Basic Quilting

All the Skills and Gear You Need to Get Started
Fotograf: Wycheck, Alan / Herausgeber: Landrum, Sherrye

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Well-chosen beginning projects develop your quilting skills without requiring a long time to complete Expert advice on choosing fabric, batting, backing, thread, and quilt designs Complete instructions and photos for creating a pot holder, tote bag, pillow cover, and table runner Generations of family members have handed down quilts that have become family heirlooms. Quilting is a wonderful way to recycle old fabrics to create new, beautiful, and useful items, and "Basic Quilting" is the perfect introduction to this long-treasured craft. The book begins with a comprehensive description of the materials and equipment the new quilter needs, and clear instructions on basic knots and stitches, all illustrated with step-by-step full-color photos. Includes background on how to match and care for quilting fabrics, and choosing the block pattern, piecing, and quilting establish the techniques a new quilter needs.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. März 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 288mm x 233mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9780811733489
• ISBN-10: 0811733483
• Artikelnr.: 21424509

Autorenporträt

Sherrye Landrum is a shooter and freelance writer living in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Charlene Atkinson owns a business creating all sorts of crafts, from quilted placemats to door wreaths and lamps. She lives in Ottowa, Canada. Alan Wycheck is a concrete specialist and former partner in The SO Factory, a concrete design company. He is also an award-winning photographer and lives in central Pennsylvania.