Book Review
Title: The Quilter’s Quick Reference Guide
Author: Candace Eisner Strick
Publisher: That Patchwork Place
Date Published: 2004
Pages: 144
Suggested Retail Price: $24.95
ISBN #: 1-56477-532-1
Review: By Dori Hawks
If you have quilting questions, this book has the answers! There are
reference charts, descriptions of tools, and definitions of quilting terms, quick tricks, tips, and
much, much more. “The Quilter’s Quick Reference Guide” is a hard cover with a concealed spiral
binding so it can lay flat.
The following is an outline of just some of the things that the book covers:
• Color & Fabric: Types, selecting
• Tools Of The Trade: Rotary Cutters, Rulers, Needles, Gadgets
• Rotary Cutter Techniques: Fabric Grain, Accuracy, Cutting Shapes, Shortcuts
• Sewing Pieces: Thread, Needles, Stitch Length, Set-in Seams, Foundation Piecing
• Pressing: “The way you press can make or break your finished top.”
• Hand Appliqué: Supplies, Needles, Fabrics, Thread, Marking Pencils, Techniques, Stems In Detail
• Machine Appliqué: Methods, Fusing, Freezer Paper, Interfacing, Stitches to Use
• Quilt Settings: Types, Sashing, Connector Blocks, Squaring Up
• Borders: Choosing, Style, Cutting, Measuring
• Backing & Batting: Terms, Loft, Glazing, Bearding, Types, Piecing Your Back
• Quilting: Marking Tools, No-Mark Options, Layering, Basting, Feet, Hand Quilting Supplies & Tying
• Binding & Finishing Touches: Cutting, Assembly, Attaching, Labels, Sleeves
• Handy Charts for: Needle Sizes, Block Size & Block Per Row, Diagonal Measurement, Yardage Equivalents, Mattresses, Comforters, & Bedspreads, Yardage for Binding
• Glossary Of Terms
This book is great to carry in your sewing bag or put near your machine
and lies flat for easy reference while you are doing the techniques. Look for this book at your
favorite quilt shop and purchase it for your personal or guild library!
Publisher:
Martingale & Company: That Patchwork Place
20205 144th Avenue NE
Woodinville, WA 98072
1-800-426-3126
www.martingale-pub.com
Author Website: www.strickwear.com
©2004 Dori Hawks
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