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The Blessed Home Quilt and other Learn-as-You-Sew Projects by Cori Derksen and Myra Harder helps you discover essential quiltmaking techniques as you stitch—when you're done, you'll have a bounty of beautiful quilts to grace your home and many quilting skills under your belt.

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The Blessed Home Quilt
And Other Learn-as-You-Sew Projects

Author: Cori Derksen and Myra Harder
Pages: 64
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11 1/2"
Publisher: Martingale & Company
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4K1985
Weight: 0.9 lbs.

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Angels WreathsFour Flower Pots

Circles in WindowPrairie Lap Quilt

Making the BlocksBack Cover Information

Believe it or not, this gorgeous collection of projects is for absolute beginners! Discover essential quiltmaking techniques as you stitch - when you're done, you'll have a bounty of beautiful quilted projects to grace your home.

  • Five Chapters, each featuring one learn-how project, teach you step-by-step quiltmaking methods
  • Combine all the techniques you've learned - strip piecing, curved piecing, paper piecing, hand applique, and outline-stitch embroidery - into the fabulous "Blessed Home Sampler Quilt"
  • Learn-as-you-go projects include a baby quilt, a lap quilt, a wall hanging, a pillow, and a table square

From the popular authors of: All through the Woods Four Seasons of Quilts

About the Author

Cori Derksen and Myra Harder are the authors of four other popular That Patchwork Place books. Their designs have appeared in American Patchwork & Quilting. Together they sell their patterns through their company, Moonshyne Collection.

Table of Contents

Introduction6Review Project: Posy Pots Wall Hanging24
Supplies7Lesson Four 
Rotary Cutting Basics9Technique: Hand Applique30
Lesson One Review Project: Guardian Angles Table Square32
Technique: Strip Piecing12Lesson Five 
Review Project: Prairie Lap Quilt 13Technique: Outline -Stitch Embroidery36
Lesson Two Review Project: Angels Are Among Us Pillow37
Technique: Curved Piecing17Blessed Home Sampler Quilt

40

Review Project: Scrappy Circles Baby Quilt18Finishing Techniques 60
Lesson Three About the Authors64
Technique: Paper Piecing22  

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Perfect Binding Card
Fons and Porter's

Perfect Binding Card

Need-to-Know Card
Fons and Porter's

Need-to-Know Card
Size charts for diagonal corners, mattress sizes, cutting charts, yardage calculations and more

Foundation Piecing, Basics
Foundation Piecing, Basics
by Marci L. Baker


Joining Strips Together, Basics

by Marci L. Baker
Know Before Sew
Know Before You Sew: Binding Mitered Corners, Beyond Basics
by Marci L. Baker
Quilter's Strip Ticket
Quilter's Strip Ticket

Bias Tube Construction and Yardage Tables
Quick Look Guide to Fabric and Quilts
Quick Look Guide

Caring for Fabric & Quilts
Quick Look Guide to Choosing Batting
Quick Look Guide:

Choosing Batting

Rotary Cutting, Basics
by Marci L. Baker

Reference Booklets

Some with Heavy Cardboard Front & Back, Spiral Bindings
or
Bolted Corner (allows fanning of cards)

Spools & Cones
MasterPiece Thread Example
Superior
MasterPiece Thread

Available in 50 Colors
50 WT fine cotton
Endorsed by Alex Anderson

 

3-in-1 Color Tool
3-in-1 Color Tool

by Joan Wolfrom
All-in-One
Quilter's Reference Tool
All-in-One
Quilter's Reference Tool

by Harriet Hargrave, Sharyn Craig, Alex Anderson & Liz Aneloski
make your first quilt
Make Your First Quilt
by M'Liss Rae Hawley
Needles & Threads & Bobbins, Oh, My!
Needles & Threads & Bobbins, Oh, My
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A Quick Reference for Today's Quilter
by Nancy Goldsworthy

Piecing Tips &
Tricks Tool

Editor Liz Aneloski
Quick & Easy Block Tool
Quick & Easy Block Tool

Edited by Liz Aneloski & Kandy Petersen
The Quick Guide to Fundraising Quilts
The Quick Guide to Fundraising Quilts
by Kelly Gallagher-Abbott
 

Traditional:

Beginner to Advanced Comprehensive Instruction

Fabric Calculator
Fabric Calculator
by Calculated Industries
All about Quilting from A to Z
All About Quilting from A to Z

by Magazine Quilter's Newletter and Quiltmaker contributors
A-Z Quilting
A-Z of Quilting
Edited by Sue Gardner

It's "El"ementary
Quilting Tips & Techniques
by Eleanor Burns
Quilt with Confidence
Quilt with Confidence
by Nancy Zieman
The Quilter's Workbook
The Quilter's Workbook
by Editors from the Landauer Corporation
Quilting:  The Complete Guide
Quilting: The Complete Guide
by Darlene Zimmerman
Very comprehensive
Quilting  On the Go
Quilting on the Go
by Carolyn Forster
DVD
Nuts & Bolts of Quilting DVD
Workshops to Go
The Nuts and Bolts of Quilting

featuring Margrit Hall
Thimbleberries Learning to Quilt with Jifft Quilts
Thimbleberries Learning to Quilt with Jiffy Quilts
by Lynette Jensen
Your First Quilt book or it Should Be
Your First Quilt Book
(Or It Should Be)

by Carol Doak
     

Project Specific with

Comprehensive Overview Instruction

Featherweight 221
Featherweight 221
The Perfect Portable
by Nancy Johnson-Srebo
The Magic of Quiltmaking
The Magic of Quiltmaking

by Margaret Rolfe &
Jenny Bowker
BOOK &/or
DVD
Mastering Precision Piecing
Mastering Precision Piecing
by Sally Collins
Out of Print
The Art of Classic Quiltmaking
The Art of Classic Quiltmaking
by Harriet Hargrave & Sharyn Craig

Comprehensive

Technique Specific Instruction

Make Any Block Any Size
Make Any Block Any Size

by Joen Wolfrom
Patchwork Minus Mathwork
Patchwork Minus Mathwork

by Linda Causee
Blessed Home Quilt
The Blessed Home Quilt
by Cori Derksen and Myra Harder

Piecing Tips &
Tricks Tool

Editor Liz Aneloski

Comprehensive Instructions

Hand Piecing

Also see Appliqué

Quiltmaking by Hand
Quiltmaking by Hand
by Jinny Beyer
Out of Print

101 Quilt Blocks for Hand Piecing
by Linda Causee
   

Hand Quilting & Piecing Accessories

desk needle threader
Desk Needle Threader

by Clover

Thread Heaven
Thread Conditioner & Protectant

Needle-Ez

The finest ergonomic thimble
Use with Arthiritic hands
&/OR to push through thick layers

Template
Pefect Piecer
Perfect Piecing

Use with Quiltmaking by Hand

  Binding Miter Tool
Binding Miter Tool
By Animas Quilts Publishing
     

Alex Anderson

Beginner to Advanced How-to Instruction

Spools & Cones
MasterPiece Thread Example
Superior
MasterPiece Thread

Available in 50 Colors
50 WT fine cotton
Endorsed by Alex Anderson

Piecing Tips &
Tricks Tool

Editor Liz Aneloski
w/Alex Anderson
Hand Applique
Hand Appliqué
Empecemos el Acolchado
Empecemos el Acolchado
  Paper Piecing with Alex Anderson
Paper Piecing
Start Quitling
Start Quilting - 2nd Edition
  Out of Print
Rotary Cutting
Rotary Cutting

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