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A-Z of Quilting by Sue Garner is a comprehensive manual filled with 900 full colored photographs and easy step-by-step instructions. A must for beginners to advanced quilters alike.

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A-Z of Quilting
One of the Great Reference Books of All Time

Editor: Sue Gardner
Pages: 128
Page size: 81/2" x 9"
Publisher: Quilter's Resource
Cover: Heavier Soft with covered Spiral Binding
Item Code: 4E0025
Weight: 1.2 lbs.

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.At last, the book every quilter has been waiting for!

Whether you have held a needle or have been creating heirlooms for decades, this remarkable book has something for you. It is filled with almost 900 full-colour step-by-step photographs that cover every aspect of creating a beautiful and unique quilt.

How to prepare your fabric and transfer your designs.
How to create the quilt top with a vast array of different techniques to choose from ,such a s piecing, patchwork,appliqué,embroidery,beading,tucking,ruching and slashing.
How to assemble a quilt top.
How to quilt by hand and by machine as well as specialty technique such as trapunto,echo quilting, corded quilting and tufting.
How to make binding and bind your quilt with a variety of different methods and looks.

GENERAL INFORMATION	05	Blind tucks
Materials	06	Graduated tucks
Fabrics		Centred tucks
Batting		Undulated tucks
Threads		Bubble tucks
Tools	07	Suffolk puffs	64
Cutting tools		Yo-yos	65
Rulers		Embellishing	67
Markers		Embroidery	67
Templates and stencils		Blanket stitch
Fasteners		Blanket stitch-long and short
Hoops and frames		Chain stitch
Needles		Detached chain
Thimbles		Feather stitch
other tools		Fly stitch
Pressing and starching	11	French knot
Caring for your quilt	11	Herringbone stitch
Sizes of quilts	12	Pistil stitch
PREPARATION	13	Stem stitch
Templates	14	Couching
Making templates for piecing by hand		Beading	75
Making templates for piecing by machine		Attaching a bead
Using templates for piecing by hand		Attaching a string of beads
Using templates for piecing by machine		Attaching a circle of beads
Cutting out	16	Assembling the quilt top	78
Using a rotary cutter		Blocking	78
Cutting strips		Setting blocks together	79
Cutting squares and rectangles		Sashing	80
Cutting half-squares and rectangles		Sashing without cornerstones
Cutting half-square and quarter-square triangles		Sashing with cornerstones
Cutting diamonds		Borders	82
Trimming points		Measuring for borders
Cutting without templates		Butted for borders
CREATING THE QUILT TOP	19	Square corners
Patchwork and piecing	21	Mitred corners
Patchwork blocks	21	QUILTING	86
Piecing by hand	23	Marking the quilting design	87
Straight seam		Stencils and templates
Butted seam		Perforated patterns
Set-in-seam		Tracings
Piecing by machine	26	Using masking tape
Straight seam		Attaching the batting and lining	90
Chain piecing		Preparing the lining
Butted seam		Layering
Set in seam		Basting with safety pins
Sewing curves	29	Basing with thread
Foundation piecing	30	Quilting by hand	93
Strip piecing	31	Knotting the thread
English piecing	32	Starting and ending off the thread
Log cabin	33	Quilting without a hoop or frame
Crazy patchwork	35	Quilting in a hoop or frame
Seminole patchwork	37	Quilting by machine	97
Appliqué	38	Starting and finishing
Preparing shapes	38	Trimming the tails of thread
Using paper-backed fusible web (or appliqué paper)		Quilting with the feed dog engaged
Using templates		Free motion quilting
Hand appliqué	42	Straight line quilting	99
Blanket stitch		Quilting in the ditch
Slip stitch		Outline quilting
Stab stitch		Grid or cross-hatch quilting
Needle-turn appliqué		Echo quilting	100
Machine appliqué	46	Corded quilting	100
Satin stitch		Trapunto	102
Zigzag stitch		Tying	104
Topstitch		Buttoning
Bias tubes	47	Tufting
Tube with the seam allowance on the outside		FINISHING	106
Tube with the seam allowance on the inside		Squaring the quilt	107
Double-fold tube		Blocking
Appliquéing the tube		Squaring
Broderie perse	49	Making binding	108
Shadow appliqué	50	Joining bias strips
Reverse appliqué	51	Making continuous bias binding
Fabric manipulation	52	Attaching binding
Cathedral window	52	Attaching doubled binding with butted corners	110
Ruching	55	Attaching single binding with butted corners
Grid ruching		Attaching doubled binding with mitred corners
Circular ruching		Attaching single binding with mitred corners
Prairie points (or shark's teeth)	57	Making round corners
Individual prairie points		Scallops
Multiple prairie points		Backing turned to front	120
Slashing and chenilling	60	Adding a hanging sleeve	121
Tucking	61	GLOSSARY	122
Spaced tucks		INDEX	123
		Acknowledgments	128

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How-To
Quilters Reference books, booklets and laminated cards

Reference Cards (Laminated)	Fons and Porter's Perfect Binding 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 by Marci L. Baker	Joining Strips Together, Basics by Marci L. Baker
Know Before You Sew: Binding Mitered Corners, Beyond Basics by Marci L. Baker	Quilter's Strip Ticket Bias Tube Construction and Yardage Tables	Quick Look Guide Caring for Fabric & Quilts	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 Superior MasterPiece Thread Available in 50 Colors 50 WT fine cotton Endorsed by Alex Anderson	3-in-1 Color Tool by Joan Wolfrom	All-in-One Quilter's Reference Tool by Harriet Hargrave, Sharyn Craig, Alex Anderson & Liz Aneloski	Make Your First Quilt by M'Liss Rae Hawley	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 Edited by Liz Aneloski & Kandy Petersen	The Quick Guide to Fundraising Quilts by Kelly Gallagher-Abbott

Traditional: Beginner to Advanced Comprehensive Instruction	Fabric Calculator by Calculated Industries	All About Quilting from A to Z by Magazine Quilter's Newletter and Quiltmaker contributors	A-Z of Quilting Edited by Sue Gardner	It's "El"ementary Quilting Tips & Techniques by Eleanor Burns
Quilt with Confidence by Nancy Zieman	The Quilter's Workbook by Editors from the Landauer Corporation	Quilting: The Complete Guide by Darlene Zimmerman Very comprehensive	Quilting on the Go by Carolyn Forster	DVD Workshops to Go The Nuts and Bolts of Quilting featuring Margrit Hall
Thimbleberries Learning to Quilt with Jiffy Quilts by Lynette Jensen
Your First Quilt Book (Or It Should Be) by Carol Doak
Project Specific with Comprehensive Overview Instruction	Featherweight 221 The Perfect Portable by Nancy Johnson-Srebo	The Art of Classic Quiltmaking by Harriet Hargrave & Sharyn Craig	The Magic of Quiltmaking by Margaret Rolfe & Jenny Bowker	BOOK &/or DVD Mastering Precision Piecing by Sally Collins
Comprehensive Technique Specific Instruction	Make Any Block Any Size by Joen Wolfrom	Patchwork Minus Mathwork by Linda Causee	The Blessed Home Quilt by Cori Derksen and Myra Harder	Piecing Tips & Tricks Tool Editor Liz Aneloski