Gain the know-how you need to read, load and finish quilts with confidence on a longarm quilting machine.
Purchasing a longarm quilting machine is a significant investment for quilters. They need a guide to get them started, and we’ve created the ideal book for those individuals who have just purchased their longarm quilting machines and want to forge confidently ahead. Author Teresa Silva knows exactly what it’s like to stand as a newbie before a longarm machine and what steps it takes to go from novice to successful quilter. She walks you what you need to know to start beautifully finishing your own quilts and even quilts for others. This book will cover machine basics as well as how to layer and load your quilts, but its strong suit is getting you stitching, helping read the quilt designs and determine the best longarm design to stitch on each top you tackle. Published with a spiral binding for easy reference and convenience, the book will sit open at the ready while your hands are otherwise occupied. AUTHOR: A self-taught longarm quilter, Teresa Silva has been a quilter for over 24 years and bought her own longarm about 5 years ago. She learned how to quilt by practicing drawing first then taking it to the longarm. Her quilt blog is called Quiltingismybliss.blogspot.com and through that blog and her knack for longarming, she has connected with and longarmed for Julie Herman of Jaybird Quilts, Natalie Barnes of Beyond the Reef, John Adams, Tula Pink, Carl Hentsch of 3 Dog Design and Gudrun Erla of GE Designs, among many others. Her work has appeared in quilting books and has also been showcased at several Quilt Markets. Recently she longarmed a quilt for Stash in Walla Walla, WA which was featured on the cover of the Spring 2014 Quilt Sampler magazine. Teresa has quilted more than 800 quilts since she started her journey in January of 2011. SELLING POINTS:
New Longarm Machines Now Available: Longarm machines are more accessible and more affordable than ever before! Go from novice to successful longarm quilter with this complete guide covering every detail from thread selection and loading the quilt to planning a design and sewing textured stitches.
Easy-To-Use Binding: Handy stay-flat spiral binding makes working at your machine a breeze!
Beautiful Longarm Gallery: Includes an inspiring gallery of longarmed quilts showing countless ways to use the stitch lessons learned to achieve stunning finished quilting. 500 colour and 200 B/W photos
