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Heirloom Machine Quilting 4th Edition by Harriet Hargrave.

A brand-new edition of the machine quilting classic! Heirloom Machine Quilting is a compendium of 25 years of experience in quilting and teaching from quilting expert Harriet Hargrave. This newly updated classic belongs on every quilter’s bookshelf!

Quick Look Guide: Choosing Batting by Harriet Hargrave.

A concise guide to choosing quilt batting, with helpful advice, easy to read text, and convenient tables.

Quick Look Guide: Caring for Fabric & Quilts by Harriet Hargrave.

Essential information about laundering quilts and quilting materials.


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Heirloom Machine Quilting

Heirloom Machine Quilting 4th Edition
Hardcover with hidden wire binding

Author: Harriet Hargrave

Pages:176
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: C&T Publishing

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A brand-new edition of the machine quilting classic! Heirloom Machine Quilting is a compendium of 25 years of experience in quilting and teaching from quilting expert Harriet Hargrave. This newly updated classic belongs on every quilter’s bookshelf!

  • New information and tips developed since the last edition cover the basics and beyond
  • Everything you need to know about straight-line and free-motion quilting, elegant feathers, and padded quilting
  • In-depth instruction for every step of the process, from planning and preparation to detailed quilting techniques
  • Updated in full color, including 4 quilt galleries that highlight quilting details

Table of Contents

Dedication3GALLERY 
Acknowledgements3Advanced-Level Quilts93
Introduction7PART THREE - QUILTING TECHNIQUES103
GALLERY Chapter 9: Straight-Line Quilting: Ditch Quilting
104
Beginner-Level Quilts...9Chapter 10: Straight-Line Quilting: Lines and Grids111
PART ONE - GETTING YOUR SPACE READY19Chapter 11: Free-Motion Quilting Basics117
Chapter 1: Preparing Your Work Space20Chapter 12: Free-Motion Quilting: Beyond Basics125
Chapter 2: Sewing Machines and Accessories26Chapter 13: Feathers143
Chapter 3: Threads and Needles38Chapter 14: Padded Quilting149
GALLERY GALLERY 
Intermediate-Level Quilts50Master-Level Quilts152
PART TWO - PREPARING THE TOP FOR QUILTING57PART FOUR - QUILTING DESIGNS157
Chapter 4: Planning Ahead58Index172
Chapter 5: Choosing Designs to Quilt62Bibliography175
Chapter 6: Stencils, Marking Techniques, and markers67Resources175
Chapter 7: Layering and Pin-Basting 78About the Author176
Chapter 8: Packaging and Preparing to Quilt84 
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Quick Look Guide:
Choosing Batting

Author: Harriet Hargrave

What every quilter needs to know about batting."

A concise guide to choosing quilt batting, with helpful advice, easy to read text, and convenient tables.

  • Material Characteristic Chart
  • Cotton, wool, polyester, silk
  • Batting selection checklist
  • Testing Batting
  • Brand names, fiber content, uses, and characteristics chart

Pages: 1 laminted tri-fold card
Page size: Folded: 8 1/2" x 4 1/2"
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Item Code: 4e0402

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Quick Look Guide:
Caring for Fabric and Quilts

Author: Harriet Hargrave

Essential information about laundering quilts and quilting materials. Contains helpful advice, easy to read text, and convenient tables.

  • Quick Needle/Thread Reference Chart
  • Laundering, vacuuming, pretest, wash, rinse, and dry
  • Shrinkage, colorfastness, and water temperature
  • Prewash or not?

Pages: 1 laminted tri-fold card
Page size: Folded: 8 1/2" x 4 1/2"
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Item Code: 4e0402

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Books by Harriet Hargrave

 Mastering Machine Applique
Mastering Machine Appliqué, 2nd edition 		Heirloom Machine Quilting
Heirloom Machine Quilting 4th Edition		 Art of Classic Quiltmaking
 The Art of Classic Quiltmaking		 Quick Look Guide to Choosing BattingQuick Look Guide to Fabric and Quilts
Quick Look Guides:
Choosing Batting &/OR
Caring for Fabric & Quilts


Machine Quilting Accessories

 

 Kwik Klip, Fastens Safety Pins
Kwik Klip,
Fastens Safety Pins		 Quilters Delight Safety Pin Grips
Quilters Delight
Safety Pin Grips
Quilter's Gloves 		Quilting Grips
Quilting Grips
SideWinder
SideWinder™
Portable Bobbin Winder		 SewSlip
SewSlip Slider 		Supreme Free Motion Slider
Supreme Free-Motion Slider
LaPierre Studio LLC 		Schmetz Needle package
Schmetz Needles
every style and size 		Machingers
Machingers

Hand & Machine Quilting DVDs

Machine Quilting
DVD
Fluff & Stuff DVD
Fluff & Stuff
Machine Quilting
with Paula Reid
Machine Quilting
Grand Finale DVD
Grand Finale DVD
by Ricky Tims
 Hand Quilting
DVD
Hand Quilting DVD Cover
Workshops to Go
Hand Quilting
 featuring Andrea Perejda		 DVD
Hand Quilting
Hand Quilting
Decorative Threads
& Speciality Techniques

Hand & Machine Quilting Books with Instructional CDs/DVDs

Book Only
or BK w/DVD
Perfect Hand Quilting
Perfect Hand Quilting Without Pain
by Liuxin Newman		 Machine Quilting

Mastering the Art of McTavishing
 by Karen McTavish
Includes DVD		 Machine Quilting
Secrets of Elemental Quilting
The Secrets of Elemental Quilting
Plus Trapunto Tips and Tricks
by Karen McTavish
Includes DVD		 Machine Quilting
Quilting For Show
Quilting for Show
 by Karen McTavish
Includes DVD

Doodling
Books & CDs

Helpful for hand & machine quilting design ideas
&
Fabric Painting, Foiling & Stenciling

Book
Oodles of Doodles
Oodles of Doodles
by Tonya Bates, Andrea Gibson, Donna Goss, Emily Adams, and Jaime Echt		 Clipart on CD
Flower Doodles
Flower Doodles
by Design Originals
Brushes act as rubber stamps in Adobe® Photoshop® programs 		Clipart on CD
Swirls, Doodles, & Dots
Swirls, Doodles & Dots
by Design Originals
Brushes act as rubber stamps in Adobe® Photoshop® programs		 Over 45 Designs
Stencil Examples
Doodling
Templates & Stencils

Quilting with Home Sewing Machines

Also see: Quilting Designs aka Stencils

 Elegant Machine Quilting
Elegant Machine Quilting
by Joanie Zeier Poole		 Guide to Machine Quilting
Guide to Machine Quilting
by Diane Gaudynski		 Heirloom Machine Quilting
Heirloom Machine Quilting
4th Edition
by Harriet Hargrave 		Learn to Machine Quilt in 1 Weekend
 Learn to Machine Quilt
in Just One Weekend
by Marti Michell
A Modern Mix
A Modern Mix
 by Anita Shackelford		 Machine Quilting Made Easy
Machine Quilting Made Easy
by Maurine Noble 		Machine Quilting with Alex Anderson
Machine Quilting with Alex Anderson
 by Alex Anderson		 Quilt Savvy
Quilt Savvy, Gaudynski's Machine Quilting Guidebook
Gaudynski's Machine Quilting Guidebook
by Diane Gaudynski		 Show Me How to Machine Quilt, A Fun, No-mark Approach
Show Me How to
Machine Quilt,
A Fun, No-Mark Approach
by Kathy Sandbach
Quick Look Guide to Choosing BattingQuick Look Guide to Fabric and Quilts
Quick Look Guides:
Choosing Batting &/OR
Caring for Fabric & Quilts 		    Out of Print
 Quilting Back to Front
Quilting Back to Front,
Fun & Easy
No-Mark Techniques
by Larraine Scoule		 Out of Print
Show Me How to Create Quitling Designs
Show Me How to
Create Quilting Designs
by Kathy Sandbach

Quilt-as-You-Go using Home Sewing Machine

Beautiful Quilts as You Go
Beautiful Quilts as You Go Technique & Designs by Keryn Emmerson
Seams Easy
Seams Easy
Easier Method to Assemble Your Quilt AFTER You Quilt It by Julie A. Olson		 Machine Quilting in Sections
Machine Quilting in Sections
by Marti Michell		 One Stitch Quilting
One Stitch Quilting
The Basics
 by Donna Dewberry and Cindy Casciato		 Quilting On the Go
Quilting on the Go
 by Carolyn Forster

Reversible Quilts

Quilt-as-You-Go Techniques

 Reversible Quilts
Reversible Quilts
Two Quilts at a Time
by Sharon Pederson		 Reversible Quilts
More Reversible Quilts
by Sharon Pederson 		Two for One Foundation Piecing
Two-for-One Foundation Piecing
by Wendy Hill

 

Reference Cards (Laminated)

Perfect Binding Card
Fons and Porter's
Perfect Binding Card

Need-to-Know Card
Fons and Porter's
Need-to-Know Card
Size charts for diagonal corners, mattress sizes, cutting charts, yardage calculations and more

Foundation Piecing, Basics
Foundation Piecing, Basics
by Marci L. Baker
Joining Strips Together, Basics
by Marci L. Baker
Know Before Sew
Know Before You Sew: Binding Mitered Corners, Beyond Basics
 by Marci L. Baker		 Quilter's Strip Ticket
Quilter's Strip Ticket
Bias Tube Construction and Yardage Tables		 Quick Look Guide to Fabric and Quilts
Quick Look Guide
Caring for Fabric & Quilts		 Quick Look Guide to Choosing Batting
Quick Look Guide:
Choosing Batting
Rotary Cutting, Basics
by Marci L. Baker

Reference Booklets

Some with Heavy Cardboard Front & Back, Spiral Bindings
or
Bolted Corner (allows fanning of cards)

Spools & Cones
MasterPiece Thread Example
Superior
MasterPiece Thread
Available in 50 Colors
50 WT fine cotton
Endorsed by Alex Anderson

 

3-in-1 Color Tool
3-in-1 Color Tool
by Joan Wolfrom		 All-in-One Quilter's Reference Tool
All-in-One
Quilter's Reference Tool
by Harriet Hargrave, Sharyn Craig, Alex Anderson & Liz Aneloski		 make your first quilt
Make Your First Quilt
 by M'Liss Rae Hawley		 Needles & Threads & Bobbins, Oh, My!
Needles & Threads & Bobbins, Oh, My!
A Quick Reference for Today's Quilter
by Nancy Goldsworthy

Piecing Tips &
Tricks Tool
Editor Liz Aneloski		 Quick & Easy Block Tool
Quick & Easy Block Tool
Edited by Liz Aneloski & Kandy Petersen 		The Quick Guide to Fundraising Quilts
The Quick Guide to Fundraising Quilts
 by Kelly Gallagher-Abbott		  

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