Quiltmaking, patchwork and appliqué Books

Book SynopsisPerfect for all skill levels, these 8 quilt projects are inspired by Thimbleberries creator, Lynette Jensen, and timeless star patterns. With step-by-step instructions and coordinating full-color diagrams, you'll create wall hangings, quilts, a table square, and a table runner. The members of the Landauer Publishing staff incorporate fresh fabrics and design twists that update their favorite Thimbleberries star quilts.

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Book SynopsisComplete 8 fun projects, all with a curvy flair using the Quick Curve Ruler©. Jenny Pedigo and Helen Robinson of Sew Kind of Wonderful bring you Contemporary Curved Quilts that includes patterns for full-size quilts, wall hangings, table runners, and pillows. With complete step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow photography for cutting the curves, piecing the curves, and squaring up the blocks, each beautifully quilted project will inspire creativity, and are easy enough for an experienced beginner and challenging enough for an advanced quilter. The Quick Curve Ruler© is sold separately, providing a fun and simple approach to sewing curves without templates or pinning.

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Book SynopsisThe ultimate, award-winning guide for beginning quilters, this book has everything you need to know to start and finish a quilt! Opening with the basics on equipment, fabrics, and ¼ seams, you’ll then learn all the essential quilting and appliqueing techniques and how to assemble the top and finish a quilt. With 7 practice projects that include step-by-step instructions, full-color illustrations, and alternative color options, discover the joys of quilting and making special keepsakes! Helpful tips, charts, and formulas throughout will further your understanding and skillset along the way, as well as a glossary containing quilting terms and definitions.

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Book SynopsisEvery quilt needs to be bound, but not every quilt needs to be bound the same way. In one concise booklet, 12 of the most popular binding techniques are shown in clear, step-by-step photos, illustrations, and easy-to-follow text. Learn the methods for self binding, inside out binding, flange binding, continuous regular and bias binding, four fabric scrappy binding, irregular edge binding, hand-stitching binding to the quilt back, and more. With this guide, you’ll be able to try a different binding every time!

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Book SynopsisDig into your fabric stash and stock up on precuts to complete 10 charming quilts. Projects range from smaller projects, like pillows and place mats, to larger quilts, like wall hangings and table runners. Easy-to-follow instructions and templates make these projects a joy for any quilter to sew.

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Book SynopsisSandi Blackwell presents 6 sets of simple blocks for 18 quilt design possibilities utilizing her 1-2-3 Square-agonals technique. With clear, step-by-step instructions and coordinating illustrations and diagrams for each project, simply make your blocks, choose your layout, cut and reassemble your quilt top, and finally, add borders!

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Book SynopsisWith a focus on colorful, fun, and simple projects, McB McManus and E. B. Updegraff joined talents to create 9 beautiful and easy-to-create baby quilts. Using splashes of color and charming prints, easy-going pre-cuts and panels enable you to make the baby quilt patterns in just a day or a weekend! Featuring step-by-step instructions, helpful how-to tips, piecing and appliqué techniques, and full-size quilt templates, Easy-Cut Baby Quilts provides everything you need to bundle your little one. Fabric twists built into the pattern give you several small projects, making these quilts fun, fast, and absolutely adorable!

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Book SynopsisA bold mix of colors and fabrics highlights the unique appeal of 9 new quilts. Made with millennials in mind and created by Melanie Greseth and Joanie Holton for TailorMade by Design, these quilts are contemporary with an urban flair. The fresh, fun, and modern designs are sure add a spark to any room while also giving twenty-somethings the comfort of home. Larger fabric pieces and straight stitching make them easy-to-sew and attainable to complete within a day. Filled with step-by-step instructions, helpful illustrations, complete direction for yardage, cutting, and assembly, and full design patterns and templates, you’ll also discover piecing and applique techniques.

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Book SynopsisLearn to make a variety of string quilt block designs including diagonal squares, diamonds, circles, triangles, columns, and fans. This complete guide takes quilters through every step of the string quilting process with helpful tips and suggestions throughout each chapter.

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Book SynopsisJazz up your quilt-making with lively and fun jelly roll quilts! Jean Ann Wright is back with 9 new quilt projects all made with precut jelly roll strips and inspired by the movement of music. The easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and detailed diagrams make these quilts a perfect weekend project, even for beginners. Also included are full-size, ready-to-use templates and the interesting background that inspired each musically-oriented design. Jean Ann has created unique and entertaining designs to ensure your projects won't look like a typical precut quilt.

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Book SynopsisTurn ordinary appliqué patterns into eye-catching accents by adding wool into your fabric mix. In this book, needlework artist and pattern designer Angela Lawrence has created over a dozen projects in a variety of sizes using wool appliqué. The unique combination of wool, cotton, and other materials promises stunning results. Projects include coasters, pillows, table runners, wall hangings, and a lap quilt. Detailed stitch diagrams complete each project, and all of the included appliqué patterns can be used time and time again! Additional sections on using and caring for wool, preparing wool for appliqué, layering shapes, embellishing, and more are also provided to ensure success.

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Book SynopsisDiscover 23 new Thimbleberries® quilt patterns with a contemporary twist! Best-selling designer Lynette Jensen showcases pairs of step-by-step quilt projects made with her own classic fabrics and Cotton + Steel fabrics, and the results are stunning! Lynette features over 20 new Thimbleberries® patterns and is on a mission to unite fabric lovers everywhere with a whole new way of presenting quilt patterns. Thimbleberries® with a New Attitude features her own timeless, traditional designs and fabrics, as well as presenting them made with fabric by Cotton + Steel, the exciting collaboration of five young designers whose contemporary fabric designs have taken the quilting world by storm. There’s something for everyone in the book where tried and true meets new.

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Book SynopsisGet the results you love with this complete visual guide to quilting on your home sewing machine. Expert designer, author, and blogger Wendy Sheppard wants quilters of all skill levels to be able to say, “I made this from start to finish.” From straight line quilting to beautiful free-motion techniques, Wendy’s expert advice and proven methods guide you through every step. Learn new skills and build your confidence with more than 20 step-by-step stitch design guides, from echoes and loops to swirls and feathers. Also included are 4 beautiful sampler projects, detailed diagrams, stunning color photographs, and helpful “My Two Cents” technique tips from Wendy Sheppard to further your skills!

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Book SynopsisIn Utility-Style Quilts for Everyday Living, renowned fabric and quilt designer Sharon Holland provides 12 well-illustrated projects for simple yet beautiful quilts, ranging from table runners to a queen-sized quilt. Each fast-pieced project is great for beginners, with skill-building design tips and suggestions throughout. These lovely patterns are a reason for readers to dig into their stash and make a quilt that will be used and loved for years to come. The quilts are inspired by timeless and well-loved block patterns and use surprising fabric and color choices to put a new, modern spin on tradition.

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Book SynopsisRadiant Quilts offers a complete guide to making gorgeous scrap quilts using just one, two, or three simple repeated shapes. Renowned author and quilt designer Elsie M. Campbell uses triangles, clamshells, half-hexagons, strips, and diamonds to make nine start-to-finish, stash-busting projects—from stunning table runners to a gorgeous king-sized quilt. With simplicity as the basis for each piece or block, Elsie shows how color, value, and contrast can work together to create the illusion of depth and light. She explains how to make fabric decisions that produce wonderfully luminescent quilts. Her book provides cutting instructions for three methods: cutting with scissors and templates; rotary cutters and rulers; and die cutters.

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Book Synopsis10 of the best-known and most respected teachers in modern quilt making, many best-selling authors in their own right, share one of their most popular workshops with you. Each class is designed to help you improve your own composition and design choices whether you create your own patterns or want to follow one of the 16 patterns included. The final workshop is an inspirational gallery of 50 modern quilts that exemplify the tone, color work, and techniques found in modern quilt making today. This is the must-have collection of for experienced and beginning modern quilters.Table of ContentsIntro Workshop 1: Principals of Color by Kari Votechovsky Workshop 2: Working with Solids by Alissa Haight-Carlton Workshop 3: Working with Prints by Daniel Rouse Workshop 4: Improvisational Patchwork by Denyse Schmidt Workshop 5: Introducing the Alternate Grid by Jacquie Gering Workshop 6: Introducing Circles and Curves by Cheryl Arkison Workshop 7: Introducing Paper Piecing by Penny Layman Workshop 8: Introducing Large Scale Piecing by Heather Jones Workshop 9: Modern Machine Quilting by Angela Walters Workshop 10: A Study of 50 Quilts by Heather Grant Pattern pages

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Book SynopsisA project based quilt book featuring 15 unique designs and designers. Most quilters present their finished quilts as gifts to friends and loved-ones, but often these projects leave extra fabric scraps that quilt makers can't bear to just throw away. Scrap-based quilting titles are consistently best-sellers as quilters are always looking for new and innovative patterns to feature these treasured fabrics. Most often, these are the quilts that get kept by their maker as a reminder of all of the other quilts they have gifted over the years. Scrap quilts can be tricky to design due to the variety of color challenges that random scraps can introduce, but these patterns solve those issues through clearly illustrated color schematics.Trade ReviewIssue 8 Lucky Spool is the new name in quilt-related publishing, and as far as we can see, it's dedicated to producing beautiful books with well-picked design talent. Scraps, Inc is one of its first heavy hitters - a compilation of genuinely gorgeous modern quilts that are sure to make your scrap pile happy. While we have our favourites - Lee Heinrich's Fire Wheel is a particular beauty - the collection is varied and well crafted. We want to make them all! The best thing is that this is only volume one, which means we can look forward to more in this vein from Lucky Spool going forward. We can't wait already. Quilt Now

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Book SynopsisThe Quilt Block Cookbook is a thoughtfully curated volume of 50 different 12-inch quilt blocks in a variety of complexities and styles. Quilt blocks are like a box of chocolates - each one is a mini euphoria on its own. And when paired with other blocks, they’re simply delectable! Most quilt blocks are comprised of basic elements, and you’ll learn the ingredients for each. In addition to the 50 blocks and the 7 sampler quilts, quilters will also learn how to use their quilt blocks in many different ways, creating dynamic design repeats by tapping into the limitless possibilities of block-based quilts. 'This is a book about creating quilt blocks but presented in traditional cookery book style. And you know what? It's actually a rather clever format.' Popular Patchwork June 2017Trade ReviewI guess you could call me a foodie, perhaps even downright greedy. I’ve got shelves full of cookery books and only have to catch an episode of Jamie Oliver making a posh fish finger buttie and I’m raiding the cupboards (although sadly never seem to have the capers, oh well). So, the point is, when I was asked to review The Quilt Block Cookbook, I was already imagining a host of comfort food recipes designed to eat whilst snuggled up under a quilt, watching the latest Scandi Noir. Not so. This is a book about creating quilt blocks but presented in traditional cookery book style. And you know what? It’s actually a rather clever format (setting my appetite needs aside). This handsome hardback is laid out in chapters called Stocking your Kitchen, Ingredients, and features block ‘recipes’ called things like Mango Tango and Pumpkin Pie. The blocks are sectioned into grids of 3 x 3, 4 x 4 etc. with 50 yummy ‘flavours’ or blocks to choose from. Lemon Whip is a 3 x 3 grid made up of petal units; a diamond in a square unit and quarter square triangle units and the instructions are condensed into two concise pages complete with mouth-watering photography. Amy Gibson is a skilled quilter but is happy to admit that creating blocks gives her that instant hit that is ‘a wonderful little triumph’. Having made a few blocks of your own, you might want to try out one of the seven quilts presented at the back of the book. Full Scale is a king-sized quilt requiring only six of your favourite 12in blocks, outlined in weighty frames set on musical staffs. You could even create a community quilt by combining blocks with your friends. You know what though? I hate sharing my food! * Popular Patchwork *If you’ve ever thought that a quilt project is a lot like a recipe, you’re not alone! Amy Gibson has brought together two of our favourite things in her new book, The Quilt Block Cookbook. Using classic quilting ingredients of HSTs and Flying Geese, she’s created fifty different recipes for modern quilt blocks, as well as seven sampler quilt designs for mixing them all together. We fell in love when we saw doughnuts and sprinkles on the project pages! * Love Patchwork and Quilting *This is one brilliant book! I have recently started quilting and it is such a huge craft that sometimes it can be overwhelming. This book takes the blocks you can make and put them in one easy to follow book. Each block is in the book with clear pictures to show you the different parts, a picture of the completed block and a picture of the finished square. You also get cutting instructions as well as Make It instructions. You will not believe the amount of squares you can make and how different they all look. At the start of the book it is explained how to use the book. How to work with different units to make different looks and sizes. All of the tools you will need are discussed so you will be clear what you need to get first. The blocks are then in sections: Basic Triangles, Corner Cutters, Short & Tall Triangles, Bursts & Blooms & Straight Aways. As you near the back of the book you are then given quilts to make from the squares. There are step-by-step instructions to help you complete your quilt. Then you are given step-by-step instructions, pictures and diagrams to teach you how to quilt the different shapes and how to paper piece. At the back you will find a unit sizing chart and the templates for the different shapes you will use within the squares. This is the type of book you will use time and again. Whoever or whatever the occasion for making a quilt you are sure to put together brilliant designs from within the book. * Crochet Addict UK *An exciting recipe book for quilters. Discover 50 quilt blocks, 7 sampler quilts and all the possibilities of playing with colour and more. This book contains twenty 3 x 3 blocks, ten 4 x 4 blocks, six 5 x 5 blocks, four 6 x 6 blocks, and ten staples. As well as the seven sampler quilts, you’ll find a chapter headed ‘Beyond the sampler’, construction techniques, piecing guide, perfect pairings, sizing guide and templates. This book sets you up with 50 fabulous blocks that can be used in so many ways, samplers that you can adapt, design ideas and so much more. Bring your creativity to play and you’ll be creating so many quilts with this book. Mix and match for startling results, play with triangles, squares and shape incorporating flying geese and more. Each block is seen over two pages and just like a recipe, you see the ‘ingredients’ and the finished block, all in full colour. The fabric requirements, cutting and make-up are all given in clear instructions. Lemon Whip is a favourite with triangle blocks, leaf or floral shapes combined to make a harmonious whole. As a slight negative, on the whole the colour combinations are not very good to my eye, but you’ll be using your own fabrics and colour ideas, so this does not detract from the blocks. The sampler quilts do have colour harmonies. All in all this is an excellent book to add to your quilting library. * Yarnsandfabrics.co.uk *Lucky Spool are gaining a reputation for beautifully designed instructional craft books, and this latest from Amy Gibson is no exception. It is attractively presented, with a thick hardback cover and full of stunning photography. I also have a soft spot for block books that are square as I see it as a subliminal 'take a trip to the land of blocks' mkessage. As hinted in the title the format of the book takes its lead from cookery books, with references to 'stocking your kitchen', equipment you may need and 'ingredients, in reference to the units that make up blocks. The units are separated into five categories which makes it a very approachable book, and beginners, as well as those with more expewrience will be inspired by all the different designs that can be made from these relatively simple beginnings . The book contains 50 blocks, all clearly photographed, with each finisahed block shown as it looks when sewn rather than illustrated. If you are a fan of Instragram, you will love the pictures in this bookof the units on differnt backgrounds styleed with food and other kitchen props. My favourite part is towards the back of the book is towards the back where there are patterns for seven sampler quilts, each one with an interesting layout. As someone who usually finishes sampler quilts in the standard grid format with sashing it was good to see wquilts that make me consider them in a more design led way. Whilst the deisng of the book is what attracted me in the first place, it has a huge amount of content and so is a great addition to a craft book collection * Popular Patchwork *Table of ContentsIntroduction, Getting Started, Stocking the Kitchen, Ingredients Chart, Construction Techniques, Season to Taste: Customizing Your Blocks, The Blocks, 3x3 Units, 4x4 Units, 5x5 Units, 6x6 Units, Staples: Simple Blocks, The Quilts: 8 Innovative Sampler Layouts, Beyond the Sampler: Block Quilts to Sink Your Teeth into.

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Book SynopsisAn exploration of how selecting different materials, textures, and substrates combined with playing with the design concepts of line, contrast, scale, emphasis, color, volume and texture can impact the end result of the design. 8 quilts each with a multitude of color way options, illustrate how each design decision can impact the direction of a quilt. Projects range from table runners to full sized quilts each encouraging readers to play with design possibilities to create unique quilts of their own. A selection of 8 graphic quilts explores the impact that different textures and materials have on the same design. Hand quilting, needle-turn appliqué, thoughtful design choices and experimentation replace the fast and easy counterparts found in many pattern books. The author will take readers from sketch, to experimentation, to final result all shot on location at her inspirational Florida studio. Carolyn has a loyal following as a successful and established pattern designer, award winning quilter and a fabric designer for Robert Kaufman.Trade ReviewDecember 2014 How aptly entitled is this book? You really are going to savour not just the stitches but the designs, the whole package. The front cover gives you a good idea of what you get. Contemporary design at its best. Great colourways, fantastic workshops, simple effective design. The contents are split into Line, Contrast, Scale, Colour, Emphasis, Volume and Texture. Techniques, Workbook Pages, Templates and Resources are also included. Every craft book should look as good as this – congrats to the Lucky Spool graphic design team. Everything is clearly laid out with beautiful photography. Everything is easy-to-follow. I want to make every quilt in this book. Carolyn’s work deserves this treatment. Find ideas and inspiration to make great quilts. This book is a real keeper, it’s an 11 out of 10. It has to be my favourite quilt book of all time. I highly recommend you buy this, it is fantastic. * Karen Platt Yarnsandfabrics.co.uk/crafts *At the core of Carolyn Friedlander’s book are eight gorgeous patchwork blocks – the starting point from which she explores the craft that goes into quilt design. Each of the projects is created to demonstrate how different design principles can completely change the outcome of your creation – experimenting with lines, contrast, colour, scale, emphasis, texture and volume to spawn endless ideas from these few blocks. It’s a dreamy, inspirational book – but don’t doubt the value of these blocks, as they’re all more than just a little bit special. The Facing East block is a masterpiece, and we’ve already seen some quilters create some beautiful projects with this fun, but complex pattern. * Quilt Now *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION LINE Project #1 : Scales, Technique : appliqué (easy) Size : runner Two alternates CONTRAST Project #2 : Bullseye,: appliqué (easy) Size : throw using 11" block Three alternates SCALE Project #3 : Circle Lattice : appliqué (intermediate) Size : wall or small lap Three alternates EMPHASIS Project #4 : TBA Technique : paper piecing (intermediate) One alternate COLOR Project #5 : Facing East: paper piecing, appliqué (intermediate) Size : throw (+alts) One alternate Project #6 : Grove Aerial: appliqué (easy) Size : 3" (cut) block, small panel in bigger quilt. Two alternates VOLUME Project #7 : Map: paper piecing (intermediate) Size : throw One alternate TEXTURE Project #8 : Stamped coasters Technique : paper piecing (intermediate) Two alternates.

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Book SynopsisNo quilter can resist a stack of beautifully co-ordinated fabrics all neatly folded into a bundle and tied with a bow. As more fabric stores specialise in combining and marketing their own custom bundles of fat quarters, it leaves many quilters with just a ‘taste’ of many fabrics in the form of these 18 x 22’’ cuts (called fat quarters) but not really enough to make an entire quilt out of. Emma, a former fabric shop owner in Australia herself, inspires quilters to create one of her 12 quilts specifically designed to showcase these fabulous cuts whether they are from a single fabric collection or a complementary combination of many fabric lines. Emma’s patterns cross over beautifully between the modern and the new traditional quilt maker alike.Trade ReviewYou fell for the fabric and bought the bundle and it’s sitting on the shelf. Occasionally you dream about what to make, you take it down and smile at the colours and patterns, you even fondle the bundle, and then put it back on the shelf. Untie it and unleash it with this fabulous book. Create 12 quilts with pre-cuts. I don’t have 12 pre-cuts – should I buy more? These fat-quarter friendly projects will help you de-stash, or send you running to the quilt shop for more. The book explains what a fat quarter is, and then gets straight into the projects. The photography is breath-taking. The contemporary designs will speak volumes to the modern woman and quilt artist. The ideas are mainly geometric and colourful. Some of them could even be mix and match taking a row from several designs. I love Nellie Gray for its mix of white, grey and yellow. Star Burst is out of this world. All the designs are very handsome and desirable. You get block size and quilt size; materials, cutting and assembling with photos and diagrams and at least two photos of the finished quilt. At the back of the book, there’s how to finish everything off and templates. Recommended. * Yarns and Fabrics *A brilliant book that inspires you to use the collections of fat quarters you have. Emma's use of design is beautiful. The designs are clean and bright and inspiring. I love her use of colours and prints. I love the fact that she can use busy prints but by using calm and bright colours she makes a quilt that stands out. I think the book is designed for quilters that are used to following patterns to create amazing designs. The designs use everything from basic squares to more complicated shapes. This means that each quilter will find a quilt to produce at their level. I think the book would be fantastic to expand your skills. You could work your way through the book and expand your skills as you go. There are clear instructions with pictures and diagrams to support you. I can honestly say there isn't a quilt within the book that I wouldn't like to make. I love Emma's bundle of tips at the back of the book. They are so useful and easy to digest. It's brilliant when crafters pass on their hints and tips as it makes life so much easier for us newbies. There are 12 different projects packed into this book. Each of them uses different fabric with different designs and different uses of shapes in the quilts. You will be amazed how different fat quarters and shapes can create some amazing designs. http://www.crochetaddictuk.com/2016/10/by-bundle-lucky-spool-media-book-review.html * Crochet Addict UK *

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Book SynopsisCreate unique improvisationally based block designs using the traditional paper piecing methods and use them to build repeatable patterns just like traditionally pieced quilts. As the first to explore the possibilities of this technique, Amy Friend shows quilters how to introduce the repetition of an improv sketch that results in secondary patterns. This repetition of shape causes the eye to move across the quilt top and creates unity instead of the chaotic jumbled appearance found in some improv piecing. The book is divided into three sections where the blocks are designed based on traditional blocks, shapes, and objects. Because new techniques are best understood after following a pattern, each of those is illustrated with 3 quilts. Although 12 patterns are included for those who want to use this as a pattern book, the goal is to teach others how to design their own blocks using this exciting modern technique. 'The exercises are very good and Amy walks you through the whole process. An excellent book for those who love to play with design.' www.yarnsandfabrics.co.ukTrade ReviewHow do you create impact in a simple way? Paper piecing is a traditional quilting method whilst improvisational paper piecing takes that idea and turns it modern. You can now simply create one of a kind blocks to design your own quilts with stunning effects. This book shows exercises to explore scale, symmetry and grids to create contemporary quilts. An approach to design that will work for most producing repeatable patterns by thinking of the secondary shapes created by block design. It's a bit like drawing negative space instead of the object itself. The exercises are very good and Amy walks you through the whole process. An excellent book for those who love to play with design. Fabric selection, design ideas and templates are all included. * yarnsandfabrics.co.uk *I was excited to get my hands on this book having seen quite a buzz about it in Blog-land for a couple of months. Amy is a former museum curator and trained art historian who has designed for the likes of Art Gallery Fabrics and Sizzix as well as well as quilting, sewing and raising her three children. (Have you noticed how generally clever and multi-talented quilters tend to be? There’s a pattern forming here…let’s discuss). In Improv Paper Piecing Amy sets out to combine two approaches to quilt making that are seemingly at odds with one another. One reviewer even described the book’s title as an oxymoron. Improvisational quilting relies on a journey of instinct and experimentation with unpredictable and sometimes startling results, whilst paper piecing is a much more mathematical process relying on accuracy and pre-planning. To marry the two, Amy has set one simple guideline, which is that the quilter needs to have straight stitching lines and a sewable order. In doing this, it’s possible to sew asymmetrical shapes, pieces cut on the bias, and hard to measure acute angles. She uses sketches to create improvisational designs and encourages her readers to doodle using interlocking squares or stacking triangles that can later be neatened up into block designs. There are 12 quilt designs that you can follow with playful names such as ‘A little to the Left’ and ‘Wonky’ that might suggest a rather haphazard end result but fear not, the designs are asymmetrical variations of traditional blocks. You won’t be totally thrown in at the deep end as templates are provided for all of the quilt projects but Amy’s ultimate aim is that you use her guidance to create your own works of art. This is a good-looking book with photography throughout by guess who? Amy herself. Now back to our earlier discussion… * Popular Patchwork *

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Book SynopsisA medallion quilt has a large block in the middle, then a series of small blocks pieced into strips to form a thin border. Typically medallion quilts can have eight or more different borders, each one needing to fit perfectly around the previous one. The maths involved in making these quilts can be a challenge. Author, Erin Burke Harris takes all the maths out of medallion-making by featuring over 30 blocks in up to nine different complementary sizes so that you can add border after border to your medallion knowing the results will be perfect. Mix-and-match a variety of Erin's borders to easily build a design of your own.Trade ReviewMedallion quilts are very popular for their design is an easy way to arrange blocks on a quilt. This book has directions for 30 blocks and 12 medallions plus 6 quilt designs. The blocks have cutting instructions for up to six interchangeable border widths. The medallion centrepieces come in a variety of sizes. The patterns show how easy it is to change the borders. The book is designed as mix and match, providing ease of use and inspiration. Solid advice and design is found in this primer for medallion quilts in chapter one. In chapter two you will find the blocks with excellent instructions on materials, cutting and how-to. The blocks however are pretty standard fair - half triangles, lone star and drunkard's path that you will no doubt have encountered elsewhere. Still, it's good to have 30 blocks in one place. Finally in chapter three there are the excellent instructions for making the six quilts. Well illustrated - but the photography is slightly dull and beautiful line diagrams for the quilts. * Karen Platt *

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Book SynopsisDocument 52 weeks of your most memorable quilting moments in this interactive journal designed to help quilters and sewists expand their creativity and self-motivation. Write, cut and glue your way through a series of fast fun and easy challenges that ask you to try new things, to create lists of your favourites and to explore your sewing stash. This uplifting and humorous book presents supportive prompts and exercises to encourage reflection through writing, drawing and chart-making. Packed with open-ended questions this appealing full-colour journal will make a perfect gift and keepsake as well as being a powerful tool for positive change. At the end, you’ll have built a portfolio that celebrates your most inspired year ever.Trade ReviewThis is a gem of book for lovers of quilting. I love journaling and I love sewing, so this makes an ideal book for me. Each 'week' there is something exciting to do and with plenty of room to jot down your notes, projects and ideas, it is user friendly and inspirational. The first project is to actually stitch your book!! Original and unique it was the perfect way to personalise the book and make it even more special than it is already. I loved that the author has made it fun, and to be honest I do not make a quilt a week, but this is a journal to keep working on and I don't think it matters if it takes me a year or two. It has pages of half finished blocks, that you create more block ideas from, so I think that even quilting novices will be able to be encouraged. I loved it and I think you will too!! -- Tracy Shephard * Postcard Reviews *

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Book SynopsisQuilters love the look of textural, detailed stitching that adds to the beauty of the quilt top design. This stitching is actually the “quilting” in quilting, and many quilters feel that paying a professional for machine quilting is one of their only options. The walking foot is an accessory for sewing machines that’s often used for machine quilting, but many quilters only use it to stitch around their designs. But the walking foot can do so much more, and author Jacquie Gering shows all of her tips, tricks and techniques to master all of the skills needed to quilt with a walking foot. This book covers the basics of using the walking foot, in addition to preparing the quilt, marking, managing large quilts, preventing puckers and keeping lines straight. Chapters include a variety of types of walking-foot quilting, including channel quilting, matchstick quilting, and decorative stitch quilting. Quilters won’t be limited to straight line quilting, either! They’ll learn how to quilt spirals, simple curves, and and marked curves like braids and clamshells.

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Book SynopsisQuilters can finally create their ideal landscape with no watering required! Use Amy Friend's 40 adaptable flower, stem and leaf blocks (plus a snail and a butterfly!) to piece together a garden scene in any number of combinations; from tropical greenery using minimal greens and creams to a cottage garden packed with all of the bold hues of summer. Included are six colourful quilt patterns and a cute tote, designed and pieced by the author to help get readers started with their planning, as well as inspirational digital layouts to showcase just how customisable these blocks can be. It's perfectly pretty patchwork!Trade ReviewQuilting has become much prettier with this book by talented designer Amy Friend. Each of the 40 blocks, comprise of flowers, leaves and petals, which can be mixed and matched to make a beautiful quilt, pillows or wall hanging. I loved the variety of the designs, they each compliment the other, and depending on your fabric choice, you can achieve a contemporary or vintage vibe. There is a huge amount of templates included, each one needs to be photocopied and enlarged. Advice is given on cutting your fabric, placing your blocks together and there are some fabulous tips on how to get your 'Garden' looking good. Not only is this book great for quilting ideas, it is also a fun and interesting read. From the introduction to the acknowledgements Amy let's us in on her expertise and how the outdoors sparks her creativity. -- Tracy Shephard * Amazon *

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Book SynopsisSchool of Sewing: Learn it. Teach it. Sew Together. 12 Beginner Projects School of Sewing allows you to follow in the footsteps of a group of beginners who shared one goal- to learn to use their sewing machines. This book is an engaging, detailed lesson plan designed to guide you along that same journey, whether you are learning alone or as a group. It begins with easy-to-follow instructions for how to use a sewing machine and advice on buying fabric and tools and then progresses through 12 projects- one three-hour lesson a month, perfect for friends to learn together. Your own School of Sewing will be proud to show off or to gift these trendy projects, which include a pillowcase, zippered pouch, tote bag and patchwork quilt, each with optional details for "extra credit."

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Book SynopsisOne World Panel Quilts shows how to make bold, graphic and joyous art quilt projects and home decor using batik panels created by Indonesian artisans. Readers can explore the many creative possibilities of working with fabric panels with this inspirational book as their guide. Talented fabric artist Judy Gula shows how to use hand-made batik panels in traditional quilt settings, or turn them into works of art with the addition of embellishment. The creative journey begins with an introduction to Judy's design process and then moves on to some quick-and-easy projects. As the reader advances through the dozen projects in the book, more step-by-step techniques are covered, including cutting up the panels, enhancing with embellishment and adding pieced blocks.

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Book SynopsisBright, fun, and simple-to-stitch quilts for beginning sewers—and everyone who loves modern style. Twelve projects range from lap to king-sized quilts. At last, a book that teaches beginner quilters simple techniques to create successful quilts that reflect today’s tastes for bold colours and prints, high contrast, and expansive use of negative space. Contemporary style in quilts is inspired by modern design, which uses colour, composition, and contrast to create a bold look. Simple Quilts for the Modern Home provides all the how-to a beginner needs to know to cut, piece, and finish each quilt. Each project is an opportunity to utilize a new skill, like strip piecing, using fusible appliqué, and cutting at a 45-degree angle. The results are fresh, bold, and contemporary quilts that will appeal to quiltmakers of all skill levels.

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Book SynopsisContemporary Paper-Pieced Quilts introduces quiltmakers to foundation piecing with 8 sensational projects that range from a lovely wall hanging to an intricate bed quilt. The book begins with simple, skill-building projects that progressively build the quilter’s confidence to try more involved patterns. Paper piecing is a time-honored method to achieve precise, sharp points and perfectly matched seams in quilt blocks. The method is ideal for making small blocks with intricate angles and is experiencing a surge in popularity with the trend towards mini and pictorial quilts. The step-by-step projects in this book are modern and contemporary, using both solid and bold colors to emphasize the complex, but easily made, shapes achieved with paper piecing.

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Book SynopsisIt's easy to translate the dots and dashes of Morse code into beautiful pieced quilts. The concept is simple and the possibilities are endless! This book shows how to use Morse code to customize quilts with secret messages and hidden meanings. A baby quilt can contain the child's name and birthday-or a wedding quilt might feature the happy couple's names along with the date of their vows. Favourite quotations, popular sayings and simple sentiments are all wonderful opportunities to create a unique quilt. Morse Code Quilts offers six projects that express the aesthetic of modern quilts, including a wall hanging that says "Love is Love" and a graduation quilt that says "The World Awaits." Author Sarah J. Maxwell provides charts for both letters and numbers and shows how to convert dots and dashes into a quilt layout. She also includes methods to calculate yardage requirements and cutting instructions.

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Book SynopsisSew a perfect New York Beauty block every time, using ONE pin and NO stress! Award-winning quilting teacher Linda Hahn introduced her simple paper-piecing technique for clean, precise blocks in New York Beauty—Simplified and New York Beauty—Diversified. Now Linda is back with more fabulous things to do with this grand old patchwork design. New York Beauty Quilts Electrified offers 12 sparkling new skill-building projects that will kick up your quilting with fun embellishments and updated piecing instructions to make construction even easier. Linda’s amazing one pin technique lets you create NYB blocks that have clean sharp points and nice easy curves, practically guaranteeing the perfect block the first time you try it.

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Book SynopsisWhether you're a beginner or an experienced quilter, acquire new skills and create stunning star blocks! With 12 different star patterns using piecing and paper piecing techniques, you'll learn how to form both traditional and modern stars with contemporary settings, like negative space. Enjoy learning a new, doable method and incorporating these new elements into your future quilt projects! Inspired Star Block Quilts is a reflection of author and quilting designer Sandy Berg's passion as a "Quilts of Valor" volunteer, as she's also passionate about providing people with fun and practical designs to spark their own creativity!

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Book SynopsisQuilt outside of your comfort zone! This must-have project book is designed to build your confidence as a dedicated or intermediate quilter and will inspire you to transfer your traditional blocks to beautiful modern quilts. Including step-by-step projects that combine fabrics from different lines and genres with clear guidelines to encourage mixing and matching, you'll no longer fear the play between fabrics and colors! For each pattern, there are four sidebar features to experiment with; Leap of Faith suggestions, Confidence Booster tips, alternative digital colorations, and Fearless Takeaways lists. From incorporating negative space to manipulating traditional blocks into modern settings, gain the skills to confidently choose, improvise, and embrace your own sense of style to apply to future projects. Written by an Aurifil designer, Sarah J. Maxwell is the perfect teacher to help you reach your fullest quilting potential! She is also a fabric and pattern designer for Studio 37 Fabrics with countless quilts to her credit. Her work is regularly featured in both McCall's Quilting and McCall's Quick Quilts for the past several years, as well as Make Modern, Simply Moderne, American Patchwork & Quilting, Quilts & More, and many other magazines.

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Book SynopsisAll batting is not alike, and it can make or break your final quilt. Never get the wrong one again and bring this resourceful, pocket-sized guide to batting with you to the store! Small but mighty, Know Your Battings will help you choose appropriate batting, use it correctly, and avoid common mistakes so you end up with a perfect quilt every time! Containing over 50 pages of terminology definitions and charts listing retailer batting names, finishes, roll widths, stitch spaces, recommended quilting comments, and so much more, you won't want to start another project without this guide!

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Book SynopsisMiss quilting but not how much time it usually takes to create a patchwork masterpiece? The Weekend Quilter is the perfect book for those who love to quilt, but don't have time for long, laborious projects. Featuring 26 step-by-step projects for traditional and modern quilts that are easy to make in a single weekend, create beautiful patchwork designs using a rotary cutter and sewing machine to revolutionize the way you quilt. Including specialist shortcuts and design techniques from five different artists, take back your favorite hobby and become a weekend quilter!

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Book SynopsisDemystify the world of fusible products used in quilting. Whether you need an interfacing, fusible foam, or fusible web, correctly choose which one you need and learn how to best use it with this resourceful pocket-sized book, Guide to Interfacings. Containing over 50 pages of helpful information on types of fusible products, what to use them on, how they work, and so much more, you won't want to start another project without this guide. Take it with you to the store so you get the right interfacing every time, resulting in a quilt or related craft you'll love! Author, owner of Poorhouse Quilt Designs, and trained engineer, Kristine Poor is famous for her use of fusibles to create structure in her projects and shares all her expertise to help you pick the right product every time!

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Book SynopsisFrom free motion quilting to adding borders and sashing to blocks, experienced quilters will learn dozens of techniques for thread painting use raw edge applique. Showing each step for building the quilt, how to thread paint with various embellishments, blocking, squaring, finishing the quilt, and so much more, step-by-step instructions and coordinating photography will guide readers through to the completion of a beautiful thread painted quilt. Written by Joyce Hughes, and award-winning quilter, designer, teacher, and author of Creating Art Quilts with Panels.

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Book SynopsisNothing is better than creating something with your own hands...other than sharing that with the next generation. Spend time together as a family while you pass down the craft of quilting and complete 16 kid-friendly projects together, from Christmas ornaments to full quilts. Quilting with Kids contains helpful guides to teach kids how to safely use their tools to stitch and quilt the basics. It even provides tips on how to recreate their own artwork into embroidery projects! Written by mother and daughter duo, Wendy and Gwendolyn Sheppard, enjoy the satisfaction of making something together, from generation to generation.

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Book SynopsisSee what one simple block can really do and build your skills one quilt at a time! Learn how to incorporate a partially foundation-pieced component into a regular pieced quilt with Creative Block Quilts. Further your skills as you work with one magical block to create 10 beautiful quilts that require different techniques and slowly increase in difficulty. With step-by-step instructions and coordinating diagrams and illustrations to guide you along the way, this is a must-have guide to creating stunning, intricate quilts using just one easy block! Written by independent designer who specializes in easy-to-complete quilting projects using embellishments, Deborah G. Stanley, and fabric designer and award-winning quilt author, Linda J. Hahn.

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Book SynopsisBe inspired by 16 stunning quilt designs that capture what we love the most about each spectacular season! From quilting artist Sherilyn Mortensen, who is part of the Sew Kind of Wonderful team, comes this brand new book that’s perfect for quilters of any skill level. Quilting Through the Year features four step-by-step quilting projects for every season – spring, summer, winter, and fall. Each design repeats, reshapes, or reorganizes the same or similar motifs, so once you’ve made a few blocks, the rest is a snap! From striped pumpkins for fall to colorful wildflowers for spring, you’ll love recreating these quilt blocks in different ways all year round. Using traditionally cut geometric pieces with no circles and no curves, each design is approachable and fun for every quilter to achieve. Author Sherilyn Mortensen is also the co-author of the best-selling book Mini Wonderful Curves, as well as the owner of Sea Sherilyn Sew and a Gammill quilt artist.

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Book SynopsisThe ultimate pocket guide to quilting, this book is packed with expert tips and tricks on equipment, short cuts, organization, color, patterns, machine quilting, and more! Providing 101 great tips for beginning quilters but also filled with new information for experienced quilters, there’s something for everyone to try! Written by a nationally-known quilting trade speaker, columnist, and consultant, author Penny Haren shares her expert knowledge and teaches you all the tricks of the trade in this convenient and compact pocket guide!

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Book SynopsisMake the most of the fabric you have and the fabric you want! Featuring 10 quilt patterns and two options for each – one “stash” and one “cash” – decide whether you want to use up your fabric scraps or the new yardage you just bought. With step-by-step instructions, expert tips, helpful diagrams, and other helpful tips, Quilting with Stash or Cash offers so much to love with 20 total quilt designs and possibilities. You’ll also learn different ways to piece traditional quilt blocks for easy construction, make your stash fabrics work with patterns, cut and sort your scraps, add sashing and borders, and other techniques to strengthen your quilting skills. Also included with brand new patterns are the latest fabric collections you’ll find irresistible! Linda Hahn is a passionate quilter and the author of many award-winning and best-selling books, including New York Beauty Simplified and New York Beauty Diversified. Deborah Stanley is a talented independent designer whose work has been published in several books and magazines. She has designed consumer projects for several fabric companies including Banyan Batiks, Northcott, RJR, and Elizabeth’s Studio.

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Book SynopsisModern color blocked quilts are taking the sewing world by storm! A beginner-friendly project guide that’s sure to also intrigue experienced sewists with its design-savvy aesthetic, Color Block Quilt Making includes 12 step-by-step quilting projects that range in size from mini quilts and throws to throw pillows and bed-sized quilts. Every modern quilt pattern features geometric elements that will update any space or room in your home. Also included in this quilting book for beginners are sections on tools, techniques, and selecting fabrics, tutorials on blending colors, tips for choosing patterns, and coloring pages for each project to visually test a color scheme before you begin! Author Elizabeth Chappell is the founder of Quilters Candy where she offers patterns, tutorials, and courses. At Quilters Candy, she also hosts a podcast and an online membership guild for modern quilters to meet, collaborate, and share their knowledge and designs with one another in a supportive and friendly environment.

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