Your Machine’s Decorative Stitches
By Karen Linduska
How many decorative stitches does your sewing machine offer? How many have you actually tried and/or used in a quilt project? More than the straight stitch, zigzag, and maybe buttonhole stitch? Yeah, we didn’t think so. Karen Linduska shows you how to utilize some of these stitches to embellish your quilt top. You’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish with the tools at your fingertips—texture, outlines, leave and flowers…you can create a work of art with thread alone. The book begins with an overview of common stitches available on many machines, going on to offer examples of what to do with them, and then offering 12 small project ideas for practice. For those hooked on stitching, the book concludes with two larger wall hangings that put all techniques into practice.
*American Quilter’s Society, 2011; 96 pages, soft cover, $24.95.
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