The Handmade Quilt: A Complete Skill-Building Sampler (Landauer) 21 Blocks, 1 Heirloom-Quality Quilt; Discover the Joy & Serenity of Slow Stitching, Hand Piecing, & Hand Quilting (Scrap Your Stash)

Discover the joy and serenity of slow stitching with hand piecing and hand quilting. With one quilt made up of 21 block designs, this book provides a complete learning experience for new quilters and a stunning project for experienced stitchers. Providing templates for every block and step-by-step instructions and photographs, start with the easiest techniques and progress into more challenging skills as you thoroughly practice hand stitching and hand quilting blocks! "Skill-building: The Handmade Quilt features a 21-block sampler that starts with the easiest techniques and progresses to more challenging skills--with no need for a sewing machine! Comprehensive: this book is a complete learning experience for a new quilter and a stunning sampler project for experienced stitchers. Unique: no other book available today covers the how-to of hand-stitching blocks in such a thorough manner. Portable: you can hand-stitch anywhere! Carolyn even shows you color options and how to re-arrange blocks to make the quilt your own. [Includes]: 21 block designs; templates for every block; how-to finish the sampler from beginning to binding; learn to stitch set-in seams and curves; step-by-step photographs and illustrations; gallery of block color options"--Page 4 of cover Skill-building: The handmade quilt features a 21-block sampler that starts with the easiest techniques and progresses to more challenging skills--with no need for a sewing machine! Comprehensive: the book is a complete learning experience for a new quilter and a stunning sampler project for experienced stitchers. Unique: no other book available today covers the how-to of hand-stitching blocks in such a thorough manner. Portable: you can hand-stitch anywhere! Carolyn even shows you color options and how to re-arrange blocks to make the quilt your own. [The book includes]: 21 block designs; templates for every block; how-to finish the sampler from beginning to binding; learn to stitch set-in seams and curves; step-by-step photographs and illustrations; gallery of block color options Discover the joy and serenity of slow stitching with hand piecing and hand quilting! With one quilt made up of 21 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. Providing templates for every design and step-by-step instructions and photographs, thoroughly practice hand stitching and hand quilting blocks, from stitching set-in seams to stitching curves. The Handmade Quilt provides both a complete learning experience for new quilters and a stunning project for experienced stitchers. You’ll be amazed by the finished project; an heirloom-quality quilt that’s a beautiful sampler of stash-busting blocks! Stitching quilts by hand not only connects us to the long tradition of quilt making but is also oh-so-modern! The technique is portable and can be done while on-the-go. It is a relaxing, meditative process that can also be shared and enjoyed in a social group. The Handmade Quilt provides a complete learning experience for new quilters. Starting with basic techniques, a needle and thread, and the readers own two hands, the author teaches how to create a heirloom-quality quilt that 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