All-in-One Quilter's Reference Tool: Updated

by Harriet Hargrave, Alex Anderson, Sharyn Craig, Liz Aneloski

Overview

How big is a twin-size quilt? How many squares can you cut from the amount of fabric you have? What’s the best way to sew a mitered border? The Quilter’s Reference Tool gives you fast answers to these and dozens of other quilting questions. Now this indispensable guide from top quilters Alex Anderson, Harriet Hargrave, Sharyn Craig, and Liz Aneloski has been updated to include more answers, more techniques, more quilt settings, and more blocks than ever before. This is the must-have answer book for quilters all around the world—more than 100,000 sold!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607058526
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	02/07/2014
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	72
Sales rank:	298,841
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Harriet Hargrave is one of the foremost experts in quiltmaking, with several books, fabric lines, and products for quilters. Sharyn Craig teaches, lectures, writes about quilt making, and has authored twelve previous books. Liz Aneloski, an editor at C&T Publishing, is also an avid quilter, who has authored eight books on quilting and sewing. Alex Anderson has authored 30 books on quilting with C&T Publishing, in four languages, selling near 1 million copies worldwide. 

Table of Contents

Quick-Start Guide 6–8 Bed/Quilt Sizes 10–11 Bed, Comforter, Coverlet, and Bedspread Measurements 10 Quilt Sizes with Drop and Tuck 10 Customizing Quilt Size 11 Quilt Styles and Formulas 11 Straight-Set Quilts 12–16 Number of Blocks Needed in Straight-Set Quilts 12 Inches Added by Sashing to Straight-Set Quilts 12 Quilt Size in Inches for Straight-Set Blocks (6"–12") 13–14 Quilt Size in Inches for Straight-Set Blocks (14"–24") 15 Number of Sashings and Cornerstones Needed for Straight-Set Quilts 16 Diagonal-Set Quilts 17–24 Diagonal Measurements for Squares 17 Inches Added by Sashing to Diagonal-Set Quilts 18 Number of Blocks and Quilt Size in Inches for Diagonal-Set Blocks (6"–12") 19–20 Quilt Size in Inches for Diagonal-Set Blocks (14"–20") 21 Cutting Numbers for Side and Corner Setting Triangles 22 Number of Sashings, Cornerstones, Side Triangles, and Corner Triangles for Diagonal-Set Quilts 23 Cutting Numbers for Side and Corner Setting Triangles with Sashing for Diagonal-Set Quilts 24 Number Conversions 25 Decimal/Fraction Equivalents 25 Yardage to Inches and Decimals 25 Sewing Machine Stitch Length Setting Equivalents 25 Yardage Requirements 26–37 Number of Squares from Specific Yardage 26 Number of Rectangles from Specific Yardage 27 Number of Sashing Strips from Specific Yardage 28 Number of Equilateral Triangles from Specific Yardage 29 Number of Hexagons from Specific Yardage 29 Number of 60° Diamonds from Specific Yardage 30 Number of 45° Diamonds from Specific Yardage 30 Yardage for Quilt Backing 31 Yardage for Borders Cut on Crosswise* Grain 32 Yardage for Borders Cut on Lengthwise* Grain 33 Size of Fabric Square Needed for Various-Width and Length of Bias Strips 34–37 Cutting 38–42 Cut/Finished Binding Widths 38 Cutting Bias Strips 38 Cutting Half- and Quarter-Square Triangles 39 Grainline Recommendations for Pieced Blocks 39 Cutting Numbers for Rotary-Cut Shapes 40–42 Supplies 43–44 U.S./European Needle Size Conversion and Recommended Fabric Weight 43 Uses for Various Needle Types 43 Needle/Thread Recommendations 43 Standard Batting Sizes 44 Standard Sizes of Precut Fabrics 44 Piecing 45–59 Ensuring a 1/4" Seam Allowance 45 Thread Tension 46 Y-Seam Construction 46 Half-Triangle Units —Method 1: Sew and Slice 47 Half-Triangle Units—Method 2: Eight from a Square 48 Half-Triangle Units —Method 3: Sheeting Triangles 49 Cutting Numbers for Stitch-and-Flip Flying Geese 50 Cutting Numbers for 4X Flying Geese 51 Cutting Numbers for Square-in-a-Square Block 52 Curved-Seam Construction 53 Cutting Numbers for Prairie Points 54 Mitered Border Corner Construction 55 Mitered Double-Fold Binding Corner Construction 56 Seaming Double-Fold Binding Ends—Method 1 57 Seaming Double-Fold Binding Ends—Method 2 58 Seaming Double-Fold Binding Ends—Method 3 59 Hanging Sleeve 59 Cutting and Piecing for 20 Popular Traditional Blocks 60–69 Basket 60 Birds in the Air 60 Bow Tie 61 Broken Dishes 61 Churn Dash 62 Friendship Star 62 House 63 Maple Leaf 63 New Album 64 Nine-Patch 64 Nine-Patch Variation 65 Ocean Waves 65 Ohio Star 66 Pinwheel 66 Rail Fence 67 Sawtooth Star 67 Shoofly 68 Snail's Trail 68 Snowball 69 Variable Star 69 Index 70–72

Editorial Reviews

Everything you need to know about quilting, from buying enough fabric to finishing the binding, is in this handy spiral-bound reference guide. Four seasoned experts updated the previous best-selling guide with more information—new blocks, cutting charts, piecing techniques, and more.

May/June 2014 Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

This compact volume is absolutely packed with almost any calculation you might need to create a quilt. The book opens with a "Quick-Start Guide" in a Q&A format to help readers find the most popular topics such as: How do I sew a curved seam? or Where should the grainline be? Beginners who are looking to branch out from conventional designs will find yardage requirements, cutting tips, and piecing tutorials. More seasoned quilters will be able to quickly check such things as how many hexagons can be cut from a yard of fabric. (The answer is a lot, depending on the finished size of your hexagon.) The book is divided into color-coded chapters featuring comprehensive diagrams and charts. It is ring-bound and the outer cover wraps all the way from front to back to protect the pages from getting worn along the binding. This updated version of a beloved favorite includes 20 new pages with current information on standard sizes of precut fabric packs and Y-seam construction tips. This reference book will be a valuable addition to any quilting library.

April/May 2013 Quilting Arts Magazine

C&T Publishing has recently released three new Reference guides packed with information quilters and sewists use on a regular basis. The first of these treasures would be the All-In-One Quilter's Reference Tool by Harriet Hargrave, Sharyn Craig, Alex Anderson and Liz Aneloski. I am sure you are familiar with this booklet as this go-to guide for quilters has sold 100,000 copies around the world. This new expanded edition includes 20 additional pages with new quilt blocks, cutting charts, piecing techniques and more. Inside you will find easy-to-follow charts, tables and illustrations. You will also find yardage requirements, cutting instructions, setting secrets, supplies, piecing techniques and number conversions. I reach for this all the time when trying to convert a fraction to a decimal or to determine how large a quilt I would like to make.

May/June 2014 The Applique Society Newsletter