Hand Quilting Techniques for Farmhouse Style: Easy, Stress-Free Ways to Quickly Hand Quilt - Paperback

by Carolyn Forster (Author)

Discover a fantastic, stress-free technique for creating gorgeous, hand quilted projects in a modern farmhouse style! From popular author, teacher, and quilter Carolyn Forster comes this complete quilting project guide to introduce you to utility quilting. An ideal method for modern quilters who seek the satisfaction of hand quilting but like to get things done quickly, utility quilting holds the quilt sandwich together using simple, all-over designs, bigger stitches, and thicker threads. It's just as perfect for use with today's big, bold fabrics as it is for classic mini prints. Featuring 11 projects with step-by-step instructions, including charming coffee cup cozies, now is the perfect time finish your quilts with hand quilting and discover the soothing power of classic needle and thread - without a machine!

Back Jacket

Whether stitching on big and bold fabrics, quickly finishing charity quilts, learning to hand quilt using straightforward, allover designs, or gaining confidence in your hand quilting skill, try utility quilting - you'll love it. -Carolyn Learn Quick & Simple Quilting Techniques Utility quilting is the perfect solution for today's modern quilter who wants to quilt by hand in a way that's stress-free, satisfying, fast, and easy. This newly updated edition of Hand Quilting Techniques for Farmhouse Style offers 32 favorite designs, as well as stitches and knots that have stood the test of time. Author Carolyn Forster makes hand quilting new again by teaching you the techniques you need to know with step-by-step photos and easy-to-follow tutorials. She provides you with 11 lovely and beginner-friendly projects with complete instructions so you can easily complete your own hand-quilted creation with ease. If you have ever wanted to try hand quilting, this is the perfect place to start! What's Inside: Helpful opening overviews on supplies and getting started 32 utility quilting designs 12 stitches and knots, plus how to secure your quilt with buttons and felt shapes 5 binding and other edge finishing techniques 9 tacking and basting ideas 11 quilting projects Step-by-step photographs and illustrations, plus helpful tips

Author Biography

Carolyn started quilting as a girl, and it has since then become an integral part of her life. She has been a teacher for over 15 years and her quilt projects have been published in a number of books and magazines. Her books, Quilting-on-the-Go, Utility Quilting, and Quilting-on-the-Go Taking It Further, help make patchwork and quilting easy and accessible to quilters of all skill levels. Carolyn and her family live in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK. (carolynforster.co.uk)