The Ultimate Guide to Rulerwork Quilting: From Buying Tools to Planning the Quilting to Successful Stitching

by Amanda Murphy

Overview

Discover how to use quilting rulers to their fullest and achieve the quilting you want every time.

Straight lines, curves . . . there are rulers for every kind of quilting! Amanda Murphy shares an in-depth guide to everything you need to know about rulerwork quilting on both domestic and longarm machines. With recommendations for choosing templates and feet, this technical guide is great on its own, but also makes the perfect sidekick to Murphy’s popular Rulerwork Quilting Idea Book. Plan your quilting to perfection and learn to combine rulerwork with free-motion quilting. Watch your quilting aesthetic begin to evolve; helpful photos show you how to execute quilting designs with basic straight-line and circle rulers, as well as specialty shapes like waves, clamshells, and feathers!

• Become a rulerwork expert! Achieve the quilting you want every time
• Work on your longarm or domestic sewing machine, with troubleshooting and ergonomic tips for each
• Buy the right rulers and feet, plan the quilting, and execute rulerwork with finesse

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617459481
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	02/23/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	130
File size:	66 MB
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About the Author

Amanda Murphy is a quilt and fabric designer whose style bridges the modern and traditional. She is a BERNINA Expert and Quilting and Longarm Spokesperson, popular teacher, fabric designer for Contempo of Benartex, and pattern designer under her own label. amandamurphydesign.com

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

2.Tools

• Machines • Ruler Feet • Ruler Thickness • Accessories • Basic Rulers • Specialty Rulers

3. Planning a Quilt with Rulers

• Creating a Coherent Design • Quilting the “Bones” of the Quilt • Combining Ruler Shapes • Combining Rulerwork with Free-Motion

4. Executing Rulerwork on a Domestic Machine

• A Domestic Rulerwork Primer • Starting and Stopping Threads for Show Quilts • Amanda's Steps for Custom Quilting on a Domestic Machine • Ergonomic Tips for Domestic Machines • Domestic Rulerwork Troubleshooting

5. Executing Rulerwork on a Longarm Machine

• A Domestic Rulerwork Primer • Amanda's Steps for Custom Quilting on a Longarm Machine • Ergonomic Tips for Longarm Machines • Longarm Rulerwork Troubleshooting

6. About the Author