First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting: 24 Projects for Fearless Stitching

• Just start stitching! Practice free-motion quilting with 24 easy-to-achieve projects • You’ll make simple quilts, embellish kitchen towels and clothes, personalize a messenger bag, and so much more • All projects are freehand and require no marking Ready, set, sew! Learn the basics, gather your supplies, pick a project, and start stitching. With a refreshingly new approach to free-motion stitching, First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting encourages you to make something beautiful while improving your free-motion quilting skills. You’ll find 24 projects and quilts that are light on assembly so you can spend most of your time stitching. A handy troubleshooting guide ensures success every step of the way.

ISBN-13: 9781607056720

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: C&T Publishing / Stash Books

Publication Date: 09-01-2013

Pages: 144

Product Dimensions: 8.14(w) x 9.84(h) x 0.42(d)

Christina Cameli is a nurse, midwife, and quilter who enjoys finishing quilts on her domestic machine in addition to teaching free-motion quilting classes for beginners. She lives with her husband and children in Portland, Oregon, and shares her adventures in patchwork and quilting at AFewScraps.blogspot.com.

Table of Contents

Contents [Chapter title] Introduction Necessities Basics Tips and Techniques Designs Small Stitched Projects             Wiggle Bottom Cushion             Reverse Stitched Table Runner             Fishbowl Purse             Botanical Placemats             Loopy Bucket             Gift Bags             Pebble Pillow             Little Bowls             Zigzag Potholders             Wood Grain Zipper Bag             Messenger Bag             Good Advice Wallhanging Simple Quilts             Strip Sampler             Big Square             Fireworks             Leaves             Second Star to the Right             Quilt as You Go Embellished Projects             Kitchen Towels             Scissor Skirt             Spiral Pillowcases             Adrenaline Molecule Shirt             Branchy Scarf             Stitched Cards Sewing and Quilt Construction Techniques Troubleshooting About the Author Resources Show More