Quilting: The Basics & Beyond: The Complete Guide to Successful Quilting Techniques with 7 Learn-to-Quilt Projects and Techniques DVD (Landauer) Beginner-Friendly Step-by-Step Instructions & Charts - Softcover

Jeri Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982558635 ISBN 13: 9780982558638

Publisher: Design Originals, 2010

Synopsis

The go-to reference guide for today's quilter!

• Beginner-friendly guide to getting started in quilting
• 7 practice projects for the novice, utilizing a progressive skill-building teaching method
• Step-by-step photos and illustrations for techniques and projects, plus handy charts and a terms glossary
• Included DVD to help guide you through the Show-Me/Tell-Me Learn-to-Quilt system
• Spiral binding lays flat to make it more convenient to follow along
• Easy-to-follow and reliable visual guide for beginners takes you through all the basics of quilting, and beyond

Whether you're new to quilting to want to brush up on your techniques, Quilting: The Basics & Beyond is your must-have reference guide!

Begin with expert tips on equipment and supplies, choosing fabrics and colors, pressing, rotary cutting, and piecing. You'll then move on to learning the essentials of appliqué, assembly, borders, finishing, binding, labeling, and hanging quilts.

With 7 learn-to-quilt practice projects, basic blocks, and an included DVD featuring dozens of techniques explained in easy-to-follow steps, you'll soon be able to enjoy the beauty of a quilt you've successfully made yourself!

Instructions include:

• Getting Started
  - Equipment and Supplies
  - Choosing Fabrics
  - Pressing
  - 1/4" Seams
• Quilting Basics
  - Rotary Cutting
  - Cutting & Piecing Half-Square Triangle Blocks
  - Cutting & Piecing Quarter-Square Triangle Blocks
  - Fussy Cutting
  - Chain Piecing
  - Strip Piecing
  - Sewing Basic Blocks
• Appliqué
  - Machine
  - Hand
  - Bias Strips
• Assembling the Quilt Top
  - Quilt Center
  - Borders
• Finishing the Quilt
  - Layering the Backing, Batting, and Quilt Top
  - Quilting the Quilt
  - Binding the Quilt
  - Hanging Sleeves
  - Labeling

...plus projects, charts, quilting terms & definitions, and the included Learn-to-Quilt DVD!

About this title

About the Author

Jeri Simon has been in the quilting industry for over a decade, first with Fons & Porter, then for ten years with Landauer. Her most recent book, Beginner's Guide to Quiltmaking was Foreword Magazine's Gold Book of the Year in crafts & hobbies.

From the Back Cover

Quilting
The basics & beyond

The New
"Show-Me/Tell-Me" Learn-to-Quilt System
with Bonus! 20 minute Show-Me-How DVD

Get ready for success! Inside this book you'll find clear step-by-step instructions, an accompanying DVD to guide you and practice projects for great results. Everything you need to know to start and finish a quilting project successfully.

Getting Started
From equipment and supplies to selecting favorite fabrics

Quilting Basics
From rotary cutting to sewing basic quilt blocks

Appliqué
Step-by-step hand and machine techniques

Assembling
Learn to assemble quilting projects in a variety of ways

Finishing
Quilting, binding, and creating a personal label

Charts
For quick and easy reference

7 Projects
To practice the skills you've just learned

• Table Toppers
• Wallhangings
• Quilts

With lots of tips to help you be successful!

• 128 Pages
• Hundreds of Step-by-Step Photos and Illustrations
• Convenient Lay-flat, Hidden-Spiral Binding
• Learn-to-Quilt DVD

Edition details

• Publisher: Design Originals
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0982558635
• ISBN 13: 9780982558638
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 128