• This book is designed for a beginning quilter, yet includes Design Diversity sections to challenge those with more experience
• Nancy provides all quilters with a solid foundation in the fundamentals of quiltmaking, including an introduction to tools and supplies, and techniques you will use over and over
• The helpful hints throughout the book ensure success every time
• 144 pages

• Selecting and rotary-cutting fabrics; stitching and subcutting stratas
• Chain piecing sections to form 4-patch and 9-patch blocks
• Starting with a center block and adding "logs" to create novel patchwork designs
• Achieving the look of triangles without cutting a single one: making half-square and quarter-square triangles and blocks
• Making simple coloration changes to create nearly endless design variations
• Designing/sewing quilt blocks including Triple Rail Fence, Courthouse Steps, Uneven Log Cabin, Friendship Star, Flying Geese, Windmill, Snowball, Shoo Fly, Ohio Star, and Bow Tie
• Sewing eight easy quilted projects
• 90 minute DVD with closed captioning

Quilting with Confidence Part 1:
Learn quilting basics and shortcuts that speed and simplify quilting.

• If you're a "wanna-be" quilter, this mini-series is for you. cutting hundreds of individual patchwork pieces can be a thing of the past. Learn Nancy's quick techniques for working with strips of fabric to create the basis for many popular quilting designs.

• Host Nancy Zieman inspires you to explore the popular log cabin quilt block and its many variations. She illustrates how to make the basic block, then creates totally different looks by combining blocks, ensuring success for beginners as well as experienced quilters.

• Learn Nancy's confidence building steps to create quilts with ease. she creates triangles from basic squares, then joins them to craft a myriad of designs. Nancy also shares easy quilt finishing techniques that can turn a novice quilter into a confident quilter.

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