Basic Quilting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get StartedSherrye Landrum
Generations of family members have handed down quilts that have become family heirlooms. Quilting is a wonderful way to recycle old fabrics to create new, beautiful, and useful items, and Basic Quilting is the perfect introduction to this long-treasured craft. The book begins with a comprehensive description of the materials and equipment the new quilter needs, and clear instructions on basic knots and stitches, all illustrated with step-by-step full-color photos. Includes background on how to match and care for quilting fabrics, and choosing the block pattern, piecing, and quilting establish the techniques a new quilter needs. |
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Basic Quilting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started Sherrye Landrum Limited preview - 2007 |
Basic Quilting: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started Sherrye Landrum No preview available - 2006 |
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3-inch opening 45 inches backing fabric batting layer blind stitch border strip Brass safety pins Choose your fabric clear ruler color photos corners cut the backing dark fat eighths fat quarters find fingers finished finished quilt first flat flower flowered fabric HOOP OR FRAME hot mat inches wide inside the seam iron loop knot M1 inch Mark marker Mat or Pot mechanical pencil package patterned fabric permanent press pieced top pieces of fabric pillow cover pillow form pinking shears placemat pot holder Press seams projects Pull the thread push Put the needle quilt block quilt top quilter’s knot quilters quilting stitches quilting thread raw edges rectangles ribbon right sides right-side rotary cutter running stitch sashing scissors seam allowance seam line selvage Sew the seam smooth stitching line straight grain sure table runner Template plastic thimble three layers Trim wash the fabrics wrong side x 45 inches yarn