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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Modern Patchwork Guide: 15 Fresh Beginner-Friendly Techniques and Quilt Block Projects for Contemporary Design

The Modern Patchwork Guide: 15 Fresh Beginner-Friendly Techniques and Quilt Block Projects for Contemporary Design

Dornsey, Edelman

Paperback

QuiltingSewingTextiles

ISBN13: 9798170193127
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 27 2026
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.73
Height: 0.29 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Fifteen chapters. Seven foundational techniques first, then eight projects that each travel from a bare cutting mat to a bound, finished piece. No prior sewing or quilting is assumed anywhere in the book, and a machine that sews a straight stitch is the only equipment you need on the first day.

The order is built on purpose. You square one genuinely true edge, sew a scant quarter inch you have actually measured and confirmed, and learn to press seams so they nest before a single block is assembled. Each project chapter then names the exact earlier chapter its construction leans on, so a skill is never asked of you before it has been taught. That is what keeps a beginner moving with confidence instead of guessing at the steps hidden inside a finished photograph.

Bare Cutting Mat to Sampler Lap Quilt

  • Rotary cutting and squaring fabric to true grain, the single quiet skill every block in the later chapters depends on
  • A scant quarter inch seam you confirm with a test unit, plus chain piecing that keeps a whole stack of pieces consistent
  • Half square and quarter square triangles built two at a time, then strip sets and gentle curves sewn without stretched edges
  • A Modern Nine Patch and a Half Square Triangle Pinwheel, each pieced, quilted, and bound into a small finished piece in one sitting
  • A Flying Geese table runner, a Churn Dash pillow, a Modern Log Cabin block, and a Simple Curves cushion to follow in turn
  • Basting, straight line quilting, and machine binding finished by hand, taught once in the finishing chapter and reused on every project
  • A Sampler Lap Quilt at the close that gathers the earlier blocks into one contemporary top with room to breathe

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