Heirloom Machine Quilting: A Comprehensive Guide to Hand-Quilting Effects Using Your Sewing Machine [Spiral-bound]

Harriet Hargrave (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2004

A brand-new edition of the machine quilting classic! Includes everything you need to know about machine quilting.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 176 pages
• Publisher: C & T Publishing, Inc.; 4th edition (July 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571202366
• ISBN-13: 978-1571202369
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #25,841 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Harriet started quilting seriously in 1974, working alongside her mom. Her early quilting career included producing baby quilts for craft shows and teaching adult education classes. In 1981, harriet opened her quilt shop, Harriet's Treadle Arts. Her specialties at the time were free-motion embroidery, machine arts, and machine quilting. In 1982, Harriet attended one of Mary Ellen Hopkins's seminars. Mary Ellen's streamlined techniques and innovative design ideas led harriet to a new way of thinking, which caused her to give up the machine arts and to teach only quilting. Today, she is world renowned for being a true "mover and shaker" in the quilt world. In the late 1990s, she was voted one of the "88 Leaders of the Quilt World." Harriet created and inspired a whole new generation of machine quilters with her bestselling book Heirloom Machine Quilting, which has enjoyed 22 continuous years in print. She is also the author of Mastering Machine Appliqué and From Fiber to Fabric, and co-author of The Art of Classic Quiltmaking. She is responsible for a myriad of products pertaining to machine quilting, and she has developed batting with hobbs Bonded fibers and designed fabric for P&B Textiles. Visit Harriet's web site at www.harriethargrave.com

Customer Reviews

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94 of 94 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Quilting by Machine!, January 26, 2006

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Lisa M. Dunz "Kansas Cyclist & Quilter" (Shawnee, Kansas USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heirloom Machine Quilting: A Comprehensive Guide to Hand-Quilting Effects Using Your Sewing Machine (Spiral-bound)

I purchased this book with the hope of finding a quilting option for finishing my tops more quickly without taking away from the beauty and design normally achieved with hand-quilting. This was a difficult step for me to take and Harriet made that step a successful one with her clearly explained and illustrated techniques, and ideas for choosing just the right quilting design. I have purchased many books on machine quilt design, but this book instructs you in the actual process of machine quilting--something I have not found as well explained in any other book.

If you think you can't machine quilt on your home machine and achieve beautiful results, think again! Not only is it possible, but it is much easier than you could ever imagine! If you only add one book to your library on machine quilting, this should be the one.

50 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 4th Edition is an Extreme Makeover! Worth buying again., April 11, 2005

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K. Heilman "Red Head Quilter" (Minnesota USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heirloom Machine Quilting: A Comprehensive Guide to Hand-Quilting Effects Using Your Sewing Machine (Spiral-bound)

I bought the 3rd edition a couple years back as a "supply" for a beginning machine quilting class. I have referenced the book many, many times. I saw the new edition out, but assumed it was just a colorized version of the 3rd edition. I found the 4th edition at the library and checked it out for the sake of curiosity to see how different it really was. The 4th edition could be considered a completely new book. If you have an earlier edition of this book, the 4th edition is worth purchasing without a doubt.

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, October 30, 2006

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Marlene G. Kluzek "Aussie" (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heirloom Machine Quilting: A Comprehensive Guide to Hand-Quilting Effects Using Your Sewing Machine (Spiral-bound)

This book has become my quilting bible. Harriet's years of quilting experience has led her to share the pit-falls of/and best of thread, needles and accessories for quilt making and quilting. She starts from the beginning - how to treat your fabric for straighter cutting, needle sizes, thread size,sewing feet plus, fabrics they are suitable for. Quilting with grids, free motion quilting and how to get started plus patterns and photos of exquisite quilts. Her book is written in clear concise language leaving no ambiguity.
I believe this book is a must on any quilters shelf whether a learner or advanced quilter.