Quiltmaking, patchwork and appliqué Books

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Book SynopsisHow to Stitch an American Dream recounts Jenny Doan’s journey from raising a family and crafting a life built on faith, love, and laughter to fulfilling her dream of launching the Missouri Star Quilt Company--and revitalizing a small town along the way.

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Book SynopsisFrom 1888 to 1918, a community of Miami Valley neighbors and relatives made album presentation quilts to celebrate life passages. Their sharing of designs and construction techniques led to the development of a distinctive regional quilt style that has never been duplicated in any other region of the state or country.Trade Review“Part textile history, part genealogy, and part detective story, this book shares Cummings’s research journeys while giving the reader a look into life in southwestern Ohio around the end of the 19th century.” * Maine Antiques Digest *“Every once in a while a book crosses my desk that leaves me flipping through the pages in amazement and delight. This is one such book, documenting more than 30 examples of album quilts in a small section of the Miami Valley in west-central Ohio....” * AntiqueWeek *“The book’s author couldn’t be better qualified to present this subject … Cummings puts her impeccable research skills to work, creating a well-documented, engagingly told tale. … This attractive, colorful, and abundantly illustrated book doubly serves as an interesting read and a valuable reference.” * Ohioana Quarterly *“In moving beyond the artifacts themselves, Cummings weaves the artifacts into the fabric of the community that produced them.…The illustrations are beautiful and add to the richness of the text.” * Ohio History *“The difference between album quilts from Baltimore, New England, and even other parts of Ohio is beautifully illustrated through the use of extensive photographs of complete quilts and details of their unique features. Due to their size and level of detail, quilts are notoriously difficult to photograph, and this volume does not disappoint with regard to its illustrations.” * Northwest Ohio History *

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Book SynopsisThis definitive, meticulously illustrated how-to book is far more expansive than previous guides. Pillsbury—a master of the form—shows us why crazy quilting belongs firmly in the category of fine art and serves as an inspiring primer for beginners.Trade Review“From the broad strokes of design to the precision of embroidery stitches, Pillsbury explains crazy quilting with the authority of a scholar and the passion of an artist. Her expertise, backed by historical research, is paired with her exquisite stitching, and Crazy Quilts is a storehouse of ideas and techniques. Beautifully detailed, with simple instruction, this book is an important resource for those who love the art of the needle.”“Award-winning artist Pillsbury details her own process for making crazy quilts and outlines basic instructions for a first-timer. Step-by-step directions for a variety of stitches, beading, and ribbon embroidery fill the bulk of the book…. There are beautiful close-up photos throughout, mostly of Pillsbury’s work but also showing the details of some historical crazy quilts, sure to provide inspiration for the reader’s own crazy-quilt creations.” * Booklist *“If you like ornate and adorned textile surfaces, this book will prove an invaluable guide.” * The Quilter *“Pillsbury breaks down complex stitch combinations into their simplest elements so that results can be reproduced with accuracy and ease. She provides oodles of pictures with variations and solutions to the trickiest problems. With simple yet brilliant suggestions, she’ll guide you to the land of crazy quilt enchantment.”

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Book SynopsisMakes a valuable historical contribution and is the first book on the quiltmaking traditions of African Americans in Michigan.

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Book SynopsisQuilting gets a rustic modern treatment in this 20-project sewing book that celebrates American trade quilts, with touches of Native and early American influences. The timeless style of these DIY designs will inspire quilters of every skill level to make cozy style statements for their home or office. Clear, step-by-step instructions detail how to use inventive techniques such as coffee staining and bleaching to achieve a perfectly distressed vintage feel, while dozens of helpful diagrams and photographs make these projects even more accessible. From a stunning Navajo blanket to a World''s Fair design comprising international antique flags, this compilation is ideal for anyone looking to create gorgeous quilts and blankets in the spirit of a bygone era.

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Book SynopsisBuilding on the popularity of modern quilting, the book features 14 patchwork projects with a modern look which use rainbows as the overall colour theme. The book enables readers to create their own rainbow look, from selecting which colours to use and choosing the appropriate fabrics for a project. Starting from the basics of patchwork the book includes tutorials on creating simple blocks, finishing a quilt and making an envelope cushion, alongside the basic tools and techniques used. Each of the 14 projects is broken down into easy to follow steps with detailed illustrations, making the book accessible for confident beginners as well as more seasoned quilters. The projects range in difficulty and time requirements, meaning that there is something for everyone depending in their time available and skill level. The five cushions and three mini projects are great for beginners, offering a smaller scale project that can be completed within a day and help to develop some of the skills required for making larger quilts. The six quilt projects include two large bed sized quilts, two lap quilts, a single bed quilt and a picnic blanket. All of the skills required to complete the quilts are included within the book, along with details on the authors inspiration, fabric choice and a colouring page.

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Book SynopsisCreate exquisite quilts in the Japanese style featuring cool, calming taupe colors -- with tips, techniques, and inspiration from an acclaimed textile artist. The distinctive beauty of contemporary Japanese quilts in soft sepia tones is known and admired by quilters the world over. These cool and calm fabrics are easily combined, often with accents of brick red, olive green, or yellow ocher, to create a style that is both new and evocative of vintage quilts. In Japanese Taupe Quilts, acclaimed textile artist Susan Briscoe presents 125 patterns for patchwork and applique blocks that have been drafted from a variety of traditional sources, including Japanese fabric, paper, architectural designs, and kamon family crests. For each block, Briscoe provides a photo, a clear instructional diagram or template, a fabric palette, and cutting guide, as well as detailed instructions for making the block. At-a-glance icons indicate skill level (from beginner to experienced quilter) and techniques used. The blocks can be mixed and matched, tessellated for allover patterns, or combined into sampler quilts. Combination ideas appear throughout the block directory, together with six simple projects: pillow, lap quilt, tote bag, table runner, wall hanging, and satchel handbag.

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Book SynopsisThis is the one reference every quilter needs. Its 352 pages and 1000 photographs cover every aspect of machine quilting. Sections include quilt basics, block-pieced quilts, appliqué quilts, special piecing methods, embellishing quilts, and a sampler quilt with related projects. Quilters from beginners to the skilled will turn to this book again and again. New to this edition are several scrap quilt piecing techniques and projects for stash busting. Plus updated information on battings and bindings.

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Book SynopsisInfuse your quilts with love--how to add your personal story and more meaning to your handmade quilts.In Wise Craft Quilts, celebrated quilt designer and crafter Blair Stocker shares ways to use cherished fabrics to make quilts with more meaning. Each of the twenty-one quilts featured here gathers a special collection of fabric, outlines a new technique, and spins a story. By using special fabrics as the starting point for each project—from a wedding dress to baby’s first clothes, worn denim, Tyvek race numbers, and more—the finished quilt is made even more special. Create quilts that have a story to tell and you’ll find a whole new level of appreciation for what they represent in your life and the lives of the ones you love.

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Book SynopsisLaura Preston, founder of the textile studio and quilting shop Vacilando Quilting Co., has created the ultimate resource for modern quilters. Her minimalist quilting method uses geometric shapes and bold, solid colours to simplify traditional quilting techniques, for stunning, contemporary quilts in less time. With large fabric shapes, quilt tops come together quickly, making these projects perfect for beginners. Advanced quilters will find this a valuable source book for modern techniques such as creating curved lines and working with negative space. Every quilter can find something to fit their schedule and skill level, with projects like quilted throws, pillows, table runners, decorative wall art and blankets of all sizes, from baby to adult. Laura’s friendly instructions take readers step-by-step through each pattern, with comprehensive visual guidelines and helpful tips. Readers will learn the foundations of quilting, including techniques for cutting, piecing, assembly, machine sewing and finishing. A contemporary colour palette and clean lines inspired by the American west make these designs both fresh and timeless. Faster to finish than traditional quilts, with plenty of room for personalisation, these patterns make heirloom-quality gifts for friends and family, and add the perfect modern touch to any room. This book will have 20 patterns with a photo for each, plus step-by-step images.

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Book SynopsisCreate a quilted masterpiece that will stand the test of time. These gorgeous projects are just what you're looking for to add that special touch to your home over the festive period. You'll find each of these eight timeless patterns are irresistible to make!Trade ReviewThe Christmas Quilting book by Annie’s Quilting is quite thin at 48 pages but is a beautiful and creative book which guides you through eight fabulous Christmas quilting projects. I know I would love to have any of them presented to me on Christmas morning. Or if I were a quilter I’d love to be presented with the book and to have a year to work on the items in it before next Christmas. The book is aimed at quilters of various levels. Each project has a skill level attached to it which is really helpful. If you like quilting I’m sure you would find a lovely Christmas project in this book. I would definitely be a beginner but the way it is written I’d feel confident I could tackle the projects. I think the content is really varied. It ranges from a beautiful Take A Breath wall hanging stags, to a traditional table runner adorned with Christmas trees, to more complex quilt designs. This book is very visual. Each section leads you through how to make the quilts by using really well taken photos of the finished product and great graphics of things like the quilt blocks and how to cut them. It also has little tip and inspiration boxes along the way full of facts which I love in a book. It’s just so fabulously Christmassy! As soon as I looked at it I wanted every quilt in my house for the festive season. It’s also nice that it shows items as table decorations, quilts, wall hangings – not all just traditional wrap yourself up quilts. I think this book offers a lot for the cover price. I was also surprised to read that some of my favourite designs which I thought could be quite complicated are actually aimed at the ‘confident beginner’ skill level. That’s a big win in my opinion. I might well have a go for next year! -- Jo Burgess * www.mrxstitch.com *A selection of eight seasonal projects using a variety of techniques including piecing, applique and a foundation paper pieced Lone Star. There are wall hangings, runners and quilts. Some are quick makes which can be made in an afternoon, others are quilts, the largest being 60" by 68". One Log Cabin quilt has AccuQuilt cutting instructions. There are several technique pages which cover three ways to make Flying Geese, foundation paper piecing and Y seams amongst others. Full sized templates are included but there are no quilting suggestions. This can be seen in the images. There are useful hints and tips throughout. This is suitable for the beginner but also has patterns which would tempt the more experienced. -- British Patchwork & Quilting * British Patchwork & Quilting *What would be a more special gift at Christmas than a handmade quilt. Eight stunning designs full of colour that portray the meaning of Christmas are in this beautiful book. With names like ‘Take a Breath’, ‘Silent Night’, and ‘Star of Wonder’, you cannot help but be inspired to create something beautiful for a loved one. From beginner to advanced levels, any lover of quilting can recreate one or more of these quilts. Tips and inspiration are included to ensure your finished piece is personal and unique. A lot of information on quilting is included and from start to finish you feel like you are guided through each process to get a professional finish. Templates are included and the colours of the fabrics used in each design help to influence you to use your own imagination. It’s beautiful. -- Tracy Shephard * Postcard Reviews *

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Book SynopsisAdorable Animal Quilting uses the simplified method of paper-piecing to teach craft lovers how to make easy, fun quilt designs. Readers will learn quilting and sewing basics while creating a plethora of cute, lovable animal pattern-blocks along the way. Ingrid Alteneder, pattern designer, quilting instructor and founder of Joe, June and Mae, has created 20 different paper outlines that seriously streamline the process of making quilted blocks. Each outline shows readers how to align different fabrics, the measurements necessary for each piece, and where to cut and sew materials. No matter your skill level, this book will help you produce professional looking, high-quality, charming quilted patterns with Ingrid’s step-by-step instructions and helpful visual aids. Ingrid guides you through what materials you will need - both the common household items and the experienced quilting tools - to set readers up with all the necessary materials to design beautiful patterns for years to come. With animal designs ranging from cats and dogs, to kolas and hippos, to turtles and dolphins, everyone will quickly find a favorite project to embark on. Whether you’re looking for an activity the whole family will love, a relaxing solo craft project, or trying to enhance your quilting game, Adorable Animal Quilting will help you get there. This book will have 20 projects and 20 photos (plus step-by-steps).

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