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French Braid Quilts by Jane Hardy Miller with Arlene Netten uses a spin of the traditional log cabin quilt. This technique combines the traditional log cabin quilt and the log cabin with cornerstones techniques. French Braid Quilts are strippie, two- sided log cabins with cornerstones.

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French Braid Quilts
14 Quick Quilts with Dramatic Results

Author: Jane Hardy Miller with Arlene Netten
Pages: 79
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4I30300
Weight: 0.9 lbs.

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Shadow CityGreen Miami

Lucys LeftoverRainbow Bright

Back Cover InformationMi Casa Es Su Casa

Simple Piecing—Spectacular Quilts

  • One great technique, a variety of different looks!
  • Learn To Use Value: Create glowing effects by choosing a range of graduated fabrics.
  • Super-easy piecing means fast quilt construction.
  • Make it yours with pretty borders, separator bands, and other creative variations.

About the Authors

Jane Hardy Miller was born in and mostly grew up in California, where she attended college and law school. Her mother, a home economic teacher, taught her to sew by hand and machine beginning at age five. She made her first quilt in 1968, and for the following ten years made about one per year, inventing techniques as she went along. She practiced law briefly in Hawaii and California and then moved to Miami in 1979, where she married, had two children, and finally took a beginning quilting class. She has been working and teaching in a local quilt shop since 1987.

Arlene Netten, designer of "Fabulous Florals," the inspiration quilt design for this book, lives with her husband in Garden Valley, Idaho, a small mountain town one hour north of Boise; a perfect place to quilt, quilt, quilt! She immediately fell in love with quilting when she began in 1994 and her Plumples Quilt Patterns business soon followed. After a lifelong interest in sewing and crafts, she has found that quilting embodies the best of all the creative endeavors and, as a result, it has truly become her passion. Her other passion is her grandson, Ryan, who gives her immeasurable joy!

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments/Dedication4Center-Out French Braids34
Introduction5Project 6: Oriental Palms36
Chapter One End-In French Braids38
Equipment6

Project 7: It's Always Green in Miami

40
Anatomy of a French Braid7Project 8: Thanks, Frank42
Chapter Two Project 9: Mi Casa Es Su Casa45
Fabric Selection8Chapter Six 
Braid-Run Fabrics8Adding Separator Bank Variations49
Accent Fabric10Simple Pieced Separator Bands49
Triangle Fabrics10Project 10: Lava Lamp50
Separator-Band Fabrics12French Braids as Separator Bands52
Border Fabrics12Project 11: Shadow City54
Chapter Three Separators Using Reverse Braid Order57
Basic French Braid Construction13Project 12: Big Red
58
Cutting the Braid-Run Fabrics13Separator Bands that Align with the Braids61
Cutting the Starting Triangles14Reconstructed French Braids as Separator Bands61
Laying Out the Braid14Project 13: Cafe Ole64
Troubleshooting15Chevron Separator Braids66
Cutting the Accent Fabric15Project 14: Am I Blue?68
Cutting the Ending Triangles15Chapter Seven 
Sewing the Braids16Adjusting the Size70
Trimming Braids Without Separator Bands17Adjusting the Width70
Sewing Braids Together19Adjusting the Length70
Project 1: Lucy's Leftover Watercolor Kit20Using the Tables70
Project 2: Formal Affair22Chapter Eight 
Chapter Four Finishing72
Adding Basic Separator Bands25Chapter Nine 
Marking the Braids25Quilting Basics73
Cutting the Separator Bands26Butted Borders73
Getting It All Together26Backing73
Project 3: Cornucopia28Batting73
Project 4: Passion for Purple30Layering73
Project 5: Baby Braid32Basting73
Chapter Five Binding74
Braid Variations34Appendix: Yardage and Cutting Charts75
  About the Authors79

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Color
Value
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Color Influenced Perspective in Quilts, Beading and Crafts

An Amish Adventure
An Amish Adventure
by Roberta Horton
Batik Beauties
Batik Beauties

by Laurie Shifrin
Blended Quilt Backgrounds
Blended Quilt Backgrounds
by Jean Biddick
The Quilter's Color Scheme Bible
The Beader's Guide to Color
by Margaret Deeb
Casting Shadows cover
Casting Shadows

by Colleen Wise
Color and Compostion
Color & Composition for the Creative Quilter

by Katie Pasquini Masopust & Brett Barker

The Color Scheme Bible
The Color Scheme Bible
by Anna Starmer


Colour Explorations
Book 15
by Jan Beaney & Jean Littlejohn
Color Play
Color Play

Easy Steps to Imaginative Color in Quilts
by Joen Wolfrom
color works
Color Works
by Deb Menz
Dreaming In Color
Dreaming in Color
by Sonia Brown

Easy Pieces

by Margret Miller
French Braid Quilts
French Braid Quilts
by Jane Hardy Miller & Arlene Netten
Ghost Layers
Ghost Layers
by Katie Pasquini
Color Confidence for Quilters Book
Jinny Beyer's
Color Confidence
for Quilters
Neutral Essentials
Neutral Essentials
by Alex Anderson
Pat Sloans' Take the Fear Out Of Color
Pat Sloan's Take the Fear Out of Color
by Pat Sloan
The Quilter's Color Scheme Bible
The Quilter's Color Scheme Bible

Visual Coloring
Visual Coloring
by Joen Wolfrom

Color Tools

3-in-1 Color Tool
3-in-1 Color Tool

by Joan Wolfrom
Color Evaluators
Color Evaluators
Color Wheel
Color Wheel: Rainbow Selector
2 sizes, large and purse size
Color Wheel
Color Wheel
by The Color Wheel Company
Rainbow Tonal Color Wheel
Rainbow TONAL Color Selector
Rainbow Masking Tool
Over the Rainbow
Color Masking Tool
Pocket Guide to Mixing Color
Pocket Guide to Mixing Color
Watercolor Wheel
Watercolor Wheel
 
Create-a-Color Wheel
CMY Primary Mixing Wheel
CMY Primary Mixing Wheel
Web Wheel
Web Wheel
Interior Design Color Wheel
Interior Design Color Wheel
 CMY Primary Mixing Wheel & Workbook
CMY Primary Mixing Wheel & CMY Primary Workbook
   

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Distance Viewer
Distance Viewer

Reduce Tool
Designed Soft Cover
Hand Held Reducing Glass
2x Reducing Lens Glass

3" diameter
3/12" Handle

Ez View Multiplier
EZ View Multiplier

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Colorscope, a mini kaleidoscope
Colorscope

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Projector & Light Table

the Projector
The Projector

enlarge photos or drawing
Porta-Trace Light Table
Porta-Trace
Light Table

two sizes
  

Trace & Develop Line Ideas for Quilting & Appliqué

EZ Flex Design Rule
EZ Flex Design Rule
Mesh Transfer Canvas
Mesh Canvas Transfer
by Clover
See-thru material that allows simple tracing & transfer
Preview, Overlay
Preview Paper
CLEAR
Quilter's Preview Paper
by Quilter's Touch
use with quilting lines & appliqué
 
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Quilter's Vinyl
by the Yard
EQ Printables

Clear Overlay

12 Sheets for use in
inkjet or laser printers
Transdoodle
Transdoodle

Transfer Paper for clean guidelines
 

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