A Beginner's Guide
to Quilting
learn how to quilt

Unlock the Secrets of creating a beautiful quilt using this simple 9 step system. Amaze your friends with your creativity.

Learn all of the tips, tricks and shortcuts in this easy-to-read guide.

The Machine Quilting
Adventure

The Machine Quilting Adventure

Discover the secrets for beautiful machine quilting using your home sewing machine by simply watching this video on your TV or computer. Watch every step in making this beautiful quilt beginning with choosing your fabric and ending with signing it so future generations know you made it.

What Quilters
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"I really found your book to be easy to follow and it made my first 3 quilts (which were table runners) a snap to make. The binding instructions were especially helpful. I've attached a picture of one of the runners I made. I ended up giving all three away for Christmas presents, so I only get to enjoy them when I go visiting, but it was fun anyway!! Thanks for all the help."

Juli Farley,
Waco, Nebraska

"The Beginner's Guide resolved the issues with those seemingly difficult mitered corners. After receiving the guide and following the instructions carefully mitered corners are no longer a challenge."

Jona Maynard,
Grifton North Carolina

"I read the whole book in one sitting because I was so excited to get started. Plus, it was easy to read and was very informative. I have already put together a small quilt for practice, and working on my second one. It takes me a little longer mainly because not only am I a beginner quilter but also a beginner sewer!! :) Thanks for all the extra reports too, they were very helpful to me."

Stephanie Kelly,
Loveland, Colorado

"I just love how easy it is to follow - it starts at the VERY beginning and covers everything you would need to know. I like that you repeatedly guide me to HAVE FUN with it.

I've got this crazy design for my son's quilt that I JUST LOVE! I'm sort of a control freak, and having your "permission" to have fun kept me from being so particular about a specific pattern."


Kathy Kilgannon,
Berryville, Virginia

"Dear Penny,

I read through the How to Quilt, I was amazed how easy each step of quilting was explained in detail. I started on my first quilt, and in the process of putting this together. I am having so much fun doing this.

Thank you so very much, and I look forward to my finished quilt."


Carol Barbieri,
Stockton, California

"I have both A Beginner's Guide to Quilting and How to Bind by Penny at how-to-quilt.com and I am finding them both very useful. I had the How to Bind first and used it on my very first quilt and it made binding the quilt so easy. The instructions are very clear and easy to understand. I got the binding on and looking great the first try.

I am in the middle of making a quilt for my husband in his football teams' colours. I am using Penny's A Beginner's Guide to Quilting to help me with piecing of the quilt and I am finding it a very handy reference tool with hints on putting together the blocks. As this is only my second quilt I need all the help I can get and I am finding it in "A Beginner's Guide to Quilting". I highly recommend this book to everyone. "


Pam Holloway,
South Australia, Australia

"I really loved your DVD, I have watched it through once and plan on going through it again. It is so nice to see things close up and get a clear explanation of the project. "

Gayle Leone,
Salem, New Hampshire

"What I liked best about the DVD mentor is that you could WATCH Penny (over, and over, and over, sometimes..) and refer to the manual as needed. It has proven to be a great resource for me."

Liz Pilon,
Cheboygan, Michigan

"I thought that the Robins nest DVDs are a great help to someone like myself who has never quilted before. I especially like the way you describe everything in such detail, and all the close ups are just wonderful, I watched all the DVD's and thought that I can do this, well not quite, but I have made a small cot size for my best friend Tiny (dog) and it came out quit well with only one mistake.

Penny you have done a wonderful job on the DVD's and I would highly recommend for any would be quilter to have a look at the DVD's first. I have learnt a lot from them, without them I would not of started Quilting. Thank you so much for all you input, and keep up your good work. "


Kindest regards,
Inge K., NSW, Australia

Give Me 10 Minutes and I will Show You How to Make Your
Greetings So Memorable that Your Family and Friends will be
Talking about it (and your talents) For Years

Everyone loves to get unusual mail, and quilters have been sending fabric postcards through the mail for years.

Now you can learn how to make

Photo Fabric Postcard

Surprise your family and friends by sending a fabric postcard through the mail. These are so easy to make, you can send them instead of your traditional holiday cards.

This guide shows you step-by-step how to make a fabric postcard, and you get all of the post office regulations so you know exactly how to mail yours.

In this Guide, you will see how to:

  • Transfer your favorite photograph to fabric using your computer printer
  • Add a simple pieced border, giving your postcard a “real quilt” look
  • Create a backing complete with message and address block. Hand write your message and address, or print it on the computer – you choose!
  • Add the perfect custom binding to complete the card and make this a treasure they will keep for years.

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Pieced Heart Fabric Postcard

Any holiday is perfect for a fabric postcard - or no holiday at all - just make one and drop it in the mail to say "Hi!"

Your family and friends will love you for it, and be amazed at your thoughtfulness and daring.

This pieced heart has the Scandinavian heart look, and is a conversation piece whether it arrives on Valentines’ Day, Mothers’ Day, an Anniversary, Wedding, Birthday, or is a simple wish for a Happy Day.

This step-by-step Guide with full-color photographs, shows you how to:

  • Strip piece the top half of the heart, avoiding all of those tiny squares and making the corners perfect
  • Create the stripes for the border pieces without making diamonds or other bias shapes
  • Add the cornerstones to create an interesting frame for your heart
  • Create a backing complete with message and address block. Hand write your message and address, or print it on the computer – you choose!
  • Add the perfect custom binding to complete the card and make this a treasure they will keep for years.

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Turkey in the Straw

Send tiny fabric postcard thanks to our troops or your family and friends.

This Turkey in the Straw quilt block pattern would be almost impossible to create in postcard size using traditional patchwork piecing methods.

But, with paper piecing, this tiny block will be perfect, and so easy to make. This guide shows you:

  • Step-by-step how to sew a 3 inch square paper pieced (foundation pieced) Turkey in the Straw quilt block with perfect diamond points and square corners
  • How to add side borders to the square to make it postcard size
  • How to add batting and a backing so your postcard is ready to mail
  • How to knife-edge bind the postcard, leaving your friends wondering how you got everything facing the right direction

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