Marvelous Miniatures

by Levie, Eleanor

• ISBN13: 9781579545024
• ISBN10: 1579545025
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-12
• Publisher: Rodale Books

Summary

Your step-by-step guide to Marvelous Miniatures . Get enthralled with working small! Little quilts are big on charm and appeal, and with help and inspiration from our expert teachers and quilters, you'll find out how easy it is to adapt your quiltmaking skills to a smaller scale. Once you try these ideas on for size, your miniatures will be the ones that make people ask, "How did she ever do that?" Minis are simply irresistible- * Create a quick little quilt with only a thimbleful of effort * Scale down a favorite quilt pattern to pint-size proportions * Piece with precision and appliqueacute; with ease, no matter how tiny the pieces * Embellish with tiny stencils, embroidery stitches, and 3-D flowers * Customize quilts for dolls, teddy bears, doll furniture, and more * Use foundation piecing or English paper piecing for the ultimate piecing perfection * learn easy tricks for binding and quilting minis. Plus great gifts from miniature blocks!

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(2)
20 Top Tips for Displaying Miniquilts	8	(2)
Setting Up to Go Small	10	(8)
Choosing Fabrics for Minis	18	(6)
Piecing with Precision	24	(8)
Quick-as-a-Wink Minis	32	(6)
Tiny Triangles	38	(6)
Scaling Down a Classic	44	(6)
Foundation Piecing Minis	50	(8)
English Paper Piecing, Downsized	58	(4)
Applique, the Small-Scale Way	62	(10)
Little Samplers	72	(6)
Diminutive Flowers	78	(4)
Opportunity for Embroidery	82	(6)
Quilting Tactics	88	(8)
Fabulous Finishes	96	(6)
For Dolls & Doll Beds	102	(6)
Pint-Size Stenciling	108	(4)
Fun with Miniblocks!	112	(8)
Miniatures Glossary	120	(3)
About the Writers	123	(2)
Acknowledgments	125	(1)
Resources	126	(1)
Index	127