One Hundred and One Patchwork Patterns

McKim, Ruby Short

ISBN 10: 0486207730 / ISBN 13: 9780486207735

Published by Dover Publications Inc., New York, 1962

About this Item

Minor cover corner creases and shelf wear, lightly sunned spine, ink name dated Christmas 1977 to front endpaper. ; Undated but assumed c1977. Nice tight copy. Cover design by Carol Belanger. Large format book and priced accordingly. ; B&W Illustrations; 128 pages; 101 block patterns for American style patchwork, where the pieces are joined directly, not over paper templates in the English style. I was told as a child that this came about as each block was small enough to be sewn on the bench of a covered wagon, crossing the continent, whereas hexagon patchwork tends to be joined into a continous growing piece of work! The block vary from 5 to 20 inches wide in size, and are usually matched in colour across the whole quilt. It includes instructions and designs for quilting the finished item, and how much cloth each quilt will need. It includes stories of how the patterns were found and their history when known. This is a properly made book with sewn signatures and will lay flat for reading or photocopying the patterns.

Seller Inventory # 32279

Bibliographic Details

• Title: One Hundred and One Patchwork Patterns
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1962
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486207730
• ISBN 13: 9780486207735
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Revised Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This is one of the finest of all the available books on the making of patchwork quilts. The author is recognized as having been one of our country's leading authorities on this venerable art, and in this book she divulges many a secret that will assist you in making quilts of the highest quality.
The book contains over 100 patchwork patterns, with complete instructions for cutting and sewing. All conceivable sorts of designs are diagrammed and carefully described: flower designs, rainbows designs, Irish chains, fish and bird and leaf designs. The book shows you, step by step, all the details of making each kind of quilt: it covers choice of pattern, piece vs. patch quilting, simple and complex quilts, choice of quilt materials, interlining materials, lining and thread materials, cutting and piecing, the applique process, various methods of setting together, quilt sizes, borders, scallops, flounces, valances, straight line and close shell quilting, methods of stamping, perforated quilting patterns, quilting the quilt, putting into frames, quilting in a small space, embroidery quilts, and many other topics.
The book is written in an entertaining manner. The author weaves a great deal of rosy humor into the lining of her instructions, as well as some interesting facts about the history of quilting, quilt materials, patterns, and some really choice folklore about the origin of the highly ingenious names of the patterns: "Monkey Wrench," "Road to California," "Lafayette Orange Peel," "Drunkard's Path," and "Crossed Canoes," to name a few.
The book is not technical in any sense of the word. You can use it to make beautiful quilts provided only that you know the fundamentals of sewing.