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The handmade quilt : a complete skill-building sampler / by Carolyn Forster.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Scrap your stashPublisher: Urbandale, IA : Landauer Publishing, LLC, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 144 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781935726968
  • 193572696X
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction -- Getting started -- Templates -- Preparing to stitch -- Keepers & pincushions --Stitching pieces -- Stitching the blocks -- Making the quilt -- Quilting.
Summary: "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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 746.46 F733 Checked out 06/24/2024 33111008910222
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 746.46 F733 Available 33111009235595
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Discover the joy and serenity of slow stitching with hand piecing and hand quilting! With one quilt made up of 21 blocks, master teacher Carolyn Forster takes readers on a quilt making journey that begins with the basics and progresses to more intricate techniques with each new block. Providing templates for every design and step-by-step instructions and photographs, thoroughly practice hand stitching and hand quilting blocks, from stitching set-in seams to stitching curves. The Handmade Quilt provides both a complete learning experience for new quilters and a stunning project for experienced stitchers. You'll be amazed by the finished project; an heirloom-quality quilt that's a beautiful sampler of stash-busting blocks!

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.

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