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Enjoy the tranquillity of slow stitching for luxurious seams and lavish embellishments. This step-by-step visual guide to 149 embroidery stitches, motifs, and extras uses simple colour theory for spectacular results! Robust colour charts take the guesswork out of choosing thread, buttons, and trims. Stitch classic seam treatments and stunning standalone designs as you go beyond the basics to learn what embroidery can do for you. 'One for the keeper shelf.' www.myshelf.com

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Take the guesswork out of free-motion quilting with 155 fresh ideas, each handpicked for a specific space on a quilt. Popular author Amanda Murphy pairs unique free-motion designs with 30 well-loved quilt blocks, such as the Sawtooth Star and Drunkard’s Path. Pick and choose elements from each chapter (borders, sashing, motifs, and more) for an artful finish! This must-have reference includes an inspiring gallery of quilts, expert advice on domestic and longarm quilting, and complete instructions for a table runner project to hone your skills. - Free-motion pairings for 30 traditional quilt blocks, plus borders, sashing, freestanding motifs, and allover designs - Expert advice from author and BERNINA spokesperson Amanda Murphy - 155 quilting patterns to complement specific areas on your quilt

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Find creative inspiration on every page of Shape by Shape Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters. User-friendly and visually exciting, the contents are first divided into three sections: Blocks, Negative Space, and Borders. Then, to make it even more accessible, the Blocks section is further organized by five shapes: Squares, Triangles, Circles, Diamonds, and Hexagons. With an illustrated index, 70 free-motion quilting designs, crystal-clear instructions, and gorgeous full-page photographs, this is the go-to resource your reader will want handy before starting any quilting project. • Find step-by-step illustrations to create 70 free-motion quilting designs for shapes, negative space, and borders • Features full-page quilt photos, close-up details of stitched designs, and a comprehensive visual index

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The complete visual guide to hand embroidery and embellishing. • Step-by-step photo instructions show exactly how to sew 85 different stitches • Includes 8 complete embroidery projects to stitch and embellish • The essential embroidery reference for everyone from beginners to experts.

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Learn about Civil War friendships across the Mason-Dixon line while you create your own historically inspired friendship quilt with 12 album blocks. Journey through time with Barbara's historical profiles of women from the South and North. Dive into history with historical images and quilt blocks that were popular during the Civil War.

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Appliqué lovers, you’ll want to make all 12 of these endearing blocks featuring robins, cardinals, orioles, and other feathered friends from the back yard. Designed in the lively Piece O’ Cake style by Linda Jenkins and Becky Goldsmith, these blocks are bursting with fresh colors and are easy enough to be fun for stitchers of all levels. Pattern pack includes a 16-page instruction booklet and full-size patterns for 12 blocks, plus appliqué borders, that make a 52” x 65” quilt and instructions for a 4 block 39'' x 39'' quilt. Or mix and match your favorite blocks to perk up quilts, pillows, tote bags, or apparel.

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Elevate your quilting skills with flawless binding techniques!Marci Baker is your guide to the world of quilt bindings through a step-by-step journey, revealing the joys of achieving a polished finish. Whether you're tackling your first quilt or your hundredth, learn the art of basic double-fold binding to ensure every corner lays perfectly flat. Explore a spectrum of binding techniques, from knife-edge to mock piping, and embrace decorative options like prairie points and loops. With detailed instructions and variations, you will be well on your way to perfect the finishing touches on a quilt that truly shines. Explore 25 binding techniques and practice your newfound skills with five projectsLearn how to tailor your binding selection to the quilt, making key decisions on width and mastering corner mitering for various stylesGain tried and tested troubleshooting techniques to ensure that your quilt binding looks fabulous every time

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Sew the Dazzling Diamonds crazy-quilt pattern, with 27 diamond-shaped, foundation-pieced blocks! Includes photos and step-by-step instructions.

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Raid your fabric pantry! The best-selling author of Charm School is back with eighteen projects using precut 2 1/2” strips. Vanessa Goertzen’s fabric recipes will help you cook up basic blocks and more advanced designs—triangles, log cabins, hexagons, and even curves—from precut strips. Slice into convenient fabric rolls, or create your own strips from yardage. Whether you are newer to quilting or a seasoned pro, you’ll spend less time cutting, and more time creating!

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Make twenty twinning outfits, accessories, and quilts for girls and their eighteen-inch dolls! Each project comes in two versions: doll size and child’s size (kid sizes 5–12 years). Get the best possible fit by self-drafting some of the garment patterns—a helpful skill to learn as your children grow. Kids love being able to match their dolls, and now you can customise over twenty darling dresses, bags, skirts, tops, headbands, and more.

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Get your creative juices flowing with the 10 easiest and most popular hand embroidery stitches! Learn how easy it is to stitch on unconventional materials like canvas tennis shoes, a denim skirt, or leather bracelets. Each stitch has clear instructions so you can embroider 30 unique projects to wear, use, and display. Change up the patterns to fit your unique style, with super-fast designs for the impatient sewist and dazzling motifs for slow stitchers.

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When sixty-eight year old Sarah Miller moves into the Cunningham Village retirement community, she is mourning the loss of the husband, her young grandson, and the place that has been home for forty-two years. But Sarah is a survivor. As she reaches out into the retirement community that is to become home, she finds friends, activities, new hobbies, a possible love interest, and of course, crimes to solve and murderers to track down. In the eighth instalment of this fun, friendly series of cozy mysteries, a friend has gone missing, and Sarah is told to leave it to the professionals—but Sarah refuses to accept their assumptions about her friend’s identity.

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When sixty-eight year old Sarah Miller moves into the Cunningham Village retirement community, she is mourning the loss of the husband, her young grandson, and the place that has been home for forty-two years. But Sarah is a survivor. As she reaches out into the retirement community that is to become home, she finds friends, activities, new hobbies, a possible love interest, and of course, crimes to solve and murderers to track down. The ninth instalment of this fun, friendly series of cozy mysteries draws together a tattered quilt, an exhaustive search through the past, a murder suspect, and a grand jury hearing into a compelling mystery.

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Learn how to quilt swirls, paisleys and flowers with confidence with this DVD from best-selling author Angela Walters.

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Turn the corner to free-motion success with a meandering makeover! Best-selling author Angela Walters shows you that free-motion quilting doesn't have to be scary - with a couple of designs in your pocket, you can finish almost any quilt on your home machine and enjoy the process. Practice eight meandering stitches for beginners, plus creative variations on each, with step-by-step visuals and quilted samples. Start your free-motion journey on the right foot with proven techniques to help you disguise mistakes and transition between designs with ease.

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Explore 68 modern feather designs with step-by-step guidance from award-winning quilter Natalia Bonner. Quilt stunning feathers on a variety of blocks and borders with this beginner-friendly, visual guide. Unlike traditional feather quilting, which relies on exactness and precision, Natalia’s ideas will help you break away from perfection and find creativity in your quilting practice. Use your home sewing machine or a longarm to free-motion feathers with confidence, adding a truly elegant finish to today’s modern quilts. 'Superb book - I can't fault it and highly recommend it to anyone wanting to master feathers.' www.yarnsandfabrics.co.uk

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Snuggable, huggable, and tons of fun to sew! Stitch a quintet of friendly-faced stuffed animals from one simple pattern. Whether you prefer a playful puppy, bouncing bunny, charming kitty, panda, or piggy, it's easy to change the face, ears, and tail to make 5 lovable friends that kids can't resist! Just cut, sew, and decorate with felt and hand-stitched details. Full-size pattern pieces for an 18" doll are included.

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Love to sew but never have enough time? Pick up this value-packed book of 16 fast, fun projects from some of your favourite designers: Abbey Lane Quilts, Alexia Marcelle Abegg, Bari J. Ackerman, Sue Kim, Virginia Lindsay, Trish Preston, Sweetwater, Sara Trail, Kasja Wikman, and Annabel Wrigley. All the projects can be completed in 60 minutes or less—and there’s a special section of 30-minute projects, too! Great for gift-giving or to beautify your own life and home—choose from a variety of patterns, including coasters, aprons, bibs, bags, accessories, and more.

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Ready for a bag that does it all? Then it's time to cut into your favorite fabrics, because this tempting trio includes a tote, purse, and wristlet that work great together or on their own! Pair all three for shopping trips or a weekend getaway, or pick a smaller size for date-night essentials. With a magnetic closure and pockets aplenty, the bucket tote has clever swivel hooks inside to clip the purse in place and keep your contents secure. Full-size patterns are included, plus tips for installing purse hardware and advice for sewing success!

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Create irresistible designs for your home with hand printing! Bring out your inner artist with 15 modern projects for your home, from a galvanised planter to glass vases and sweet floral curtains to a printed coffee table. A complete visual guide will teach you the secrets of block printing, screen printing, and disperse dye transfer techniques. Start with 12 charming patterns you can use right now, and branch out to sketch your own designs. Getting your hands messy, experimenting, and finding the perfect object to print on is all part of the fun!

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From planning to binding, learn the right way to do patchwork with best-selling authors from Piece O' Cake Designs.

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Best-selling author Anna Faustino invites you to sew 14 wall hanging-size projects in her award-winning Outline Design style. With no piecing, thanks to easy fusible techniques, you'll gain confidence with a craft knife as you learn a variety of raw-edge finishing techniques.

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Gather, twist, and stitch an array of flowers from elegant ribbons and lace. Christen Brown, author of best-selling Ribbonwork Gardens, shares 132 flowers, leaves, and garden extras—each with complete instructions and colorful how-to photos. Readers will learn clever twists on vintage ribbonwork construction, plus hand-sewing basics and an overview of techniques. Fashion your own floral arrangements from interchangeable petals and leaves, two never-before-seen stem designs, and swappable centers.A gallery of bouquets will inspire you to craft realistic blooms, embellished with fruit, flourishes, and garden accessories. From single-stem posies to bountiful bouquets, this collection has something for everyone.

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How often have your kids wished that the characters in their bedtime stories were real? With This Is Mouse - An Adventure in Sewing and some help from an adult sewist, they'll finally get their wish! Featuring the adventures of globe-trotting Mouse, this delightful storybook includes step-by-step instructions on how to craft each character in the tale - 13 characters along with 3 sets of accessories. Designed for the adventurous beginner sewist, each of the 25 projects is fun to make and perfect for kids to treasure. 25 projects with step-by-step instructions for customers to make Mouse, his friends, and accessories Fun, charming story with interactive playtime elements that educate and entertain Pattern pullout included

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Turn your resident amateur sewist into a master of paper craft with Stitched Paper Art. Sewing machine novices or not, kids will build their skills while creating bright, fun art. Varied projects include headbands and necklaces, bookmarks and buntings, and picture frames and purses. Mixing and matching designs and colors is part of the fun. The simplicity of the process practically guarantees that kids can finish a project in just one afternoon. And since paper is much more forgiving to work with than fabric, it gives them the confidence necessary to complete project after project after project!

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