Preface -- Room settings -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. The essentials -- How to use Quilts! Quilts!! Quilts!!! -- Understanding fabric -- Equipment and supplies -- 1. Choosing a pattern -- Roman square -- Fence rail -- Log cabin -- Four-patch -- Nine-patch -- Double nine-patch -- Double nine-patch variation -- Hopscotch nine-patch -- Pinwheel -- Ocean waves -- Wild goose chase -- Wild goose chase variation -- Sawtooth star -- Attic windows -- Spool -- Madison house -- Pine tree -- Bear's paw -- Kaleidoscope -- Thousand pyramids -- Heart -- Postage stamp baskets -- Gingerbread house -- Pineapple log cabin -- Blossoming tree -- Drunkard's path -- Star of Bethlehem-- All stars sampler -- 2. Color selection -- Color schemes -- Monochromatic -- Analogous -- Complementary -- Primary -- Rainbow -- Warm and cool -- Light and dark -- Neutral -- Scrap bag -- Traditional -- Developing a color scheme -- Practice exercise : creating a color scheme -- A checklist for choosing fabric -- 3. Fabric preparation -- Ways to prepare fabric -- Pre-shrinking your fabric -- Pre-washing your fabric -- Working with "new" fabric -- Is your fabric colorfast? -- Straightening your fabric -- 4. Cutting -- Cutting your fabric -- Quick-cutting, nondirectional fabric -- Quick-cutting, directional fabric -- Cutting shapes from strips -- Traditional cutting, nondirectional fabric -- Tradition cutting, directional fabric -- Cutting fabric using templates -- 5. Piecing -- Hand piecing -- Sewing the pieces -- Practice exercise : making a 12" (30 cm) Drunkard's Path block -- Machine piecing or strip piecing -- Things to know about your sewing machine before you begin -- Sewing strips together -- Pressing your pieced strips -- Cutting your pieced strips -- Practice exercise : making a 12" (30 cm) Fence Rail block -- Making half-square triangles -- Practice exercise : making a 12" (30 cm) Pinwheel block -- Making double half-square triangles -- Practice exercise : making a 6" x 12" (15 cm x 30 cm) Tree block --
Preparing and marking the background fabric
Pinning and basting paper patterns to fabric
Practice exercise : making a 12" (30 cm) Benicia Rose block
7. Finishing the quilt top
Determining amount of fabric for borders
Attaching straight borders
Attaching mitered borders
Attaching borders of border-printed fabric
Measurement and preparation
Quilting in a hoop : layering and basting
Choosing and planning the quilting design
Marking the quilting designs on the quilt top
Preparing your quilt for binding
Choosing the width of binding strips
How to determine the length of binding strips
Attaching binding strips to your quilt
Pattern drafting made easy
Practice exercise : drafting 54-40 or Fight as a 12" (30 cm) block
Practice exercise : drafting Le Moyne Star or Eight-Pointed Star as a 12" (30 cm) block
Practice exercise : making templates for 54-40 or Fight
Practice exercise : marking and cutting fabric using templates