Everyday Quilting: The Complete Beginner's Guide to 15 Fun Projects

by Jennifer Fulton

Overview

Like all things in life, quilting requires passion, patience, and a consistent practice. Not only will Everyday Quilting teach you all the quilting basics you need to know, but you'll also learn how to make quilting something you'll want to do every day. Filled with more than 300 full-color photos and more than 20 step-by-step patterns, this book has all the techniques and a variety of projects to help you develop and strengthen you quilting skills. In no time at all, you'll have a quilt that's ready for showcasing in your home or gifting to a friend or family member. If you're an experience quilter or even if you've never quilted before, quilting expert Jennifer Fulton (of InquiringQuilter.com) and Everyday Quilting can help you become an everyday quilter! Book jacket.

Like all things in life, quilting requires passion, patience, and a consistent practice. Not only will Everyday Quilting teach you all the quilting basics you need to know, but you'll also learn how to make quilting something you'll want to do every day. Filled with more than 300 full-color photos and more than 20 step-by-step patterns, this book has all the techniques and a variety of projects to help you develop and strengthen you quilting skills. In no time at all, you'll have a quilt that's ready for showcasing in your home or gifting to a friend or family member. If you're an experience quilter or even if you've never quilted before, quilting expert Jennifer Fulton (of InquiringQuilter.com) and Everyday Quilting can help you become an everyday quilter! Book jacket.

Like all things in life, quilting requires passion, patience, and a consistent practice. Not only will Everyday Quilting teach you all the quilting basics you need to know, but you'll also learn how to make quilting something you'll want to do every day. Filled with more than 300 full-color photos and more than 20 step-by-step patterns, this book has all the techniques and a variety of projects to help you develop and strengthen you quilting skills. In no time at all, you'll have a quilt that's ready for showcasing in your home or gifting to a friend or family member. If you're an experience quilter or even if you've never quilted before, quilting expert Jennifer Fulton (of InquiringQuilter.com) and Everyday Quilting can help you become an everyday quilter! Book jacket.

Like all things in life, quilting requires passion, patience, and a consistent practice. Not only will Everyday Quilting teach you all the quilting basics you need to know, but you'll also learn how to make quilting something you'll want to do every day. Filled with more than 300 full-color photos and more than 20 step-by-step patterns, this book has all the techniques and a variety of projects to help you develop and strengthen you quilting skills. In no time at all, you'll have a quilt that's ready for showcasing in your home or gifting to a friend or family member. If you're an experience quilter or even if you've never quilted before, quilting expert Jennifer Fulton (of InquiringQuilter.com) and Everyday Quilting can help you become an everyday quilter! Book jacket.

Like all things in life, quilting requires passion, patience, and a consistent practice. Not only will Everyday Quilting teach you all the quilting basics you need to know, but you'll also learn how to make quilting something you'll want to do every day. Filled with more than 300 full-color photos and more than 20 step-by-step patterns, this book has all the techniques and a variety of projects to help you develop and strengthen you quilting skills. In no time at all, you'll have a quilt that's ready for showcasing in your home or gifting to a friend or family member. If you're an experience quilter or even if you've never quilted before, quilting expert Jennifer Fulton (of InquiringQuilter.com) and Everyday Quilting can help you become an everyday quilter! Book jacket.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744076042
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	01/24/2023
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	1,024,393
Product dimensions:	7.60(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jennifer Fulton is a member of the Quilters Guild of Indianapolis and has served as president, vice president, quilt retreat chair, and co-chair for quilt show registration. She's created numerous quilts for herself and also for family, friends, and charity. Jennifer loves to play not only with pattern and design but also value—the placement of lights, darks, and medium colors throughout a quilt. She's also an experienced author and editor, with over 150 titles to her credit. In the past, Jennifer has written mostly about computers and how to use them, but her recent titles focus on her love of quilting. Get to know Jennifer through her website at inquiringquilter.com.

Table of Contents

1 Getting Ready to Quilt 11

What Is a Quilt? 12

Prepare Your Sewing Machine 16

Hand-Piecing Supplies 20

Machine-Piecing Supplies 21

Hand-Appliqué Supplies 22

Machine-Appliqué Supplies 23

Hand-Quilting Supplies 24

Machine-Quilting Supplies 25

Practice Project: Create a Design Wall 26

2 Selecting Fabric 31

Consider Color 32

Consider Value 34

Consider Saturation 35

Consider Scale and Style 36

Practice Project: Select Fabrics for a Project 40

3 Preparing and Cutting Fabric 43

Common Quilting Measurements 44

How to Resize a Quilt Pattern 48

Prepare Fabric 50

Rotary Cutter Safety 51

Rotary Cut Block Pieces 52

Rotary Cut Bias Strips 57

Create and Use Templates 58

Fussy Cut a Block Piece 59

Practice Project: Pieced Pillowcase 60

4 Piecing Quilt Blocks 63

Useful Hand Stitches 64

Hand-Piecing 66

Machine-Piecing 68

Piece Strip Sets 74

Press Blocks 76

Fix Block Problems 78

Practice Project: Mug Rug 80

5 Piecing Techniques 83

Piece Four-Patch Units 84

Piece Two-Bar and Three-Bar Units 86

Piece Flying Geese Units 88

Piece Half-Square Triangles 92

Piece Square-in-Square Units 94

Piece Hourglass Units 96

Practice Project: "Stargazer" Wall Hanging 100

6 Advanced Piecing Techniques 107

Piece Y-Seams 108

Piece Partial Seams 110

Curved Piecing 111

Foundation Paper Piecing 112

English Paper Piecing 116

Practice Project: "Goodnight Moon, Goodnight Stars" Baby Quilt 118

7 Appliqué 125

Needle-Turn Hand-Appliqué 126

Raw-Edge Fusible Appliqué 130

Turned-Edge Machine-Appliqué 134

Turned-Edge Fusible Machine-Appliqué 138

Practice Project: "Funky Flowers" Wall Hanging 142

8 Assembling a Quilt Top 147

Choose a Block Setting 148

Sew Quilt Blocks Together 150

Add Setting Triangles 152

Add Sashing 154

Add Straight Borders 156

Add Mitered Borders 158

Add Special Borders 160

Practice Project: "Peppermint Twist" Twin Quilt 164

9 Preparing a Quilt for Quilting 171

Piece a Quilt Back 172

Select and Prepare Batting 174

Mark the Quilting Pattern 176

Baste Quilt Layers 178

Prepare a Quilt for Longarm Quilting 182

Practice Project: Plan Your Quilting 184

10 Quilting a Quilt 187

Hand-Quilting 188

Tie a Quilt 192

Machine-Quilting 194

Square Up Your Quilt 198

Bind a Quilt 200

Add a Label 204

Add a Hanging Sleeve 206

Wash and Store Quilts 208

11 Gallery of Projects 211

"Strawberry Preserves" Lap Quilt 212

"Princess Charlotte" Crib Quilt 218

"Elephants on Parade" Crib Quilt 222

"Life in the Tide Pool" Lap Quilt 228

"Conga Line" Lap Quilt 234

"Star-Crossed" Wall Hanging 240

"Swimming in the Gene Pool" Wall Hanging 246

"Snake Eyes" Lap Quilt 252

"Mirage" Wall Hanging 258

"Interwoven" Twin Quilt 262

"Fall Romance" Table Runner 268

Glossary 274

Index 278