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First Time Quilting

The Absolute Beginner's Guide: There's a First Time for Everything
Series: 101
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First Time Quilting is the perfect beginner's guide for anyone eager to learn quilting. This book offers detailed descriptions of essential materials and tools, combined with easy step-by-step instructions covering all the basic quilting techniques. Readers will be guided through eight simple projects, including pillows, wall quilts, and table runners, teaching skills such as cutting fabric with a rotary cutter, sewing blocks and quilt tops, adding sashing and borders, basting layers, hand and machine quilting, and binding.
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This book is ideal for beginners and hobbyists who want clear, hands-on instruction to start quilting confidently. It's especially suitable for those who prefer learning through practical projects and straightforward guidance.

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Enjoy this beginner's guide that takes you by the hand like a personal instructor and teaches you how to quilt.

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Learning how to quilt has never been simpler! Enjoy this beginner's guide that takes you by the hand like a personal instructor and teaches you how to quilt. Filled with detailed descriptions of materials and tools, the easy step-by-step instructions for all the basic quilting techniques will have you creating projects like pillows, wall quilts, and even table runners in no time.

Eight simple projects will introduce skills like cutting pieces with a rotary cutter and mat, sewing blocks and quilt tops with precision, adding sashing and borders, basting the layers, hand and machine quilting, and binding; skills you will use often as you continue to learn.

With First Time Quilting, soon you will be stitching amazing gifts and projects with confidence.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781589238244

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 December 2014

Country: United States

Imprint: Creative Publishing International, US

Illustration: 250 color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 13.0mm

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 279.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 128

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The EDITORS OF CREATIVE PUBLISHING INTERNATIONAL have a long, successful history with sewing and quilting instruction books.

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