Fun with Fat Quarters

Description

Sewing guru Wendy Gardiner brings you this comprehensive guide to sewing with fat quarters. Delve into a brilliant techniques section, guiding you through a variety of essential techniques, from inserting a zip and sewing buttonholes to creating patchwork. Each is fully explained and combined with easy-to-follow step-by-step photography.

Once you have brushed up on your sewing skills it’s time to get sewing. Choose from 15 inspiring projects: from doorstops and drawstring bags to tablemats, aprons and cushions. Each fun fat-quarter project contains colourful photographs, instructive hand-drawn illustrations and a stash of handy hints and tips. Whether you have treated yourself to a fat quarter bundle or are using up leftover fabric, there is a project for you. Full-size traceable templates are supplied at the back of the book.

Previously published in 2015 (ISBN: 9781782211464).

Table of Contents

Introduction 6
What is a fat quarter? 8
Materials 10
Tools 12
Techniques 16

PROJECTS 40
Fabulous flowers 42
Drawstring bags 46
Reversible bag 48
Quilted Cosmetic bag 50
Doorstop 54
Party clutch 58
Retro mini-pinny 62
Diamond-star mat 66
Al fresco placemat 68
Tucked and stitched pillow 72
Disappearing nine-patch bag 76
Draught excluder 80
Pillow with piping 82
Baby playmat 86
Pretty pinafore 90

Templates 94
Index 96

 

About Wendy Gardiner

Wendy Gardiner is a writer, teacher and author. She has been editor of several leading sewing magazines and written 22 books including The Great British Sewing Bee: From Stitch to Style, Take Two Fat Quarters: Home, Take Two Fat Quarters: Gifts and most recently The Sewing Machine Manual. Wendy has made several YouTube videos for leading haberdashery and pattern companies. She runs regular residential Creative Sewing Weekends, teaches a weekly class and writes articles for various magazines and her own website. Wendy organizes the extensive workshop programmes for the Festival of Quilts and the Knitting & Stitching Shows. She has a strong reputation and fan base because of her enthusiastic and friendly approach to sharing her passion for dressmaking and machine sewing. Wendy lives in Hampshire, UK.

Visit her website: www.wendygardiner.co.uk