Follow the right path for finding your own creative talent and sewing ability. Whether you use a traditional shortarm, midarm or longarm sewing machine, this book shares amazingly simple step-by-step methods of free-hand quilting. See how to interpret and complete the quilt with creative quilting patterns, quickly and easily. Learn the five shapes of quilting: the easy-to-accomplish arc; S-curve, straight line, loop and hook, from which all quilting patterns are made. Discover the correct way to complete each stroke. Book contains advice for auditioning patterns, resizing design motifs and transferring patterns. Especially helpful are the suggestions for threads, backing, binding, and batting selections. Also included are dozens of beautiful full-sized, original quilting patterns. AUTHORBIO: Sally Terry's quiltmaking path began at the age of three. Throughout her childhood, she made all her own clothing and even tailored her own suits. At high school graduation, the only clothes in her closet that she had not made were a jacket, a pair of denims, and a bathing suit. Her only lament is that she never got to shop for clothes. After graduating from Drake University, Sally attended graduate school in multimedia at the University of Grenoble in France. REVIEW: Two new guides offer quilts excellent basic details and tips. Sally Terry's Pathways To Better Quilting is an unusual oversized presentation of five shapes for machine quilt patterns. Learn to choose and quilt machine patterns through Terry's review of five simple questions about fabric and quilting decisions determined by the quilt top. 75 patterns for quilters with traditional sewing machines....and hand quilters alike make PTBQ a classic. -The Midwest Book Review