Quilting for the First Time

By Donna Kooler

Book Overview

Thanks to expert advice by the famous Donna Kooler Design Studio, anyone can create a beautifully detailed quilt. Learn the basics, from choosing fabrics to machine and hand sewing. Graduate to such advanced skills as hand appliqu, surface embroidery, and lattice-strip borders. A variety of quilting styles and projects are covered, such as the traditional Nine-Patch Sampler and Amish Star Box-Top quilts, plus other great projects.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806985615
• ISBN13: 9780806985619
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: ing/Chapelle
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.5" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

beginners buddy!

Great book to learn quilting. Easy to understand, great pictures and alot of information regarding cutting,sewing, buying supplies.

Fine beginners book but rather sketchy

I think a better book is the Complete Guide to Quiltingby Better Homes and Gardens though this book does take the nod on just getting you going and giving you some very easy and basic projects. THe problem is nothing is very deep and there is a lot of information (handpiecing vs machine piecing) that is just not remarked upon. The book heaving concentrates on piecework and not quilting btw, which may be a shock to someone just picking this up and not viewing it throoughly. It does though go thru the various block types including circular and applique up to advanced issues.Colour placement is also sketchy with a nod to the waterfall method of colour placement (dark outsides giong to very light centres) but really very little on colour harmony and triadac usage.But the projects are very very nice but I don't think you use this book solely and make a good first quilt.