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Puzzle Quilts: Simple Blocks, Complex Fabrics
Simple Blocks, Complex Fabrics
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
A Puzzle Quilt is a Sampler with a Secret! Finally...Paula Nadelstern's signature look in blocks any quilter can create. Choose special fabrics to create a variety of effects. The PUZZLE is in the PAIRS-identically pieced blocks look amazingly different! Everyone loves Paula's complex, optically challenging...
Quilter's Academy Vol. 4 - Senior Year
A Skill Building Course in Quiltmaking
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Your senior year is a star-filled adventure! Your senior year of Quilter's Academy takes you into the most exciting of all designs-stars! You'll explore a variety of more complex piecing techniques such as Y-seams and partial seams, which put the sewing and pressing skills you've learned thus far...
Quilting on the Go
English Paper Piecing Projects You Can Take Anywhere
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013
Break Free from Your Sewing Machine
Imagine being able to quilt on vacation, at the beach, or virtually anywhere else you find yourself. Jessica Alexandrakis has traveled the world with her on-to-go sewing kit and small stash of fabric, creating strikingly modern patchwork along the way. Now she shares...
Sew Gifts!
25 Handmade Gift Ideas from Top Designers
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Fresh ideas abound in this amazingly varied assortment of sewn and quilted items for gift giving or personal use.Get lots of choice and loads of value with 25 unique patterns for sewingSew gifts such as a pencil case, knitting needle case, makeup bag, aprons, pin cushions, pillows, and moreDiscover...
Simply Triangles
11 Deceptively Easy Quilts Featuring Stars, Daisies & Pinwheels
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
This project book by renowned quilter Barbara Cline features 11 stunning quilts in varying shapes and sizes. She shows you straightforward techniques to make complex-looking designs by combining simple shapes—triangles, trapezoids, diamonds. Plus, you’ll discover how to use color and value to make these quilts glow. Includes skill-building techniques from strip piecing to Y-seams.
Big-City Bags
Sew Handbags with Style, Sass, and Sophistication
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Ready to move beyond basic bags and totes? Now you can create sophisticated handbags and totes with a modern look. Learn a variety of intermediate to advanced techniques--from installing zippers and magnetic snaps to creating adjustable straps--and find detailed info on selecting the right interfacing,...
Making Country-Style Curtains
Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-98
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 1988
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
Picture This!
Capture the Essence of a Photograph in Your Pictorial Quilt
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
What photo ops do you want to commemorate in fabric? Your vacation, your family, the natural beauty around you? Learn inspirational techniques for composing a great shot, creating a master pattern from your photo, selecting the right fabrics, and designing a quilt that keeps your memory alive.
by Sarah Fielke
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Quilting by Sarah Fielke is a showcase of ten quilting techniques and styles. Mastering the variety of quilting techniques can be a challenge, and this vibrant and beautifully photographed book, brimming with Sarah's insider tips, provides the quilter with an accessible way to try out new methods,...
Applique with Attitude from Piece O'Cake Designs
10 Projects Featuring Big, Bold Stitches
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Does your appliqué need a little attitude adjustment? Best-selling design team Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins of Piece O’ Cake Designs come to your rescue with creative new projects using bold stitching in contrasting colors of perle cotton thread. Mix & match full-size templates for bright, cheerful...
Fresh Picked Posies
12 Quilt Blocks to Applique from Piece O' Cake Designs
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Popular Piece o' Cake designers are back with 12 more improvisational appliqué designs that are delivered in an adorable set of loose full-size patterns. Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins focus quilters on discovering their own creativity and stitching up quilts that reflect their personal style.
Impressionist Applique
Exploring Value & Design to Create Artistic Quilts
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
What's the secret to a show-stopping art quilt? Take a tactile adventure as you interpret the world through line, form, texture, color, and most importantly, value. Play with the unexpected and making your quilt becomes a dream-like experience...where the sea ebbs and flows in shades of fire, and feathered...
Summer at the Lake Quilts
11 New Projects from Maw Bell Designs, Quilts, Bags & More
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Sally Bell and Susan Maw, the beloved pattern makers of Maw-Bell Designs, bring you 11 projects to take you outside to feast with your loved ones. These traditional-with-a-twist designs are casual and stylish, and make the perfect setting for a romantic outdoor getaway.
A Quilter's Ark
More Than 50 Designs for Foundation Piecing
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2013
Create a menagerie of quilted creatures with 53 exciting foundation-pieced block designs by Margaret Rolfe! Piece dozens of animal and bird designs, including a panda, giraffe, rhinoceros, lion, flamingo, toucan, hippo, koala, parrot, and an elephant.Stitch even the smallest pieces of your blocks...