Shape by Shape Free-Motion Quilting: 70+ Designs for Blocks, Backgrounds & Borders

by Angela Walters

Overview

Get into shape: The ultimate visual guide for free-motion quilting in specific geometric shapes • Follow step-by-step illustrations to create more than 70 free-motion quilting designs to use in specific shapes, negative space, and borders • Features full-page quilt photos, close-up details of stitched designs, and a comprehensive visual index • Best-selling author Angela Walters takes you to the next level in free-motion quilting by showing you how to manipulate shapes into modern designs It's easy to plan your machine quilting - simply open Shape by Shape Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters and find creative inspiration on every page. User-friendly and visually exciting, the contents are first divided into three sections: Blocks, Negative Space, and Borders. Then, to make it even more accessible, the Blocks section is further organized by five shapes: Squares, Triangles, Circles, Diamonds, and Hexagons. With an illustrated index, more than 70 free-motion quilting designs, crystal-clear instructions, and gorgeous full-page photographs, this is the go-to resource you’ll want handy before starting any quilting project.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607057895
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	03/22/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	413
Sales rank:	351,482
File size:	16 MB
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About the Author

Angela Waters has quilted for fabric designers, authors, and pattern makers and has been published in numerous books and magazines. While she loves traditional quilting, her niche is quilting innovative designs on modern quilts. She lives in Kansas City, Missouri. To learn more, visit quiltingismytherapy.com.

Table of Contents

Contents
Index of Quilting Designs
Introduction
Section 1: Quilt Blocks
Squares (and Rectangles)
Square #1
Square #2
Square #3
Square #4
Square #5
Square #6
Square #7
Square #8
Square #9
Square #10
Triangles
Triangle #1
Triangle #2
Triangle #3
Triangle #4
Triangle #5
Triangle #6
Triangle #7
Triangle #8
Triangle #9
Triangle #10
Circles
Circle #1
Circle #2
Circle #3
Circle #4
Circle #5
Circle #6
Circle #7
Circle #8
Circle #9
Circle #10
Diamonds
Diamond #1
Diamond #2
Diamond #3
Diamond #4
Diamond #5
Diamond #6
Diamond #7
Diamond #8
Diamond #9
Diamond #10
Hexagon
Hexagon #1
Hexagon #2
Hexagon #3
Hexagon #4
Hexagon #5
Hexagon #6
Hexagon #7
Hexagon #8
Hexagon #9
Hexagon #10
Section 2: Negative Space
Signature Design
Peapods
Offset Squares
Swirl Chain
Links
Negative Space #6
Wavy Wavy
Jumbled Lines
Back-and-Forth Lines
Improv Quilting
Section 3: Borders
Herringbone
Brackets
Triangles
Half Brackets
Serpentine Line
Wavy Variation
Wild Feathers
Arches
Square Chain
Dot-to-Dot Borders
About the Author

Editorial Reviews

09/01/2014
Walters (In the Studio with Angela Walters) is the go-to machine quilter for some of the best-known names in modern quilting, and for good reason—she has a knack for matching the design of the quilting with the design of the piecing. Her latest book builds on her earlier work, demonstrating some of her favorite designs to use in common geometric shapes. Each section focuses on a particular shape (squares, triangles, circles, diamonds, hexagons) or area of a quilt (negative space, borders), allowing quilters to find the shape they need to match and choose the design that works best. Each free-motion quilt design includes diagrams that illustrate each step, as well as variations on the basic design. Walters also shares a variety of tips and tricks for choosing the right design, and for machine quilting in general. VERDICT Walters is a big name in machine quilting, and her titles go beyond the typical "design catalog" approach, getting into the hows and whys of machine quilting. Beginners should start with her first book, Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters, which gives a strong grounding in the basics; this new work is most appropriate for those who know their way around free-motion quilting and are ready to take on new challenges.

Library Journal

Even the most experienced machine quilter sometimes has trouble deciding what sort of a design to quilt. This book is divided into three sections, each addressing a different part of a quilt; blocks, borders and negative space. There are over 70 free-motion quilting designs to use in specific shapes such as squares, circles, triangles, diamonds and hexagons. Section 2 covers negative shape or the background and section 3 borders. Each design is illustrated with a photo and diagrams showing the start/stop points through the entire motif. I love the full-page quilt photos and the photos of the close-up details of stitched designs. Angela has sprinkled tips throughout the book. There are so many design variations in this book that I doubt you will at a loss ever again on deciding what motif to use in your quilt. The quilt designs are shown using specific geometric shapes but you are encouraged to take these designs and modify them to fit your needs. If you can’t find what you are looking for in one chapter, look in another where you will find many of the designs used in different ways. Angela’s work is always inspiring and I am sure you will be inspired as well.

November/December 2014 The Appliqué Society

Angela Walters is a prolific writer on free-motion embroidery and her books are always worth a mention being well explained, illustrated and executed. In her latest book, she looks specifically at the machine embroidery of quilted shapes. Here there are squares, triangles, circles, diamonds, hexagons, negative space and borders and they are all great designs, ready to combat ‘quilter’s amnesia’ for those times where you look at a shape and cannot think of the best way to quilt it. The author provides clear and simple instructions which are useful in enabling some complex patterns to be broken down into lines and stages. Now, if only she could teach me how to sew as exquisitely as she does, I’d be laughing!

December 2014 Workshop on the Web

After laboring over a quilt top, the next challenge is to come up with quilting motifs that complement and enhance all your hard work. Noted long arm quilter Walters is here to help with her engaging new book, detailing quilting designs to fit specifically into squares, triangles, circles, hexagons, and borders. Step-by-step illustrations guide you through each of the motifs and multiple variations.

January 2015 Quilter's Newsletter

Even the most experienced machine quilter sometimes has trouble deciding what sort of a design to quilt. This book is divided into three sections, each addressing a different part of a quilt; blocks, borders and negative space. There are over 70 free-motion quilting designs to use in specific shapes such as squares, circles, triangles, diamonds and hexagons. Section 2 covers negative shape or the background and section 3 borders. Each design is illustrated with a photo and diagrams showing the start/stop points through the entire motif. I love the full-page quilt photos and the photos of the close-up details of stitched designs. Angela has sprinkled tips throughout the book. There are so many design variations in this book that I doubt you will at a loss ever again on deciding what motif to use in your quilt. The quilt designs are shown using specific geometric shapes but you are encouraged to take these designs and modify them to fit your needs. If you can’t find what you are looking for in one chapter, look in another where you will find many of the designs used in different ways. Angela’s work is always inspiring and I am sure you will be inspired as well.

November/December 2014 The Appliqué Society

Even the most experienced machine quilter sometimes has trouble deciding what sort of a design to quilt. This book is divided into three sections, each addressing a different part of a quilt; blocks, borders and negative space. There are over 70 free-motion quilting designs to use in specific shapes such as squares, circles, triangles, diamonds and hexagons. Section 2 covers negative shape or the background and section 3 borders. Each design is illustrated with a photo and diagrams showing the start/stop points through the entire motif. I love the full-page quilt photos and the photos of the close-up details of stitched designs. Angela has sprinkled tips throughout the book. There are so many design variations in this book that I doubt you will at a loss ever again on deciding what motif to use in your quilt. The quilt designs are shown using specific geometric shapes but you are encouraged to take these designs and modify them to fit your needs. If you can’t find what you are looking for in one chapter, look in another where you will find many of the designs used in different ways. Angela’s work is always inspiring and I am sure you will be inspired as well.

November/December 2014 Applique Society Newsletter