A wonderful world of intricate beauty You'll be captivated by the elegance and grace of these elaborate shadow trapunto quilts-especially once you discover how easy they are to make! Create the old-world look of tatting or lace with a simple 3-step technique. Geta provides instructions and patterns for working with whole cloth, pieced, or appliqué backgrounds. A gorgeous gallery of her work is included. • 30 remarkable projects include wallhangings, pillows, tablerunners, and postcards • A...

Proving that you don’t need to be an expert to create beautiful pieces of quilted patchwork, this little guide covers all the basic techniques you will need to start your own projects – however ambitious they are!

Give a gorgeous handmade gift with over 25 simple patchwork patterns!Patchwork isn't just about making quilts; it's about creating smaller projects too, and sewing something pretty to treasure! This book has a tempting range of quick-to-stitch patchwork patterns to get you started; from applique cushion designs and hand-pieced doll's quilts to pretty birdhouses, brooches, boxes and even soft toy rabbits in pretty patchwork dresses. Each chapter features easy-to-follow instruction...

Author Joy-Lily helps readers to put the fun back into quilting. Inside, readers will experience a fresh approach to quilting with two simplified, carefree methods:"sew & flip" and "stack, slice & swap," where skills like matching seams and measuring are not important. At the end of construction, each piece is trimmed to a uniform size to facilitate mixing and matching into many quilted projects. While matching seams and other traditional quilting skills are unimportant for success with th...

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...

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....

What makes a brilliant color combination? An inspiring, idea-filled guide to color theory and how to use it in your quilting projects!This useful guide shares the secrets of successfully using color in your quilting. Discover more about color theory and how to use it in the context of quilting, then apply this theory to practical projects, from quilts and cushions, to wall hangings, table runners and bags. Featuring six color-themed sections with block ideas for eve...

This scarce text contains an interesting and comprehensive guide pertaining to the colourful history of quilting in England. The definitive guide on the subject, this scarce book will greatly appeal to anyone with an interest in the topic of quilting and is a must-have for collectors of Marie Webster’s work. This text has been elected for republication due to its historical and educational value, proudly republished here with a new introductory biography of the author. Marie Daugherty Webs...

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 ...

Contemporary quilter Louise Silk takes you through her own quilting journey to discover how the process of making a quilt can be used to explore and strengthen your own spirituality. And as you work through original project ideas, you will discover the many ways that quilt making can help you express not just your creativity, but also gratitude, hospitality, friendship and joy.

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...

Make quilted bags for every day, from coin purses to backpacks to laptop bags, using precut fabrics—from the author of The Ultimate Sashiko Sourcebook.Susan Briscoe's new collection of practical designs for bags and purses are sure to inspire. She takes you through a collection of fourteen designs—a duo for every day of the week—with each complimentary pair featuring easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions that make the bags quick and fun to create. Ever...