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The 40+ projects in this collection are all designed around the popular nine-patch block, and full patterns, drawings, and complete step-by-step instructions are provided. The book presents a wide variety of ways to construct the nine-patch with styles that are contemporary, traditional, and modern and are perfect for the confident beginner as well as the advanced quilter. Varied in size and customizable to any color palette, the finished projects...
382) Strip Your Stash: Dynamic Quilts Made from Strips - 12 Projects in Multiple Sizes from GE Designs
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Bust your stash with 12 strip quilts, perfect for those larger pieces of leftover fabric that you aren't quite sure how to use. Learn how to cut, sort, store, and sew 2 1/2" strips to make a variety of quilts in two or more sizes. Confidently pair fabric prints, using three no-fail strategies: controlled colorway, distinct blocks, or scrap crazies! Whatever your approach, you'll love stripping along with the popular pattern and fabric designer behind...
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Versatile Appliqué Quilts Inspired by 19th-Century Tile Quilts. A contemporary take on a charming quilting tradition. Use your favorite appliqué technique-needle turn, machine appliqué, or fused. 6 projects teach you about designing and constructing various styles of tile quilts, from traditional to contemporary. Includes a fascinating history of tile quilts, plus photo galleries of both historic and contemporary quilts. Big blocks of 10" x 10"...
386) Classic to Contemporary String Quilts: Techniques, Inspiration, and 16 Projects for Strip Quilting
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Get ready to stylishly bust your stash and scraps with a fresh take on a time-honored quilt making technique-string quilts! Strings are strips and scraps of fabric that are usually too small to be useful for most projects, but they're just right for the fun designs in this complete step-by-step guide. Classic to Contemporary String Quilts takes quilters through every step of the string quilting process with helpful tips and suggestions. The front...
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This book is a comprehensive guide to rotary cutting, quick piecing, and machine quilting. Full-color photos accompany step-by-step instructions teaching all the basic techniques of machine quilting. Quilt block designs are taught in groups organized by the shape of pieces used in the blocks: squares, rectangles, triangles, and curves. Innovative methods for sashings, borders, and bindings are included. Machine quilting methods include both machine...
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Have you ever bought the perfect stack of fat quarters, only to see that same bundle decorating your shelf two years later? Give stashed fabrics new life with 13 quilt patterns to make the most of your precut collection! Kate Carlson Colleran and Elizabeth Veit Balderrama, both of Seams Like a Dream Quilt Designs, show you the basics of how to quilt from your stash, with a special focus on color, print, and scale. More than a dozen vibrant and versatile...
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Scraps never looked so good! This is improvisational piecing reinvented-learn how to create a unique piece of "made-fabric" in just 15 minutes with Victoria Findlay Wolfe's improvisational scrap-piecing methods, then incorporate your made-fabric into traditional quilt blocks. As you play, you'll sharpen your design skills and learn about combining colors and prints in new ways... then watch your quilt design emerge. Discover just how distinctive classic...
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Unlock your quilting potential with 155 free-motion patterns to fit every space in your quilt. Use the designs as they are or learn how to use computer graphics technology from master quilter Jessica Schick to resize, print, and apply designs, plus, receive expert tips to stabilize your projects, before you quilt. Mix and match elements from 10 design suites. The 30 basic quilting motifs come in standard machine quilting and embroidery formats, all...
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Put those precious scraps to work for you with a dazzling quilt pattern that plays up color and value. Sew a field of wonky stars atop colorful scrappy squares and low-volume, string-pieced sashing. Easy rotary cutting and simple patchwork make this pattern from best-selling author Bonnie K. Hunter ideal for beginners, with pressing tips for perfect results. Let your imagination run wild with fabric and color placement. Just slice and sew, no templates...
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Learn the secrets to fearless, modern appliqué! Top appliqué designers share 16 innovative projects with full-size patterns. Master 7 classic techniques from invisible machine appliqué to bias tape design, each with step-by-step instructions that make it easy to learn. Then, peek inside the design process with profiles of 9 award-winning quilters, inspiring you to rethink the bounds of appliqué.
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This richly illustrated reference guide from embroidery expert Christen Brown covers everything you need to make beautiful magic with needle and thread. Learn to sew traditional and silk ribbon embroidery, make raised stitches, and embellish with beads, charms, buttons, and mirrors. Christen shows you how to combine and place stitches to enhance a finished piece and how to work with embroidery threads, ribbons, fabrics, laces, beads, buttons, and...
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A Bold New Spin on One-Block Quilts: New Projects, More Fabrics, New Effects. 6 quilt projects, plus over a dozen gallery quilts and techniques for creating endless one-block variations. Create dramatic new design effects quilters have been, asking for: hollow cubes, cubes sliced open, and blocks tumbling into the borders. New! Make one-block wonders with multiple fabrics, not just one. The authors teach you to choose the right fabrics, with photos...
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This unique book includes patterns, all of which use Log Cabin blocks or variations of them to create fun, festive, beautiful and intriguing quilts that the whole family will love! Included are pieced as well as appliqued designs for your walls, beds and living room decor. Each pattern includes step-by-step instructions and full-color images to help your imagination come to life!
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