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Sew Small—19 Little Bags: Stash Your Coins, Keys, Earbuds, Jewelry & More
by Jennifer HeynenPretty and practical organizers to sew Sew 19 simply embellished projects including a card holder, coin purses, earbud holder, small wallets, pouches and organizers. These cute and useful bags are perfect for holding and organizing all of your little things. Personalize the organizers with adorable embellishments and appliqués and use up your scraps, trims, and other odds and ends in the process! Whip one up in an afternoon or bring your handwork with you—small pieces make these projects fun and easy to work on anywhere. Great to give as gifts or keep for yourself, these tiny bags will bring a smile to anyone’s face. • A place for everything and everything in its place—make bags to hold brushes, chargers, journaling supplies, money, flip-flops, and more! • Tiny scraps find new life as adorable appliqués and embellishments on these quick-to-sew pouches • Make it your own! Sew a clutch to match your outfit or embroider a gift with a special message
Simple Blessings in Patchwork: 13 Traditional Projects with a Twist
by Jill Shaulis Vicki OlsenThe sister quilters behind Yellow Creek Designs put a fresh twist on American tradition with 13 Civil War-inspired quilts, table runners, and more. Quilt designers Jill Shaulis and Vicki Olsen have always been drawn to the warm colors of antique quilts and the connection they feel to yesterday&’s quilters. But while they draw inspiration from tradition, they can't resist putting their own twist on it. In Simple Blessings in Patchwork, they combine traditional sampler quilt blocks with delightful wool appliqué, hand-worked hexagons, foundation piecing, and more. With their step-by-step instructions, you can explore a variety of techniques as you sew bed quilts, samplers, wallhangings, and table toppers and runners, all with a warm, traditional style.
Fussy Cutters Club: A Boot Camp for Mastering Fabric Play—14 Projects
by Angie WilsonGet the most out of your print and novelty fabrics with this guide to the technique of fussy cutting—with 14 easy quilting projects!Angie Wilson is a master of cutting fabrics with intention, using prints and patterns to add humor, curiosity and unexpected detail to her quilts and textile crafts. With her tips and techniques, you will learn how to look at your stash with new eyes and piece together the best bits, like making a colorful collage of your favorite things. Use templates to zero in on motifs and create secondary patterns from your fabrics, fussy cutting for color as well as design. Try your hand at 14 fun projects from traditional and improv piecing to English paper piecing and more!
Cute & Clever Totes
by Mary HertelCreate and customize fun, stylish bags with these projects using paper piecing, from the author of Sew Magical.With all they do for us, don’t purses deserve to have a little fun? Sew 6 easy bags for your everyday life, each featuring an adorable 8? paper-pieced block. Add an airplane pocket to your travel bag or a fancy fox to your drawstring tote—just sew by number and have fun watching the images appear! Use any block with any bag, and save some extra blocks for fun quilts, pillows, or potholders—you’ll make an endless array of personalized gifts for friends and family. Paper piece with less waste thanks to the author’s time-saving tips!• Pick your bag and pick your block for playful totes with paper-pieced blocks in 96 combinations• Bags so cute, you can’t make just one! Sew 6 versatile projects from a market tote to a messenger bag• Personalize your bags with 16 crazy-cute paper-pieced blocks—each with full-size templates
Artful Log Cabin Quilts: From Inspiration to Art Quilt: Color, Composition & Visual Pathways
by Katie Pasquini Masopust“Stunning . . . packed with inspiration and practical advice to help quilters of all abilities create unique abstract art quilts from photographs and images.” —Pretty PatchesTake the first steps to becoming an art quilter with popular teacher and bestselling author Katie Pasquini Masopust. Starting with an inspiration image, choose fabrics to create your own artistic log cabin quilts. Learn to navigate visual pathways and composition, applying easy techniques and experimenting with color. Student work is showcased to prove that anyone can create an art quilt! Design and make your masterpiece with freeform log cabin blocks using this versatile method.“As she demonstrates, a simple log cabin block can become a rich and dynamic fiber art statement through inspired use of color, fabric choices and placement.” —Generation Q Magazine“Her method is sure to result in something that is personal, unique and very satisfying.” —Down Under Textiles“This is a fascinating approach to creating original designs with traditional piecing methods.” —Machine Quilting Unlimited
Rainbow Quilts for Scrap Lovers: 12 Projects from Simple Squares—Choosing Fabrics & Organizing Your Stash
by Judy Gauthier&“Not only are the projects cheerful and lovely, but the author spends time explaining how to save and tame all those wonderful leftovers.&” —Down Under Quilts Learn to rescue fabric leftovers with twelve colorful quilt patterns for scrap lovers. Judy Gauthier teaches you her indispensable system for cutting from &“real,&” oddly shaped scraps, not just strips or precuts! Cut scraps into 3 1/2&” 4 1/2&”, and 5 1/2&” squares—a magical combination for all skill levels—using traditional rotary cutting or Judy&’s fast2cut Simple Square Templates. Clever organizing and quilt-assembly tips will help you uncover hidden treasures from your stash. &“Author Judy Gauthier guides readers through cutting, sorting, and organizing scraps into twelve colorful rainbow quilts. Using simple shapes, these patterns are perfect for quilters looking to use their odd-shape scraps and reduce their stash size.&” —American Patchwork & Quilting &“Bright and cheerful ways to use up your scraps to make beautiful quilts. twelve projects from easy squares make sensational quilts . . . Recommended.&” —yarnsandfabrics.co.uk
Pioneer Quilts: Prairie Settlers' Life in Fabric
by Lori Lee Triplett Kay TriplettDiscover the history and culture of America&’s pioneers chronicled in quilts and learn how to create your own inspired designs. Join fictional character Esther Heinzmann as she narrates the journey through authentic, pioneer-era creations from the Poos Collection—each featured in full color on a 2-page spread. Ideal for traditional quilters and quilt history buffs, this robust offering of 30 antique quilts also includes 5 quilt projects that readers can recreate at home. Offering access to the authors&’ privately held family collection, this book gives an in-depth look at the importance of quilts to the pioneer life. As you view the quilts, you'll also read accounts of the Westward Expansion, including information on preparation for the long journey and a depiction of real life on the prairie.
Quilt As-You-Go Made Vintage: 51 Blocks, 9 Projects, 3 Joining Methods
by Jera BrandvigFrom the bestselling author of Quilt As-You-Go Made Modern—learn to create vintage quilts more quickly and easily than ever. Get comfortable with basic piecing and machine quilting - one block at a time! Best-selling author Jera Brandvig is back, this time with a romantic take on her quilt-as-you-go designs. Try your hand at nine projects, including an elegant sampler with fifty-one mix-and-match blocks. For quilt as-you-go enthusiasts, Jera shares three optional joining methods, including her new technique that makes your quilt reversible! No matter how busy your schedule, you can set attainable goals and practice quilting patchwork blocks in small, manageable pieces. · Timeless, classic quilts for busy folks! Easily finish quilts on your home machine with quilt-as-you-go · Learn a new way to quilt-as-you-go that decorates the back of your quilt in pretty patchwork squares · Mix and match fifty-one blocks to assemble a one-of-a-kind quilt!&“Whilst the first book focused on improvisational techniques in a modern style, this one is about using vintage fabrics in classic block designs. There are useful sections on tools and supplies, working with batting, and choosing your fabrics. Each project is laid out in an easy-to-follow fashion that is packed with photos and diagrams. Overall, a well-considered books that is a delight to look through with a warm, encouraging tone of voice.&”—Popular Patchwork
More Sewing to Sell: Practical Advice from Industry Experts; Take Your Handmade Business to the Next Level
by Virginia LindsayThe author of Sewing to Sell shares secrets from industry experts on growing your craft business—with 16 new projects you can make and sell! Making the leap from sewing enthusiast to entrepreneur is a major accomplishment—but many new professionals find themselves facing all new challenges and questions. In More Sewing to Sell, Virginia Lindsay helps readers take their handmade business to a truly professional level with practical advice from industry experts. This hands-on guide to the sewing business includes sixteen new sewing patterns—all copyright- and royalty-free—ready to customize for craft fairs or online shops, with suggested price points included. With More Sewing to Sell, you&’ll make the most of your business&’s fabric, time, and resources!
The Big Book of Bobbins: Fun, Quilty Cartoons
by Julia IcenogleThe quirky quilter is back at her crafty antics in this compendium of cartoons from the Kansas City Star Quilts blog. Since Mrs. Bobbins first appeared on PickleDish.com in 2008, she&’s been keeping her growing number of quilting fans in stitches. Now, with The Big Book of Bobbins, fans old and new can enjoy the way she navigates life—and mystifies her husband—as a woman who lives, breathes, and eats quilting. At 112 pages, The Big Book of Bobbins is divided into ten chapters that cover everything from lighthearted humor to quilting frustrations and current events. Readers will enjoy the Holidays at the Bobbins&’ and meet Mrs. Bobbins&’ friends and beloved cats. Top all of that off with a road trip to a quilt show, and you have The Big Book of Bobbins!
Seasons of Wool Appliqué Folk Art: Celebrate Americana with 12 Projects to Stitch
by Rebekah L. SmithEnjoy wool appliqué all year round with 12 seasonal projects from the bestselling author of Wool Appliqué Folk Art.Rebekah L. Smith’s Americana aesthetic, although very true to early decorative arts, will look great in many homes today. Presented in a lovely antique color palette, these simple and elegant projects include a journal cover, pillow cover, wall hangings, storage boxes, table rug, and more, perfect for your home or to give as gifts. Includes a basics chapter and an updated chapter on the collection, storage, and use of wool.• Beginner-friendly projects with downloadable full-size patterns, ranging from a pillow and blanket carrier to a tea cozy and table runner• Includes a beautiful styled photo of each project, as well as detail shots to show the gorgeous stitching• Award-winning folk artist Rebekah Smith’s historically inspired designs are perfect for traditional quilters, textile artisans, rug hookers, and anyone who appreciates her signature style
Visual Guide to Free-Motion Quilting Feathers: Professional Quality Results on Your Home Machine
by Natalia BonnerPut 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 practice. Use your home sewing machine or a longarm to free-motion feathers with confidence, adding a truly elegant finish to today’s modern quilts. • 68 modern feather designs! Beginner-friendly techniques from best-selling author Natalia Bonner • Kick your feather fears to the curb with an easy-to-use guide for domestic and longarm quilters • Finish blocks and borders with unique feather motifs to complement today’s modern quilts
Stitched Sewing Organizers: Pretty Cases, Boxes, Pouches, Pincushions & More
by Aneela HoeyWhip your sewing area into shape Celebrate and use your sewing skills with well-known and popular designer Aneela Hoey's 15 stylish yet functional patterns for a wide variety of sewing organizers. Designed to work together, many of the smaller projects fit into larger ones and can be made into a coordinating set. Showcase trendy fat quarters and half-yards or use up odds and ends of your favorite fabric as you make cute containers for yourself, to give to your friends, or to bring to swaps! Even the more challenging patterns can be sewn in less than a day—perfect for when you need a break from those more time-consuming projects. • Bring order to your sewing supplies, whether you’re working at home or on the go • Easily adapt these cute and useful containers to organize knitting projects, scrapbooking supplies, stationery, travel necessities, and more • Learn how to install zippers, sew with vinyl, make three-dimensional shapes, and give your project the structure it needs with the proper interfacing
Free-Motion Meandering: A Beginners Guide to Machine Quilting
by Angela WaltersFinishing 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. Start your free-motion journey on the right foot with proven techniques to help you disguise mistakes and transition between designs with ease. • Thrive at free-motion quilting with popular teacher and best-selling author Angela Walters • Just starting out? Angela includes the basics of quilting and supplies • Troubleshoot mistakes, master the meander, and practice fluid movement between quilt stitches
Sew Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Mix & Match 16 Paper-Pieced Blocks, 8 Holiday Projects
by Mary HertelMake Christmas cuter this year with 8 simple sewing projects and 16 blocks to choose from, by the author of Paper Piecing All Year Round.Pick your project then pick your block: mix and match 8 super-easy projects with 16 adorable paper-pieced blocks just for Christmas. Simply follow Mary’s clearly illustrated instructions to create fun and fresh holiday blocks. Plus, use her time-saving technique for paper piecing with less waste to create custom winter decor ranging from tree skirts and table toppers to gift bags, mug rugs, potholders, and more. Sew by number and watch your image emerge!• Paper piecing can be easy! No need to precut your pieces—follow Mary’s instructions for working from scraps and cutting as you sew• Easily customize gifts for friends and family or your own personal style• Celebrate the season with whimsical yet modern designs, including place mats, stockings, table runners, and morePraise for Sew Yourself a Merry Little Christmas“If you aren’t comfortable with the paper foundation piecing technique, then this book offers plenty of guidance and tips to help make it easier for you. If you love to use the technique, you will really enjoy all the options given here. You can easily [customize] your own quilts, cushions and other items by adding a seasonal block, or followed the detailed instructions to make a complete item such as a tree skirt or Christmas stocking. The characters are so cute that you will be tempted to make them all.”—Down Under Quilts
The T-Shirt Quilt Book: Recycle Your Tees into One-of-a-Kind Keepsakes
by Lindsay Conner Carla Hegeman CrimNext 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 ranging from simple squares to pieced stars and triangles, plus easy machine-appliquéd motifs. With beginner-friendly designs and truly unique layouts to entice experienced quilters, this essential guide to T-shirt quilts covers all the bases. • Wrap yourself in the warmth of well-worn tees! Stretch a small collection with other clothing fabric, purchased knits, and quilter’s cotton • Make your first quilt with simple piecing and easy machine appliqué, or try intermediate and advanced layouts • Have no fear of sewing with knits! Finish T-shirt quilts that will stand the test of time
The Art of Mixing Textiles in Quilts: 14 Projects Using Wool, Silk, Cotton & Home Decor Fabrics
by Lynn SchmittBring a new level of richness and variety to your quilts with this guide to mixed-fabric quilting.It’s time to go beyond cottons. With The Art of Mixing Textiles, you will learn how to blend your standard quilting fabrics with rich wools, lustrous silks, and textural home decor fabrics for quilts that beg to be touched. Quilt designer Lynn Schmitt teaches you the secrets to cutting, piecing, sewing, and pressing fabrics of texture and sheen. The step-by-step instructions in this volume make it easy to get started. The 14 pieced and appliquéd projects include table runners, quilts, pincushions, tote bags, and more. Dimensional and exciting, mixed-fabric quilts are ripe for using up scraps and expanding your horizons!
Making Faces in Fabric: Workshop with Melissa Averinos
by Melissa AverinosLearn appliqué techniques to create a face and add it to any textile craft project.Discover how to create freeform, raw-edge appliqué faces using Melissa Averinos’s fun, creative process. Melissa walks you through the process step by step, from a comprehensive lesson on drawing the face, to translating your sketch into fabric, to stabilizing the piece with stitching, to incorporating your stylized face into a finished project, whether it’s a pillow, tote, shirt, or stretched canvas! Learn how to make a variety of eyes, noses, lips, hair, and face shapes, as well as how to create facial features in just the right proportions. You’ll be amazed by how good the final portrait looks! • Personalize your fabric collage! Learn several different ways of creating facial features• Comprehensive lessons on fabric choices, color, and shading• Includes inspirational galleries of work from Melissa and her students
Easy Stack Quilts: Fast, Fun & Fabulous Kaleidoscope Quilts for Fabric Lovers
by Paula Doyle&“This versatile method speeds up the quilt-making process while also yielding truly innovative designs&”—from the author of Mini-Mosaic Quilts (Publishers Weekly).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 fabrics you love!
Joyful Daily Stitching Seam by Sea: Complete Guide to 500 Embroidery-Stitch Combinations, Perfect for Crazy Quilting
by Valerie Bothell&“Anyone with an interest in needlework (beginners and experts alike) will make plenty of use of this nifty anthology of stitches.&”—Publishers Weekly Choose from over 500 crazy-quilt seam treatments, each with a detailed photo and guide for the basic stitches included. Learn 61 basic embroidery stitches, including silk ribbon and beaded stitches, through step-by-step photos, plus get crazy-quilt block piecing instructions and helpful information on tools and supplies. Then put it all together in a gorgeous, intricate sampler. Join the author&’s popular Facebook group, Joyful Embellishments, to stitch along with fellow embroiderers. &“Bothell, a crazy quilting specialist with more than 20 years of experience, helps others whose imaginations might fail when decorating the seams of quilts in this delightful collection of stitches.&”—Publishers Weekly
Adventures in Paper Piecing & Design: A Quilter's Guide with Design Exercises, Step-by-Step Instructions & Patterns to Get You Sewing
by Sarah Elizabeth SharpTurn 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 FPP methods, countless tips, and over thirty paper-pieced quilt blocks plus seven design exercises to put your skills to the test, you’ll have the tools you need to thrive when confronted with any paper-piecing challenge! - Build your piecing skills with over thirty graphic paper-pieced blocks inspired by everything from house plants to typography to surface pattern design techniques - Learn how to translate your own reference images or sketches into FPP patterns - Sharpen your pattern-design skills with choose-your-own-adventure style exercises "
Modern Memory Quilts: A Handbook for Capturing Meaningful Moments
by Suzanne PaquetteLearn to incorporate treasured clothing into heirloom quilts without sacrificing your modern aesthetic. Stitch memories together forever with 12 quilt projects that are as meaningful as they are stylish! Modern heirloom quilter Suzanne Paquette shares the emotional, creative, and technical aspects of memory quilting through colorful storytelling and photography. Practical projects inspired by real families’ stories will help you celebrate love, provide comfort, and honor your family’s heritage.Create modern heirloom quilts! 12 exciting designs for memory keeping, with the stories that inspired themLearn tips for sewing with clothing to preserve the past and celebrate the futureMake gifts for children, honor a lost loved one, and celebrate your family’s legacy“Susanne Parquette shows today’s quilters how to mix Modern with sentimental . . . The twelve quilts in the book are actual commissioned memory quilts made by Paquette, who includes the people and stories behind each quilt . . . Paquette walks us through the process, beginning with Memory Keeping: remembering, documenting, and perspective.” —The Literate Quilter
Joyful Stitching: Transform Fabric with Improvisational Embroidery
by Laura WasilowskiStitch playful projects Dive into Laura’s delightful world of embroidery and learn how to create small, free-form embroidery pieces that are alive with color and texture. With instructions for 21 basic embroidery stitches and 6 projects, all in Laura’s signature colorful, whimsical style, you’ll transform a flat, plain surface into a joyful, design-packed art piece. Stitch on wool, felt, or silk, and enjoy the simple pleasure of slow stitching. Includes a gallery of display ideas, as well as additional ideas for using free-form stitching. • Begin with simple shapes and fill them with improvisational stitchery • Change up the provided designs, swapping out colors and trying new stitch combinations, to create your own unique work • From popular, best-selling author and teacher Laura Wasilowski
Rulerwork Quilting Idea Book: 59 Outline Designs to Fill with Free-Motion Quilting, Tips for Longarm and Domestic Machines
by Amanda MurphyA basic introduction to reulerwork, featuring fifty-nine designs using six basic quilting ruler shapes, including straight lines, circles, and squiggles.Quilting rulers have long been used by longarm quilters to make uniform shapes, but now, with the advent of the domestic ruler foot, domestic quilters can join in on the fun, too! Amanda starts with how to use six basic shapes of machine quilting ruler to lay a foundation for your quilting, then moves on to executing fifty-nine different designs. Finish up by following Amanda’s suggestions for filling in background space with free-motion quilting.
You and Your Sewing Machine: A Sewist's Guide to Troubleshooting, Maintenance, Tips & Techniques
by Bernie TobischA sewing machine pro shares expert tips on choosing, using, maintaining, and troubleshooting—packed with photos! From the sewing machine whisperer comes this in-depth, visual guide to how a sewing machine works, how to keep it in good working order, and how to solve common problems. With this book from Bernie Tobisch—who has decades of experience as a technician, dealer, and teacher—you can learn what questions to ask when buying a new sewing machine, what sewing machine foot to use for different projects, what regular maintenance you need to perform, and more. Perfect for sewists and quilters of all levels, this friendly approach to learning about and troubleshooting YOUR sewing machine gives you the tools you need to sew and quilt with less frustration and better results.