Hand-Stitched Quilts

Name: Hand-Stitched Quilts
Author: Carolyn Forster
ISBN: 9781782216711

£14.99

Choose from 27 block designs and hand-piece your own unique quilts by Carolyn Forster

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Book Description

Make your own patchwork quilt by hand with these 27 creative quilt block patterns and bite-size lessons on quilting for beginners, from a bestselling author and teacher!

Slow stitching and mindful crafting are more popular than ever, and with just a few notions you can peacefully create a stunning 27-block quilt entyrely by hand, in your own time and at your own pace. As the quilt is made up of blocks, you can work on your quilt a block at a time, making it more portable so you can patchwork on the go.

This wonderful quilt book includes everything you need to return to the roots of traditional patchworking and quilting:

‘Bitesize’ chronological lessons so you can build your quilting skills as you go, with techniques like hand stitching and big-stitch quilting
Templates for creating shaped blocks
Detailed guidance on how to cut out your fabrics with and without templates
Illustrated instructions on how to construct and bind your quilt at the very end.

With dozens of fresh blocks to make, and useful and inspirational information throughout, this is a beautiful book that will take the mystery out of making hand-stitched quilts and spark your quilting ideas for years to come!

Through one quilt, learn how to patchwork and quilt by hand in this accessible how-to book.

Highly commended in the 'Best Sewing Book' category at the Creative Book Awards, 2024.

Introduction 6

Quilt materials 8

Piecing materials 9

Cutting & sewing fabric 10

Equipment for hand piecing 20

Starting to stitch 22

Piecing 26

Book of blocks 32

THE BLOCKS 34
Two Patch & Four Patch 36, Half Square Triangle 38, Kansas Dugout 40, Flying Geese 42, Album 44, Bright Hopes 46, Spools 48, Bow Tie 50, Snowball 52, Mill & Star 54, Courthouse Steps 56, Woven Ribbons 58, Pansy 60, Grandmother’s Star 62, Western Star 64, Wishing Star 66, Drusilla’s Delight 68, Southern Star 70, Arrowhead 72, Carpenter’s Wheel 74, Marbles 76, Water Wheel 78, Sailor’s Joy 80, Cassiopeia 82, Turkey Tracks 84, Thirties Tulip 86, Sunburst 88

Adding sashing & post squares 90

Making the quilt your own 92

Sewing the quilt together 96

Tacking/basting & quilting necessities 104

Tacking/basting the quilt 109

Hand quilting 115

Binding the quilt 122

Labelling & aftercare 128

Patchwork templates 130

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About the Author

About Carolyn Forster

Carolyn Forster is a best-selling quilting author, with over 150,000 books sold worldwide. She started making quilts when she was a teenager, and her passion for patchwork and quilting led her to study Textiles at Bath Spa University, UK. Since then, she has taught patchwork, quilting and embroidery both in the UK and the USA, and has had her quilts featured in a number of books and magazines, including Today’s Quilter and French magazine Magic Patch. Carolyn lives in Tunbridge Wells, UK.

www.carolynforster.co.uk | @quiltingonthego

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