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Start Quilting, 3rd Edition with Alex Anderson is everything first-time quilters need to succeed with 8 quick rotary cut projects—most in 4 Sizes. Good information source for beginning quilters.

In this small book, Alex takes the novice quilter through the basic steps of quilting. Sections in choosing fabrics, tools used, sewing and finishing of the projects and instructions each project is included. Very informative and well illustrated.

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Friendship Star

Start Quilting with Alex Anderson
2ND EDITION
Everything First-Time Quilters Need to Succeed
6 Quick Projects

Author: Alex Anderson
Cover: Soft
Pages: 48
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Item Code: 4EE0900
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Second Edition Table of Contents

Introduction
4
Tools
6
Rotary Cutter, Rotary Mat, Rotary Ruler, Scissors, Pins, Thread, Seam Ripper, Iron, Sewing Machine  
Fabric
7
Grain of the Fabric, Preparing the Fabric  
The Basics
9
Decisions Decisions Decisions, Rotary Cutting, Pinning, Stitching, Seam Ripping, Pressing, Settings, Borders, Planning the Quilting, Backing, Batting, Layering, Basting, Quilting, Binding  

Projects

20
Rail Fence Quilt
20
Nine-Patch Variation Quilt
23
Log Cabin Variation Quilt
27
Friendship Star Quilt
30
Flying Geese Quilt
33
Sampler Quilt
37
About the Author
40

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"A great starting point for anyone taking up quilting for the first time."

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"If you admire quiltwork but have doubts about your own needlework skills, this is the book for you. Chances are your first attempt at making a quilt will be a successful one."

Country Decorating Ideas

"In this small book, the author takes the novice quilter through the basic steps of quilting. Sections in choosing fabrics, tools used, sewing and finishing of the projects and instructions for six projects are included. Very informative and well illustrated. A good information source for the first time quilter."

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Start Quilting with Alex Anderson
3rd EDITION
Everything First-Time Quilters Need to Succeed
8 Quick Projects—Most in 4 Sizes

Author: Alex Anderson
Cover: Soft
Pages: 48
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Item Code: 4EE0900
Weight: 0.60 lb

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3rd Edition: Table of Contents

Introduction
Tools
Rotary Cutter, Rotary Mat, Rotary Ruler, Scissors, Pins, Thread, Seam Ripper, Iron, Sewing Machine
Fabric
Grain of the Fabric, Preparing the Fabric
The Basics
Decisions Decisions Decisions, Rotary Cutting, Pinning, Stitching, Seam Ripping, Pressing, Settings, Borders, Planning the Quilting, Backing, Batting, Layering, Basting, Quilting, Binding

Projects

Rail Fence Quilt
Square Dance Quilt
Nine-Patch Variation Quilt
Log Cabin Variation Quilt
Friendship Star Quilt
Flying Geese Quilt
Wild Goose Run
Sampler Quilt
About the Author

Back Cover Information

"A great starting point for anyone taking up quilting for the first time."

Patchwork Quilts

"Trust the host of "Simply Quilts" to introduce the world of quilting to all those people who have watched quilts and quilting from afar. Alex Anderson has such a wonderful love of fabric that she is ideal to inspire new fabriholics."

Scattered Patchers Newsletter

"If you admire quiltwork but have doubts about your own needlework skills, this is the book for you. Chances are your first attempt at making a quilt will be a successful one."

Country Decorating Ideas

"In this small book, the author takes the novice quilter through the basic steps of quilting. Sections in choosing fabrics, tools used, sewing and finishing of the projects and instructions for six projects are included. Very informative and well illustrated. A good information source for the first time quilter."

American Sewing Guild Newsletter

"Great! I recommend it."

Craft Digest

 

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