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Quilting for Dummies

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Quilts have played a role in peoples' lives for centuries and are an important part of our history. Author Cheryl Fall's love and passion for quilting is clear as she explains this time honored art in simple step-by-step instructions.

This book is organized into five parts, beginning with the history of quilting and techniques, fabrics & patterns. Basic sewing skills are reviewed, especially the basting, stitching and binding needed to finish a quilt in style.

There are great diagrams and charts throughout the book that show exactly how everything goes together and a section of color plates shows some beautiful finished pieces. Sixteen projects are included to get you started.

The book concludes with resource guides to suppliers, publications, museums and internet sites. This is the first essential book for the beginner, but the experienced quilter will find much of value here as well.

This book has some great quilt patterns and takes you through step by step with illustrations. Better than most of the other beginner books. Great projects that get you started with ease.

This is a pretty good beginner's guide to quilting. I am a complete beginner and bought 3 books, including this one. I like the projects in this book best. Many are small. As a beginner, I would prefer to try to do a number of small, varied projects than work on one large project. Also, while another book focused on creating different squares, this one gave me a better idea on how to complete a full project.

It's also pretty entertaining to read.

I purchased Quilting for Dummies when I was first getting into quilting, and I found the instructions easy to follow and quite informative. Each project is well laid out and detailed enough to grasp at the first try.

My only disappointment, was that I wish that they could have spent more time on block making, and less on the applique technique. Frankly, I thought the text was spread a little thin on the block creation portion, and they spent a little TOO much time on Applique, which would easily be been worthy of a separate volume. Overall, this peeve aside, this is an excellent and easy-to-follow reference book for quilters of beginning and intermediate skill levels.

I'd learned how to make a basic sampler from a pamphlet-type book, but I still had dozens of questions that were left unanswered. I found the answers to nearly all of them in this book and am using it to help me with my first full-sized quilt. The writing style is easy to read, the diagrams and color photos make great illustrations, and the sixteen sampler projects are good beginner-type designs. I liked the given options for applique and making the binding, as well as the list of internet resources in the back. Project-wise, this is good for beginners or those who like small projects, but it is an excellent reference for quilters of all skill levels.

I really enjoyed this book. Not only was it an excellent reference for all things quilting, it was also fun to read. I have completed seven quilts now, and I still turn to this book each time I have a question. It has full color photos of each of the projects, as well as black and white drawings of all the techniques described. This book hasn't steered me wrong yet!

I am brand new to quilting so this book was the first place i turned to. It really helped me get my first quilt completed. It explained everything from the type of thread and fabric to use to the different kinds of batting, plus gives you a bunch of projects in the back from begginer to advanced. Highly reccomended!

If you are completely in the Dark about Quilting then this is the book for you. It answered all my questions and then some. The writing is easy to follow and entertaining. Cheryl Fall has a wonderful sense of humor. She has inspiring way of putting things. I can't recommend it enough!!

just not too colorful. I purchased a number of books when learning to quilt and this one was at the top. But there is no draw to color or photos of quilts to jazz up your imagination. It is wonderful for basic skills.

A friend recommended this book to me. I read it over the course of a few days--but I wasn't working on a project at the time. I think that it is a wonderful book, but I wish it had more information on fabric selection, etc. I personally didn't like any of the projects in the back of the book, but I did think the instructions were done well. I will probably get a few more books, but this one is a good start.