Machine Quilting: the Basics and Beyond

One-on-one machine-quilting lessons to help you make a quilt from beginning to end!

• 12 projects with original quilting designs and full-size patterns
• Over 200 color photos and illustrations to take you through each step
• One-on-one machine-quilting lessons from teacher and machine quilter Lynn Witzenburg
• Handy lay-flat spiral binding so you can have the book open right next to your sewing machine while you learn
• Step-by-step instructions on the basics, from preparation and practice doodling to free-motion and marked-background quilting
• Tips & techniques including free-motion stitching, machine-guided stitching, and feather-stitching, adapting designs to fill spaces, and troubleshooting

In Machine Quilting: The Basics & Beyond, teacher and master machine quilter Lynn Witzenburg guides you through the basic steps of quilting on a home sewing machine—from equipment and supplies, preparation, practice doodling through marked grids, free-form curves, continuous-line designs, and border tips to more advanced techniques and tricks to enhance your quilting projects.

With Lynn as your guide, you'll master trapunto, have fun with free-form feathers and learn about bobbin quilting. The troubleshooting tips in each section guarantee stress-free quilting, and the convenient hidden spiral binding allows your book to lay flat while you learn.

The features in Machine Quilting: The Basics & Beyond include:

• Over 150 full-color photos
• More than 90 full-color illustrations and diagrams
• 12 projects ranging from wall hangings to full-size quilts
• Close-up, step-by-step photography
• Troubleshooting tips throughout the book
• Techniques, such as bobbin quilting, trapunto, and free-form feathers, addressed in an easy-to-understand and easy-to-do format
• Basic quilting and equipment preparation
• Border designs and how to make them fit any quilt
• Original quilting designs

After following the step-by-step photography and instructions in Machine Quilting: The Basics & Beyond, and with a little practice, you'll be saying, "I made this quilt from beginning to end!"

"Lynn's class was my first exposure to machine quilting. It was informative and fun! Her instructions were concise, but not overwhelming. She made us feel like we could do it. Now I machine quilt all my own quilts and love the finished product."
—Cathy Strutzenberg

Lynn has been professionally machine quilting since 1996. Shortly after she began teaching classes at a local quilt shop and lecturing for guilds in the area, teaching quickly became her favorite "job". The first lesson she teaches - there are no rules, relax and have fun.