Machine Quilting Made Easy

Machine Quilting Made Easy

by: Maurine Noble

Topics include: freehand quilting, your walking foot, braiding foot, move the quilt, quilt sandwich, invisible nylon thread, darning foot, decorative threads, bobbin case, embroidery foot, tension disk, stitch length, twin needles, quilt top, quilting lines, decorative stitch, top tension, presser foot, bobbin threads, polyester batting, machine quilt, thread tension, your quilt, zigzag stitch, your sewing machine

Book Description:

Editorial Reviews Book Description -- At last! Machine Quilting Made Easy makes learning to machine quilt easy and fun. Get familiar with the basics as you do the exercises; then use the samples you make as handy references. . Learn to machine quilt with sixteen lessons in straight-line quilting with a walking foot, freehand quilting with a darning foot, quilting with decorative threads, and more . Includes five comprehensive charts for selecting needles, thread, and batting . Find guidelines for planning quilts and basic techniques for finishing quilts

About the Author -- Three-time That Patchwork Place author Maurine Noble teaches machine-quilting and applique classes nationwide. Machine Quilting Made Easy has sold more than 150,000 copies to date.

Easy instructions for the quilting impaired! -- I'm a self taught quilter who had almost given up on machine quilting! Ms. Nobles walks the reader through the process of various types of quilting patterns with step-by-step instructions. She privdes the reader with information on needle types, use of different threads. What I appreciated most was that the book encouraged me to continue to work on new techniques and not give up when I didn't master it the first time. This book has greatly enchanced my quilting skills!

Reviews:

Excellent BEGINNING Machine Quilter Resource -- If you can only get 5 books to teach you all about quilting, this should be one of the 5. It is an excellent source for a new to quilting-TOTALLY beginner. As the other reviews here say, if you have some machine quilting under your belt (hands) than this will somewhat be redundant. The way the book is laid out and written is superb. Easy to understand in laymans terms, very good glossary and again as mentioned in one other review, the thread and needle charts are very good and pertinent to continuing up the ladder in machine quilting. This book gives you step by step detailed instruction like following a pattern. The pictures are clear and just what she is talking about, you don't have to decipher anything. If you know someone who is wanting to start machine quilting or you are going to self-teach yourself this art. This is the book to buy.

Good beginning machine quilting book -- Machine quilting takes practice... This book presents the beginnner good exercises to start on the journey of learning how to machine quilt..however,if you have already done some machine quilting, and are not a brand new beginner, don't bother to buy this book..buy Harriet Hargrove's book, or Sue Nickel's book, or Diane Gaudynski's book to really help you in learning free motion quilting beyond the basics.

One of the First Books to Buy When You Start Quilting -- While this book is not for an experienced quilter, it is perfect for the first timer. This is a book to learn from and while it doesn't have many patterns, the ones it does have are quite good. The beauty of this book is that they have covered everything, even including a chart with every major thread type along with an evaluation of the thread use. The pictures are not elaborate yet they allow you to understand exactly what you need to. A good reference/source book with step by step instructions for all of the techniques. Excellent. Very helpful book! -- I thought I could never learn to machine quilt, but this book lives up to its name--Machine Quilting MADE EASY. I bought it when it was new and refer to it over and over. There are easy-to-understand directions, fun exercises to practice on, and charts of needles that go with specific threads. The author is very encouraging that all it takes is practice and YOU CAN DO IT, TOO!