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This is Suzanne’s second book, with more than a dozen NEW variations. It also includes ideas for blocks and borders.
Each variation is drawn out in clear step-by-step drawings, with detailed explanation of how to recreate each motif.
This book also includes a completely rewritten introduction, which describes the basics of the Meandering Magic technique and talks about pitfalls and problems you might encounter as you quilt.
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It all starts with a meander! Meandering Magic is a freehand design idea book for any machine quilter. Designs were originally created on a longarm quilting machine, but can be adapted for use on shortarm and midarm quilting machines.
Ideas for using this technique by quilters using a domestic sewing machine to quilt are also included.
The book has many full-page drawings, color photos, and step-by-step instructions on how to apply Suzanne’s ideas to your quilts.
Designs are based on a large meander that becomes the spine for many different kinds of embellishments. [Read more...]
Originally published on my Knots and Bolts blog, moved here to start seeding my new website!
I want to start by saying that I have no illusions about the originality of this pattern. This is a Double 9 Patch, folks, and it has been around forever and a day. What I want to share with you is the MATH that I did to figure out the yardage and details for this particular version of this quilt. I’ve made (or helped others make) several of these lately, and since I went to the work to do the math, I thought others might be interested, for a time when they need a simple, but effective quilt. And for some day in the future when I want to make another one and don’t want to have to RE-figure out the math…
