Judy Murrah's innovative recipe approach to design makes it possible for anyone with basic patchwork skills to make one of her jazzy jackets. This easy-to-sew jacket flatters any figure. Choose from five style variations on the pullout pattern, in sizes petite to extra large. Use your favorite fabrics and try a variety of the 30+ featured patchwork techniques and fabric manipulations. You've never seen so many tricks and ideas in one book! There's no guesswork. Judy planned each jacket so there'...
Lerouvray (International Quilt Shop)
by Diane De Obaldia and That Patchwork Place
I'm Not Perfect But I'm a Basketball Player And that's close enough
by Jp Perfects
Hari Walner's Continuous-Line Quilting Designs: 80 Patterns for Blocks, Borders, Corners & Backgrounds
by Hari Walner
Discover how to make 12 irresistible quilts using neutral fabrics. Neutrals - they're not just for backgrounds anymore! Pat Wys, top-selling author of Spotlight on Neutrals, has outdone herself with this new collection. You'll love exploring the nuances of neutrals with each timeless design. You can discover 12 fascinating quilt patterns for all skill levels; some designs include lovely applique. You can find helpful ideas and guidance for making neutrals the focal point rather than the backgrou...
The log cabin quilt is one of the oldest and most popular designs - and the beloved style gets an exciting twist here: a selection of modern interpretations to accompany the traditional favourite. Beginning with a history of these much-admired quilts, this lushly photographed collection moves on to interesting up-to-date patterns, many of which have been especially created by well-known artisans. Breathtaking full-colour images showcase such variations as Log Cabin Skylines, Cubes, and Stained G...
Well-known quilter Linda Causee has come up with a fresh idea that's smart and fun. These 26 lovely quilts - one for each letter of the alphabet - not only make wonderful projects, they teach too! Every letter stands for a new quilting technique, including A for Applique, F for Foundation Piecing, P for Postage Stamp Quilts, and Z for Zig-Zag. Plus, there's a fascinating history on each quilt, as well as a materials list, instructions for cutting and piecing, and numerous illustrations that prov...
It's quilt-making made as simple as paint-by-numbers! With a new method called foundation piecing, you just follow a numerical sequence to stitch fabric onto a foundation. Even the smallest pieces meet precisely, quickly and accurately. With 365 projects, you could even make one every day of the year. They're organized month-by-month, so you could make a Christmas quilt with the December blocks, pretty floral quilts or even whimsical designs such as The Beatles yellow submarine. Photographs of q...
Scrapbooking and quilting are each hugely popular industries. Combine them both and you have a collection that will fly off the shelves. A scrapbook gets put away; yet a quilt goes on display - perhaps framed and hung, or draped over the sofa. These 24 original quilts incorporate the same treasured photos and memorabilia that normally go into a scrapbook, but in a unique format. They're fun to make too, thanks to the many innovative techniques that are easy for a beginner and refreshingly new to...
Happy patchwork holiday! Celebrate the season with the second in our "Pretty in Patchwork" series. It's a very merry collection of absolutely adorable projects from the popular "Quilt Dad" blogger and friends, including pieced polar bear and penguin pillows, a too-cute pillowcase and matching hedgehog stuffy, stockings, ornaments, tree skirts and more. Of course, there are assorted quilts of all sizes, too. With a robust basics section, step-by-step colour illustrations and colour variations thr...
This lavish collection of art quilts, all focused on the natural world, inaugurates a gorgeous new series on one of the most popular topics in needlework. Each entry celebrates one of the themes that quilters love best. Every book will feature profiles of the top artists who specialise in that subject, along with nearly 90 amazing gallery images. With the explosion of art quilt exhibits, the blockbuster success of previous books on the subject, and the author's growing renown, quilters will find...
Making quilts is a way of handing down traditions and expressing new ideas. This text presents technical information on quilting; covering strip piecing, patchwork and applique, trapunto, stippling, and modern interpretations of quilting traditions from around the world.
The creativity of contemporary quilt makers is celebrated in this book which is an account and description of Quilt National, one of the most prestigious quilting exhibitions in the world. It is organized by the Dairy Barn Cultural Arts Center in Ohio and is a biennial event attended by some of the world's best quilt designers and makers. Illustrated with colour photographs, this book features the 84 quilts that were selected for the 1993 show. They cover a wide range of styles and techniques, a...
More than 140 color images, with both traditional and contemporary designs, show how vintage hexagon textile fragments can be repurposed and fashioned into new, beautiful quilts. Over the last century, hundreds of hexagon (fondly termed “hexie”) patterns were published and thousands of quilts were started—yet many of these textiles were never finished. Other quilts were damaged from overuse and neglect. This book shows fifty-two new quilts inspired by these neglected hexagon textiles. See how th...
Beautiful vintage doilies are given new life in contemporary quilts and sewing projects. Beginning with an explanation of the various types of doilies readily available, 15 quilting projects creatively incorporate them into their design. With 10 patterns and 137 color images, the techniques are clearly demonstrated and explained. They include painted appliqué, machine-embroidered ribbon border trim, no math fabric-changing binding, adding embellishments and words, and tips for working with silk,...
Discover the secrets to creating gorgeous traditional style quilts simply and easily. Using strips, squares, rectangles, and the folded-corner technique, this volume shows you how to turn advanced block-designs into simple cutting and sewing projects. Featuring 7 projects for quilters of all levels, you'll soon be creating accurate blocks and gorgeous quilts with ease.