Discover the joy and serenity of slow stitching with hand piecing and hand quilting! With one quilt of 15 blocks, master teacher Carolyn Forster takes readers on a quilt making journey that begins with the basics and progresses to more intricate techniques with each new block. Quilters can start with simple blocks and methods, and progress to more intricate units as their confidence and skill increases. The Handmade Quilt provides both a complete learning experience for new quilters and a stunning project for experienced stitchers. The finished heirloom-quality quilt is a beautiful sampler of stash-busting blocks.
Discover the joy and serenity of slow stitching with hand piecing and hand quilting. With one quilt of 15 blocks, this book provides both a complete learning experience for new quilters and a stunning project for experienced stitchers.
Introduction |
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Rectangles---Chinese Coins |
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Squares---2, 3, 4, 6 & 8 Patches |
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Carolyn started quilting as a girl, and it has since then become an integral part of her life. She has been a teacher for over 15 years and her quilt projects have been published in a number of books and magazines. Her books, Quilting-on-the-Go, Utility Quilting, and Quilting-on-the-Go Taking It Further, help make patchwork and quilting easy and accessible to quilters of all skill levels. Carolyn and her family live in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK. (carolynforster.co.uk)