Publisher's Note Create dazzling, eye-catching quilts with the wonderful colors and textures of decorative threads. Included are: -- Eleven easy-to-follow exercises that teach you how to work with decorative threads -- and how to make them work for you -- Techniques for using decorative threads both through the needle and from the bobbin of your sewing machine -- Convenient charts for determining which threads and needles will work best with your projects -- Reliable methods for couching curves and stitching appliques and angled shapes -- Hints and advice on making adjustments to your sewing machine for optimum results
Industry Reviews Noble is a teacher and author of Machine Quilting Made Easy (That Patchwork Place, 1994), while Hendricks is an award-winning quilter and teacher of machine quilting and embellishment. Together they have created detailed charts illustrating the variety of decorative threads available today plus a series of practical exercises using these threads to create luxurious quilted fabrics. A good choice for both public and academic library quilting collections. Kakutani