{ "item_title" : "Sewing Your First Quilt", "item_author" : [" Emery Waelchi "], "item_description" : "The rotary cutter is sharp. The mat is set up. The cotton is pre-washed and folded on the cutting table. Every time you sit down to begin, something more pressing appears, because there is a genuine gap between the quilt you have been picturing and a finished, flat, properly bound piece on a bed, and nobody has spelled out clearly how to close it. This book closes that gap, one graded project at a time, in the sequence that actually teaches you to think and work like a quilter. From Nine-Patch to Full Lap QuiltSet up a cutting station, choose 100% quilting cotton, and make your first accurate stripAchieve a true quarter-inch seam allowance and understand why a sixteenth of an inch compoundsBuild half-square triangle units using the two-at-a-time method, then trim every one to sizeConstruct nine-patch, pinwheel, star, and log cabin blocks from a single shared skill setLayer the quilt sandwich, baste it correctly, and stitch all three layers flat with a walking footApply double-fold binding with mitered corners and a hand slip-stitch finish on the backComplete 20 graded projects from a simple nine-patch pot holder to a sampler wall hangingThe chapters on sandwich assembly, machine quilting, and binding each run to their full depth, including what goes wrong and why. These are the stages where most first quilts stall. Precision Built Project by ProjectPressing direction and seam nesting explained before the first block intersection is sewnBatting types, basting density, and the sandwich mistakes that quilts never recover fromValue, grain direction, and print scale covered before any fabric goes under the rotaryStage-by-stage troubleshooting for every cutting, piecing, quilting, and binding problemThe twenty projects are not decoration. Each one builds the skill the next depends on, so that the full-size lap quilts and throws in the final chapter become achievable rather than optimistic. The materials list is on the first project page. Turn to it, and your first properly pressed seam is a few hours from now.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers4.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/9/79/818/201/9798182014823_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "23.99", "online_price" : "23.99", "our_price" : "23.99", "club_price" : "23.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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