Borders The Basics & Beyond: A Complete Guide to Border Techniques with Dozens of Designs to Mix and Match (Landauer) - Hardcover

Jill Reber

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0980068894 ISBN 13: 9780980068894

Publisher: Design Originals, 2009

Synopsis

See how blocks with basic design elements, good color and contrast, and correct application add drama and style to any quilt! Borders: The Basics and Beyond is the complete guide to good border design techniques, making it perfect for any quilter to practice and build their skills.

With step-by-step instructions, full-color photography, and helpful diagrams, learn over 20 border techniques, from the basket weave and scrappy sawtooth to pinwheels and flying geese. Once you complete each individual border design, three full-size border sampler quilt projects are provided to put it all together! Also included are four fast and easy bonus projects, ready-to-use appliqué templates, and ideas for alternative color options.

About this title

About the Author

Jill Reber is a quilter, teacher, and author from Des Moines, Iowa.

Review

A hardcover book with a spiral binding enabling it to lay flat for easy reference, Borders The basics & beyond is the latest in the award-winning basics & beyond series. Borders The basics & beyond focuses on border designs and how to create borders with eye-catching color and contrast. Featuring twelve projects and dozens of suggested border designs Borders The basics & beyond is a superb mix-and-match resource for quilters of all skill and experience levels. Full-color photography of each of the step-by-step instructions makes (it) extremely easy and helpful to use. Highly recommended. --James Cox The Midwest Book Review; February 2009

The latest addition to Landauer s basics & beyond series, this book provides the fundamentals of good border design and demonstrates how borders with the right color, contrast, and application can dramatically change the overall look of a quilt. It includes 12 projects with step-by-step photos and instructions, as well as dozens of other borders designs options and helpful suggestions --Quilts Inc. eInsider; March, 2009

Creating beautiful borders is easy with this new book in the basics & beyond series by Landauer Publishing. Jill Reber teaches the value of border design and how to add drama and style to your quilts with appropriate borders. Included in this book are 12 projects and dozens of additional border design options. The easy-to-follow instructions, color photos, and illustrations provide inspiration for quilters of all skill levels. --Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting; May/June 2009

Edition details

• Publisher: Design Originals
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0980068894
• ISBN 13: 9780980068894
• Binding: Hardcover-spiral
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128