Carolyn Forster
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Carolyn Forster shows you how to transform jelly roll scraps into stunning mini quilts and gorgeous patchwork gifts. Packed with 30 colourful and inventive projects and all the techniques needed to create them, the book contains an abundance of guidance and inspiration for quilters and patchworkers of all abilities. Each section contains a comprehensive step-by-step photographic techniques section and each of the 30 projects contains photography and...
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Many quilters are rediscovering a range of traditional patchwork and quilting techniques that, at their heart, are based on recycling and reusing materials. A style of patchwork that is true to this ethos, and which has been around for centuries, is string patchwork with its use of sewn fabric strips. Due to the scrap nature of string quilts, they are good for using a wide range and eclectic mix of fabrics that, otherwise, would have gathered dust...
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Hand quilting using big stitches has its roots in utility quilting, from Gee's Bend quilting in the US, to Japanese sashiko and boro, to Indian kantha stitching. Drawing on these traditional techniques, Carolyn Forster brings big stitch quilting to you with instructions and patterns for 9 quilts as well as 11 gift projects that include a zokin tea towel, a wrapping cloth, a Japanese knot bag, a pillow cover and coasters. Includes a comprehensive techniques...
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