From planning to binding, learn the right way to do patchwork with best-selling authors from Piece O' Cake Designs. Before they taught applique, Linda Jenkins and Becky Goldsmith shared a love of piecing and they're still avid patchworkers today! Start with simple strips, squares, and half-square triangles. Then stretch your skills with diamonds, curves, and improv piecing. This visual guide to quiltmaking basics includes 10 colourful projects, skill-building techniques, and tips for fabulous fabric selection. Beginners will love this complete guide to quilting basics including sewing scant quarter-inch seams, cutting fabric that's larger than your cutting mat, sewing perfectly placed points, and more.

Author Biography

Linda Jenkins, best-selling author and celebrated quilt designer, is the other half of Piece O' Cake Designs. She developed a fine eye for color as a hair colorist, makeup artist, and beauty shop owner, which influenced her applique patterns. She lives in Buckeye, Arizona. pieceocake.com Becky Goldsmith is the co-owner of Piece O' Cake Designs quilt patterns, as well as an award-winning quilter. Her art background and interior design degree provide a perfect alliance of insight and experience for quilting. She lives in Sherman, Texas. pieceocake.com