It's Elementary: Quilting Tips And Atechniques

by Eleanor Burns

Combines her talents to bring you a teaching quilt book! The book includes five 12" quilt blocks that form together in a delightful sampler wallhanding. Sew along with eleanor to learn new methods for quick traditional quilt blocks. Step by step illustrations and instructions are offered for strip ipecing, applique, flying geese patches, half-square triangles, and quater square patches. El"ementary offers two sampler layouts, a square sampler "on point," and a vertical sampler. Once you know the techniques, it is time to make a larger quilt using the newly qcquired skills. Full yardage and cutting charts are provided for all five quilt sizes for all five block patterns. To finish your quilt, learn about adding outside borders, folded borders, and nine-patch corners. Instruction is given for preparing the quilt backing, layering the quild, pinning, machine quilting and binding. As a challenge for seasoned quilters, instructions, yardage and cutting charts are included for 6" blocks to miniaturize the designs.

Genres: Quilting

128 pages, Paperback

First published July 29, 2005

Reviews

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for hopeless starters who can't even operate a sewing machine - ME! I love her step-by-step instructions. They are clear and make me feel like I can accomplish making a quilt. I have not yet made a quilt, but this is the book I will be using when I am ready to go.