A Beginner's Guide to Quilting: A Complete Step-by-Step Course

A Beginner's Guide to Quilting is a complete quilting course for beginners, in 12 easy stages. It teaches the tools and equipment, sewing skills, and basics of constructing a quilt. Section two is a series of 12 workshops with a project at the end. It covers joining pre-cut squares, sashing, piecing, paper piecing, using templates, and appliqué. Step-by-step text and clear illustrations help you make a table runner, cushion covers, wall hangings, cot quilt, and throw. The final project is a full-size bed quilt with elaborate stitching.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 08 August 2023
Publisher: Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd

A Beginner's Guide to Quilting is the ideal introduction to this well-liked craft. Quilting teacher Michael Caputo will demonstrate the tools and equipment, as well as the sewing skills you'll need, in the Getting Started section, as well as the fundamentals of constructing your quilt.

Section two is a series of 12 workshops that introduce you to new skills, with a project at the end that allows you to practice what you have just learned. You'll learn about joining pre-cut squares, sashing, piecing and paper piecing, using templates, and the different types of appliqué. Throughout the workshops, there are helpful hints on choosing colors and patterns, as well as illustrations of variations on the basic blocks to show how those choices will affect the end result. With step-by-step text and clear illustrations, you'll soon be making a table runner and cushion covers, before moving on to wall hangings, a cot quilt, and a throw.

The final project is a full-size bed quilt with elaborate stitching to really show off all your new skills.

Weight: 650g
Dimension: 280 x 210 x 10 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800652262