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1、Thepieceofresistance:Fabric不可不查——絎縫布料的選擇Fabricistothequilterwhatpaintistotheartist.Soyouwantyourfabricssuitableforquiltingareveryeasytofind.Mostfabricstoreshaveentiresectionsdevotedtoquiltingfabrics.Hereyou’llfindfabricsineverycoloroftherainbow---enoughtodazzl
2、ethemind!布料對絎縫師的重要性就和顏料對畫家的重要性一樣。如果你想設(shè)計自己的絎縫作品,你需要去一些布料商場,那里都有專門的絎縫布料專區(qū),那里有很多布料,在大部分的布料商場你會很容易就找到稱你心意的布料的。那些五顏六色的布料如天上的彩虹,絕對會讓你挑花眼的!Youcanalsofindstoresthatcaterspecificallytotheneedsofquilters(thesearegreatplacestofindallthosefungadgetsdescribedinChapter6that
3、quiltersenjoy).LookintheYellowPages—underfabricsorquilting.andyou’reboundtofindseveralpremisinglistingsforyourarea.你也能去一些專門的絎縫布料商店去選擇一些很有特色的布料。搜尋一下黃頁里的布料或者絎縫布料的項目,你絕對能找到好多符合你的要求,滿足你的心意的布料商店的。Eventhoughyoucaneasilybedazzledbytheswirlofcolorsandpatternswhenyouvi
4、sitoneofthesefabricfantasiesorpagethroughaglossycatalogfromoneofthemail-orderhousesdescribedintheAppendix,readingthefollowingsectionscanhelpyoukeepalevelheadlongenoughtochoosetherightfabricsforallthelayersofyourquilt.(Andthen,feelingproudofyourcarefullymadedec
5、isions,youcangetimpulsiveandbuysixyardsofthatsale-pricedzebrafunfurthatyou’llneveruse.)當(dāng)你徜徉于那些布料商場中色彩幻想之中,或者眩暈于那些經(jīng)銷商發(fā)給你的滿是各種布料的銷售目錄和宣傳小冊子之時,是不是覺得很容易就被五顏六色,色彩斑斕,質(zhì)地各異,五花八門的布料搞得不知所措呢?那么下面的這個部分所講解的內(nèi)容會讓你覺得稍微那么輕松一點,能使你去選擇布料的時候更有主見。(還有,請記住,謹(jǐn)慎的選擇、清醒的頭腦對你來說永遠(yuǎn)是重要的,否則你可能
6、就心血來潮,一下子就買了6碼在做大降價活動的斑馬紋的皮草,那種斑馬紋看上去真的很遜呢,我可以肯定你后半生都不會想到去用它。)UseCottonforyourquiltTop純棉的總是最好的Irecommendusingonly100percentcottonfabricforquilting.Cottonhandlesbeautifully,asitislightbutsturdyandcooltothetouch.Cottonalsoholdsacreasewell,makingitidealforthosetu
7、rned-underedgesofhandappliqué(IdiscussappliquéinChapter9).我建議你只選擇百分之百純棉的布料去進行你的絎縫設(shè)計,因為它很容易去處理,很方便去設(shè)計,而且它既輕又結(jié)實,摸上去的感覺真是酷極了。而且棉布也不怕折,當(dāng)你處理一些邊角的時候會讓你省好多麻煩的。Cottonisalsoeasytosewthroughbyhandormachineandcanbesome-whatforgivingifyoumakeaslightmistake,asitcanoftenbes
8、tretchedintoshape.Ifyouenduprippingoutstitches,thecottonfiberswillobliginglyworkthemselvesbackintopositionwhenmoistened,andtheneedleholeswillmagicallydisappear!Italsowasheswell.Can