Easy Singer Style: Quilt Blocks and Quilts From Your Favourite Fabrics: Recycling Fabrics as You Learn to Quilt - Softcover

Perri, Kate

 
9781589233904: Easy Singer Style: Quilt Blocks and Quilts From Your Favourite Fabrics: Recycling Fabrics as You Learn to Quilt

Synopsis

Easy Quilts from Your Closet is a guide to making the most of the fabrics you love. Quilting is a great way to recycle T-shirts, blue jeans, neckties, pjs , and even prom dressesto give old favorites a quick and cozy makeover. These fifteen projects teach three of the most basic quilting techniques: patchwork piecing, foundation piecing, and applique. Readers learn how to deconstruct their favorite garments and then reconstruct the pieces to form the small individual blocks that are stitched together to form a quilt. Block by block, theyll learn how to make quilt tops and sandwiches and then decoratively stitch their surfaces by machinewith straight lines or freeform shapes. Theyll also learn how to assemble blocks to make three full sampler quilts, adding sashing, binding, and designer labels.

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About the Author

Kate Perri is the author of Easy Singer Style: Pattern-Free Fashions and Accessories. She has been creating commissioned quilts for private clients for many years. She also teaches hand- and machine-sewing and quilting to children and adults in special programs, workshops, and private classes.

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