This fantastic step-by-step visual guide teaches readers a variety of unique piecing techniques that will give them the skills and confidence to piece virtually anything. Ruth B. McDowell's "Piecing Workshop" is a comprehensive guide to the author's highly successful freezer-paper piecing techniques[...]
A guide to piecing, looking at techniques for piecing curved seams, insets, multiple angles, Z seams, Y seams, puzzle seams, diagonals, intersecting seams and slipped seams. Each technique is explained step-by-step with problem solving tips and hints on fabric selection and working style.[...]
Brilliant quilt artist Ruth B. McDowell has done it again! Her clever piecing techniques make garden vegetables come to life. "Pieced Vegetables" joins "Pieced Flowers" and "Piecing: Expanding the Basics" as required reading for serious students of machine piecing. 22 vegetables, many with design an[...]
How does she DO that? Quilt artist Ruth McDowell shares her insights into the design process, from inspiration through the final stitch An insider's tour of 18 of her recent works Learn how to combine patterned fabrics into a colourful pieced surface, plan borders, choose colours, and make quilting [...]
Have you mastered the basics of quilting and feel ready to create your own designs? This is the volume for you! Full of expert hints, tips, and techniques, it will provide you everything you need to know about pieced design."Design Workshop" features detailed design exercises on everything from work[...]