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The Basics for Beginning Quilters

Learning to Quilt

Tools & Equipment

Pressing

Fabric Choices

Value

1/4 Inch Seam

Rotary Cutters

Starting Out

Piecing

Color

Backing

Batting

Quilting

Binding

Borders

The 4-Patch

Grids and Patches


Quilt Block Lessons for Beginning Quilters

 

Squares
Rectangles
Triangles

Snowball 
Square in a Square
Rail Fence
Pinwheel
Flying Geese

Stars
Square in a Star Bearclaw
Churn Dash

 

Challenge Blocks
Pages 1 2 3

 

The Quilt Block Showcase

 

Fun with Squares Novelty Blocks Showcase Stars Woodsy Blocks
Fancy Cut Blocks

 

All the Blocks on the Site in Alphabetical Order

 

 

More Challenges

 

Paper Piecing
Strip Piecing

Fabric Braiding

Watercolor Quilting

 

 

 

 

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All About Quilting

Quilting can be easy or hard.  This objective of this site is to teach you how to make it easy and economical.  There are so many ways to quilt, so many techniques,  tools and fabrics.  This site will teach you the basics with a set of 12 lessons.

There are many ways to accomplish the same task in quilting.  However, there are some rules that are firm.  This site will teach you what you absolutely must know to become a successful quilter.  You will learn some basic techniques, that you will use over and over.

As you progress in your quilting skills, you will learn other ways of doing things, and shortcuts to make each part of the quilting process faster.  As part of this, you will buy more rulers and other sewing equipment.

This site will get you going with a minimum amount of money.  One of the things that I suggest is that you go on Ebay and buy some fabric that is pre-cut into squares.  They are very inexpensive, and all the work of washing and cutting the fabric has usually already been done.

Find a seller with a large feedback, and read a little of it to make sure other people have been happy with their fabric.  You can buy sets with just a few prints, or but a wide variety in each package.  Buy some 4-inch and 6-inch squares. Use will use them in the lessons.

You will be doing a lot of practice sewing, so you will need some discount fabric.  If you don't want to buy yardage, pick up some fat quarters. 

Fat quarters (approx 18x22 inches)  have the same amount of fabric as 1/4 yard of fabric, but they are more versatile in allowing you to cut bigger blocks, as a quarter yard of fabric is only about 9-inches long.

Master the skills on this site, and you will be on the road to being an excellent quilter!

 

 

 

 

 

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