Quick and Easy Patchwork on the Sewing Machine (Dover Needlework) [Paperback]

Susan Aylsworth Murwin (Author), Suzzy Chalfant Payne (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Needlework | Publication Date: August 1, 1979

Invaluable guide for needleworkers offers a wealth of foolproof and timesaving methods for making quilt blocks. Included are instructions, diagrams, and templates for creating 12 lovely quilts, 24 photos of finished quilts, and 48 pages of templates.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (August 1, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486237702
• ISBN-13: 978-0486237701
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #729,630 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #64 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Home & Garden > Crafts & Hobbies > Quilts & Quilting

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5.0 out of 5 stars quick & easy patchwork on the sewing machine, December 12, 2009

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I was delighted to see that Amazon had copies of quick & easy patchwork on the sewing machine. I took quuilting classes from the author, using this book and throughout the years, I have returned to it often. From time to time, I've lost a template. I now have a complete set again. This book is very good for a beginning quilter or someone who just needs to have templates. I would very much recommend this book for someone interested in quilting the classic blocks.

5.0 out of 5 stars TRUE and DEPENDABLE Techniques!!!, October 10, 2011

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If read carefully, the Techniques for Machine Piecing section,..can be transforming to a machine piecer who may have been struggling..

also..
the templates are Absolutely Perfectly Accurate...most dependable...which is not true re: templates in most other quilting books!

This may seem to be an "old" book...but the techniques were groundbreaking at the time...and still hold true...WITHOUT the need for "new" math or weird sewing...or the purchase of a ton of new sewing "notions"..

Working sewing machine(that doesn't even have to back up)...SHARP scissors that can cut at least 8 layers at a time.....THESE are the main tools.

Strongly suggest the reader/quilter follow exactly the instructions re; making the
templates...p.5, #2..and use the medium weight illustration board that is suggested ... this is NOT shirt cardboard or poster board...#301 Medium Weight Illustration board is the standard,found at any art supply store or college bookstore....not real easy to cut...but the templates will be lifetime.,.

These heavy templates and the sharp scissors make the Layered Cutting technique (#3..p.5) work exactly as described.

P.S..I am one of the co-authors...Suzzy Chalfant Payne...my quilting partner and I have taught our methods (these plus many others) to 1000's of our quilting students...and have had such fun doing it!!!