Tools and Basics Get a crash course in sewing machines, needle sizes, essential tools, and common terms. All about Fabric Discover how to choose, wash, and cut fabrics for the quilts you’ll be making. Let’s Get Sewing! Learn to sew a perfect ¼" seam allowance, chain piece, press, and troubleshoot when needed. Make a block . . . then make a quilt! Four Patch: Start with just one technique—nesting seams—and stitch a cute table runner that shows off your fabrics. Rail Fence: Choose light, medium, and dark fabrics and practice precise sewing as you make a cute baby quilt or lap quilt. Quarter Log Cabin: With this block, you’ll work on keeping the block square as you build it. Sew four blocks to make a crib quilt, wall quilt, or table mat. Nine Patch: Learn to nest multiple seams as you make a block; then make a Nine Patch quilt with sashing and cornerstones. Friendship Star: Practice making half-square triangles in this pretty wall quilt, and try a bit of appliqué too. Churn Dash: For this table topper, you’ll master the technique of creating perfect points as you sew—a must-have skill for quilters. Sawtooth Star: Master making star-point units as you create a little quilt that can be used as a table topper, a wall quilt, or a room accent. Hip to Be Square: Get hip to Pat’s clever “donut” fusible-appliqué technique, which leaves fused fabrics soft and flexible. Beautiful Bloom: Try Pat’s fusible-appliqué technique with curved pieces; then show off your blocks in a Beautiful Bloom Table Runner.
✔ Author(s): Pat Sloan
✔ Title: Pat Sloan's Teach Me to Make My First Quilt: A How-to Book for All You Need to Know
✔ Rating : 4.7 out of 5 base on (415 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1604688270
✔ ISBN-13: 9781604688276
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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