Quilt As Desired: Your Guide to Straight-Line and Free-Motion Quilting

by Charlene C. Frable

This book comes to the rescue of quilters everywhere by finally addressing the most dreaded phrase in quilting instruction—quilt as desired. Packed with 150 step-by-step photos, detailed instructions and expert insight into thread selection, marking techniques and simple binding, each chapter meet your desire to continually grow as a quilter. Using straight-line and free-motion techniques to complete six feature projects, this revolutionary guide will help you take your quilting to new heights.

Genres: Quilting

128 pages, Spiral-bound

Published June 6, 2007

Reviews

[Nicolle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cool little book. The copy I have is hardback, but spiral bound inside, making it handy to have in the sewing room. She does a pretty darn good job walking through all of the steps following the completion of your quilt top. She includes a lot of tips learned from beginners' mistakes, and I can honestly say that I feel quite a bit better about tackling machine quilting after reading this book.

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

The is THE book for finishing a quilt after it's been pieced. It's hardcover with a stay-flat binding so you can look at it while quilting, eating cereal, etc. Swell photos and illustrations and a million ideas and techniques. Even includes tips for people with weak hands, knees, etc. If you're into quilting, you must have this book!

[Cynthia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was so fortunate to take a class taught by Charlene Frable this past weekend. She is a wonderful teacher, so knowledgeable and eager to help you learn her techniques for machine quilting. This book covers all the information you will need to develop skill in the art of free motion quilting. I love her philosophy, "Quilting is not the art of perfection... it is the illusion of it."

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Checked this one out of my library; I have a quit top and need to learn what to do with it. This is a good book for beginners!

[Tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good, basic book for learning to machine quilt.