Get Started Quilting: The Complete Beginner Guide

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An all-in-one guide to contemporary quilting techniques for beginners! Quilting can often seem complicated and overwhelming, but it truly is a craft that anyone can do--taken one step at a time, this fantastic hobby is really quite easy. Get Started Quilting takes readers on a steady path to learning the essential quilting techniques, tricks, and tested methods of quilt making, focusing on one skill at a time. This all in-one volume covers fabric selection, cutting, pressing, sewing (by hand or machine), piecing and joining blocks, basting, hand and machine quilting, and binding and making labels. Quilt blocks range from traditional to contemporary, including basic patchwork and applique as well as improvisational piecing. Working through the book, the reader can pick up and develop all the basic quilting skills they need. Using a range of delightful fabrics, patterns, and colorways, they'll discover how they can put quilt blocks together in a variety of layout designs to create wonderful modern projects. Review: not just for beginners! - An experienced quilter of over 25 years, I am impressed by this book's concise instructions on every level of quilter. Close-up photos present clear demonstration of techniques. Even better, a generous collection of contemporary free-quilting techniques is presented: hexie construction, offset piecing, partial seam construction, and dozens of other specific styles are briefly and clearly presented. Yes, I am impressed; but more significantly I am already planning some ways to incorporate the book's contents into my own creative work. Review: great for any beginners or just those looking for pointers - My Grandma was a great quilter but it's not like I wrote down all her words of wisdom. So when I saw this book it definitely helped jog my memory on the things she used to tell me. Very user friendly and great for helping with project ideas.