Strip Patchwork

by Campbell-Harding, Valerie

• ISBN13: 9780713488883
• ISBN10: 0713488883
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-09-01
• Publisher: Batsford

Summary

This classic text by one of Britain's leading embroiderers explores every aspect of strip patchwork, an extremely versatile craft which can be used to create wall hangings, quilts, cushions or clothes. Including numerous design ideas as well as technical information, the book shows how abstract designs, geometric patterns and picture images can be easily built up with a variety of coloured strips of different lengths and widths. Detailed instructions for piecing strips by 15 different techniques are given, including log cabin, machine piecing and strips sewn to a backing, and there is a useful section on dyeing. Over 250 drawings and photographs help to explain the sewing techniques and offer a wealth of suggestions for attractive designs in strip patchwork. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Valerie Campbell-Harding trained at Chippenham Technical College, Goldsmiths College, University of London and Loughborough Art College, and has had extensive experience of teaching embroidery in adult education

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment	6	(1)
Definitions	6	(1)
Introduction: Design Ideas and Sources	7	(16)
Proportion	16	(7)
Dyeing	23	(12)
Dyes	23	(1)
Equipment	24	(1)
Preparation	24	(2)
Hot-water dyeing method	26	(1)
Cold-water dyeing method	27	(1)
Experimental methods	28	(3)
Dyeing with tea	31	(1)
Dyeing with onion skins	32	(2)
Bleaching or discharge dyeing	34	(1)
Sewing Methods	35	(29)
Machine-pieced straight strips	36	(2)
Machine-pieced curved strips	38	(2)
Strips sewn to a paper backing	40	(2)
Strips sewn to a fabric backing	42	(2)
Bias-backed strips	44	(2)
Pieced log cabin	46	(2)
Log cabin on a fabric backing	48	(2)
Paper-backed strips	50	(2)
Wadded strips	52	(2)
Folded log cabin	54	(2)
Pleated strips on a fabric backing	56	(1)
Frayed strips	57	(1)
Vilene-backed strips	58	(2)
Bonded strips	60	(2)
Block patchwork using pre-stripped fabric	62	(2)
Patchwork Using Plain Strips	64	(18)
Designs for square blocks	66	(1)
Designs using variations of traditional blocks	67	(1)
Designing with strips of paper	68	(1)
Block designs using windows	69	(1)
Designing with cut paper shapes	70	(2)
Designing simple clothes	72	(3)
Designing with striped paper	75	(1)
Radiating strips	76	(1)
Parallel strips	77	(3)
Stripes used as a background	80	(2)
Log Cabin Patchwork	82	(14)
Folded centres for log cabin	84	(1)
Embroidered centres for log cabin	85	(1)
Borders	86	(1)
Using thick and thin stripes	87	(1)
Log cabin within triangles and diamonds	88	(1)
Log cabin within hexagons and octagons	89	(1)
Log cabin on the diagonal	90	(1)
V-shaped patterns	91	(1)
Spiral patterns	92	(1)
Variations on the standard log cabin block	93	(3)
Strips of Patterns	96	(7)
Patterns from pre-stripped fabric	97	(2)
Shapes in strips	99	(2)
Chevron patterns	101	(1)
Diamonds and triangles	102	(1)
Curved Strips	103	(7)
Patterns using quarter circles	104	(1)
Shallow curves	105	(1)
Design ideas	106	(3)
Using colour	109	(1)
Textured Strips	110	(13)
Woven and Interlaced Patterns	123	(19)
Pieced weaving patterns	125	(2)
Weaving patterns with diagonal stripes	127	(3)
Plaits and twists	130	(2)
Interlaced patterns	132	(8)
Design by printing	140	(2)
Bibliography	142	(1)
Suppliers	143	(1)
Index	144