Foundation piecing utilizes an additional fabric layer as a base to stabilize the piecing & define the pattern. This base is complete covered by the pieces & can range in size from a patch or segment to a block or even an entire quit. It can be permanent or temporary & can be made from a variety of materials, from paper to cloth.
You will find:
*Easy to follow, step by step directions
*Five blocks & 10 small quilts with both traditional & innovative patterns
*Diagrams
*Templates
*Color gallery of 36 award winning quilts
Contents:
Introduction foundation based piecing
Foundation materials & techniques
*Formats
*Materials
*Marking methods
*Piecing techniques
Introduction to design categories
String piecing
*Getting started: illusions bloc k
*Party time project
Crazy piecing
*Getting started: Chromania too project
The log cabin family
*Getting started: Classic pineapple block
*White collar project
*Blueberries & cream project
*Spinners project
Other traditional patterns
*Getting started: Dusty Miller block
*Mariner's compass project
*Christmas geese project
Single foundation piecing
*Getting started: Armadillo block
*High rise project
Borders & strips on foundation
*Getting started: Uzbek arrowheads
Innovative quilts on foundations
*Getting started: Flamingo flambé project
*Peace lily #1 project
Resources
Bibliography
Index
Jane Hall is a certified quilt teacher, judge and appraiser and has lectured and taught quiltmaking for guilds and quilt conferences in the United States and abroad for more than twenty-five years. She also teaches for Quiltuniversity.com
She has a particular interest in foundation work, exploring methods for using foundation techniques in all kinds of piecing, both traditional and innovative. Jane has co-authored six books on foundation piecing with Dixie Haywood including their new one, "Every quilter's Foundation Piecing Tool" (C&T 2009). Workshops and lectures are listed on her website, www.janehallquilts.com.
A graduate of Cornell University, Jane and her husband, Robert, live in Raleigh, NC and have six grown children and ten grandchildren.
