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Strip-Smart Quilts
16 Designs from One Easy Technique
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
Discover 16 stunning quilts that are easy enough for anyone to make. Just stitch strip sets and cut them using the Creative Grids 90° Double-Strip Ruler (or another right-angle triangle ruler with appropriate markings) to create each mesmerizing design.Presents a super-easy triangle technique...
Modern Log Cabin Quilting
25 Simple Quilts and Patchwork Projects
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
If you think quilting is too difficult or too complicated, you’re not alone. Cutting hundreds of pieces and joining angled seams can be tough work! But log cabin quilting—an artful and simple way to piece strips of fabric around a central square—is different. From the intuitive construction...
The New Hexagon
52 Blocks to English Paper Piece
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Unlock the possibilities within hexagons and make your own unique blocks. Learn the glue-basting method of English paper piecing and use it to create exciting designs. You'll enjoy relaxing handwork as you incorporate hexagons into decorative projects.
Select from 52 patterns for 6" blocks
Divide...
Happy Endings
Finishing the Edges of Your Quilts
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
A must for every quilter's library, this is the classic book on finishing--back by popular demand! First published in 1987, this popular resource has sold more than 275,000 copies and is still the one quilters want. Well-known author and quiltmaking expert Mimi Dietrich shows you all you need to know...
English Paper Piecing
Fresh New Quilts from Bloom Creek
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2012
Vicki Bellino, author of the popular Bloom Creek Quilts, presents a delightful selection of English paper-piecing quilt patterns. Using gorgeous pieced elements as appliques, Vicki eliminates the tedium and opens up exciting new design options.
Twelve inspiring quilt patterns, from a small quilt...
by Carolyn Vagts
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
A great quilt for your favorite floral fabric. Four-Patch and Snowball blocks make a perfect trellis to show off a lovely floral fabric collection. The oversized setting triangles make for easy construction and squaring up. This pattern was originally published in the spring 2015 issue of Quilter's World magazine. Finished size is 58 1/2" x 75 1/2".
by Carolyn Vagts
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Linked chains and demure tones make an intriguing bed quilt or throw. Just 2 simple blocks set on the diagonal give you the illusion of an interlinking chain. This is the perfect pattern to showcase any beautiful fabric and a couple of coordinates. Any confident beginner will be able to finish this pattern in a jiff! Finished size is 56" x 78". Skill Level: Easy
by Carolyn Vagts
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
For every quilter the time comes when they want to make their entire quilt from start to finish. Pattern and fabric selection, piecing and then the actual quilting. Quilting is the icing on the cake, the finishing touch to the design. Now you can learn to quilt on your domestic machine in the privacy...
Knits for Nerds: 30 Projects: Science Fiction, Comic Books, Fantasy
30 Projects: Science Fiction, Comic Books, Fantasy
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
The best of science fiction, manga, and animaguiri meets knit one, purl two as knit siren and part-time roller derby girl Joan of Dark offers up an out-of-this-world assortment of knitting nerdiness inside Knits for Nerds. The patterns for 30 iconic clothing and accessory items inspired by popular...
Quilting with a Modern Slant
People, Patterns, and Techniques Inspiring the Modern Quilt Community
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Modern quilting allows artists the freedom to expand on traditions and use fabrics, patterns, colors, and stitching innovatively to create exciting fresh designs. In Quilting with a Modern Slant, Rachel May introduces you to more than 70 modern quilters who have developed their own styles, methods,...
Paper Piecing with Alex Anderson
7 Quilt Projects, Tips, Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Machine piecing on paper foundations puts perfection into quiltmaking. Best-selling author Alex Anderson teaches the basics of block construction and quilt assembly methods in this second edition. Turn the sampler quilt into your next class-show new paper-piecers how to work from the center of the quilt out to the edges.
One-Block Wonders of the World
New Ideas, Design Advice, A Stunning Collection of Quilts
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Transform a single fabric print with marvelous piecing magic! Best-selling author Maxine Rosenthal and Linda Bardes share stunning One-Block Wonder quilts, with contributions from the popular Facebook design community. Learn how to choose the right 60° ruler, how to pick the most useful fabric, and...
Take 5
Quilts from Just 5 Fabrics
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
Quilters everywhere love Take 5 patterns from The Teacher's Pet, and this book is packed with them! Simply take five minutes to choose five fabrics (one focus fabric plus four coordinating fabrics), stack them, cut them simultaneously, and you're ready to sew! It's the relax-and-have-fun way to create...
Amy Butler's Blossom
Create Love - Express Beauty - Be Kind
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Amy Butler's Blossom magazine is a biannual collection of everything that inspires her: page after page of photographs from her travels to spiritual locales such as Morocco and Sedona; meditative articles from like-minded designers, artists, and life coaches; the signature designs and textiles that...