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Make your first quilt a keeper with this comprehensive beginner’s guide by the host of The Quilt Show and author of All Things Quilting. Alex Anderson has inspired and educated countless quilters with her television programs, fabric lines, and numerous books. In Starting Quilting with Alex Anderson, she takes first-time quilters through every step of the quilting process. With Alex’s detailed instructions and illustrations, you will learn to plan, cut, piece, quilt, and bind a quilt. Starting Quilting with Alex Anderson features eight easy, beautiful projects. This expanded edition features new projects, more quilt sizes, and lots of helpful new tips and shortcuts. If you want to make a quilt but can't tell a rotary cutter from a seam ripper, Alex Anderson will get you quilting—and loving it—in no time!
Important Note about PRINT ON DEMAND Editions: You are purchasing a print on demand edition of this book. This book is printed individually on uncoated (non-glossy) paper with the best quality printers available. The printing quality of this copy will vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated. The information presented in this version is the same as the latest edition. Any pattern pullouts have been separated and presented as single pages. If the pullout patterns are missing, please contact c&t publishing.
‘Tis the night before Christmas...and your house sparkles with unique folded-and-quilted holiday decorations! Learn to fold fabric like a pro to embellish quilts, stockings, and more. Get started right away on fun designs such as the Candy Canes & Flying Geese quilt and the Visions of Sugar Plums stocking. 14 Christmas-themed projects include quilts, pillows, table runners and placemats, Christmas stockings, and countdown calendars. Clever fabric folding is based on traditional techniques such as prairie points and origami or Liz’s own designs. Fabric folding techniques are quick and easy to learn, even for beginners, with step-by-step how-to photography.
Transform fabric into exquisite art bowls Delve into the world of quilts, fabrics, and bowl making! Take quilt blocks and bring them into the three dimensional space as tasteful, modern bowls. Kirsten Fisher shares her unique artistic vision and instructions on how you can take any piece of fabric and reinvent it using the design of your choice. Perfect to forever display a favorite fabric or quilt block, or provide a thoughtful gift to loved ones. Learn step-by-step how to use fabric or quilt blocks to create modern, functional art bowls Show off your stitching artistry with endless decorative opportunities Great way to make use of scrap fabric, they also make great gifts!
Color expert Joen Wolfrom shows you great color choices for spectacular flower quilts. From traditional tulips to whimsical modern florals — let these blooming beauties grow in your own quilt garden! 7 stunning flower quilt projects. These fabulous flowers are completely machine pieced! Projects for quilters of all levels
Learn how to construct and embellish a stylish jacket from a comfy sweatshirt for a fabulous, perfect fit! Designer Londa Rolfing shows you how to blend your favorite fabrics and trims with her basic patterns to create your own designs. Explore 2 construction methods—use the whole sweatshirt intact or cut it up. Ruffles, ruching, slashes of denim…what is your signature touch? Includes full-size tissue patterns, designed for sizes from S to XXL—choose a pattern that fits your sewing skill. Whether you’re into casual hoodies or classic coats, you’ll never look at a sweatshirt the same way again!
Start sewing in no time with basics broken down to the simplest form! Professor Pincushion’s Beginner Guide to Sewing is part textbook, part how-to, and all cheeky fun. Perfect for anyone interested in learning how to make clothes, the book assumes the reader has no sewing experience and breaks everything down to its simplest form, making it easy for anyone to follow along. In typical Professor Pincushion style, the tone is lightened with humor to provide an enjoyable learning experience. Beginning with an overview of sewing tools and supplies, she covers topics like using a sewing machine, reading commercial patterns, and basic garment sewing techniques and gives you five projects to get you started. Five key garment projects to get readers started and build confidence Accompanying videos further illustrate the how-to concepts Projects gradually increase in difficulty, allowing new sewers to build up their skills and knowledge
In this beginner's guide to free-motion, continuous-line quilting designs, the focus is on selecting the right forms and lines that get you where you need to go, becomes sometimes the hardest part is figuring out where to quilt next.
Add a whole new dimension to your quilting with this exciting new trapunto technique. Trapunto gives us raised motifs that add textureal richness to the finished quilt. This bookwillopen new doors to your way of thinking about Trapunto. Hari teaches you time-saving techniques in six easy-to-follow lessons; Stripple Quilting, Machine Trapunto, Backtracking with Stitches, Two-layers Trapunto, and Shadow Trapunto. Over 25 glorious patterns, including: Iridescent Iris, Susan B. Anthony, April's Promise, Spring Quintet, and more! And best of all, Hari willshow you how to do trapunto quilting by machine without having to make little openings in the back of your quilt.
Includes Oversized Ready-to-Use Freezer Paper Pattern!