This is a practical guide to quilting, packed with innovative ideas and useful tips to the craft. Contains many new patterns, all with detailed diagrams and step-by-step instructions, with instructions for making and using a frame so that you can create beautiful, hand-stitched, full-sized quilts. Offers advice on selecting fabrics, mixing prints and working out measurements. Features the author's simple way to applique so that nobody need baste and press ever again, as well as instructions for a unique straight-seam method for bindings and borders. Many of the patterns are quick and easy to follow, making this book an ideal guide for both the beginner and the more experienced, busy quilter. Also includes some more challenging patterns for the more confident quilter as well as an introduction to designing original quilts, from fabric selection to the finishing touches.