A Year of Quilting: A Block for Every Week by Debbie Shore Paperback Book

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The ultimate week-by-week quilt-along companion from best-selling sewing author Debbie Shore and quilting expert Melissa Nayler: learn how to create 52 unique blocks – one for every week of the year – then combine them into a stunning patchwork quilt.

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The ultimate week-by-week quilt-along companion from best-selling sewing author Debbie Shore and quilting expert Melissa Nayler: learn how to create 52 unique blocks – one for every week of the year – then combine them into a stunning patchwork quilt.Follow the book from start to finish to create a stunning, harmonious quilt using all the block designs, or dip in and out, experiment with the techniques and then mix and match your favourite blocks to create your own unique creation. The book features:An inspiring variety of quilting techniques – from simple machine piecing and appliqué to foundation paper piecing, every block explores a different patchwork and/or quilting method.Simple instructions, perfect for beginners - each unique block is accompanied by easy-to-follow instructions, clear photography and full-size templates.All the patchwork and quilting techniques needed – from piecing your initial shapes right through to binding your finished quilt.Matching, bonus projects - if you're looking to make items to match your quilt, Debbie has shared ideas on how to transform individual blocks into homewares and accessories, including pillows, pouches and placemats. This book is inspired by Debbie and Melissa's incredibly popular Block of the Month quilt-along from the award-winning Half Yard Sewing Club:

Author Biography

Debbie Shore is a best-selling and award-winning author. She began her career as a children's television presenter and since then has appeared regularly as an actress in various popular dramas and as a presenter on shopping channels. Debbie has developed her own range of fabrics, designed her own patterns, writes for several popular sewing magazine and has written over 30 books for Search Press with several more underway. She is the winner of Craft Influencer of the Year 2020 in the Craft Business Awards, and Social Media Influencer of the Year 2019 in the British Sewing Awards.Debbie has over 230,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel, which has over 30 million views. In 2018, Debbie launched her Half Yard Sewing Club, a monthly subscription service based on the mega-selling Half Yard™ series, and won the 2019 IPG Digital Publishing Award. For more details about the club Debbie lives in Lincolnshire, UK. Visit her website: Melissa Nayler is an avid quilter and sewist, and has been sewing seriously since her teens. For several years and in her spare time, she worked on mainly dressmaking projects, until her move to Bude in Cornwall, UK, changed her direction in sewing. Melissa discovered patchwork and quilting while volunteering at the local Citizens Advice Bureau, and became hooked before she'd even sewn a stitch.When Melissa retired in 2014, she contacted Debbie Shore to offer her sewing skills for making samples for her TV shows. It was at the time when Debbie was really busy with TV demonstrations, and she was delighted to have some help. Over the past 10 years Debbie and Melissa developed a great friendship, and Melissa and Debbie have collaborated on several quilting projects, including the Block of the Month Quilts on Debbie's award-winning Half Yard Sewing Club.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTIONBEFORE YOU BEGINREQUIREMENTS KEY TECHNIQUESHand stitchesMachine stitchesChain piecingMachine piecing - Square Triangles, Half Rectangle Triangles, Flying Geese, Crazy Patchwork, Checkerboard, Log Cabin, Dresden Plate, Square within a Square, Curved PiecingAppliqué - Applying Shapes in an Order, Raw-edge Appliqué, Needleturn Appliqué, Appliqué with Card, Appliqué with Freezer Paper, Appliqué with Interfacing, Broderie Perse, Reverse Appliqué, Bias & Straight StripsEnglish Paper PiecingFoundation Paper PiecingASSEMBLY, QUILTING & FINISHINGQuilt layoutQuilt assemblyQuilt sandwichQuiltingBindingBLOCKSWeek 1: Flying Geese 1Week 2: Heart 1Week 3: Star 1Week 4: Small Flower 1Week 5: Heart 2Week 6: Bird 1Week 7: Star 2Week 8: Log Cabin 1Week 9: Centre Panel 1Week 10: Heart 3Week 11: Large Pieced Block 1Week 12: Heart 4Week 13: Star 3Week 14: Bird 2Week 15: Dresden 1Week 16: Star 4Week 17: Tall Flower 1Week 18: Heart 5Week 19: English Paper Piecing 1Week 20: Small Flower 2Week 21: Small Flower 3Week 22: Tall Bird 1Week 23: Star 5Week 24: Tall Flower 2Week 25: Bird 3Week 26: Small Flower 4Week 27: Curved Piecing 1 Week 28: Heart 6Week 29: Basket 1Week 30: Flying Geese 2Week 31: Star 6Week 32: Star 7Week 33: Log Cabin 2Week 34: Heart 7Week 35: Large Pieced Block 2Week 36: Flying Geese 3Week 37: Bird 4Week 38: Heart 8Week 39: Tall Flower 3Week 40: Basket 2Week 41: Dresden 2Week 42: Star 8Week 43: Small Flower 5Week 44: Bird 5Week 45: Basket 3Week 46: Flying Geese 4Week 47: English Paper Piecing 2Week 48: Tall Flower 4Week 49: Centre Panel 2Week 50: Basket 4Week 51: Tall Bird 2Week 52: Curved Piecing 2INSPIRATIONAL BLOCKSTEMPLATES

Review

This cozy guide from Shore (Half Yard Autumn) and Nayler details how to create 52 fabric blocks that can be assembled into a large quilt. Writing for beginners, the authors recommend tools (rotary cutters "are useful for cutting around curves") and show how to make blanket, overcast, running, and slip stitches. The blocks build on each other, with techniques from simple early designs later recurring in more creative configurations. For instance, week one's flying geese design is incorporated into the upper-left-hand corner of week six's "Bird 1" square, which is otherwise filled out by a half log cabin design, and week 26's "Small Flower 4" square, in which the triangular "geese" are arrayed around a heart. Several blocks take inspiration from nature, such as the "tall bird," created by sewing a triangular beak and teardrop wing on a half-circle, and the "tall flower," which features an octagonal flower head with applique leaves. The authors also provide thorough instructions for assembling the blocks and attaching them, either by hand or sewing machine, onto quilt backing. The one-block-per-week conceit will help novices ease into the craft while learning a variety of design strategies. This is well worth seeking out.  * Publishers Weekly *

Details ISBN1800920466 Author Melissa Nayler Publisher Search Press Ltd Year 2024 ISBN-13 9781800920460 Format Paperback Imprint Search Press Ltd Place of Publication Tunbridge Wells Country of Publication United Kingdom Audience General Pages 176 ISBN-10 1800920466 Subtitle A Block for Every Week Publication Date 2024-12-13 Illustrations 352 Illustrations, color UK Release Date 2024-12-13 We've got this

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