Quilt Blocks for Beginners: Fresh, Versatile Designs for Quilts, Clothes, Accessories, and Decor

by Nancy Wick

Overview

Learn step by step how to easily create dozens of beautiful, modern quilt blocks.

Adapted from the best-selling The Quilt Block Book, Quilt Blocks for Beginners lays the foundation for a captivating journey into the world of quilt blocks. This beginner-friendly reference offers:

• Guidance on three fundamental block-construction methods: quick piecing, foundation (paper) piecing
• Step-by-step instructions for each block
• Links to online patterns for easy printing

The blocks can be used to create quilts, décor pieces, or fashion accents—the possibilities are endless!
With fundamental techniques, easy-to-follow instructions, and printable templates, you can effortlessly create beautiful quilt blocks to use in any number of quilting projects, all while fostering your newfound love of quilting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780760390894
Publisher:	New Shoe Press
Publication date:	01/21/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	18 MB
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About the Author

Nancy Wick has been quilting for more than thirty years and shares her love of textiles and quilting by teaching machine embroidery and quilting classes. Using her longarm quilting machine, she has also turned her art into a profession and finishes her clients’ quilts with beautiful freeform quilting. Driven to create, she cannot imagine a day where fabric, thread, and surface design does not feed her soul. Although her roots are in traditional quilt making, she has branched out to contemporary quilt making over the years. As a former IT professional, she now explores ways to use her fancy, computerized sewing machines in innovative ways.
Nancy Wick has been quilting for more than thirty years and shares her love of textiles and quilting by teaching machine embroidery and quilting classes. Using her longarm quilting machine, she has also turned her art into a profession and finishes her clients' quilts with beautiful freeform quilting. Driven to create, she cannot imagine a day where fabric, thread, and surface design does not feed her soul. Although her roots are in traditional quilt making, she has branched out to contemporary quilt making over the years. As a former IT professional, she now explores ways to use her fancy, computerized sewing machines in innovative ways.

Table of Contents

Introduction

TRADITIONAL-PIECED BLOCKS
Piecing Basics
Tools and Supplies
Fabric Preparation
Rotary Cutting
Strip Cutting / Cutting From Templates
Sewing
Pressing / Also ‘To Sew a Quilt Top’
Quilt Layouts

Pieced Block Patterns
1. Counterpane
2. Rail Fence Gone Modern
3. Hand Weave
4 Chuck a Luck
5 Stripes Inside
6. Stripes Outside
7. Storm at Sea
8. Rolling Stone Twisted
9. Arrowhead Puzzle
10. Squares upon Squares
11. Stripes Bordered Outside
12. Stripes Bordered Inside
13. Walls of Jericho
14. Tea Leaf
15. Bright Hopes
16. Scotch Quilt
17. Flutter Wheel

FOUNDATION-PIECED BLOCKS
Foundation-Piecing Basics
Tools and Supplies
General Cutting Instructions
Transferring the Pattern to Foundation Paper
General Piecing Instructions
Enlarging/Reducing Patterns

Foundation Block Patterns
1. White House Steps
2. Twisted Log Cabin
3. Simple Autograph
4. New Jersey
5. Little Houses
6. Crazy Quilt
7. String Quilt
8. Kaleidoscope
9. Dakota Star
10. Starry Windmill
11. Starry Path
12. Wild Goose Chase
13 Chain and Bar
14. Pineapple
15. Flying Geese
16. Stained Glass Surrounded Square
17. Fan

APPLIQUÉ BLOCKS
Appliqué Basics
Tools and Supplies
General Techniques
Stitching Methods

Appliqué Block Patterns
1. Golden Wedding Ring
2. Quarter Turn
3. Gears
4. Hex Signs
5. Oak Leaf
6. Jacks
7. Mod Diamond
8. Celtic Knot
9. Posy
10. Fantasy Flower
11. Tulip
12. Dresden Flower Fan
13. Dresden Plate
14. Scalloped Swag
15. Spiky Flower Swag
16. Combed Swag
17. Orange Peel
18. Spring Beauty

About the Author
Quilting Resources
Index