Product Description

Get the know-how you need to create beautiful quilts and decorative quilted items

Quilting is a fun hobby -- but where do you begin? From selecting fabrics and designing a quilt to stitching by hand or machine, this friendly guide shows you how to put all the pieces together -- and create a wide variety of quilted keepsakes for your home. We'll have you in stitches in no time!

Discover how to
* Select the right fabrics and threads
* Design your masterpiece
* Use quilting software
* Save time with rotary cutters and other cool tools
* Quilt by hand or machine
* Get creative with applique

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #13492 in Books
• Brand: Wiley Publishing
• Published on: 2006-02-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .83" h x 7.49" w x 9.33" l, 1.31 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 392 pages

Features

• WIL-9799X
• 9780764597992
• Brand New Item / Unopened Product
• Wiley Publishing

From Library Journal
Given the popularity of IDG's "dummy" books, it would seem that Americans are either suffering from a massive inferiority complex or are supremely confident of their ability to learn any subject from auto mechanics to rocket science. Either way, public libraries would be wise to purchase this book, which is an excellent introduction to patchwork, applique, and quilting, as well as a good refresher course for the intermediate quilter. Starting with a simple hand-quilted pillow, Fall leads the reader step-by-step through 16 colorful practice projects, working up to a quilt for a twin-size bed. Touches of humor, tips, and reference information (such as "Batting 1000," a table comparing different brands of batting) hold the reader's attention. Recommended generally for public libraries.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Back Cover

Get the know-how you need to create beautiful quilts and decorative quilted items

Quilting is a fun hobby — but where do you begin? From selecting fabrics and designing a quilt to stitching by hand or machine, this friendly guide shows you how to put all the pieces together — and create a wide variety of quilted keepsakes for your home. We'll have you in stitches in no time!

Discover how to

• Select the right fabrics and threads
• Design your masterpiece
• Use quilting software
• Save time with rotary cutters and other cool tools
• Quilt by hand or machine
• Get creative with appliqué

About the Author
Cheryl Fall (Brush Prairie, WA) is the author of 12 how-to books and over 2,500 how-to articles in various publications. Magazines featuring her work over the last 19 years have included The Quilter, Quilt World, Quick and Easy Quilting, Family Circle, Woman’s Day, Country Living, Craftworks, and Sewing Savvy. Cheryl is also the host of The Creative Life with Cheryl Fall, a nationally distributed PBS ‘Plus’ program that features lifestyle-enhancing projects, ideas, and useful information for women. She has also spent years creating quilting and sewing projects and teaching for various manufacturers, including Coats & Clark and Singer.