num_pages: 600
description: Its not your grandmothers quilt world anymore. Quilting today is a phenomenally popular hobby artform and business often rolled into one that attracts 21 million avid quilters who spend $2.27 billion annually on their passion. There are 2500 quilt shops around the country popular television series guilds Web sites and national fairsone in Houston draws 50000 visitors each year.Meg Cox a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal  is one of the obsessive new quilters and in The Quilter's Catalog  she draws on all her skills as a journalist to write the essential resource for contemporary quilters. Heres the low-down on computer-driven sewing machines innovative rotary cutters longarms. New and old techniques from how to dye your own fabric to cutting-edge digital photo-transfer. Profiles of the twenty top quilting teachers televisions Alex Anderson Esterita Austin and her award-winning landscape quilts Ruth McDowell known for her bravura technique. Who makes the best fabrics and how to find them. A complete resource guide to the best Web sites online groups books patterns stores shows challenges. And a look at the new world of its sense of community its opportunities for business its controversies (hand-sewn vs. machine-sewn) its attractionsquilting is easy portable friendly therapeutic often profitable and the perfect way to mark a milestone.The book includes 12 step-by-step projects from key teachersa crib quilt bed quilts quilted ornamentsand instructions on how to hang store or ship a quilt.
language: English
title: The Quilter's Catalog: A Comprehensive Resource Guide
publisher: Workman Publishing Company