Transform your fabric leftovers into beautiful, coordinated quilts.If your scrap bin is overflowing, it’s time to take control—with creativity and confidence.In ScrapTherapy® Cut the Scraps!, quilting expert Joan Ford introduces a simple, seven-step system to tame your stash and turn it into stunning, scrappy quilts. With clear guidance on cutting, sorting, and storing fabric squares, this book empowers quilters to make the most of what they alread...

Take your scrap quilting to the next level with ScrapTherapy®: Scraps Plus One!This exciting follow-up to the original ScrapTherapy book offers fresh patterns and innovative techniques to help you transform your fabric stash into stunning quilts with ease.Featuring a collection of 18 new projects, you'll discover ways to creatively combine your fabric scraps with one additional fabric—whether it's a solid, stripe, or another print—to create dynamic...

Join the revolution that’s changing the way we work.Every working parent knows how hard the juggle is. Now we know the cause.In #WorkSchoolHours, Dr Ellen Joan Ford (Nelson) lays out her case for a better way of working – one that challenges our preconceptions about productivity, purpose, and parenthood. The #WorkSchoolHours movement takes us far beyond just how we structure working schedules and delivers better commercial outcomes for businesses and better lives for everyo...

Quilting basics with modern flair—with twelve projects for beginners, confident beginners, and intermediates.Winner of the Next Generation Indie Book AwardTry a fresh, relaxed approach to making quilts with this new book. The bright aesthetic and clear, simple instructions guide beginners and intermediates alike through the entire process of creating fun and useful quilts that they'll be proud to call their own.Explore different options for ea...

Discover all that you can make with just one yard of fabric!Rebecca Yaker and Patricia Hoskins offer 101 fun projects that use a single yard of fabric to make clothes, accessories, baby items, and more. With clear, step-by-step instructions, each project is designed to be completed in just a few hours. Get inspired and turn a yard of your favorite fabric into a quilted lunch bag, bright sundress, or a cuddly plush turtle.

Learning how to sew has never been simpler with this guide to basic techniques and projects for both hand and machine!Like having a personal instructor at your side, this beginner's guide teaches you to sew stitches both by hand and with a machine. Filled with detailed descriptions of materials and tools, the easy step-by-step instructions for all the basic sewing techniques will have you creating projects like aprons, pillows, and even pants and shorts in no time.

The well-tailored jacket, always in style, is one of the most challenging, popular, and satisfying sewing projects. Tailoring is the classic guide to the required techniques. Step-by-step instructions and close-up photographs help hobby sewers get professional results. Tailoring covers all three tailoring methods (custom or hand, machine, and fusible) and the complete process from fabric selection to finishing touches. There are detailed instructions on adjusting the pattern for proper fit...

All you need to get sewing: supplies, stitches, sizing charts, over 300 photos, and much more.This comprehensive reference is an indispensable guide for anyone who sews (or wants to start). Organized for easy readability and usage, it covers everything you need to know whether you're making a home decoration, piece of clothing, or an accessory. Contents include:an extensive overview on tools and materialsstep-by-step instructions on various ...

This jargon-free, fully illustrated guide to using your sewing machine explains essential techniques and offers easy projects for getting started.Straightforward and accessible, Me and My Sewing Machine contains everything you need to know to get the most out of your sewing machine. There are no intimidating specialty techniques, painstaking procedures, or complicated methods. Instead you will find easy-to-understand, practical and decorative techniques th...

Learn professional techniques, shortcuts, and secrets for making couture bags Let's be honest: when you make a bag, you want it to be constructed well and finished beautifully - with that professional edge that sets apart homemade and handmade. In this how-to book, accomplished bag maker Nicole Mallalieu reveals her high-end techniques, shortcuts, and secrets for professional design and finishes. Graded and ordered by degree of difficulty, the 10 featured projects teach a range of expert s...

The founder of the internationally popular website WhipUp.net shares twenty contemporary quilts from across the globe in this charming, easy-to-follow guide.Quilts come in all shapes and sizes. Wall hangings, pillow covers, lap quilts, and more.The little quilts in Whip Up Mini Quilts range from simple to more challenging, offering something for everyone. More than just a project book, Mini Quilts outlines the fundamentals of quilting, offer...

From 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 op...