Tips for Quilting

     
     Developed by the staff of a prominent quilt, craft, and fabric store in Lancaster, Pa, comes a handbook for anyone interested in quilting filled with hints, shortcuts, timesaving techniques, and tricks of the trade. Gathered from The Old Country Store's thousands of online customers—experienced quilters from across the country and around the world.

     
     This handbook for anyone interested in quilting, is full of hints, shortcuts, and practical know-how from experienced quilters. Reading it is like quilting beside an expert quilter and a trusted friend! The quilting experts at The Old Country Store, named "One of the 10 best quilt shops in the United States" by Better Homes and Gardens' Quilt Sampler Magazine, have assembled wisdom from a premiere group of thousands of quilters -- those women who have perfected precise piecing, who know how to prevent thread from knotting, who continually experiment with new batting, new tools, new techniques.

     From selecting fabric to hand quilting and machine quilting, to embellishments and new technology, this handbook offers candid and clear hints and tricks of the trade that are of value for the novice and experienced quiltmaker alike. Previous edition sold more than 200,000 copies. "This is a collection of tips for those who may not think they need them! Recommended."—Booklist