Zentangle = filling odd shaped spaces with repetitive patterns using pen and paper, developed by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas. Zentangle quilting = filling odd shaped spaces with repetitive patterns using machine stitches and thread. Free-motion quilting in repetitive patterns is not new to quilters. They have long used stitch patterns like "vermicelli" and "echo" stitching to quilt their projects. First Time Tangle Quilting takes the concepts, theory and method of Zentangle and ...

Create a Christmas to remember with holiday gifts and decorations from the popular fabric designer and author of Country Cottage Quilting.This is a collection of beautiful Christmas crafts from top designer Lynette Anderson. This book features a wide range of ideas for a useful mixture of gifts and keepsakes to create, from quick-to-stitch gifts, including a Christmas Friends Pillow, Santa's Sweet Stockings, and Santa Tea Towel to beautiful decorations, li...

The Gentle Art of Domesticity is a book that has changed many lives. Now it’s back by popular demand. This is not a how-to book with diagrams and instructions, but an inspirational and articulate defence of the home as a place to express creativity and personality. Jane Brocket delights in domesticity. Lively, curious and creative, she takes inspiration from her surroundings, art, literature and nature. From angora cushions to gingerbread houses, from crochet blankets to ge...

"Filled to the brim with 25 quick-to-make pillows from some of today's hottest designers . . . A pillow is a great place to expand your skill and have some fun." — McCall's QuiltingThis installment of the Design Collective series is stuffed full of pillows! Make a distinctive statement with eye-catching modern designs—choose from twenty-five different 18" to 20" square pillow projects to decorate your home.Pull out your favorite fabrics and have fu...

Today's marketplace is flooded with trendy large-scale prints from design visionaries including Amy Butler and Heather Bailey. Big-Print Quilts comes to your rescue, helping you turn your longing looks at today's impressive large-scale floral or novelty fabrics into great ideas and actions for making the most of these innovative prints. This book features 15 projects for every quilting skill level, plus, charts to help you stitch your way through varying fabric scales....

Are you ever jealous of those beautiful quilts your aunt or grandmother used to make? Were you ever interested in making your own but were unsure of how to begin?Are you looking to start a new, interesting hobby? If the answer to any of these questions is “yes,” then this is the book for you! This book will assist in teaching, educating and helping you learn not only the basics of quilting but also how to put together and complete your very own quilting projects! In the past, you may have ...

This pretty project uses pre-cut charm squares to create a simple yet decorative sewing accessory. Place it on a table or shelf near your work to avoid the problem of dropping pins and scattered loose threads! Project taken from 25 Ways to Sew Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes and Charm Packs by Brioni Greenberg

" The colourful photographs, vibrant fabrics, and charming vintage-modern styling give this book a warm and inviting feel ." —Ellen Luckett Baker, author of 1, 2, 3 SewSewing with pre-cut fabric packs is all the rage. It allows for endless creativity and makes it a cinch to stitch up lovely quilts without breaking the bank. Little Bits Quilting Bee features twenty projects for small fabric scraps and bundles inclu...

Goodbye, dull quilts! Hello, color confidence! Have you always felt nervous about choosing colors for your quilts? Popular pattern designer Pam Dinndorf helps you step up to color confidence and break out of the drab quilt doldrums for good. Learn how to use the color wheel to select fabrics and how to start with a large group of fabrics and zero in quickly on the ones that look best together. • Make 6 bold quilts in Pam's signature colors • Get answers to frequently asked questions like h...

Crafty projects for a beautiful bedroom with a country style.This gorgeous collection of cushion and quilt projects are all inspired by Jo Colwill's life on her Cornish farm. Learn how to sew with step-by-step instructions, detailed diagrams, and clever tips and tricks. For most of the projects, patchwork is combined with applique and hand embroidery, and the sewing techniques are clearly described to help you to achieve professional results.There's a wide ...

The renowned quilt artist and author of Ruth McDowell's Piecing Workshop offers an advanced class in piecing for quilters who have mastered the basics.Almost everyone who views a Ruth McDowell quilt wants to know, "How did she piece that?" Now Ruth shares her sought-after techniques for piecing curved seams, insets, multiple angles, Z seams, Y seams, puzzle seams, diagonals, intersecting seams, slipped seams, and much more.Beginning with a photo or s...

Fourteen simple projects: "Readers will be awestruck by the brilliant designs and . . . sidebars on famous stitcher Ayako Miyawaki, yukata cottons, and more." — Booklist (starred review)Improv quilting—in which quilt designs emerge organically as fabric is cut and stitched—is easy, popular, and fun. In this book, expert quilter Patricia Belyea offers improv instruction and shares her appealing Quilt Manifesto of five simple rules. While providing quilters ...