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Pieced Curves So Simple by Dale Fleming brings you fast, easy pinless technique for machine-sewing curves and circles. Dale's design-as-you-go techniques foster creativity and instructs on ways to create your own patterns.
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CHAPTER 1 THE ESSENTIALS | CHAPTER 6 TIPS AND CLEAVAGE | ||
| Materials and Equipment | 7 | All About Hearts | 34 |
| Design Walls | 9 | Pinless Piecing Tips and Cleavage | 34 |
| CHAPTER 2 COLOR AND DESIGN PRINCIPLES | Rings and See-Through Hearts | 38 | |
| Color Wheel | 10 | Linked Rings and Hearts | 38 |
| Color Vocabulary | 11 | Hearts | 40 |
| Color Harmonies | 13 |
CHAPTER 7 EVERY WAY TO PLAY WITH PATTERNS | |
| Unity | 14 | Drawing a Design | 43 |
| CHAPTER 3 INSPIRATION | Making a Pattern | 44 | |
| Or, How Did You Come Up With That? | 16 | How to Use Patterns | 44 |
| Observe | 16 | To Leaf | 54 |
| Research | 17 | CHAPTER
8 SINUOUS CURVES | |
| Experiment | 18 | Pinless Piecing Sinuous Curves With Unmatched Fabric | 58 |
| Just Start Sewing | 18 | Pinless Piecing Sinuous Curves With Matched Fabric | 58 |
| Critiquing Your Work | 19 | Fringe Flipping With an Open-Toed Foot | 60 |
| CHAPTER 4 FABRIC | Handel's Water Music | 61 | |
| To Wash or Not to Wash | 20 |
CHAPTER 9 UNPAPER PIECING | |
| Quantity | 20 | Patterns on Fusible Interfacing | 64 |
| Building a Fabric Pantry | 21 | Unpaper Piecing | 66 |
| Establishing a Mood | 22 | Mondrian Waves | 69 |
| Creating a Color Palette | 24 | CHAPTER 10 ALL TOGETHER NOW | |
| CHAPTER 5 PAINLESS, PINLESS PIECING | Identity Crisis | 74 | |
| Make Samples! | 26 | ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 79 |
| The Six-Minute Circle | 26 | BIBLIOGRAPHY | 80 |
| Just Circles 2 | 31 | INDEX | 80 |
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