Beginner's Guide To Quilting - UK (2020-04)

Get ready to set off on a quilting adventure! We’ll show you how to care for your fabric, give you a sewing machine refresher co ...

Sashing A lattice of strips that can separate blocks and may be plain or pieced. Cornerstones Squares at the corners of sashing ...

Beginner’s Guide to Quilting 23 Before you start a project you’ll need to work out how much fabric you need. Here’s how... Essen ...

M any patchwork and quilting patterns tell you which fabrics you should use for that particular project, but what if you don’t l ...

Essential Techniques Beginner’s Guide to Quilting 25 They are too cool SORTED! Add a warm beige, yellow or cream into the mix wh ...

Essential Techniques 26 Beginner’s Guide to Quilting H and quilting is a centuries-old tradition, but the modern convenience of ...

Essential Techniques REVERSE STITCHING Most machines have a button or switch that enables you to sew in the reverse direction. I ...

Essential Techniques 28 Beginner’s Guide to Quilting Turn your sewing machine into a quilting powerhouse with these special tool ...

Tools & Materials Lower the presser foot and sew back and forth on the seam line to secure the start of the stitches. Then f ...

Dry-clean Dry-clean using any solvent Dry-clean using any solvent EXCEPT trichloro- ethylene Dry-clean using petroleum solvent o ...

Beginner’s Guide to Quilting 31 Pressing ensures a smooth finish and helps with cutting and piecing. Read on for a few pointers. ...

Dreamin’ Vintage By Jeni Baker for Art Gallery Fabrics This is designer and blogger Jeni Baker’s third collection, comprising 20 ...

Learn how to cut and stitch fabric shapes to make easy patchwork projects, from cushions to placemats. We’ll show you top tricks ...

All about... CUTTING F or first-time patchworkers it’s all too tempting to dive headfirst into your fabric stash and start cutti ...

Patchwork Made Easy piece of fabric doesn’t have a selvedge, just line the edge of the fabric up with a horizontal line on the m ...

Patchwork Made Easy 36 Beginner’s Guide to Quilting GET CUTTING Three to try! 2 GO CAMPING Colourful tent 3 BLOCK PARTY Cosy qui ...

Sew up this quick make in just one evening! All images © Cico Books Patchwork pillow With just four pieces of fabric, your first ...

38 Beginner’s Guide to Quilting Patchwork Made Easy My f irst sewing machine book This project is a taster from My First Sewing ...

Love fabric Beginner’s Guide to Quilting 39 Petite Street By Wendy Kendall for Dashwood Studio We love Wendy’s clean, graphic ap ...

All about... PIECING P iecing your patchwork is where the fun really begins. You get to see smaller fabric pieces slowly spring ...