Discusses equipment, fabric, tools, and techniques while offering patterns for six simple block quilts.

Fall in Love with Appliqué! Learn to add beautiful appliqué to any quilt by hand or machine. 7 charming quilts get you started. 3 hand appliqué techniques: needle-turn, raw-edged, and reverse appliqué. 3 machine appliqué techniques: invisible, raw-edged, and free-motion appliqué. From beloved teacher and TV/Internet host Alex Anderson. Beloved quilting teacher and TV personality Alex Anderson shows you how easy it is to enhance any quilt with appliquéd flowers, leaves, hearts, and other shapes.

Get scrappy with best-selling author Alex Anderson (more than 950,000 books sold!) Use your stash and your scrap bin to make 7 colorful quilts. Get in on Alex’s best scrap quilting secrets: which blocks and settings work best in scrappy quilts; how to combine fabric colors, prints, and values so your creations look exciting, not overpowering; and how to choose quilting motifs that will highlight your design. Includes complete instructions for 6 one-block scrap quilts, plus bonus sampler quilt and an inspiring gallery of 11 contemporary and antique scrap quilts. All quilts are easy enough for confident beginners.

7 fun and easy projects that kids and adults will love.

Make your first quilt a keeper with this comprehensive beginner’s guide by the host of The Quilt Show and author of All Things Quilting. Alex Anderson has inspired and educated countless quilters with her television programs, fabric lines, and numerous books. In Starting Quilting with Alex Anderson, she takes first-time quilters through every step of the quilting process. With Alex’s detailed instructions and illustrations, you will learn to plan, cut, piece, quilt, and bind a quilt. Starting Quilting with Alex Anderson features eight easy, beautiful projects. This expanded edition features new projects, more quilt sizes, and lots of helpful new tips and shortcuts. If you want to make a quilt but can't tell a rotary cutter from a seam ripper, Alex Anderson will get you quilting—and loving it—in no time!

Machine Quilting Is a Snap When Alex Shows You How! 7 exercises and 7 projects teach you everything from easy straight-line quilting to stippling to more complex motifs. Create lovely traditional quilts using the full-size quilting patterns. Alex makes it easy, with expert tips and techniques on everything from workspace setup to perfecting the quilting stitch. Who else but Alex could make machine quilting easy enough for all of us, and so much fun we can’t wait to get started? Learn to set up your space, adjust your machine, choose the right supplies, and mark and baste your quilt. And, oh, you’re going to love these gorgeous projects!

This illustrated beginner’s guide takes you through the skills, tools, and techniques you need to make your first quilt—from first step to last stitch. Alex Anderson has taught countless quilters across the world through her books and television programs. In Make Your First Quilt with Alex Anderson, she offers step-by-step instructions and illustrations designed for beginners. Alex explains the basics of quilting, such as choosing fabrics, rotary cutting, basting, quilting, and binding. For your first quilt journey, Alex teaches you how to piece classic Arkansas Crossroad blocks. With these fundamentals in place, it’s time to choose from 12 different layout options—in 4 different sizes—as you embark on your first quilt!