About.com Guide to Quilting: From Pattern to Patchwork--Creative Projects You Can Finish in Under a Week - Softcover

Wickell, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1598693441 ISBN 13: 9781598693447

Publisher: Adams Media Corp, 2007

Synopsis

Do you want to make a quilt but are afraid you won't have time to finish it? Don't be. The About.com Guide to Quilting will show you how to make beautiful quilt projects in less than a week. Janet Wickell, the About.com Guide to Quilting, explains the foundations of quilt-making and uses small projects and technique demonstrations that are built on in later chapters. Stitch by stitch, Wickell answers your questions and shows you how to make each project unique and personal.

Whether you are a novice or experienced quilter, you will delight in these inspiring projects:

• Miniature paisley stars quilt
• String pieced table runner with string quilt variations
• Quick and easy rag quilt, with larger size options
• Strip pieced rag quilt
• Rag-edged denim purse, with a quicker completion option
• Rag quilt, with size variations
• Basket wall-hanging and throw pillow
• Shades of the past vintage look quilt

With more than 100 step-by-step illustrations and a color insert of completed projects, The About.com Guide to Quilting gives you all you need to finish unforgettable heirlooms your family will treasure for generations to come.

About this title

About the Author

Janet Wickell, the About.com Guide to Quilting, has more than thirty years of quilt-making experience and has written numerous books including Easy-to-Make Dollhouse Quilts, Teach Yourself Quilting, and eight books for the Classic American Quilt series. She also taught quilting and hand marbling at the John C. Campbell Folk School. She lives in Brevard, NC.

Edition details

• Publisher: Adams Media Corp
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1598693441
• ISBN 13: 9781598693447
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288