Debbie Shore's Sewing Room Secrets: Quilting: Top Tips and Techniques for Successful Sewing
Debbie Shore invites you into her sewing room to make 10 quilting projects to build your skills and confidence.

The book is packed with hints and tips for successful quilting and will walk you through every aspect of your sewing journey. The book begins with a section on Sewing Room Essentials: a peek in Debbie's sewing room, a guide to all the tools and materials you might need, a labelled diagram of a sewing machine, and in-depth sections covering various types of wadding/batting and interfacing, fabrics and threads. The book contains a comprehensive trouble-shooting section to reassure and guide beginner sewists when they encounter problems, along with a glossary to debunk any unfamiliar terms.

The second section of the book, Sewing Room Techniques, covers all the skills you need to know, such as pressing, chain piecing, English paper piecing, different quilting styles and binding, and explains them step by step. The book features 10 projects that build up in difficulty, incorporating the techniques you learn as you go. Start simple with a place mat and then build up yours skills as you create an English paper-pieced tote, a baby quilt and a clutch bag.

This is the ideal book for the beginner sewist looking for in-depth and helpful guidance, or for the more experienced sewist looking to brush up on their skills.
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Debbie Shore's Sewing Room Secrets: Quilting: Top Tips and Techniques for Successful Sewing
Debbie Shore invites you into her sewing room to make 10 quilting projects to build your skills and confidence.

The book is packed with hints and tips for successful quilting and will walk you through every aspect of your sewing journey. The book begins with a section on Sewing Room Essentials: a peek in Debbie's sewing room, a guide to all the tools and materials you might need, a labelled diagram of a sewing machine, and in-depth sections covering various types of wadding/batting and interfacing, fabrics and threads. The book contains a comprehensive trouble-shooting section to reassure and guide beginner sewists when they encounter problems, along with a glossary to debunk any unfamiliar terms.

The second section of the book, Sewing Room Techniques, covers all the skills you need to know, such as pressing, chain piecing, English paper piecing, different quilting styles and binding, and explains them step by step. The book features 10 projects that build up in difficulty, incorporating the techniques you learn as you go. Start simple with a place mat and then build up yours skills as you create an English paper-pieced tote, a baby quilt and a clutch bag.

This is the ideal book for the beginner sewist looking for in-depth and helpful guidance, or for the more experienced sewist looking to brush up on their skills.
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Debbie Shore's Sewing Room Secrets: Quilting: Top Tips and Techniques for Successful Sewing

Debbie Shore's Sewing Room Secrets: Quilting: Top Tips and Techniques for Successful Sewing

by Debbie Shore
Debbie Shore's Sewing Room Secrets: Quilting: Top Tips and Techniques for Successful Sewing

Debbie Shore's Sewing Room Secrets: Quilting: Top Tips and Techniques for Successful Sewing

by Debbie Shore

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Overview

Debbie Shore invites you into her sewing room to make 10 quilting projects to build your skills and confidence.

The book is packed with hints and tips for successful quilting and will walk you through every aspect of your sewing journey. The book begins with a section on Sewing Room Essentials: a peek in Debbie's sewing room, a guide to all the tools and materials you might need, a labelled diagram of a sewing machine, and in-depth sections covering various types of wadding/batting and interfacing, fabrics and threads. The book contains a comprehensive trouble-shooting section to reassure and guide beginner sewists when they encounter problems, along with a glossary to debunk any unfamiliar terms.

The second section of the book, Sewing Room Techniques, covers all the skills you need to know, such as pressing, chain piecing, English paper piecing, different quilting styles and binding, and explains them step by step. The book features 10 projects that build up in difficulty, incorporating the techniques you learn as you go. Start simple with a place mat and then build up yours skills as you create an English paper-pieced tote, a baby quilt and a clutch bag.

This is the ideal book for the beginner sewist looking for in-depth and helpful guidance, or for the more experienced sewist looking to brush up on their skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781782215479
Publisher: Search Press
Publication date: 07/14/2020
Series: DEBBIE SHORE'S SEWING ROOM SECRETS
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.25(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

Debbie Shore started her career as a children's television presenter and since then has appeared regularly on television both as an actress and selling products on a shopping channel. Debbie has also hosted live fashion shows with a major fashion store, produces her own range of instructional DVDs and writes for several popular sewing magazines. She is now a bestselling author and has written 12 books for Search Press, with several more underway. Debbie was voted Sewing Designer of the Year in the Immediate Media British Craft Awards 2017. She lives in Lincolnshire. Visit her website www.debbieshoresewing.com.

Table of Contents

About this Book 5

About Me 6

What is Quilting? 7

What is Patchwork? 8

My Quick Tips 9

Quilting Essentials 11

Sewing machine 12

Tools & equipment 16

Quilting fabrics 24

Fabric terminology 27

Wadding 28

Threads 30

Quilting Know-How 31

Caring for your quilt 32

Cutting 33

Machine stitches 34

Appliqué 37

Quilt sandwich 40

Straight line quilting 42

Quilt-as-you-go 43

Free-motion embroidery 44

Self-bound straight binding 46

Project Mini Chicken Quilt 48

Bias binding 50

Project Beach Hut Hanger 54

Trapunto 57

Project Trapunto Stocking 58

Stitch in the ditch 60

Adding borders 61

Project Table Runner 62

Project Quilted Tote 64

Sashing 66

Project Bunting Quilt 68

Project Bangello Pillowcase 70

Echo quilting 74

Tying a quilters' knot 75

English paper piecing 76

Project Snowflake Placemat 78

Bag making 80

Hand quilting 82

Big stitch quilting 84

Project Reverse Appliqué Messenger Bag 85

Tying your quilt 89

Project Humbug Hexie Quilt 90

Templates 92

Index 96

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