Quiltmaking Tips and Techniques: Over 1,000 Creative Ideas to Make Your Quiltmaking Quicker, Easier and a Lot More Fun - Softcover

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"This book gets an A+!"--Virginia Robertson, Teacher, Quilt Designer, Owner of The Osage County Quilt Factory

"If I had to choose one book for my library, this would be the one!"--Pat Yamin, Teacher, Quilt Designer, Owner of Come Quilt With Me

"A quilter's delight! It's like attending a guild workshop with all the best quilting experts."-- Julie Hart, Program Chairman, Des Moines Area Quilters Guild

Why is everyone so excited about this book? The answer is easy-- there's something new, useful, fun, and inspiring on every single page. For instance, find out:

* Why you should bring a kaleidoscope or pair of binoculars to the fabric store to help choose colors

* The quick trick for shortening your rotary cutting time (hint: it's all in how you fold the fabric)

* How skateboarders' grid tape and plain old duct tape can make rotary cutting easier than ever

* An ingenious way to transform pages from a magnetic photo album into reusable appliqué templates

* How changing to a different size needle can instantly improve your hand appliqué

* The timesaving way to baste together a quilt sandwich

* The best way to erase penciled quilting marks (surprise-- it's a cotton T-shirt!)

Page after page is filled with hundreds of other tips like these from expert quiltmakers-- all too good to miss. You'll probably find yourself saying over and over again, "I can't wait to try that!"