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Learn how to create the stunning heirloom quilt that has been awarded around the world, while discovering more than thirty sewing machine techniques in the process. Nine beautiful panels form each section of the quilt, and at the end of each chapter you can hone your skills by creating a variety of projects, from cushions and bags to Christmas stockings and album covers.
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Discover there's no such thing as a mistake, when you learn how to create original designs with this no-rules method of quilting.
• Create one-of-a-kind quilts with free-form cutting and piecing
• Discover how to spontaneously, combine your own original units and design as you go!
• Blend hand-prints and hand-dyes with commercial fabrics to create truly original quilts
Enjoy the freedom of freeform! In this follow-up to Create Your Own Hand-Printed...
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With more than one million books sold, the author who taught the world to quilt is back again! Internet and television personality Alex Anderson's all-in-one "big book" includes essential quilting tools, binding basics, and a visual guide to piecing and appliqué. Master both hand and machine quilting, and learn professional touches to become a confident, lifelong quilter. No matter your experience level, this must-have guide will find a permanent...
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Jelly roll experts Pam and Nicky show how to create 12 classic quilts quickly and easily using jelly rolls. Pam and Nicky give classic quilts and blocks the jelly roll treatment with this collection of 12 quilt patterns. Readers can choose from classic quilt favourites such as Log Cabin, Bargello, Broken Stars, Dresden plate, Drunkard's Path, Double Wedding Ring, Trip Around the World and Nine Patch and create beautiful quilts in a fraction of the...
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"Summer Sullivan, the youngest founding member of Elm Creek Quilts, has spent the last two years pursuing a master's degree in history at the University of Chicago. Her unexpected return home to the celebrated quilter's retreat is met with delight but also concern from her mother, Gwen; her best friend, Sarah; master quilter Sylvia; and her other colleagues - and rightly so. Stymied by writer's block, Summer hasn't finished her thesis, and she can't...
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The quilter, pattern designer, and author of Patchwork City offers 12 exciting new patterns designed to help you take your skills to the next level.
Ready to go beyond the basics of creative quilting? In Modern Patchwork, pattern designer Elizabeth Hartman will help you expand your skills with new techniques and twelve new and innovative quilt designs.
The projects in Modern Patchwork are bold, bright, graphic, and designed to give modern quilters...
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Whether you are quilting or fabric crafting, this ultimate guide to binding and edge finishing is a must-have resource for getting the perfectly edged project every time. Starting with helpful overviews on binding tools and basics, "Ultimate Binding and Edge-Finishing Guide for Quilting and Sewing" details more than 16 binding techniques and various ways to finish a project, including traditional, bias, scalloped, chenille, invisible faces, and more!...
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"Learn how to make simple, one-of-a-kind quilts using large-scale print fabrics! Easy Stack is a quick-cutting, fabric-efficient way of making great quilts that are rotary cut and machine pieced. Using only 4 fabric repeats and easy-to-cut strips, you can create 3 kinds of fun and unique blocks. Then play with 8 setting options, with 4 quilt sizes for each option, to create an endless variety of quilts."--Provided by publisher.
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Designer Ellen Murphy has created unique quilts inspired by the colors and shapes of American houses. From colonial farmhouses to brownstones, these quilts will beautify any décor.
This book includes patterns and complete instructions for nine traditional pieced quilts in a variety of sizes and color palettes, plus inspirational photos featuring iconic American homes. Classic-styled quilts are perfect for building your sewing skills: Begin with...
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This book presents a charming collection of 18 stylish quilts. Each one explores a variety of traditional and modern techniques including applique and other surface embellishment, as well as machine quilting. The projects range from bed quilts and throws to wall hangings and table runners. Quilters prefer to buy fabric in "fat quarters" or "jelly roll strips" or they have a stash of leftovers, and with this in mind the quilts have been designed to...
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Discover how to design and stitch beautiful machine quilting with the walking foot on your home sewing machine.
Intimidated by free-motion machine quilting? You don't need it to beautifully machine-quilt your own tops. Well-known teacher Mary Mashuta's classroom-tested methods guarantee quilting success. Mary teaches you to use heavier-weight threads on the top of your machine, rather than in the bobbin, so that all your stitching is done on the...
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The expert quilter presents sixty-nine unique quilt blocks
wn from the rare eighteenth-century coverlet constructed in the Mosaic patchwork tradition.
The 1718 Coverlet, the earliest known dated piece of patchwork, has fascinated quilters and textile historians since its discovery in Wiltshire, England. Now quilting expert Susan Briscoe invites readers and crafters to explore this treasure trove of historical inspiration.
With this illustrated,...
14) Mantas Y Cojines
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Las Mantas y los cojines se pueden usar con gran éxito como elementos personalizados y personales. La gente buscará mantas de bebé o cojines por encargo, y hasta se las dejará a su descendencia. Esos elementos se pueden convertir con facilidad en una reliquia familiar. Este aspecto se ignora rápido, pero por unas pocas horas de trabajo o un pequeño gasto, un padrino o un amigo cercano de la familia puede regalar algo que se atesorará por generaciones....
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Fat QuarterlyMagazine cofounder Tacha Bruecher takes a fresh look at an old favorite, English paper-pieced hexagons, with current fabrics and settings for quilts, table toppers, and more. Modern and traditional designs are both, featured, including rosettes, stars, and free form. Learn how to combine settings and how to creatively, quilt hexagons. Projects are, varied for any skill level or time commitment-make a few hexagons, make a few more, or...
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Make every day a day at the beach with these whimsical, one-of-a-kind art pieces and fun folk crafts.
Discover 25 sewing projects including stuffies, quilts, garlands, pillows, bags, and more-all with a bright and cheery seaside theme. Beginners and experienced sewers alike will find something fun to create from today's top designers.
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The expanded edition of the ultimate no-math reference guide for quilters-featuring even more blocks, diagrams, and essential tips!
Cutting and planning blocks is easier than ever with this convenient guide featuring 110 traditional quilt blocks in 5 sizes each. This guide also has rotary-cutting charts, reference tables, a block index, and dozens of precut-friendly designs. Block diagrams make construction a breeze, while color-filled blocks and...
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Tips and techniques for unleashing the designer within and creating your own original quilts.
Let your imagination take flight! Gail Garber teaches you step-by-step techniques to create your own unique quilt designs, or to make any of the five bonus projects in this book.
Draft shapes such as Flying Geese, triangles, and diamonds to fill strips of fabric that weave in and out of your design. Easy paper-piecing instructions help you make all your...
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Plant an indoor garden with a bounty of lyrical appliqué designs. All the project patterns are interchangeable, so you can create endless combinations of flowers and leaves. See how color-saturated cottons, vibrant silks, and tone-on-tone chintzes breathe new life into botanical appliqué.
• 14 sophisticated floral appliqué projects include pillows, table runners, and small tapestry-style quilts and wall hangings
• Full-size templates for...
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Learning useful techniques to create one of 12 stunning, strip quilts in this collection.
Get the look of complex piecing with a savvy shortcut-striped fabric! Blogger and modern quilter Lauren Palmer of Olive Tree Textiles shares 12 versatile quilt patterns using solid stripes, multicolored stripes, and even chevrons. Slice apart striped fabric and rearrange it into modern blocks to create illusions of movement, depth, and texture. Pick up useful...