Barbara Weiland Talbert

How to Make a Quilt (eBook, ePUB)

Learn Basic Sewing Techniques for Creating Patchwork Quilts and Projects. A Storey BASICS® Title

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With simple step-by-step instructions that require only basic sewing skills, Barbara Weiland Talbert shows you how to make your own beautiful and durable quilts. Taking you through the complete quilting process in an easy-to-follow sequence, Talbert shows you how to select a suitable design, choose the best fabric, cut shapes, piece together blocks, assemble the quilt top, and finish your project. You'll quickly acquire the know-how and inspiration to create unique high-quality quilts that add a charming touch to your home.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Storey Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781612124094
• Artikelnr.: 42027035

Autorenporträt

Barbara Weiland Talbert is a well-known sewing and quilting author who has a line of quilting patterns. She is the author of The Quilting Answer Book and The Sewing Answer Book.

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION: Let’s Make a Quilt
What Makes a Quilt a Quilt?
 
CHAPTER 1: Get Ready
Gathering Tools and Supplies: The Quilter’s Toolbox * Preparing Your Sewing
Machine * Choosing a Quilt Project * Selecting Fabric * Selecting and
Preparing Batting * Choosing Thread
 
CHAPTER 2: Essential Skills: Cutting, Sewing, and Pressing
Rotary Cutting Basics * Stitching a Perfect Seam * Press It Right
 
CHAPTER 3: Making Patchwork Blocks
Basic Piecing * Alternate Piecing Methods * Making a Log Cabin Block *
Piecing Basic Triangle Units * Cut-No-Triangles Folded-Corner Piecing *
Making the Sampler Blocks
 
CHAPTER 4: Assembling the Quilt Top
Easy Quilt Settings * Cutting and Adding Borders
 
CHAPTER 5: Finishing Your Quilt
Preparing the Quilt Top * Making the Quilt Sandwich * Quilt It! * Before
Binding * Binding Your Quilt * Labeling Your Quilt * The Beginner’s Sampler
Quilt
 
Resources and Links
Reading List
Index