Expect the best and you get it! Everything a beginning quilter needs to know to get started and finish a quilt successfully is presented in Beginner’s Guide to Quiltmaking by Jeri Simon. Includes getting started, choosing fabric, preparing fabric, rotary cutting, sub-cutting, left-handed rotary cutting, fussy cuts, 7 basic blocks, machine and hand applique techniques, assembling the quilt top, straight set, diagonal set, borders, finishing the quilt, quilting the quilt and adding a hanging sleeve. Features 450 how-to step-by-step photos and illustrations, 7 quilt projects, 16 sizing and setting charts, 6 helpful formulas, a glossary of quilting terms and definitions.

• Pages: 128
• Author: Jeri Simon
• Publish Date: 06/01/2015
• Dimensions: 8.2in x 0.2in x 10.7in
• Softcover

Start and finish your quilt like a pro! Master the use of 2 ½"-wide precut strips with this complete and indispensable guide to working with Jelly Rolls. Precut strips are perfect for beginners because they’re so versatile and incredibly easy to work with. If you’re new to quilting, start here and you’ll be amazed at what you can do with just one roll! This book contains 22 quilt blocks and patterns plus easy tips and tricks to make the most of sewing with 2 ½" strips, along with handy yardage charts for borders, backing, and binding—everything you need to know to make your very own quilt.

• Everything you need to know about using 2 ½" wide strips to simplify quiltmaking.
• Includes 22 blocks ideal for Jelly Roll, Rolie Polies, Bali Pops hand-selected by the precut experts at Missouri Star Quilt Company.
• Easy-to-use charts, tables, and illustrations are at your fingertips in this handy, spiral-bound guide.
• Pages: 48
• Author: Jenny Doan
• Publish Date: 08/25/2022
• Softcover

Turn panels into one-of-a-kind quilts! Learn the process of making a panel quilt and explore how to square up selections, work with challenging measurements, and use different types of settings.

• Pages: 64
• Author: Cyndi McChesney
• Publish Date: 09/25/2022
• Softcover

Everything you love about the Quick & Easy Block Tool, now with triangle blocks! This ultimate no-math reference for quilters includes cutting charts, piecing tips, quilt layout ideas, and a visual index of blocks. Plus, get cutting instructions using straight or 60 degree triangle rulers for triangles, diamonds, jewels, half diamonds, parallelograms, hexagons, half hexagons, lozenges, and half lozenges. Ultra-portable and indispensable, this is the block guide that no quilter, modern or traditional, should be without!

• Pages: 136
• Author: Sheila Christensen
• Publish Date: 01/07/2020
• Dimensions: 5.68in x 0.89in x 9.09in
• Softcover

Photo tutorials show stitching in action for 50+ free-motion quilting designs to create modern quilts with classic style! Popular blogger and designer, Natalia Bonner, illustrates her instructions with detailed photos that make it easier to get beautiful results on your home sewing machine. Learn how to quilt all-over, as filler, on borders, and on individual blocks…using loops and swirls, feathers and flames, flowers and vines, pebbles and more! Includes tips for choosing batting and thread, layering and basting, starting and stopping, and prepping your machine are included. After you’ve practiced, show off your new skills with six geometric quilt projects.

• Pages: 176
• Author: Natalia Bonner
• Publish Date: 10/16/2021
• Dimensions: 8.01in x 0.51in x 10.02in
• Softcover

Pattern book containing 42 block patterns, instructions for border and helpful tips. Softcover, 128 pages, full-color, beautifully illustrated.

Fantastic quilts can be easy to make! These exclusive designs from the pages of McCall's Quilting use basic piecing skills to make wonderful wall hangings, cozy cuddle quilts, and beautiful bed coverings. New and experienced quilters alike will love these simply spectacular projects. 16 Designs: Triangle Toss; On Cloud Nine; Pinwheel Princess; Peonies & Plaids; Mint Chocolate Chip; Cafe au Lait; Gelato; Carolina Courthouse; Freshly Frayed; The Scent of Summer; Bonjour!; Aqua Frost; Li'l Skipper; Batik Illusion; A Gift for Mom; and Amish Glow.

• Pages: 64
• Publish Date: 2013
• Dimensions: 8.75in x 0.25in x 11in
• Softcover

2025 Re-Release Each of the 8 chapters is a stand-alone lesson, in that you can work through the chapters in any order you want. Follow the author's instructions to create eight extraordinary quilts. You will be drawing blocks based on photos, designing a quilt with digital fabric panels, using a mathematical formula and special layouts to create amazing optical illusions, and so much more! Use the knowledge from the techniques you learn and make each quilt your own. After going through these lessons, you’ll feel like a quilt-designing genius! This 136-page fully illustrated book has a convenient spiral binding that allows pages to rotate 360 degrees and lie flat. Written for EQ8 Windows and Mac users

• Pages: 136
• Size: 8-1/2in x 11in
• Spiral Bound
• Individually Shrink Wrapped

This book is perfect for the new EQ8 user. The step-by-step lessons guide the reader through the basic tasks of drawing blocks, importing fabric scans, and designing quilts. Lessons are easy to follow and cover all the basics of the software. Print patterns and yardage charts, learn to make quilt labels, design traditional and modern quilts, and have fun along the way! EQ8 has a fresh new look so this book is ideal for owners of previous versions of EQ. The exercises will steel the user through EQ8, demonstrating new features and uncovering old features that were hidden in previous versions of EQ. Use this book to make old features new and hidden features found! This is a must have book for any EQ8 user.

• Pages: 128
• Publish Date: 2017
• Dimensions: 8.5in x 11in
• Spiral-Bound