Author: Carol Doak Publisher: ISBN: 9781564771988 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 222
Book Description
Learn about the tools, supplies, and techniques you need to create simple patchwork quilts. Eight small projects are provided to help you practice your new hand-or machine-stitching skills.
Author: Meg Cox Publisher: Workman Publishing ISBN: 9780761138815 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 628
Book Description
The Bee-all and End-all: The complete quilter's companion and essential resource, jam-packed with information, supplies, expert interviews, techniques, community, and inspiration. All the tools of the trade: rotary cutters, sewing machines, longarms, anddesign software; fabulous fabrics and where to find them; and if you're just starting out, everything that belongs in a quilting basket. The online world made manageable with a guide to the most useful blogs, websites, e-mail lists, free patterns, and podcasts. National and regional shows, guilds, and the best retreats and quilt museums. Batting parties, tutorials on fabric dying, and a breezy history of the quilt boom. Profiles of twenty top teachers-including television's Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, Esterita Austin and her award-winning landscape quilts, and Ruth B. McDowell, known for her bravura technique. This is a book to help every quilter deepen and grow-keep it as close by as your stash of fat quarters -Cover.
Author: M'Liss Rae Hawley Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc ISBN: 161745687X Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 68
Book Description
The essential book for those new to the craft from the bestselling author of M’Liss Rae Hawley’s Precut Quilts. Learning to quilt is easy with this handy reference guide full of M’Liss’s tips and time-saving techniques. Make nine easy blocks, each one a traditional favorite, then turn the blocks into a charming sampler quilt. (Bonus! Make a matching pillow or a quick four-block quilt). This guide includes lots of helpful how-to photos you’ll use again and again, plus detailed shopping lists with all the materials you need to complete the quilt, including basic quilting supplies and the specific fabrics. This book has everything you need to know to make a beautiful quilt—M’Liss takes you step by step from start to finish.
Author: Mary Adams Publisher: Potter Craft ISBN: 0823033309 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 162
Book Description
A celebrity dressmaker's guide for craft-capable fashionistas explains how to combine basic sewing skills with creative touches to create unique results, demonstrating how to transform classic 1950s-style cocktail dresses into flattering personalized garments. Original.
Author: Jane Brocket Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc ISBN: 1607052164 Category : Quilting Languages : en Pages : 161
Book Description
15 projects inspired by the beauty of simple elements of European style. From the author of the best-seller, The Gentle Art of Domesticity. Stunning, scenic photography throughout this hardbound book. Instructions are written with a warm and inviting tone. Design tips will help you build confidence and learn how to discover extraordinary ideas in ordinary things. Jane Brockett has the knack for turning the simple into the sublime. She shares her personal experience with you every step of the way--from her dreams about days gone by, through the search for the perfect fabrics, to how she designs a quilt to convey a mood or sentiment. The photos of her quilts in delightful natural settings make you want to step right into the picture. Jane's instructions are descriptive and straightforward; quilters and non-quilters alike will be enticed and enchanted by every project.
Author: Pat Sloan Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc ISBN: 1644035014 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 100
Book Description
Start, stitch, and finish nine simple blocks In the fourth book in her popular Teach Me series, expert teacher and quilt designer Pat Sloan guides you through each and every step as you make your very first quilt. Pat’s easy-to-follow instructions and more than 140 clear how-to photos make it fun to start, stitch, and finish nine classic blocks and nine simple quilt projects—even if you’re an absolute beginner. Learn the basics, from selecting notions and cutting fabric to machine sewing to quilting and binding, all from a skilled instructor with a warm, patient teaching style. You’ll be proud to finish your first quilt—the first of many! This fourth book in Pat Sloan’s Teach Me series is perfect for absolute beginners. More than 140 how-to photos, nine classic blocks, and nine quilt projects are included. Pat Sloan is a skilled instructor who covers key topics, including notions you’ll need, fabric selection and cutting, machine quilting techniques, and more.
Author: Barbara Weiland Talbert Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC ISBN: 1603426531 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 433
Book Description
Whether you’re perplexed about piecing, baffled by binding, or curious about cutting, Barbara Weiland Talbert has all your quilting quandaries covered. With answers to more than 200 common quilting questions, this handy reference guide will earn a permanent place in your sewing room. You’ll turn to it again and again for sensible solutions to difficult problems and step-by-step instructions for tricky techniques. From quick-cutting geometric shapes to coaxing the wrinkles out of polyester batting, here is the best quilting advice on the block.
Author: Alex Anderson Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc ISBN: 1617453196 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 52
Book Description
This illustrated beginner’s guide takes you through the skills, tools, and techniques you need to make your first quilt—from first step to last stitch. Alex Anderson has taught countless quilters across the world through her books and television programs. In Make Your First Quilt with Alex Anderson, she offers step-by-step instructions and illustrations designed for beginners. Alex explains the basics of quilting, such as choosing fabrics, rotary cutting, basting, quilting, and binding. For your first quilt journey, Alex teaches you how to piece classic Arkansas Crossroad blocks. With these fundamentals in place, it’s time to choose from 12 different layout options—in 4 different sizes—as you embark on your first quilt!
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