This guide appeals to both beginner to advanced quilters who enjoy designing and making quilts. Author Louise Papas includes sections on how to get started, choosing your fabric, and the tools you need including thread, needles, scissors, sandpaper boards, and more! Also included are sections on how to make a template, hand piecing, and appliqué. Features 14 projects - 8 quilts including: a gelato, a repeat block quilt with different center squares; besties, a friendship quilt based on an old idea of collecting embroidered signatures; and upper courtyard, a mid-century-inspired repeat pattern using a mix of colors reminiscent of that period. 5 other smaller projects include an oasis cushion, kitchen window cushion, knitting bag, pin cushion, and more. Blend the traditional art of hand-sewing a quilt with the modern twist of fabric and pattern choices.