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Welcome to the world of quilting! Make Your First Quilt by best-selling author M'Liss Rae Hawley is what need to guide you through the process of making your first quilt. This small, portable reference guide lies flat and has helpful photos.

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Make Your First Quilt

Author: M'Liss Rae Hawley
 Pages: 64
Page size: 6" x 9"
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4E0517
Weight: 0.8 lb

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  • Learning to quilt is easy with this handy reference guide full of M'Liss tips and time-saving techniques
  • Lots of helpful how-to photos you'll refer to again and again
  • Portable, purse-sized book opens flat so it's easy to use while you work
  • Make 9 easy blocks, each one a traditional favorite, then turn the blocks into a charming sampler quilt
  • Detailed shopping list includes all the materials you need to complete the quilt, including basic quilting supplies and the specific fabrics

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    About the Author

    M'Liss Rae Hawley is the best-selling author of nine books. She is an accomplished quilting teacher, lecturer, embroidery, and textile designer and conducts workshops and seminars worldwide. Although her new PBS television series, M'Liss Quilting World, is in production, M'Liss still finds time to design fabric exclusively for Jo-Ann's stores, and to be the quilting spokesperson for Husqvarna Viking and Robinson-Anton Textile Company. M'Liss and her husband, Michael, live on Whidbey Island, Washington, in a filbert orchard. Michael is also a best-selling author and recently retired as sheriff of Island County. Their son, Alexander, is a sergeant in the USMC, and their daughter, Adrienne, a recent college graduate of Seattle University, is serving in AmeriCorps. Michael and M'Liss share their home with seven dachshunds and four cats.

Table of Contents
Introduction
6
Getting Ready
7
Cutting and Piecing
16
Shopping List
22
Making the Blocks
23
Assembling the Quilt
45
Preparing Your Quilt for Quilting
50
Quilting
53
Finishing
55
Sampler Pillows
60
Four-Block Quilt
62
Index
63
About the Author
64

 

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