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Piece dazzling diamond and gorgeous gemstone quilts Add dimension and luminosity to your quilts with gorgeous gemstone piecing! Learn the basics of abstraction and color theory as you piece stunning works of art with gem quilt expert MJ Kinman. After years of perfecting her technique, Kinman explains freezer paper piecing in brilliant detail with jewel quilting ideas to help you express your own creativity. Get helpful advice on fabric selection and...
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Turn your interest in foundation paper-piecing into a full-blown love affair. Learn about every stage of the process-from piecing technique to pattern design-in this comprehensive guide. Start with the basics of sewing on paper, then explore the author's open-ended design exercises to create your own patterns or follow along with the author's take to sew her graphic interpretations of the prompts. With an annotated overview of the author's favorite...
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Endless inspiration from your favorite quilters Want inspiration for your free-motion quilting? Now you have the perfect tool! This spiral-bound book is full of designs-JUST designs-and will lay flat on your work surface to keep your hands on the quilt and that needle moving! The second in a new series, this visual guide is filled with over 75 continuous-line designs from your favorite designers to get you stitching. • Perfect for domestic and...
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Finishing your own quilts is easier than you think Turn the corner to free-motion success with a meandering makeover! Best-selling author Angela Walters shows you that free-motion quilting doesn't have to be scary - with a couple designs in your pocket, you can finish almost any quilt on your home machine and enjoy the process. Practice 8 meandering stitches for beginners, plus creative variations on each, with step-by-step visuals and quilted samples....
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Put a feather in your quilting cap Take the fear out of quilting feathers! Explore 68 modern feather designs with step-by-step guidance from award-winning quilter Natalia Bonner. Quilt stunning feathers on a variety of blocks and borders with this beginner-friendly, visual guide. Unlike traditional feather quilting, which relies on exactness and precision, Natalia's ideas will help you break away from perfection and find creativity in your quilting...
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Are you buried in scraps-big pieces, small pieces, hunks, chunks, strips, and parts? Bonnie K. Hunter fans will love her newest book of playful string-quilt projects! Sew a dozen vibrant quilt patterns using the small leftovers from other projects that seem too tiny to save, yet too big to toss. Learn Bonnie's basics for foundation piecing narrow fabric pieces 3/4" to 2" wide, turning them into dazzling scrappy blocks and one-of-a-kind quilts. Have...
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Use color and thread to create the quilting of your dreams! With Color, Thread, & Free-motion Quilting, author Teri Lucas, a world-renowned master machine quilter, shares her brilliance and guidance to hone your machine quilting skills in a helpful, comprehensive, and understandable way. Quilters talk about building their fabric stashes but what about building their thread stashes, which is equally important? This book is a beautiful, well-guided...
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Discover how to design and stitch beautiful machine quilting with the walking foot on your home sewing machine.
Intimidated by free-motion machine quilting? You don't need it to beautifully machine-quilt your own tops. Well-known teacher Mary Mashuta's classroom-tested methods guarantee quilting success. Mary teaches you to use heavier-weight threads on the top of your machine, rather than in the bobbin, so that all your stitching is done on the...
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The expert quilter presents sixty-nine unique quilt blocks
wn from the rare eighteenth-century coverlet constructed in the Mosaic patchwork tradition.
The 1718 Coverlet, the earliest known dated piece of patchwork, has fascinated quilters and textile historians since its discovery in Wiltshire, England. Now quilting expert Susan Briscoe invites readers and crafters to explore this treasure trove of historical inspiration.
With this illustrated,...
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Fat QuarterlyMagazine cofounder Tacha Bruecher takes a fresh look at an old favorite, English paper-pieced hexagons, with current fabrics and settings for quilts, table toppers, and more. Modern and traditional designs are both, featured, including rosettes, stars, and free form. Learn how to combine settings and how to creatively, quilt hexagons. Projects are, varied for any skill level or time commitment-make a few hexagons, make a few more, or...
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Next stop, memory lane! Turn treasured tees into something brand new-a T-shirt quilt! Capture the memories of a special time, starting with a quick pillow project or a baby quilt made from onesies, and work your way up to bed quilts in multiple sizes. Learn the secrets to choosing shirts, centering and cutting out around a logo, working with shirts that are too small, and interfacing knit fabrics with finesse. You'll practice your skills with 8 projects...
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Patchwork Quilted Bags helps you create unique bags that put a little charm into carrying your stuff around or storing the things you don't need every day. Full-sized quilting patterns and step-by-step instructions for 19 different projects, along with techniques for assembling the perfect patch, make this quilting book ideal for novice and practiced crafters alike. Projects range in size from large totes to small pouches in a zakka vein. With Patchwork...
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Sewing machines are complicated machines, but with this book you can unravel their mysteries, and make even an old sewing machine work wonders.
With just a little know-how and the right accessories, you can get the most out of your sewing machine and give all your sewing and quilting projects a professional look!
In “Sewing Machine Magic”, designer and sewing instructor Steffani Lincecum shares more than thirty years of experience on how to...
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Learning useful techniques to create one of 12 stunning, strip quilts in this collection.
Get the look of complex piecing with a savvy shortcut-striped fabric! Blogger and modern quilter Lauren Palmer of Olive Tree Textiles shares 12 versatile quilt patterns using solid stripes, multicolored stripes, and even chevrons. Slice apart striped fabric and rearrange it into modern blocks to create illusions of movement, depth, and texture. Pick up useful...
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Learn easy piecing techniques to create more than 30 different complex-looking blocks and apply them to 14 projects.
Celebrate the decorative intricacy of tiled mosaics in your next quilting or sewing project. Paula proves how easy it can be to get perfect precision patchwork on a small scale. Create wonderfully colorful patterns, using lots of different fabrics in these miniature quilts, table runners, tote bags, and many other projects. Good things...
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Plant an indoor garden with a bounty of lyrical appliqué designs. All the project patterns are interchangeable, so you can create endless combinations of flowers and leaves. See how color-saturated cottons, vibrant silks, and tone-on-tone chintzes breathe new life into botanical appliqué.
• 14 sophisticated floral appliqué projects include pillows, table runners, and small tapestry-style quilts and wall hangings
• Full-size templates for...
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Tips and techniques for unleashing the designer within and creating your own original quilts.
Let your imagination take flight! Gail Garber teaches you step-by-step techniques to create your own unique quilt designs, or to make any of the five bonus projects in this book.
Draft shapes such as Flying Geese, triangles, and diamonds to fill strips of fabric that weave in and out of your design. Easy paper-piecing instructions help you make all your...
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Learn how to make kaleidoscope quilts using large-scale print fabrics! Easy Stack is a quick-cutting, fabric-efficient way to make great kaleidoscope quilts that are rotary cut and machine pieced. Using only 4 fabric repeats and easy-to-cut strips, you can create 3 kinds of fun and unique blocks. Then play with 8 setting options-with 4 quilt sizes from crib to king for each option-to create an endless variety of quilts. Get the most out of the large-scale...
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Sashiko, the traditional Japanese technique of needlework quilting, uses a simple running stitch to create beautiful patterns ideal for patchwork, quilting, and embroidery. Sashiko, pronounced shash-ko, means "stab stitch" and refers to the small running stitch that is worked to build up hundreds of distinctive decorative patterns.
This book begins by exploring the origins of the technique: to strengthen clothes and to make them warmer. The "Getting...
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Dramatic curves and angles for today's adventurous quilter Become a skilled foundation piecer with New York Beauty blocks and arcs of Flying Geese that amaze! Carl Hentsch simplifies a technique loved by many with his straightforward approach to curved piecing, foundation piecing, and simple machine appliqué. Stitch your way through 31 architectural block patterns, ideal for advanced beginners and intermediate quilters. Then it's time to practice...
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