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"Skill-building: The Handmade Quilt features a 21-block sampler that starts with the easiest techniques and progresses to more challenging skills -- with no need for a sewing machine! Comprehensive: this book is a complete learning experience for a new quilter and a stunning sampler project for experienced stitchers. Unique: no other book available today covers the how-to of hand-stitching blocks in such a thorough manner. Portable: you can hand-stitch...
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Whether you love to crochet or you love to quilt, Quilt It, Crochet It! is your opportunity to crossover! The perfect place to start for beginners to learn how to crochet quilts and pillows, this book features six colorful projects with visual instructions for both quilting and crocheting each design. Opening with complete overviews on the basics of both craft styles, each chapter that follows showcases different traditional quilt blocks, from log...
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Give simple quilt blocks a touch of magic, the add-a-strip way! Slice into basic shapes like squares, triangles, and diamonds. Then, piece in a 1˝ strip of contrasting fabric to create dozens of new designs! Quilters of all skill levels can piece geometric patterns that look complex thanks to this innovative technique. Each of the 10 quilt patterns comes with a second variation to inspire your color choices, plus great ideas for sashing, resizing...
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Renowned colour expert and quilt and fabric designer Kaffe Fassett explores flowers as a source of inspiration for patchwork and needlepoint in this new quilting guide and pattern collection. Along the way, he shares a behind-the-scenes look at his fascinating design process, from mood boards and "sketching" with colour swatches to planning and sewing the quilts. While the focus is on patchwork and needle-point, the design and color ideas translate...
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"Kaffe Fassett needs no introduction--a master colorist and textile designer, Kaffe is known for legendary designs and fantastic quilts. And now he's back with new images, new patterns, and a new look at his most storied designs. Timeless Themes explores the classic, bold patterns that we've come to know and love from Kaffe. Each chapter focuses on a pattern theme from the Kaffe Fassett Collective--whether stripes, circles, geometrics, and botanicals,...
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160 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"An all-in-one guide to contemporary quilting techniques for beginners! Quilting can often seem complicated and overwhelming, but it truly is a craft that anyone can do--taken one step at a time, this fantastic hobby is really quite easy. 'Get Started Quilting' takes readers on a steady path to learning the essential quilting techniques, tricks, and tested methods of quilt making, focusing on one skill at a time. This all in-one volume covers fabric...
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Create incredible quilts for your home with this collection of foundation paper-pieced quilt patterns featuring 12 different animals. Learn how to create realistic representations of your favourite animals and birds in stunning paper-pieced quilt blocks. This unique collection of 12 contemporary quilt patterns includes a tiger, butterfly, swan, owl, peaccok and polar bear as well as many more. There are instructions to show how to resize the quilt...
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144 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm.
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"Using colour and an intriguing mix of surface techniques, layers, piecing and simple stitching, Deborah O'Hare's beautiful small art quilts capture the magic of her themes and subjects. In her unusual, whimsical interpretations of nature and the landscape, she builds up torn and cut layers of coloured cloth with stitch to create beautiful works of textile art. With her fresh, innovative approach, Deborah provides inspiration and step-by-step instruction...
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160 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm
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For over 20 years, through her blog, her stunning quilt books, her fun classes, and her fabric, Sarah Fielke has been inspiring quilters worldwide to step outside their comfort zone with her vibrant and contemporary designs. Quilted with Love is no exception. With 16 stunning projects to choose from, you can join in Sarah's passion for this addictive craft. Whether you class yourself modern or traditional, a beginner or advanced quilter, there is...
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144 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 28 cm
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"In this fun and practical introduction to hand and machine applique, well-known TV personality Sarah Payne leads you through a series of techniques to build up your skills. Each chapter includes a number of different-sized step-by-step projects, including a height chart, pet feeding mat, quilt, cushions, baby play mat, bags, wall art and placemats. Sarah discusses both hand and machine applique, as well as raw-edged applique. She also includes information...
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136 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
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"In A Beginner's Guide to Rag Quilting, longtime quilter and bestselling author Christine Mann makes it easy to master the beginning principles of rag quilting with 12 easy starter projects. Packed with full-color photographs and tons of creative inspiration, every detail of the book from the step-by-step photographed instructions to the lay-flat spiral binding is designed specifically with the beginning quilter in mind. Readers will also find a brief...
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Improv quilting, in which quilt designs emerge organically as fabric is cut and stitched, is simple, popular, and fun. In this book, expert quilter Patricia Belyea offers improv instruction and shares her appealing Quilt Manifesto of five simple rules. While providing quilters with a starting point, the fifth rule of the Manifesto, Break any rule you like,? opens the door to creative freedom. (However, the solid instructions allow even the rule-breakers...
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95 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm
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"Sewing with fat quarters makes quilting a breeze! Piece 20 projects using fat quarters ranging from bed-size quilts to cushions and smaller projects. Expand your piecing skills with techniques such as sewing half-square triangles, paper piecing, curved piecing, appliqué, and using fusible web. Make traditional and modern quilts from designers Jo Avery, Nicole Calver, Karen Lewis, and more!"--back cover.
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