Contents

PREFACE

A NOTE FROM HARRIET

CLASS 110

Lesson One: Setting up a sewing area

Lesson Two: Sewing machines

Lesson Three: Rotary cutters and cutting mats

Lesson Four: Ruler basics

CLASS 120

Lesson One: All about fabric

Lesson Two: Washing your fabric

Lesson Three: Preparing fabric

Lesson Four: Working properly with a ruler

Lesson Five: Cutting straight strips

CLASS 130

Lesson One: Why ¼″ seams don’t work

Lesson Two: Measuring for accuracy

Lesson Three: Sewing for accuracy

Lesson Four: Pressing for success

Lesson Five: Let’s sew!

Lesson Six: Cutting segments accurately

Lesson Seven: Your first quilts

CLASS 140

Lesson One: Upgrading your sewing area

Lesson Two: Cutting and ironing area refinements

Lesson Three: Useful gadgets

Lesson Four: The next step

CLASS 150

Lesson One: The basics of base grids

Lesson Two: Determining the grid size needed for a block

Lesson Three: Beginning drafting

Lesson Four: Making fabric mock-ups of blocks

Lesson Five: Planning a quilt layout

Lesson Six: Expanding piecing skills with Four-Patch blocks

Lesson Seven: Four-Patch quilts

CLASS 160

Lesson One: Fabric collecting basics

Lesson Two: Choosing fabrics for a quilt

Lesson Three: Constructing perfect Nine-Patch blocks

Lesson Four: Continuing with precision piecing

CLASS 170

Lesson One: Understanding terminology

Lesson Two: Reading the blocks

Lesson Three: Working through the Double Irish Chain baby quilt

Lesson Four: Combined grids

CLASS 180

Lesson One: Checking the quilt for squareness

Lesson Two: Using a ruler to straighten edges

Lesson Three: Measuring for border lengths

Lesson Four: Borders with mitered corners

CLASS 190

Lesson One: Quilt backing

Lesson Two: Preparing the quilt for binding

Lesson Three: Basic binding

Lesson Four: Quilting design ideas

YOUR FINAL

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