Strip Patchwork Details This classic text by one of Britain's leading embroiderers explores every aspect of strip patchwork, an extremely versatile craft which can be used to create wall hangings, quilts, cushions or clothes. Including numerous design ideas as well as technical information, the book shows how abstract designs, geometric patterns and picture images can be easily built up with a variety of coloured strips of different lengths and widths. Detailed instructions for piecing strips by 15 different techniques are given, including log cabin, machine piecing and strips sewn to a backing, and there is a useful section on dyeing. Over 250 drawings and photographs help to explain the sewing techniques and offer a wealth of suggestions for attractive designs in strip patchwork. About the author: Valerie Campbell-Harding trained at Chippenham Technical College, Goldsmiths College, University of London and Loughborough Art College, and has had extensive experience of teaching embroidery in adult education. As well as teaching classes for City and Guilds courses, she travels all over the UK taking day classes and lecturing to Embroiderers' Guild groups. Her work has been widely exhibited, and she has written and co-written many other books for B T Batsford, including Edges and Finishes in Machine Embroidery and Celtic Inspirations for Machine Embroiderers. Soft cover, 142 pages. Price: $29.95 ($27.23) Contents: Acknowledgment Definitions 1 Introduction: Design Ideas and Sources Proportion 2 Dyeing Dyes 23; Equipment 24; Preparation 24; Hot-water dyeing method 26; Cold-water dyeing method 27; Experimental methods 28; Dyeing with tea 37; Dyeing with onion skins 32;Bleaching or discharge dyeing 34 3 Sewing Methods 1 Machine-pieced straight strips 36; 2 Machine-pieced curved strips 38; 3 Strips sewn to a paper backing 40; 4 Strips sewn to a fabric backing 42; 5 Bias-backed strips 44; 6 Pieced log cabin 46; 1 Log cabin on a fabric backing 48; 8 Paper-backed strips 50; 9 Wadded strips 52; 10 Folded log cabin 54; 11 Pleated strips on a fabric backing 56; 12 Frayed strips 57; 13 Vilene-backed strips 58; 14 Bonded strips 60; 15 Block patchwork using pre-stripped fabric 62 4 Patchwork Using Plain Strips Designs for square blocks 66; Designs using variations of traditional blocks 67; Designing with strips of paper 68; Block designs using windows 69; Designing with cut paper shapes 70; Designing simple clothes 72; Designing with striped paper 75; Radiating strips 76; Parallel strips 77; Stripes used as a background 80 5 Log Cabin Patchwork Folded centres for log cabin 84; Embroidered centres for log cabin 85; Borders 86; Using thick and thin stripes 87; Log cabin within triangles and diamonds 88; Log cabin within hexagons and octagons 89; Log cabin on the diagonal 90; V-shaped patterns 91; Spiral patterns 92; Variations on the standard log cabin block 93 6 Strips of Patterns Patterns from pre-stripped fabric 97; Shapes in strips 99; Chevron patterns 707; Diamonds and triangles 702 7 Curved Strips Patterns using quarter circles 704; Shallow curves 705; Design ideas 706; Using colour 709 8 Textured Strips 9 Woven and Interlaced Patterns Pieced weaving patterns 725; Weaving patterns with diagonal stripes 727; Plaits and twists 730; Interlaced patterns 732; Design by printing 740 Bibliography Suppliers Index