Quilting for Dummies
Chapter One
Fabulous Skill Builders
In This Chapter
* Honing your hand quilting on pillow projects
* Appliqueing floral designs the traditional and modern ways
* Playing around with foundation piecing and whimsical designs
There's more to quilting that just cutting out a few squares of fabric and
sewing them together. Quilting is also an art form, and like any great form
of art, the more skills you develop, the better you become as an artist. The
projects in this chapter use techniques that are a little more advanced and,
as such, can help take you from beginner to intermediate quilter.
Hand-Quilted Starburst Pillow
Are you ready to try hand quilting? Great! Here's a quick, fun project to get
you started. The small size (14 inches square) makes it more than manageable
for the beginner. This pillow makes a great take-along project, too:
Just whip it out of your bag whenever you find a few precious moments
of spare time.
Stashing your materials
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