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I Can't Believe I'm Quilting
Beyond the Basics

Author: Pat Sloan
Pages: 60
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: Leisure Arts
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4E0443
Weight: .65lb

20% off: $9.56
MSRP: $11.95

Introduction from the Author

Now that you have learned the basics from I Can't Believe I'm Quilting Beginner's Complete Guide, I want to introduce you to some advanced quilting techniques that will enhance your skills and spark you creativity.

In this book you will learn my easy method for making Flying Geese, how to speed the quilt making process with Chain Piecing and the secrets to perfect Curved Piecing. You will experience the fun of Paper-Piecing, give your quilt a different look by setting Blocks on Point and much more!

Each technique is presented in lesson form with a companion project. The size of the projects allows you enough practice time to get comfortable with your new skills yet still finish the projects quickly.

I wish you the best of luck as you explore this next level of quilting. I know you will use these new skills over and over again when you quilt!

About the Author

Want to know anything about quilts? Just ask Pat Sloan. Or attend her workshop. Or get one of her books. Want to stump Pat Sloan? Ask her about her hobbies and she says after a long pause and a chuckle, "I like to garden. But really, my life is all about quilting, twenty-four/ seven."

"Our time to just relax happens while my husband and I travel for work," the Virginia resident says, "Gregg and drive to most of our workshops and lectures because of all the quilts and equipment we bring along.

She has been fulltime at this career since 2000. Gregg does the management, shipping, ordering, accounting, wrangling the quilts and the sound equipment—keeping her free to teach, lecture and do the creative side.

Allocating her at-home time between drawing patterns and developing fabrics, Pat still finds time to update her Web site. Visitors to QuiltersHome.com can read her blog, subscribe to her newsletter and check for workshops in their area.

With her business doing so well, you might think that the Sloans would be ready to just sit back and take it easy now and then. Instead, Gregg and Pat have found a way to take their work with them on vacation. They've recently added quilting cruises to their schedule of events, with Pat teaching up to 50 students between ports of call.

In an affectionate salute to their favorite designer, Pat's most devoted fans call themselves "Sloanies." Pat knows that today's quilters want to enjoy themselves while they learn. And if there's anyone who can take the fun craft of quilting and make it downright exhilarating, it's Pat Sloan

Instruction Page

Lover's Knot

Turkey's Tracks

Reference Cards (Laminated)

Fons and Porter's
Need-to-Know Card
Size charts for diagonal corners, mattress sizes, cutting charts, yardage calculations and more

Foundation Piecing, Basics
by Marci L. Baker

Know Before You Sew: Binding Mitered Corners, Beyond Basics
by Marci L. Baker

Reference Booklets

Some with Heavy Cardboard Front & Back, Spiral Bindings
or
Bolted Corner (allows fanning of cards)

Spools & Cones

Superior
MasterPiece Thread
Available in 50 Colors
50 WT fine cotton
Endorsed by Alex Anderson

Traditional: Beginner to Advanced Comprehensive Instruction

Project Specific with

Comprehensive Overview Instruction

Piecing
The Piece O' Cake Way
by Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins

Alex Anderson
Beginner How-to Instruction on Piecing, Paper Piecing, Rotary Cutting, Quilting & Appliqué

Alex Anderson

Piecing & Paper Piecing

Alex Anderson: Hand & Machine Applique

How to make easy quilts (beginner rotary overview w/ projects)

Comprehensive Instructions

Hand Piecing

Also see Appliqué

Out of Print

101 Quilt Blocks for Hand Piecing
by Linda Causee

Hand Quilting & Piecing Accessories

Template

Perfect Piecing
Recommended
by Jenny Beyers for Hand Piecing