Beginning Quilting Resources

Jo Avery –– Build your quilting skills from the ground up. With a few yards of fabric and this beginner-friendly guide, you’ll learn to piece the simplest blocks and complete your first quilt! Established teacher Jo Avery guides you...

Catherine Dreiss –– Build your blocks with confidence Traditional quilt blocks are made up of common elements such as Flying Geese, Square-in-Squares, and Quarter-Square Triangles. Each of the elements can be constructed in a variety...

Becky Goldsmith –– The best thread guide you’ll ever own Always choose the right thread! This amazing reference guide features a handy thread use key (organized by thread manufacturer) that shows the most common uses for the wide...

Jeanette White & Erin Hamilton ––Grow your skills, row by row!Dresden plates, pinwheel blocks, and flying geese... piece like a pro with The Piper's Girls! Starting with the simplest patchwork squares and working your way up to more...

Carla Hegeman Crim and Lindsay Conner ––Next stop, memory lane!Turn treasured tees into something brand new—a T-shirt quilt! Capture the memories of a special time, starting with a quick pillow project or a baby quilt made from onesies,...

Precut projects from favorite designersQuilting with precuts is easy, fast, and fun! Feature your favorite fabric collection in these 10 precut-friendly designs using charm packs, layers cakes, and jelly roll strips. The versatile patterns from top...

Alex Anderson ––All you need to know about quiltmaking, from picking fabrics to the last stitchYour first quilt is just around the corner! Learn the ropes from best-selling author Alex Anderson, who has taught hundreds of thousands of people...

from Quilt with Marci Baker ––• Save time• Sew straight seams• Works on all machines Sew faster and more easily without losing your precision! These vinyl strips replace masking tape and moleskin with a repositionable stop...

Mary Mashuta ––    Move over, stitch in-the-ditch—a world of machine quilting possibilities awaits!Take your machine’s walking foot for a walk on the wild side and move beyond basic stitch-in-the-ditch quilting! In...

Alex Anderson ––    From first step to last stitch, learn to quilt the Alex Anderson way!With more than one million books sold, the author who taught the world to quilt is back again! Internet and television personality Alex...

Alex Anderson –– Four Must-Have Quilting and Crafting Tools in One • Flat-ended presser cap for finger pressing, folding, burnishing • Super-sharp BERNINA seam ripper for fast "unsewing" • Pointed wood end cap for turning...

Jera Brandvig –– Fun and done! Quilting is easier than ever with this popular method Do you believe rules were meant to be broken? If so, this improvisational quilt-as-you-go technique is for you. Instead of dealing with precise paper...

Harriet Hargrave, Sharyn Craig, Alex Anderson, Liz Aneloski –– Answers to your quilting questions, now updated with 40% more information! How big is a twin-size quilt? How many squares can you cut from the amount of fabric you have?...

Christina Cameli –– Baby steps to awesome quilting • 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...

Angela Walters –– Experiment...create...succeed! Popular machine quilter Angela Walters will motivate and inspire you to try something new! Learn how to stitch her fresh continuous-line designs on your longarm or domestic machine. Using...

Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins –– New and improved! Learn to appliqué the Piece O’Cake way Everything you need to know about hand appliqué is in this newly updated version of the comprehensive guide from Piece O' Cake...

Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison –– Celebrate great fabric by using every scrap Are scrap piles wreaking havoc in your sewing space? Not sure what to do with all those tiny bits of gorgeous prints you hate to part with? Modern quilters...

Joen Wolfrom –– Perfect colors every time! It's as easy as 1, 2, 3...1. Start with your desired color card2. Choose one of the color scheme options3. Find the corresponding companion color cards to create the perfect color combination...

Elizabeth Hartman –– Quilting Basics with Modern Flair • 12 quilt projects for beginners, confident beginners, and intermediates• Explore different options for each project-make it with just two colors or scrappy, make it vintage...

Alex Anderson –– Make Your First Quilt a Success! • Alex guides you every step of the way as you learn to plan, cut, piece, quilt, and bind your quilt • Get started with 8 easy, beautiful projects • Expanded edition...