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Lucky Spool Media Use and Ornament: The History and Future of Improv Quilting
Open the door to creative freedom with Nick Ball’s improv quilting techniques Throw away your patterns and let your imagination soar! Nick Ball’s techniques will offer a liberated approach to sewing and open up a world of creative possibilities. As you experiment with textures, shapes, colours, you find your own creative way of quilting. A great resource that takes the reader through a journey of the many facets of quilt-making expertise, from preparation, through the elements of design, to completion with the perfect balance of guided instruction and creative freedom.
£30.59
Lucky Spool Media Inspiring Improv: Explore Creative Piecing with Curves, Strips, Slabs and More
Explore the freeing power of improvised piecing with Nicholas Ball in his first book, Inspiring Improv. Learn his step-by-step technique based process to explore six fundamental piecing structures. Practice how to stitch fabric together in an improvisational manner to create blocks or sections before using them to sew unique quilts all your own. Improv piecing doesn't have to mean chaotic end results. Look to the eight original projects included to see how to create sophisticated quilts with structure focusing on repeating blocks or large scale scrappy designs. Follow along as Nicholas walks you through his original inspiration and follow his plan through to finished pieces, as he discusses which combination of his core piecing methods he used and how to achieve showstopping, exciting work. From simple strip piecing through to complex circles and rings, you will be eager to experiment making slabs, gentle curves, insets, triangles and even 9 patch and Log Cabin stacks, and then use them as a stepping stone to sewing original full sized designs.
£23.99
Skyhorse Publishing My Paris Market Cookbook: A Culinary Tour of French Flavors and Seasonal Recipes
• First time in paperback, updated and revised to reflect the ever-changing food climate of Paris • Both a travel guide for Paris visitors and residents and cookbook anyone interested in seasonal cooking • Taps into popular locavore, seasonal, farm-to-table cooking and eating movements • Offers concrete ways for visitors to participate in and support the growing “eat local” movement in Paris • Success of books about cooking/eating in France or as the French demonstrate that the American audience is strongly interested in the food movement in Paris • Features more than 60 delicious recipes divided into seasonal sections • France is in top 10 most popular expat destinations for Americans; around 100,000 currently living in the country • More than 3 million Americans travel to France every year • Release date scheduled just before start of summer 2019 and vacation season
£15.46
