Carolyn Forster
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Publisher
Search Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Carolyn Forster shows you how to transform jelly roll scraps into stunning mini quilts and gorgeous patchwork gifts. Packed with 30 colourful and inventive projects and all the techniques needed to create them, the book contains an abundance of guidance and inspiration for quilters and patchworkers of all abilities. Each section contains a comprehensive step-by-step photographic techniques section and each of the 30 projects contains photography and...
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Publisher
Landauer Publishing LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Skill-building: The handmade quilt features a 21-block sampler that starts with the easiest techniques and progresses to more challenging skills--with no need for a sewing machine! Comprehensive: the book is a complete learning experience for a new quilter and a stunning sampler project for experienced stitchers. Unique: no other book available today covers the how-to of hand-stitching blocks in such a thorough manner. Portable: you can hand-stitch...
Author
Publisher
Search Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to patchwork and quilt by hand with one quilt with 27 creative blocks, with popular tutor and author Carolyn Forster. Slow stitching and mindful crafting is more popular than ever, and with just a few notions you can peacefully create a stunning 27-block quilt entirely by hand, in your own time and at your own pace. As the quilt is made up of blocks, you can work on your quilt a block at a time, making it more portable and meaning you can...
Author
Publisher
Search Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Many quilters are rediscovering a range of traditional patchwork and quilting techniques that, at their heart, are based on recycling and reusing materials. A style of patchwork that is true to this ethos, and which has been around for centuries, is string patchwork with its use of sewn fabric strips. Due to the scrap nature of string quilts, they are good for using a wide range and eclectic mix of fabrics that, otherwise, would have gathered dust...
Author
Publisher
Search Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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Choose from a variety of hand- and machine-sewn styles including stitch-and-flip, envelope-style, lined circles, Suffolk puffs and cathedral windows. Each technique is photographed step by step, and then each completed, discrete block can be transformed into a stunning quilt project, which comes complete with full instructions. If you like taking your creative work with you when you travel, love the convenience of working in small, manageable blocks,...
Author
Publisher
Search Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Hand quilting using big stitches has its roots in utility quilting, from Gee's Bend quilting in the US, to Japanese sashiko and boro, to Indian kantha stitching. Drawing on these traditional techniques, Carolyn Forster brings big stitch quilting to you with instructions and patterns for 9 quilts as well as 11 gift projects that include a zokin tea towel, a wrapping cloth, a Japanese knot bag, a pillow cover and coasters. Includes a comprehensive techniques...