Amish Patterns for Machine Quilting (Dover Needlework Series) (Paperback)

~ (Author), Sue Nickels (Author)

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Product Description

Traditional hand-quilted Amish designs are translated into easy-to-use sewing machine patterns. The 83 designs—including flowers, feathers, cables, baskets, stars and more—can be adapted in size, shape or any other aspect. A brief history of the Amish, diagrams and simple instructions are included (patterns can be quilted by hand, too).

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (July 8, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486298760
• ISBN-13: 978-0486298764
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 7.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #466,562 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, useful book, May 12, 2000

By	A. SMITH (Plano, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A useful tool for the machine quilting library. There are about 50 templates including very basic, simple designs, plus flowers (lots and lots of them), baskets, stars, leaves, hearts, and combinations. Each template is shown on one page along with a diagram showing arrows of how to sew the design with only one starting point. Some designs do require multiple starting points but many are single-line (although much turning) designs. Some corner designs are shown and some attention is given to patterns that turn a corner. About half the patterns are the kind that might be used in a quilt block (not continuous border-type designs), such as tulips, stars, or baskets. I was looking more for new continuous-line, border-type patterns and did not see much new in that area. One page provides a detailed diagram showing how to quilt feathers. Being more of a beginner-level, self-taught quilter, the feathers always looked too difficult to me. But now I see clearly how to proceed and might actually try this design!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One-sided pages are a plus+!, March 6, 2008

By	Donna M. Sofokles (Poughkeepsie NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Quilting designs are all on one-sided pages so light-box tracing is a snap. Directional arrows make it very clear. A great reference book, with lots of design ideas.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars informative reading, December 29, 2007

By	Monica T. Canty Coleman - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

this was a most enjoyable book. it is most informative and is easy to comprehend. I liked the fact that you could just sit and have a cup of
tea and make all sort of material plans, while reading this book it was a fun book to have in my collection, for a first time quilter.M coleman