The Easy Guide to Machine Quiltmaking: Your Complete Patchwork and Quilting Primer with Over 30 Block Designs - Paperback

by Carolyn Forster (Author)

The complete beginner's guide to machine quilting, from best-selling author, Carolyn Forster.

Discover 1 classic quilt block worked 30 different ways, for a cohesive range of inspiring, beginner-friendly designs!

Carolyn has taught hundreds of beginners to quilt, and this book follows her tried-and-tested teaching method for getting started. Using one classic block design (the Sawtooth Star), a multitude of inspiring techniques and a clever use of fabric, she shows you how to sew over 30 different star blocks with ease. Build up your skills as you go, and create a stunning and unique heirloom quilt to be proud of.

• SKILL-BUILDING STRUCTURE: Each of the 30 blocks introduces a new patchwork technique that's more challenging than the last to build your skills gradually. From the simple Four Patch and Flying Geese units through to the brain-testing Split Quarter Square Triangles, you'll cover core patchwork methods that are essential for making your first quilt, and will be invaluable for quilts in years to come
• COMPLETE QUILTING GUIDE: Once you've made up your star blocks, discover how to put them together. There's advice on different layout options; adding strips ("sashing" or "coping strips"); squares ("posts") and borders; quilting; attaching binding; labelling; and much more
• MIX AND MATCH DESIGN: All the blocks in the book are 12-inch square, so it's easy to mix and match your favorite motifs to create your own unique quilt. And, with just a few quick-to-learn math formulas, Carolyn shows you how to sew any size quilt you like for even more tailoring potential

Carolyn's friendly, tried-and-tested techniques make this the perfect beginner's introduction to quilting.

Author Biography

Carolyn Forster is a best-selling quilting author, with over 175,000 books sold worldwide. She started making quilts when she was a teenager, and her passion for patchwork and quilting led her to study Textiles at Bath Spa University, UK.
Since then, she has taught patchwork and quilting both in the UK and the USA and has had her quilts featured in a number of books and magazines, including Today's Quilter and French magazine Magic Patch. Carolyn lives in Tunbridge Wells, UK.
Website: www.carolynforster.co.uk

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