Quilts for Beginners: Making Your First Quilts

Start Making Your First Quilt Today!

You can make a quilt with the help of this easy guide for new quilters, even if you've never made a quilt in your life. Longtime quilter and best-selling author Felicity Walker guides you step by step through everything you need to know to make a quilt, with lots of photos to make everything easy to understand. Choose one of three fun, easy-to-make quilt patterns and just follow the instructions.

Here's what you will find inside the book:

* Brief history of quilts and overview of the most popular types of quilts
* Overview of quilt fabric, batting, threads, and essential quilting tools and supplies
* Step-by-step guide to the basics of cutting, sewing, quilting, and finishing your quilt
* Three complete quilt patterns: Quilt-as-you-go table runner, Rail fence lap quilt, and Double four-patch baby quilt
* Step-by-step photo instructions for all three quilts

See what other readers are saying about Quilts for Beginners:

"This is a great book! I bought this book because I wanted to start quilting and so I could get a basic understanding of the quilting process. This book has been excellent! I did a table runner using the quilt-as-you-go method and I just finished my first basic quilt and am now ready to start on another one. The author presents all of the data in an easy to read short book and she includes patterns to try. Overall it is an excellent book to start quilting!"

"If you know absolutely nothing at all about quilting, but want to learn -- this is the book for you. Felicity starts with the basic materials - and thoroughly explains each one of them. She explained WHY I needed a 1/4"- foot. I like the size of the book, and I knew as soon as I opened it, I had really gotten the quilting book that I had been looking for all along. I am starting a quilt today. This is a great book!"