Amie Petronis Plumley and Andria Lisle are the authors of Sewing School ®, Sewing School ®2, and Sewing School ®Quilts. Plumley is an elementary school teacher in Memphis, Tennessee, where she inspires students to sew in the classroom, in an after-school sewing club, and at a wildly popular summer sewing camp. Lisle is cultural curator at Fourth Bluff in downtown Memphis, part of the national initiative Reimagining the Civic Commons. They blog together at sewingschool.blogspot.com.
A Note to You from the Authors
About This Book: An Introduction for Adults
Getting Started
Welcome to Sewing School Quilts
Lesson 1: How to Use this Book
Lesson 2: Anatomy of a Quilt
Lesson 3: In Your Sewing Kit
Lesson 4: Quilting Rules
Lesson 5: Finding Out about Fabric
Lesson 6: Get to Know Batting
Lesson 7: Math + Quilts
Lesson 8: Pattern Play
Lesson 9: Making a Quilt Top
Lesson 10: How to Bind a Quilt
Lesson 11: Time to Quilt
Art Quilts
Embroidery 101
Personal Placemat
Cozy eCover
Selfie Quilt
Foundation Piecing
Foundation Piecing 101
Scrappy Journal
Tiny Treasures Pouch
I Spy Quilt
Patchwork
Patchwork 101
Patches the Dog
Pet Mat
Waterfall Quilt
Appliqué
Appliqué 101
Family Crest
Fabric Story
Say Anything Quilt
Recycled
Recycled Fabrics 101
Pocket Tic-Tac-Toe
Stuff I Wore Mat
T-Shirt Quilt
10 Uses for Quilts
Skill Builder 1: Machine-Sewing Skills
Skill Builder 2: Hand-Sewing Skills
Skill Builder 3: Oops!
Look It Up: Quilting Dictionary
Index
The best-selling children's sewing series now invites kids ages 8 to 12 to discover the fulfilling fun of patchwork quilting. Step-by-step photos show every stage of the techniques and projects