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    Simply Stunning Seamless Quilts: 14 Easy Projects to Fuse
    Simply Stunning Seamless Quilts: 14 Easy Projects to Fuse
    Simply Stunning Seamless Quilts: 14 Easy Projects to Fuse
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    Simply Stunning Seamless Quilts: 14 Easy Projects to Fuse

    By Anna Faustino

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    The art quilter and author of Simply Stunning Woven Quilts returns with 14 new wallhanging projects using her exciting and original Outline Design style.

    Textile artist Anna Faustino never stops experimenting with the creative possibilities of quilting. In Simply Stunning Seamless Quilts, she shares her latest methods using fusible appliqué. With Anna’s step-by-step instructions, you'll gain confidence with a craft knife as you learn a variety of raw-edge finishing techniques.

    An inspirational gallery of Anna’s work accompanies the 14 projects with easily scalable patterns and tips for designing your own illuminated quilts. Surprisingly simple, Anna's techniques promise stunning results!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateNov 1, 2015
    ISBN9781617450235
    Simply Stunning Seamless Quilts: 14 Easy Projects to Fuse

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      Book preview

      Simply Stunning Seamless Quilts - Anna Faustino

           CHAPTER  1

      Cutting Techniques and Project Samples

      CUTTING TECHNIQUES

      If you take a little time to master using a craft knife to cut out the Outline Design, you will see its benefits.

      Choosing a Craft Knife

      I use a small, sharp craft knife created for cutting different surfaces. A few manufacturers make them: X-ACTO, Utility, and Hobby to name a few. Knives have a plastic or metal handle in different sizes and interchangeable blades in a variety of shapes and sizes. The blades are easily changeable.

      X-ACTO blades

      Craft knife sets

      Recommended blades

      Try sharp, pointed blades with different handles and choose the one you like the most. This is a personal decision; I like to use N11 in a thin handle and N23 and N2 in a big handle.

      Using a Craft Knife

      SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

      ■  Keep craft knives in a safe place, out of reach of children.

      ■  The blades are very sharp. Please use caution when handling, cutting, or changing them.

      ■  Keep your used blades in a closed container; I use a glass jar. When you finish using it, store the craft knife in the closed box.

      ■  Keep your noncutting hand a minimum of 2˝ away from the knife. Never put your hand in front of the sharp side of the blade as you cut.

      ■  Never gesture with the craft knife in your hand.

      When cutting, hold the craft knife between the thumb and index fingers, and rest the top of the handle between them for support.

      tip

      If it feels more secure and natural, you can hold it as you would hold a pen, adding your middle finger for support when you are cutting.

      Hand position for holding craft knife

      NOTE

      Always start cutting ˝ or less (2–3 mm) before the cutting point and finish the cutting line ˝–⅛˝ (2–3 mm) after the finish point.

      1. To start cutting, point the craft knife vertically and poke it through the layers until you hear a click.

      Poking position of blade

      tip

      The craft knife cutting technique is similar to rotary cutting, because your shoulder, forearm, and hand work together, with only the shoulder making the gentle moves necessary to control your knife for perfect cuts. It should look and feel like a robot arm. The difference is in direction: with rotary cutting you cut from your body out. With craft knife cutting you cut from up and out—toward your body.

      2. Lower the knife until your hand and the knife are parallel to the cutting board. Place your noncutting hand above the craft knife and apply medium pressure to cut through the fabric fused with paper-backed fusible web. When you are cutting, your hand will not touch the cutting surface. Reposition your noncutting hand above the craft knife every 2˝ of cutting. Always check to be sure you cut through all layers.

      Hand position for cutting

      As you get more experience you will feel more comfortable and get better results.

      PROJECT SAMPLES

      Let’s practice cutting with a craft knife and make some great project samples while we’re at it.

      SAMPLE 1 Cutting Geometric Shapes with Corner Points

      Refer to Cutting Techniques .

      1. Cut 1 piece 10˝ × 10˝ of any color of cotton fabric (I used a black batik) and cut 1 piece 10˝ × 10˝ of paper-backed fusible web. Fuse them together (1 piece of fabric to the adhesive side of 1 piece of fusible web), following the manufacturer’s instructions. Cut 1 piece 10˝ × 10˝ of colorful background fabric.

      2. Using a ruler and pencil or thin marker, draw a ½˝ frame around the outside edges of the fused square on the paper side (this frame will hold the pieces of the Outline Design together in one piece). Draw a variety of geometric shapes: triangles, squares, and free-form shapes with straight lines. They don’t need to match the ones in the illustration below.

      Geometric shapes

      3. Attach a new N2 blade to the big craft knife (or N11 to the thin craft knife) and secure it to the

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