A Kid's Guide To Sewing: Learn to Sew with Sophie & Her Friends 16 Fun Projects You'll Love to Make & Use - Softcover

Ringle, Weeks; Kerr, Bill; Kerr, Sophie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607057514 ISBN 13: 9781607057512

Publisher: Funstitch Studio, 2013

Synopsis

Weeks Ringle and her husband Bill Kerr are professional quilt makers and founders of Modern Quilt Studio (formerly FunQuilts). Bill and Weeks bring a modern twist to the great American quilting tradition with decades of quiltmaking experience and graduate design degrees. They live in Illinois with their daughter, Sophie. 11-year-old Sophie has been playing in her parents' studio and is happy to share lessons with her friends as she learns to sew

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About the Authors

Weeks Ringle teaches a class on designing modern quilts at Craftsy.com and has written articles about modern quilting for American Patchwork & Quilting, American Quilter, Quilts Japan, and American Quilt Retailer. Weeks and Bill Kerr are co-founders of Modern Quilt Studio and have been making modern quilts since 1999. They are the authors of The Modern Quilt Workshop, the first book ever published on modern quilting, as well as Quiltmaker's Color Workshop, Quilts Made Modern, and Transparency Quilts. In 2011 they launched Modern Quilts Illustrated, the first magazine dedicated exclusively to modern quilting, which is sold worldwide. Weeks, Bill, their daughter Sophie, and their cat, Mies, live in Oak Park, Illinois.

When he's not working in the studio, Bill Kerr is a professor and head of the art department at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. Weeks Ringle and Bill are co-founders of Modern Quilt Studio and have been making modern quilts since 1999. They are the authors of The Modern Quilt Workshop, the first book ever published on modern quilting, as well as Quiltmaker's Color Workshop, Quilts Made Modern, and Transparency Quilts. In 2011 they launched Modern Quilts Illustrated, the first magazine dedicated exclusively to modern quilting, which is sold worldwide. Bill, Weeks, their daughter Sophie, and their cat, Mies, live in Oak Park, Illinois.

Sophie Kerr grew up sewing with her parents, Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr. When not at school or hanging out with friends, Sophie also plays soccer, skateboards, sings in a choir, cycles long distances with her parents, and loves all things Peanuts, especially Snoopy. Sophie, Weeks, Bill, and their cat, Mies, live in Oak Park, Illinois.

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*Functions as a visual dictionary of tools, materials, and terms that will be a go-to reference for young sewists * Wide range of projects appeal to both boys and girls of different skill levels* Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr of Modern Quilt Studio are extremely well-known in the quiltmaking and textile design fields

Edition details

• Publisher: Funstitch Studio
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607057514
• ISBN 13: 9781607057512
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144