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Play with color and value using ombré fabrics
Modern and traditional design cross paths in this stunning Log Cabin quilt. Quilters of every level can create this simple yet versatile quilt. Characterized by strips (logs) surrounding squares, the repeated squares give the quilt pattern depth, and colors create dimension. The block-making approach is thoughtful, with value and color placement studied even though the overall effect has a scrappy appeal....
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With Color, Thread, & Free-motion Quilting, author Teri Lucas, a world-renowned master machine quilter, shares her brilliance and guidance to hone your machine quilting skills in a helpful, comprehensive, and understandable way. Quilters talk about building their fabric stashes but what about building their thread stashes, which is equally important? This book is a beautiful, well-guided and helpful resource for choosing threads, considering color,...
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Sew three-dimensional quilt illusions
Create a stunning quilt that will have your friends asking, "How did you do that?" Believe it or not, these attention-grabbing projects come together with straight rows of simple shapes. You'll learn how to sew 12 visually arresting quilts each in 4 colorways giving you dozens of dynamic options. Build your confidence in bias piecing, as you pair light, medium, and dark fabrics for heavenly hexes. Don't be intimidated-just...
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Make striking quilts designed by Becky Goldsmith that use the colors you love. Select one of two gorgeous colorways, warm (reds, oranges, and yellows) or cool (blues and greens) and begin your perfect paper-pieced quilt. Sew each quilt to make 9 paper-pieced 16-point stars with an appliqué border to create a modern, fun look guaranteed to brighten any room. Comes with multiple techniques that make this an invaluable learning tool, as well!
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Inspired by her cut-paper designs, popular designer Lotta Jansdotter teamed up with best-selling author, Cheryl Arkison, to create this spectacular quilt. Featuring Lotta's latest fabric line, Lilla, this beautiful quilt is, built with 25 graphic and organic blocks. You can make the quilt as described, or mix and match your favorite blocks to create a personalized, improvisational masterpiece! Rotate the blocks, play with contrast, change up the colors......
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Want inspiration for your straight-line quilting? Now you have the perfect tool! This spiral-bound book is, full of designs, JUST designs, and will lie flat on your work surface or your quilt to keep your hands on the quilt and that needle moving! The fourth in our Quilting Inspiration series, this visual guide is, filled with more than seventy-five distinctive straight-line designs from your favorite designers to get you stitching.
87) Pretty Patchwork Gifts: Over 25 Simple Sewing Projects Combining Patchwork, Applique and Embroidery
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Give a gorgeous handmade gift with over 25 simple patchwork patterns! Patchwork isn't just about making quilts; it's about creating smaller projects too, and sewing something pretty to treasure! This book has a tempting range of quick-to-stitch patchwork patterns to get you started; from applique cushion designs and hand-pieced doll's quilts to pretty birdhouses, brooches, boxes and even soft toy rabbits in pretty patchwork dresses. Each chapter features...
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Improve your quilt designs by learning how to organize fabric by size and color, while making adorably sophisticated quilts (both pieced and appliquéd) for babies and children. Each of the 20 bright, happy quilts is shown in warm and cool colorways to spark the imagination and use up your stash. Stacey Day's friendly voice and great advice make it easy to choose beautiful palettes and add design flair, while also guiding you through the best methods...
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Add to your quilting repertoire with the universally popular plus sign! These 16 bold, graphic designs range from modern to traditional, with something for every skill level and style. Detailed instructions and illustrations walk confident beginners and intermediate quilters through traditional piecing, paper piecing, and fusible machine appliqué to create baby quilts, throw quilts, bed quilts, and more. Use your favorite types of fabric-solids,...
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Piece dazzling diamond and gorgeous gemstone quilts Add dimension and luminosity to your quilts with gorgeous gemstone piecing! Learn the basics of abstraction and color theory as you piece stunning works of art with gem quilt expert MJ Kinman. After years of perfecting her technique, Kinman explains freezer paper piecing in brilliant detail with jewel quilting ideas to help you express your own creativity. Get helpful advice on fabric selection and...
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Use quilting rulers to their fullest
Straight lines, curves...there are rulers for every kind of quilting! Amanda Murphy shares an in-depth guide to everything you need to know about rulerwork quilting on both domestic and longarm machines. With recommendations for choosing templates and feet, this technical guide is great on its own, but also makes the perfect sidekick to Murphy's popular Rulerwork Quilting Idea Book. Plan your quilting to perfection...
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Master Quilt Borders, Backing, and Bindings!
Finish your quilt strong with a polished and professional touch! From borders to binding (with batting in between) this is the perfect reference tool with step-by-step instructions on how to complete each finishing touch. Go from ordinary to extraordinary with over 100 different border options to give your quilt pizzaz and explore numerous ways on how to bind a quilt. Plus, you'll never ruin a quilt again...
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Have you dreamed of creating your own modern quilt patterns, but don't know where to start? Author Sylvia Schaefer applies her scientific mind to quilting design principles that help break down the process of modern quilt design, one-step at a time. Applying negative space to your quilts in eight key ways, you'll start with traditional blocks or quilts and transform them into modern masterpieces. Each chapter focuses on a negative space design concept,...
94) Free-Motion Quilting from Ordinary to Extraordinary: 3 Steps to Joyful Machine Stitching in 21 Days
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Discover the secret to joyful and confident free-motion work, and find the courage to take on any quilting project in twenty-one days! Quilting teacher Jenny Lyon shares an easy, three-step process to help you bridge the gap between ordinary quilting and extraordinary quilting. Learn how your choice of thread, fabric, and batting can improve your experience, push yourself out of your comfort zone with 5 skill-building projects, create your own unique...
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Quilt your way through the calendar with Mary Hertel's cute and oh-so-easy paper-pieced blocks! Assemble 24 blocks, with a pair of pretty, paper-pieced designs for every month of the year. Seasonal motifs like snowmen, gnomes, butterflies, and turkeys impress, along with some adorable dressed-up dogs and cats. Each paper-pieced 8" square block is scrap-friendly and worthy to be the centerpiece of 7 fun projects from mini quilts to hand towels and...
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Turn something old into something new... with all things blue! The blue-and-white quilt is one of the most desired antiques, and many can still be, found in good condition. Preserve and honor history with 15 traditional blue-quilt patterns made from reproduction fabrics. Discover the progression of blue quilts through the Civil War years, from the first indigo fabrics to synthetic dyes. Create heirlooms from traditional blocks with this valuable book...
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Using the AccuQuilt fabric-cutting system, this book features inspirational quilt designs and step-by-step instructions that help crafters make fabulous quilts much more quickly than traditional cutting will allow. For the confident quilter who is ready to move beyond basic shapes and seeks more imaginative, evolved designs in the AccuQuilt system, GO! Inspired features 12 new patterns, including Pineapple Hexagons, Diamonds Jubilee, the Secret Garden,...
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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,...
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Everything you love about the Quick & Easy Block Tool, now with triangle blocks! This ultimate no-math reference guide for quilters includes cutting charts, piecing tips, quilt layout ideas, and a visual index of blocks. Plus, get basic cutting instructions using straight or 60° triangle rulers for triangles, diamonds, jewels, half diamonds, parallelograms, hexagons, half hexagons, lozenges, and half lozenges. Ultra-portable and indispensable, this...
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Beginners rejoice, getting started with quilting has never been easier! This project-based introductory guide will give you everything you need to know to explore and enjoy this popular art form. Dive in and sew six cute and useful projects from a simple patchwork pillow to a mug rug, table runner, baby quilt, throw, and finally, a beautiful sampler quilt. Step-by-step instructions, essential skills how-to, and the full scoop on must-have tools and...
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