Threads 7

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• FEATURES
  • Surface Attraction
    by Joanne Mattera
  • A Perfect Pair of Pants:
    How to adjust the fit
    by Sally Cowan
  • Quilt Notebook:
    The Art Quilt
    by Penny McMorris, Michael Kile
    Punch and Poke: Quilting Without Thimbles
    by Sandra Millett
    Quilter Group Fit Ideas to Theme of Gift
    by Linda Lowman Barnett
  • Knitters, Make a Trip to the Fabric Store
    by Susan Guagliumi
  • Tapestry Gunner:
    Electric Punch Needles
    by Patti Henry
  • Techniques for Better Weaving
    by Peggy Osterkamp
  • Knitting a Seamless Sweater
    by Elizabeth Zimmermann
  • Beading on Leather
    by Wendy Ellsworth
  • The Tuxedo 100 Years Later
    by Cathy Shufro
  • A Little Blue Dress
    by David Dobsevage
  • Vermont's Green MOuntain Spinnery
    by Nan Levinson
  • Costumes of Royal India
    by Betsy Levine
  • Back Cover:
    Point of View
    by Renie Breskin Adams
• DEPARTMENTS
  • Letters
  • ERRATA FOR:
    "Baskets to Blankets"
    No. 5, Jun/July 1986
    "Techniques of Haute Couture"
    No. 6, Aug/Sept 1986
  • TIPS:
    Quilting by machine
    by Edith Frankel
    Wisp knitting
    by Margaret S. Peterson
    Waistband Closures
    by Shirley Kates
    Thread Eyes
    by Shirley Kates
    Striped knits and the Needlemaster
    by Thomas Walsh
  • QUESTIONS:
    Q: Men's patterns
    A: David Page Coffin
    Q: Nonsagging stockinette stitch
    A: Jean Dickinson
    Q: Testing washfastness
    A: Charlie Collins
  • NOTES:
    Really big show
    by unknown
    Design supermarket
    by Wendy Northup
    Pacific Basic School closes
    by Rhoda London
    Amazing lace on Venetian isle
    by Joanne Mattera
    Getting away close to home
    by Kate Hearst
    English Costume Society symposium
    by R.L. Shep
    What's in a bale of used kimonos?
    by Ruth-Claire Marcus
    Why sewing is sagging
    by Mary Galpin
    Crochet pattern for pinwheel spread
    by Deborah Cannarella
  • Calendar
  • Books
  • Index: Threads 1-6
  • COMMENT:
    Nose To the Grindstone
    by Constance Phillips
  • Supplies