Strip Patchwork

by Campbell-Harding, Valerie

• ISBN13: 9780486257297
• ISBN10: 0486257290
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1988-05-01
• Publisher: Dover Pubns

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