Beginner

Susan Briscoe

400 tips, techniques and trade secrets for making quilts

Book Description

An indispensable compendium of technical know-how and troubleshooting tips.

Discover all the tips and special techniques you need to make that special quilting project – plus the trade secrets that will make it stand out from the rest. Step-by-step diagrams and instructions guide you through every step of making a quilt, whether you are new to thecraft or wish to take your patchworking and quilting skills to a higher level. All the most popular techniques are explained in detail, with a host of troubleshooting ideas that show how to put them into practice.

Book Contents

Prelims, Introduction, About This Book, Choosing Equipment, Choosing and Preparing Fabrics, Colour Confidence, Understanding Quilt Patterns (and Designing Your Own), Cutting, Patchwork Techniques, Appliqué and Embellishment Techniques, Choosing Batting and Basting the Quilt, Quilting Designs and Techniques, Binding the Quilt, Exhibition Tips, Resources, Index and Credits

About The Author
Susan Briscoe is a textile designer, author and teacher, specializing in sashiko and Japanese textile design. After graduating in visual art and design, Susan worked as an English teacher in Japan, where she also studied the tea ceremony, traditional textiles, and kimono design and tailoring. Susan has created design kits for Japanese patchwork fabrics, published textile projects in books and magazines, and demonstrates her work at quilt and textile shows.

Patchwork projects include game boards, cushions and quilts. Make gifts for everyone - embellished magnets, calendars, wall hangings and other fun projects.

This beautifully produced, hardback, spiral-bound book is a practical, illustrated reference to over 200 stitches for both hand and machine sewing. The author, Nicky Tinkler, describes herself as “most definitely a quilter and quilt-maker, rather than an embroiderer.” and her useful advice and tips reflect this.
Highly recommended.

Nikki Tinkler

UK author Nikki Tinkler shows you how to create your own beautiful sampler quilt based on her award-winning quilt, Constant Inspiration. The book includes instructions for 25 different blocks, with full-size templates, all suitable for hand or machine sewing (and not dependent on rotary cutting). There is also lots of practical advice including colour schemes, choosing fabric and calculating quantities plus guidelines on basic techniques such as working with templates, hand quilting, binding and more. 112 pages

Judy Sisneros.

They will never believe you made it in a day! Combine special fabrics with a few easy nine-patches to yield captivating quilts ranging from sassy to sophisticated.

Pam Watts

Excellent instructions on how to produce exquisite textured designs using variegated and metallic threads, soft and sheer fabrics. Create abstract effects, landscapes, flowers, bags and more.

Added in June 2005

Katherine Guerrier

The one book every quilter needs: a reliable, practical reference of all the techniques, all the tools and all the designs.

Diana Leone. Pattern blocks & instructions to design your own Sampler Quilt. Great for beginners

Lynne Edwards. 20 hand and quick m/c patchwork techniques.

Carol Doak. Carol leads you through the step-by-step photographs to teach you to paper-piece with ease. Includes paper foundations for a small wall quilt.

Lynne Edwards. 20 techniques for machine and hand patchwork: new ideas, new methods. All the information you need to create a richer, more complex sampler quilt. Softback edition.