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Forster, Carolyn

 
9781935726661: Hexagon Happenings: 15 Quilts & Projects
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1935726668 ISBN 13 : 9781935726661
Editeur : Landauer Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

In Hexagon Happenings, Carolyn Forster teaches you the skills you need to use large shapes to finish big quilts quickly and easily!

  • More than 200 photos, diagrams, and illustrations
  • Learn how to use 4 basic shapes to make dozens of designs
  • Step-by-step instructions and techniques, including cutting, combining, sewing, and binding
  • 15 projects include 11 quilts, a table mat, table runner, bag, and pincushion

Carolyn takes you through the steps to finish large quilts quickly and easily using large shapes. The basic shapes used in the quilt projects include hexagons, diamonds, triangles and kites. These shapes are successfully created using a basic quilting ruler and the hexagon template provided in the book. Carolyn even provides instructions for calculating and constructing hexagon paper templates, allowing you to achieve any desired quilt block size.

Complete instructions include how to cut half-hexagons, partial hexagons, diamonds, half-diamonds, triangles and kites using the hexagon template. Techniques include combining hexagons with other shapes, sewing hexagons by machine and by hand, sewing hexagons and other shapes together in rows, and then sewing the rows of hexagons together.

Offering a variety of binding techniques, Carolyn takes you through the various steps of binding hexagon quilts. Helpful tips throughout the book help improve accuracy and gain confidence. Projects include 11 quilts, table mat, table runner, pincushions, and coasters.

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À propos de l'auteur

Carolyn started quilting as a girl, and it has since then become an integral part of her life. She has been a teacher for over 15 years and her quilt projects have been published in a number of books and magazines. Her books, Quilting-on-the-Go, Utility Quilting, and Quilting-on-the-Go Taking It Further, help make patchwork and quilting easy and accessible to quilters of all skill levels. Carolyn and her family live in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK. (carolynforster.co.uk)

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Éditeur
Landauer Publishing
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1935726668
ISBN 13 
9781935726661
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
144
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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