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You've got something unique to tell the world. What better way to get your message across than sewing your words into a quilt? Fiber artist and quilt designer Sam Hunter teaches you to say it all with 12 new projects featuring modern, paper-pieced text blocks. The book includes patterns of an easy-to-read font that includes lower- and uppercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Sam covers everything you need to know about paper piecing, choosing fabrics,...
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Artist Minki Kim turns her own daily sketchbook challenge into 65 stitchable drawings to mix and match. Embroider and appliqué the whimsical, easy-going way with 6 useful projects to make and share, like a simple zipper pouch for the teacher, a cozy pillow for a handsome chair, or a wallhanging for your family room. Minki's uplifting designs, plus an extra gallery of small project ideas from coasters to wall art will appeal to anyone who wants to...
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Don't let the important occasions in life pass you by. Quilt them! Gift meaningful milestone quilts for religious celebrations, graduations, anniversaries, important birthdays, and more. Best-selling author and fabric designer Amanda Murphy presents 10 projects and 18 designs to celebrate life's hallmark moments. Space is cleverly, built into the designs so you can personalize them with numbers, dates, messages, and signatures. Amanda's patterns are...
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Whether you're celebrating your pet's personality, preserving a memory from a family vacation, or recreating your favorite flower, this book will teach you the simple technique to creating a stunning and personal piece of art through quilting. Fun, easy, and addictive, this style of quilting doesn't require making hundreds of pattern pieces. Instead, just trace and cut fabric shapes as you go! Perfect for quilters of any skill level or even those...
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Here's a beautiful new way to indulge a love affair with fat quarters: 11 diamond-themed traditional quilts from Monique Dillard of Open Gate Quilts. Sophisticated diamond patterns use fat quarters as focus or background fabrics, the perfect way to use your favorite fat quarter bundles or scrappy fabrics.
11 quilts with yardage and cutting charts, 10 in four different sizes: throw, twin, full/queen, and king
Clever shortcuts and streamlined techniques...
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Easy quilts to make in a weekend! This book features a wonderful combination of patterns ranging from beginner to confident beginner difficulty. Create anything ranging from wall hangings to bed quilts! The possibilities are endless, so grab your tools and get the ball rolling!
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Featuring new techniques that bring the drama of diamonds to traditional designs, bestselling quilt designer and author Barbara Cline showcases 10 striking new quilts. Barbara shows how to create complex looks by combining diamonds with easy shapes like triangles and trapezoids. Quilters learn to strip piece diamond chains, then use them everywhere-in stars, in Irish Chains, in sashing, and in borders.
Quilts include dramatic new daisy, pinwheel,...
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Nothing brightens a home more than a bouquet of flowers. And what could be better than flowers that last? From table runners to wall hangings to throw quilts, you'll find the perfect design to add a pop of color to your home or to give as a gift with these nine creative projects.
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A printed fabric is eye-catching, but when it's paired with the right solid, the result can be truly brilliant. This how-to book features 16 projects with a contemporary style that exemplify the dynamic partnership of large-scale prints and bright solids. With pages of fabulous ideas, all the information needed on integrating fabrics and even a chapter on quilt making basics, The Modern Mix is a must-have addition to your sewing library.
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Did you know that the biggest struggle for quilters of all types is color selection? Unlock the secrets to winning color combinations from best-selling author Becky Goldsmith of Piece O' Cake Designs. Learn how every quilt has a foreground and a background, how to use clear versus gray colors, plus other essentials that will shake up your design process. Quilters of all skill levels will appreciate Becky's practical, easy-to-understand advice on neutrals,...
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Memory quilts are the perfect way to transform sentimental clothes and fabrics into meaningful keepsakes. A complete, beginner-friendly guide for quilters of all skill levels, Quilt Your Story will show you everything you need to know to make one-of-a-kind memory quilts made from service uniforms, hospital scrubs, baby clothes, and more. This skill-building book explains how to organize materials and color choices, how to deconstruct and prep clothing,...
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Modern Color-An Illustrated Guide to Dyeing Fabric for Modern Quilts by Kim Eichler-Messmer shows you how to dye fabric by hand for an artisanal, luminescent look. Includes instructions on setting up a home dye studio with minimal equipment and teaches key mixing techniques. Make any color you want, including any value (lightness and darkness) and gradation, allowing for an unlimited palette and endless inspiration. Go ahead, take a dip!
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Get the most out of your precuts with this pint-sized guide to precut squares, strips, and fat quarters! How many charm squares do you need for a specific size quilt? What's the best way to slice up a layer cake into half-square triangles? Never be stumped at the quilt store again with this forty-eight page mini guide to precut names and sizes, plus twenty-five dynamic quilt blocks to sew.
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Take the guesswork out of free-motion quilting with 155 fresh ideas, each handpicked for a specific space on a quilt. Popular author Amanda Murphy pairs unique free-motion designs with 30 well-loved quilt blocks, such as the Sawtooth Star and Drunkard's Path. Pick and choose elements from each chapter (borders, sashing, motifs, and more) for an artful finish! This must-have reference includes an inspiring gallery of quilts, expert advice on domestic...
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Written with the absolute beginner in mind, Quilting 101 teaches all the basics for machine quilting with step-by-step instructions and photographs.
Quilting 101 will teach you quilting skills through engaging projects, beginning with easy designs for early success and moving on to progressively more difficult patterns as you master the techniques. New skills are explored in depth as they are introduced.
The most comprehensive beginner's book available,...
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See what one simple block can really do and build your skills one quilt at a time! Further your skills as you work with one magical and versatile block, the Country Crown block, to create 10 beautiful quilts that require different techniques and slowly increase in difficulty. With step-by-step instructions and coordinating diagrams and illustrations to guide you along the way, this is a must-have guide to creating stunning, intricate quilts using...
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Star blocks are perennial favorites among quilters, and now you can have the very best at your fingertips. Presenting timeless designs ranging from classic to modern, including scrap-friendly designs to bust your stash. With 11 star projects in a value-packed booklet, you'll be, ready to make some classics of your own!
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If you love working with precuts, you'll love these creative designs from Scott A. Flanagan. He has created eight stunning quilts using precut 2 1/2"-wide strips along with a bonus mini quilt for each quilt made from 5" charm squares. Choose the size you want to make-or make both. Find hours of fun sewing within these pages. Start with your favorite pack of precut strips or squares and start sewing!
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Jump right in and get sewing! With this value-packed booklet of 10 baby quilt patterns from top designers, you'll find a perfect style for every baby. Cute and fun applique patterns are, mixed in with bright and cheerful patchwork, with designs ranging from traditional to modern. Pretty, pink flowers, crafty foxes, ball and jacks, and lots of bright colors, make the perfect quilt for any little boy or girl! Never wonder what to make for that new baby...
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