A Beginner’s Guide to Quilting is Here! Enter to Win a Free Signed Copy

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Update: this giveaway is now closed. The winners of the Week 1 giveaway were Roni and Shelly M.

Look what just arrived at my door! A big box with my 25 author’s copies of A Beginner’s Guide to Quilting.
I’m celebrating the new book by giving away two signed copies this week to you, dear readers, and two more copies every week through the middle of November.
To enter your name in the giveaway, just scroll down to the bottom of this post and enter a comment. (If this is your first time commenting, don’t worry if your comment doesn’t appear instantly. It will appear after it goes through our spam filter. We approve all comments from real people.)
This week’s winners will be chosen at random from all entries received by Friday, October 26.

Get 30% off on the spiral bound version today — this price won’t last!

I asked my publisher how long the discount would last, and they were surprised to learn that there was any discount at all, because the special price was supposed to be for preorders only.
But I checked just now, and the book is still 30% off! So rush over to grab your copy before the price goes up.

What’s in the Book?

Quilts, of course! This video shows some of the beautiful quilts you can make with the patterns and instructions in the book.

That’s not all. Everything you need to know about making quilts for yourself, your friends, and your family is right here:

  • An overview of quilting through the centuries and popular styles of quilting you may want to try.
  • An illustrated list of all the tools and supplies you’ll need.
  • Complete photo tutorials that guide you through every step of making a quilt from start to finish.
  • Five easy (and beautiful!) patterns you can make right away: table toppers, lap quilts, and baby quilts.
  • Lie-flat spiral binding, so you can put the book right next to your sewing machine and refer to it while you quilt.
  • Front and back book flaps to keep your place if you need to close the book.
  • Four bonus preprinted fabric quilt labels, ready to sign and sew to the back of your quilts.
  • Four bonus quilt block tutorials for favorite blocks you’ll want to make over and over.
  • Two bonus quilting needles.

Photo Gallery of quilts from the book

 

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133 Comments

  1. Having this book would be special indeed! It would be great to sew and learn more, also I have a neighbor who I can share this book with. She is interested in how to sew quilts and has six children she would like to make quilts for.

  2. I am learning to quilt by participating in our Piecemakers group at my church. I would love to have your book to help in my learning process.

  3. I guess I will sound like a broken record but, I could sincerely use a copy of this book! I’m recently disabled and hence retired from a high-energy albeit high stress job. My husband gifted me with a new sewing machine but I need all the help I can get in order to get started on a new passion that is out of public service

  4. I just starting quilting and made my first rag quilt! Looking forward to learning more about quilting your book looks amazing! Would love to receive a free copy. I am retired funds are limited. Thanks so much for offering your new book!
    Hoping to receive the book and learn so much more!

  5. I am new to quilting. I haven’t sewn a stitch since home ec 40 years ago. I’ve been watching a lot of tutorials. Reading a lot of blogs. Yours is the first one I’ve found that is the most comprehensive to me, easy to understand and follow. I feel I’m finally learning something and gaining confidence. Thank you.

  6. After becoming disabled and loosing a job I Loved. Looking after Severely disabled young Adults.. I started to learn quilting to help me come to terms with my house looking like my work and the Tables being Turned to being the one cared for. And My Children looking after me on my Bad days..
    Would love this book and will see if I can find it on kindle or locally when I have money or maybe a Birthday present.
    I’m enjoying Learning new skills and trying to keep my mind going and you have some Amazing books!! ❤️

  7. I have so much to learn about quilting and this amazing book is exactly what I need to start making all the wonderful projects I see on your site. I’m hoping I’m one of the lucky winners. Love this site and all the creative makings that you show all of us. Thank you for caring about those of us that need help in learning how to quilt.

  8. I would love to own this exciting new quilting book! I’m ready to dig in and start a quilting project but don’t know how or where to begin. Your project are adorable, I truly would like to understand to entirenprocess! Thank you

  9. I have a copy of the first book. I sure would love the new one. I’m a new quilter and have much to learn.

  10. I have your quilting book which is wonderful! That book makes it so easy to create something so cozy and familiar.

  11. What a fab gift. Perfect for my 6 yr old granddaughter who spends hours at my sewing machine dreaming up new creations….

  12. I retired last year and began sewing again. My new passion is quilting and I have so much to learn. This book would help me along the way and bring such joy to my heart. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

  13. I am already on your mailing list, but I’d love to win a copy of the book! I just moved into a new (to me!) home and am looking forward to doing a lot more quilting!

  14. I am already on your email list .I love this book,it has so much information in it for a new quilter and I think that I would learn so much about quilting and break some of my bad habits and learn how to do it right.I hope that I get picked for the book.Thank you.

  15. What a great addition to ones quilting library and a wealth of helpful information for every quilter at every level. Thank you for the opportunity to be in a drawing for such a prize as well as your generous sharing of your projects with us.

  16. This book looks amazing!! I love looking at all the different ways to quilt – I’m a beginner so it’s nice to see pictures and have instructions.

  17. I could really use this book, I’m trying to teach myself to quilt using Utube videos and there’s so many things I have no idea how to do. I try to keep it simple. Thank you for having this wonderful give away. I also plan to share it with my daughter. She’s in Law Enforcement and is trying to learn to quilt also as a stress reliever.

  18. This looks like a great book; I love that it’s spiral-bound and will lie flat opened! I love the table runner patterns. Beautiful photos. Thanks for the opportunity to win!

  19. There is so much I need to learn and can be so frustrating going about things the wrong way. I do so want to learn to quilt from the beginning

  20. I am just starting to learn how to quilt and I do not know where to begin. This book would be a wonderful help! I would love to win this book!

  21. I am just learning to quilt. I’ve been sick and have not gotten much sewing done, but hope to get back to my sewing room soon and continue learning to quilt. I have several unfinished projects I want to finish!! I would love to win this book as I begin my quilting adventure!!

    Pam Stream

  22. Would love one of these books. I am trying to get all the knowledge of quilting that I can. I am a true beginner and am having trouble finding easy quilts to start with.

  23. I just discovered your blog through Pinterest. Love it, I am a Newbie and would definitely benefit from your book. its would be so helpful. Thanks for your generosity!

  24. This book would be great for me. I have MS and a lady I meant a year ago recently started to come to my home to help me learn to quilt. I know a lot of beginners would love to win. If I am not a winner I will save my funds to purchase from Amazon. Fixed income, senior citizen. Thank you!

  25. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this opportunity to win this book!! I am desperate to quilt, i think i need quilting for dummies, lol! Thanks bunches for the chance!

  26. I’d love to win this book. I’ve recently started quilting and this book looks like just what I need. Getting help from friends is nice but they are so far ahead of me. I would enjoy being able to take my time and learn at my own pace.

  27. (Second attempt to leave a comment.) I’d love to has this beginning quilting book. I’m sure there are many hints on how to make a lovely quilt.

  28. This sounds like an awesome book to have and because I am a beginner I’m sure this would helpe to complete my 1st quilt. So far it’s been trial and error..more errors than trial… and watching tons of videos. They make it look so easy to do bit I have discovered there is more to it than they show. So I believe this book will definitely help

  29. I am delighted to welcome new Quilters into the “fold”. Quilting has been a”Godsend”for me and hopefully for others too. This beginners quilting book looks like just the perfect beginning for a new Quilters. I would love to be able to give it to my next “new quilting” friend.

  30. I am pretty new to quilting and am having a difficult time with it! I’d love to have your book to show me exactly how to manage the process without getting frustrated. Thank you

  31. I am a beginner and am trying to put together a small star quilt, my grandmother and friends had put together the stars and I have tried to make a square out of them, then put sashing around, but each square isn’t square so it’s going to me an interesting one when completed. I think this book would be a great help to me. Thank you

  32. I would love to win this book to get a good foundation for learning the quilting terms and working on one of the beautiful quilts featured
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  33. Quilting is something that I’ve just started doing and I love it

    I’ve sewn for many many years so I’m familiar with a sewing machine and quilting is a whole different, fab way to use my machine.

    The book looks fab

  34. This book sounds like it would really help me to learn all I need to know to help me become the quilter I so desire. And the fact that it is in a spiral bound book will make following each step so awesome. I really hope I win
    Rae Robins

  35. Started some 20 odd years ago with quilting and now I have the time again to pick up quilting I feel like a beginner again so sure hope I am lucky to win this book.

  36. I would love to have this book and would order it but being on a fixed income I have to choose carefully what I purchase. And right now my purchases will be for the essential tools needed to start my first quilt and the materials. Thank you for the chance to win this wonderful book.

  37. It appears this would be a great reference book to build my quilting skill.This book will blend well with my love of fabric!

  38. Would love to have the book as I am also a beginner quilter and can just imagine what I can learn from the book.

  39. diannebaker8@gmail.com

    I have started making quilts for my grandchildren this year and have been getting information from the internet, people at the material shops and anyone that I can get help from. This book looks like it would be a great help to me. Thank you for an opportunity to win it! Dianne Baker

  40. Thanks so much for the chance to win one of your new books! I consider myself a bit better than a beginner, but I certainly don’t know it all and would love the chance to learn more about quilting! I especially like the patriotic table runner (I’m an Army vet.) and the Christmas colors quilt! (My favorite holiday!! 🙂 ) Blessings to you and yours!

  41. This would be a wonderful volume for a friend recovering from cancer. Even if she never makes a quilt, simply holding the book with new & interesting pictures while her 4 year old son snuggles would be so neat! It would be another step toward LIFE again!

  42. This book sounds like it would help me to learn all I need to know to start quilting. Knowing that it is spiral bound will make following each step much easier!
    My fingers are crossed that I might win one!

  43. I AM a beginning quilter. I have been a sewer for many years but have never ventured into quilting until recently. Would love to win this book!

  44. I would really enjoy having a book like this so that I can do different projects. I have made a few quilts but would really like to be better.

  45. I’ve sewn all my life but am very very new to quilting and need help! Lots of it. Simple, easy to follow, clear instructions. Now I have the chance for help. I inow I live over the pond but you have a great tradition of quilting over there and would love your book.

  46. I am in search of a good beginner’s guide to become the quilter I want to be. It looks like I have found it! There are lots of great quilts I’d like to try!

  47. I have been wanting to learn to quilt for years but have been afraid of starting. I have material, supplies and a new sewing machine that will be one year old Christmas. Help!?!?

  48. Now that I am retired, I have the time to learn to quilt. I have been teaching myself to quilt via the Internet and various publications. “A Beginner’s Guide to Quilting” would be a great reference for me. The quilts featured in the book are beautiful and inspiring. Thank you for the opportunity to win a copy.

  49. One of my grown daughters (she’s 40) has finally expressed an interest in learning to sew & quilt. (Thank the Lord). This book would be a wonderful Christmas gift for her.

  50. I am so new to quilting but have already both fallen in love with it and managed to have some epic fails. I would love this book!

  51. I would love tohave this book. Many quilt books this book sounds great!and patterns assume beginners know more than we actually do! We need to learn the basic skills.

  52. This book sounds like it’s a really great book. I would love to win it and I am putting my name in. I know people think I’m crazy starting to quilted my age but I love to crochet and I love to try to quilt. Thank you so much for this opportunity.

  53. I would love to win this book. I’ve tried so many times to sew, but for some reason I always have a hard time with it. I do more ripping then I do sewing.
    Thanks for the chance to win the book.
    Kathy H

  54. I have a friend who is just learning to quilt and I would love to give this to her! Love your webpage ❤️

  55. I would love to have a copy of the book. I am always asking my daughter-in-law questions for which she says are never dumb as I think they are.

  56. Wanted to learn to quilt for a log time Just starting to gather some fabric stashes & equipment Ĺooking for a book for guidance This may be it

  57. I would love to do quilts with more than squares, so would love to have a copy to learn more! Ty for this great give away!

  58. I enjoy piecing the top, but the quilting can be intimidating to me. Although I’ve made 6-8 quilts, there is so much more I would like to learn. I would love to have one of your books.

  59. This book is just what I have been looking for! I am a new quilter. I have always wanted to quilt but was intimidated because it seemed so complicated. My new mother-in-law made such beautiful quilts and agreed to teach me everything she knew. Sadly, after just 6 months of marriage she passed away unexpectedly. I want to carry on quilting for our family in her memory. Thank you so much for making this book to help me learn what she did not get to teach me.

  60. I’m not new to sewing so quilt tops are not hard for me. It’s the quilting that stops me in my tracks!

  61. This book would surely help a newbie quilter like myself. So glad they make books like this. Thank you for the chance to win.

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