New Patchwork & Quilting Basics A Handbook for Beginners - 12 Projects to Get You Started

by Avery, Jo

• ISBN13: 9781617458484
• ISBN10: 1617458481
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781617458491
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2020-02-25
• Publisher: C&T Publishing / Stash Books
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Summary

Build your quilting skills from the ground up.

With a few yards of fabric and this beginner-friendly guide, you’ll learn to piece the simplest blocks and complete your first quilt! Established teacher Jo Avery guides you through twelve projects to whet your appetite for quiltmaking and take it a step further. Move from basic pieced strips, squares, and triangles to intermediate projects with major style. Learn expert tips for foundation paper piecing, appliqué, and even curves. Before long, you’ll have the confidence and expertise to tackle virtually any quilt pattern.

• From zero to quilt hero! Become a quilter today with twelve modern projects
• Gain new skills and sharpen your technique with an experienced teacher
• Start with basic patchwork and branch out into curves, appliqué, and foundation paper piecing

Author Biography

Jo Avery teaches far and wide, creates quilt patterns for a number of magazines, and organizes annual quilt retreats. She designs quilt and embroidery patterns and has her own teaching studio and fabric store in Edinburgh, Scotland. blog.mybearpaw.com

Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction

Getting Started

What Is a Quilt?

Quilting Terms and Abbreviations

Toolbox

Fabric

Cutting, Piecing, and Pressing

Quilting

Finishing

Strips and Squares

- Semaphore Cot Quilt

- Zen Garden Quilt

- Dancing Pandas Quilt

Triangles

- Tree of Paradise Quilt

- Pop Art Block Keeper

- Pinhole Stars Quilt

Skill Building

Applique

- Flower Garland Pillow

Curved Piecing

- Stream Quilt

Foundation Paper Piecing

- Spool Notebook Holder

Mix and Match

- Autumn Trees Quilt

- Pinball Wizard Quilt

- Bedding Plants Quilt

Patterns

Acknowledgements

About the Author