It’s Elementary: Quilting Tips And Atechniques

Combines her talents to bring you a teaching quilt book! The book includes five 12″ quilt blocks that form together in a delightful sampler wallhanding. Sew along with eleanor to learn new methods for quick traditional quilt blocks. Step by step illustrations and instructions are offered for strip ipecing, applique, flying geese patches, half-square triangles, and quater square patches. El”ementary offers two sampler layouts, a square sampler “on point,” and a vertical sampler. Once you know the techniques, it is time to make a larger quilt using the newly qcquired skills. Full yardage and cutting charts are provided for all five quilt sizes for all five block patterns. To finish your quilt, learn about adding outside borders, folded borders, and nine-patch corners. Instruction is given for preparing the quilt backing, layering the quild, pinning, machine quilting and binding. As a challenge for seasoned quilters, instructions, yardage and cutting charts are included for 6″ blocks to miniaturize the designs.