Hand Quilting Techniques for Farmhouse Style: Easy, Stress-Free Ways to Quickly Hand Quilt
Discover simple, stress-free techniques for creating gorgeous quilts!
- Complete guide to utility hand quilting, a machine-free quilting method for contemporary quilters
- Quick and easy quilting using simple designs, bigger stitches, and thicker threads
- 32 utility quilting designs, 12 stitches and knots, 5 binding and finishing techniques, and 9 tacking and basting ideas
- 11 quilting projects with step-by-step instructions, photography, and illustrations
- Author Carolyn Forster has been a quilt maker for over 25 years and is also the author of Handmade Quilt
If you have ever wanted to try hand quilting, this is the perfect place to start!
Utility quilting is the perfect solution for today's modern quilter who wants to quilt by hand in a way that's stress-free, satisfying, fast, and easy. From popular author, teacher, and quilter Carolyn Forster comes this updated edition of the complete quilting project guide to introduce you to the beauty of utility quilting.
An ideal method for modern quilters who seek the satisfaction of hand quilting but like to get things done quickly, utility quilting holds the quilt sandwich together using simple, all-over designs, bigger stitches, and thicker threads. It's just as perfect for use with today's big, bold fabrics as it is for classic mini prints!
Featuring 11 projects with step-by-step photos, overviews on supplies and getting started, 32 favorite designs, 12 stitches and knots that have stood the test of time, how to secure your quilt with buttons and felt shapes, 5 binding and finishing techniques, 9 tacking and basting ideas, and helpful tips, this is your must-have guide to creating beautiful hand-quilted projects!
Projects include:
- Coffee Cup Cozies
- Utility Pouch
- Japanese Wrapping Cloth
- Thirties Nine Patch Quilt
- Courthouse Steps Quilt
- Square by Square Quilt
- French Linen Quilt
- Winding Ways quilt
- Big Baskets Quilt
- Stretched Hexagon Quilt
- Christmas Presents Quilt
Carolyn Forster has been a quilt maker for over 25 years. The author of Handmade Quilt, Hexagon Happenings, The Joys of Jelly Roll, Quilting-on-the-Go, and Utility Quilting, she has been featured in Today's Quilter magazine and in an ambassador for Vlieseline UK. In this 128-page book, she makes hand quilting new again by teaching you the techniques you need to know with step-by-step photos and easy-to-follow tutorials, providing you with lovely and beginner-friendly projects with complete instructions so you can easily complete your own hand-quilted creation with ease.
Now is the perfect time finish your quilts with hand quilting and discover the soothing power of classic needle and thread—without a machine—with Hand Quilting Techniques for Farmhouse Style!
"With sections on getting started, preparing to quilt, and a great section on utility quilting designs, you will have all the tools you need to complete these quilts. The patterns aren't intricate, as this book's focus is on the quilting process...The section on stitches even gave me ideas that I hadn't thought to use...This is definitely one book I plan on sharing with my guild."
—Midwest Book Review, California Bookwatch