and hand quilting - but that should read quiltmaking!</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="5%" valign="top" align="left">Author</td>
<td colspan="2" class="modulecell" width="95%" align="left">Guerrier, Katharine</td>
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<td colspan="2" class="modulecell" width="95%" align="left">Book</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="5%" valign="top" align="left">Technique[s]</td>
<td colspan="2" class="modulecell" width="95%" align="left">All imaginable</td>
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<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Guerrier, Katharine. The Quilter's Companion: The Complete Guide to Machine and Hand Quilting. Creative Publishing International, Minnesota, USA. 2003.</font></p>
<font face="Tahoma" size="2">ISBN 1-58923-243-7, hard cover, 9¼ x 10¼ inches, 256 pages.</font></p>
<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">This heavy volume describes itself as "the complete guide to machine and hand quilting", but it would be better stated as quiltmaking than quilting as it goes far beyond just the quilting of an already constructed quilt top. This book includes comprehensive chapters on fabrics, battings, threads, sewing equipment, templates and stencils, cutting tools, marking tools, hoops and frames, a wide variety of piecing and <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">appliqué techniques, as well as both hand and machine quilting techniques. </span></font></p>
<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">The text is well written and easy to understand with clear numbered instructions for each technique that is described. The book is packed with colour photographs, sketched diagrams, patterns, charts and specific information boxes. The format is uncluttered and very easy to browse. This is indeed a "companion" and holds a wealth of essential information for all quilters.</font></p>
<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Included in this volume are 6 projects - a sampler quilt, a log cabin quilt, a contemporary pieced wallhanging, an <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">appliquéd wallhanging, yet another wallhanging, and a hand-quilted crib quilt. The step-by-step "how to" photographs for each of these projects are excellent and should leave the beginning quiltmaker in no doubt how to proceed. </span></font></p>
<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">If you make quilts, this is a nice book to have in your book case and to refer to for inspiration on what to make next. </span></font></p></td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="20%" valign="top" align="left">Title</td>
<td class="modulecell" colspan="2" width="80%" align="left">The Quilter's Companion</td>
</tr>
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<td class="modulecell" width="20%" valign="top" align="left">Description</td>
<td class="modulecell" colspan="2" width="80%" align="left">Self announced as the complete guide to machine and hand quilting - but that should read quiltmaking!</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="5%" valign="top" align="left">Author</td>
<td colspan="2" class="modulecell" width="95%" align="left">Guerrier, Katharine</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="5%" valign="top" align="left">Media</td>
<td colspan="2" class="modulecell" width="95%" align="left">Book</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="5%" valign="top" align="left">Technique[s]</td>
<td colspan="2" class="modulecell" width="95%" align="left">All imaginable</td>
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<td class="modulecell" width="5%" valign="top" align="left">Skill level</td>
<td colspan="2" class="modulecell" width="95%" align="left">Beginners and beyond</td>
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<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Guerrier, Katharine. The Quilter's Companion: The Complete Guide to Machine and Hand Quilting. Creative Publishing International, Minnesota, USA. 2003.</font></p>
<font face="Tahoma" size="2">ISBN 1-58923-243-7, hard cover, 9¼ x 10¼ inches, 256 pages.</font></p>
<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">This heavy volume describes itself as "the complete guide to machine and hand quilting", but it would be better stated as quiltmaking than quilting as it goes far beyond just the quilting of an already constructed quilt top. This book includes comprehensive chapters on fabrics, battings, threads, sewing equipment, templates and stencils, cutting tools, marking tools, hoops and frames, a wide variety of piecing and <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">appliqué techniques, as well as both hand and machine quilting techniques. </span></font></p>
<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">The text is well written and easy to understand with clear numbered instructions for each technique that is described. The book is packed with colour photographs, sketched diagrams, patterns, charts and specific information boxes. The format is uncluttered and very easy to browse. This is indeed a "companion" and holds a wealth of essential information for all quilters.</font></p>
<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2">Included in this volume are 6 projects - a sampler quilt, a log cabin quilt, a contemporary pieced wallhanging, an <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">appliquéd wallhanging, yet another wallhanging, and a hand-quilted crib quilt. The step-by-step "how to" photographs for each of these projects are excellent and should leave the beginning quiltmaker in no doubt how to proceed. </span></font></p>
<font face="tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-AU; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">If you make quilts, this is a nice book to have in your book case and to refer to for inspiration on what to make next. </span></font></p></td>
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