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Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

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Drafting and Design Simplified (edited by Sarah Sacks Dunn) is your Step-by-Step Guide to Drafting & Design

Declare your independence and find out how to draft and design your own quilts! A dream team of quiltmaking experts shares the latest and greatest techniques. There's no need to be a whiz at numbers! With clear, step-by-step directions and more than 350 photos and illustrations, you'll quickly learn the tricks, from resizing blocks to creating an original-- and wonderful-- quilt design.

Discover how to:
* Put design principles to work for you
* Take inspiration from photos or pictures to design original pictorial quilts
* Make your computer your favorite quilt design tool
* Create perfect circles, diamonds, hexagons, octagons, apple cores, clamshells, and kites
* Play with an image, adding, repeating, stretching, skewing, or curving it for a whole new look
* Draft dozens of patterns such as Stars, Mariner's Compass, Pineapples, Curved Flying Geese, Fans, Orange Peel, and many more

Drafting and Design Simplified

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Streamline your quiltmaking! Make more quilts in less time than you had imagined, inspired by the techniques that fill this book. Your quilts will go together quickly, with flair and precision. More than 230 color photographs and detailed step-by-step directions tell you how to marry rotary cutting with the best piecing techniques.

Learn these tips and tricks from the pros:

* Make your workspace work for you
* Take every opportunity to use strip piecing
* Create dozens of triangle squares in an afternoon
* Cut unusual shapes without templates
* Enjoy foundation piecing, hassle-free
* Learn shortcuts for adorable miniatures
* Complete speedy bed-size quilts in a weekend
* Discover the joys of quiltmaking with a buddy

Dozens of hints to help you get it right the first time!

Quilting that's quick, easy, and accurate!

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Sarah Sacks Dunn

Drafting and Design Simplified

Sarah Sacks Dunn (Editor)

Rotary Cutting and Speed Piecing