Continuous Line Quilting Designs

by Pat Cody

Quilters at all levels of experience will welcome this treasury of designs assembled specially for machine quilting. Included are 86 patterns chosen to avoid the pitfalls -- problematic short lines and complicated swirls -- common to using a sewing machine to execute designs intended for hand quilting. Instead, these continuous line designs offer an uninterrupted flow, with minimal starts and stops -- the perfect complement to the simplicity and convenience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486417026
• ISBN13: 9780486417028
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Made Getting Started Much Easier.

We just purchased a long arm quilting machine and weren't sure where to start or how. This book was very iluminating and gave us a lot of help and information. Thanks.

A whole useful book for the price of a magazine

I bought this design book online as an inexpensive Secret Santa gift. She is not getting it! Initially I was underwhelmed on opening the book. Each continuous line design is drawn on what looks like 1/4" square graph paper. On further examination I decided that this could be really useful for resizing the designs. The introduction contains a generous amount of practical how to information, unusual in a design book as opposed to a how to book. In my opinion, those six pages alone would be worth the purchase price. I found that each and every one of the 86 designs has its own "StitcherEase" tip, a clearly marked design repeat and most importantly, shows how to turn the corner with the design. There are flowing curved designs, and sharp geometrics, simple and complex ones. Many of the designs would be lovely used in the borders of a quilt which had an overall or meandering design in the center. This book is an inexpensive, excellent and inspirational resource for anyone who would like to learn how to mark and machine quilt their own tops.

Handy book saves on buying expensive templates

I really liked this book and found it quite handy. The designs are easy to resize, and you can make your own templates a lot cheaper than buying them. There are also little tips included, including the best one: the templates that you make don't have to be perfect because the imperfections will disappear when you stitch. Hooray!

Continuouis Line Quilting Designs: Especially for Machine Q

I found this book to be very helpful. It does a good job of outlining how to machine quilt as well as showing some very good patterns for quilting. it is written in clear, easy to follow directions. I am very pleased to have the patterns to make templets. Good buy.