The handmade quilt : a complete skill-building sampler /
Forster, Carolyn,
The handmade quilt : a complete skill-building sampler / by Carolyn Forster. - 144 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. - Scrap your stash .
Introduction -- Getting started -- Templates -- Preparing to stitch -- Keepers & pincushions --Stitching pieces -- Stitching the blocks -- Making the quilt -- Quilting.
"Skill-building: The Handmade Quilt features a 21-block sampler that starts with the easiest techniques and progresses to more challenging skills--with no need for a sewing machine! Comprehensive: this book is a complete learning experience for a new quilter and a stunning sampler project for experienced stitchers. Unique: no other book available today covers the how-to of hand-stitching blocks in such a thorough manner. Portable: you can hand-stitch anywhere! Carolyn even shows you color options and how to re-arrange blocks to make the quilt your own. [Includes]: 21 block designs; templates for every block; how-to finish the sampler from beginning to binding; learn to stitch set-in seams and curves; step-by-step photographs and illustrations; gallery of block color options"--Page [4] of cover.
9781935726968 193572696X
2018938289
Quilting.
Patchwork.
Appliqué.
Quilting--Patterns.
Patchwork--Patterns.
The handmade quilt : a complete skill-building sampler / by Carolyn Forster. - 144 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm. - Scrap your stash .
Introduction -- Getting started -- Templates -- Preparing to stitch -- Keepers & pincushions --Stitching pieces -- Stitching the blocks -- Making the quilt -- Quilting.
"Skill-building: The Handmade Quilt features a 21-block sampler that starts with the easiest techniques and progresses to more challenging skills--with no need for a sewing machine! Comprehensive: this book is a complete learning experience for a new quilter and a stunning sampler project for experienced stitchers. Unique: no other book available today covers the how-to of hand-stitching blocks in such a thorough manner. Portable: you can hand-stitch anywhere! Carolyn even shows you color options and how to re-arrange blocks to make the quilt your own. [Includes]: 21 block designs; templates for every block; how-to finish the sampler from beginning to binding; learn to stitch set-in seams and curves; step-by-step photographs and illustrations; gallery of block color options"--Page [4] of cover.
9781935726968 193572696X
2018938289
Quilting.
Patchwork.
Appliqué.
Quilting--Patterns.
Patchwork--Patterns.