The handmade quilt : a complete skill-building sampler / by Carolyn Forster.
Material type: TextSeries: Scrap your stashPublisher: Urbandale, IA : Landauer Publishing, LLC, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 144 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781935726968
- 193572696X
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 746.46 F733 | Checked out | 06/24/2024 | 33111008910222 | |||
Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 746.46 F733 | Available | 33111009235595 |
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.