New Books

The Quilter's Album of Patchwork Patterns: More Than 4050 Pieced Designs for Quilters

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Jinny Beyer

This visual encyclopedia of quilt block designs provides quilters, designers, researchers and patchwork enthusiasts with a comprehensive tool for finding, identifying, and drafting more than 4050 unique block designs. World-renowned quilter Jinny Beyer has categorized the designs in a way that eliminates duplicates and allows quilters to understand exactly how each block is successfully pieced. Jinny has analyzed all designs in terms of the grid on which they are drawn, making it easy for quilters to recreate the blocks in any size or color scheme desired. Imagine-more than 4050 unique designs to choose from for your next quilt!

* More than 4050 quilt block patterns, categorized by grid design
* Beautiful fabric-filled illustrations of each design
* Photographs of quilts, showing design layouts and block repeats
* Line drawings for every block, showing how each is constructed
* Step-by-step help on drafting blocks to any size
* Quick Reference sections for easy comparison of similar blocks
* Chapter on design ideas to inspire your next quilt
* Detailed bibliography and indexes
* Transparency sheets with 32 common design grids

Ruby Red Dots: Fanciful Circle-Inspired Designs

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Sheri Howard

Add a dash of panache to your quilts with dotted Country-style designs.

Quilt designer Sheri Howard shows you how in this delightful collection of applique quilts and quilted projects. Perfect for a block-of-the-month program, the feature quilt spotlights 12 free-spirited applique blocks inspired by the author's imagination. An artful array of red dots lends a fanciful flourish to each block as well as the borders.

Four additional projects offer colorful variations on the dot theme. Large red circles take center stage in a striking brown-and-red companion quilt that combines applique with piecework. If you prefer smaller, easy-to-make projects, you'll love Sheri's charming table runner or heartwarming baby quilt complete with a matching quilted pillow.

Sheri also shares her time-tested tips for making applique easier with a handy freezer-paper method.

Quilts of the Golden West: Mining the history of the gold and silver rush

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Cindy Brick

Join Cindy Brick as she brings our American Golden West to life: in stories and in quilts.

Explore the rich history of the rush for gold and silver wealth in our western states during the 1800s. Cindy profiles nine brave and daring heroines of the era - Belle Starr, Molly Brown, Baby Doe Tabor, and more.

Ten quilt patterns are included so you can recreate your own period piece. Some quilts are designed in the heroines' honor: one version featuring color portraits of each, as well as a redwork version.

You'll also find an extensive quilting instruction section, with tips covering everything from washing - or not washing - fabric to the importance of ironing. Cindy adds details about fabrics and colors used in the period, clothing, and so much more!

Cindy's experience with teaching, judging, appraising and writing combine to make this a rich, lovely resource for recreating historical quilts.

Across the Pond: Projects inspired by quilts of the British Isles

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Bettina Havig

Take a trip with tour guide Bettina Havig and join her infectious enthusiasm for quilts of the British Isles. Explore the rich heritage of these quilts, whose styles and techniques influenced American quilts in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Historic quilts, most in the medallion style surrounded by frames (the British term for borders), are the design inspiration for the eight quilt projects included in this book. They also reflect Bettina's love of hand-quilting, with the inclusion of many traditional quilting motifs. Each project is named for a place or experience in Bettina's travels. Also included are instructions to make a Victorian Etui, a folding portable sewing kit made by ladies but also by soldiers and seaman in the 19th century.

Bettina first traveled to the British Isles in 1991 and six trips later, her fascination with the region remains strong. You'll find photos of British Isles quilts snapped by Bettina, as well as shots from her travels. Also included are places to see when you plan your own trip across the pond.

Gone to Texas: Quilts from a pioneer woman's journal

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Besty Chutchian

More than 150 years ago a pioneer family left a sign on their Kentucky door reading "Gone to Texas."

As did so many of their generation, Robert and Lizzie Carpenter packed up their belongings and headed West to find a better life. They chose the North Central Texas prairie to set up housekeeping. And, it was here, on their newly built homestead, that Lizzie began writing her journal, which she kept from 1857 to 1882. Chronicled within its pages are the details of pioneer life including her deep love for quiltmaking.

In 2007, Lizzie's great-great granddaughter and award winning quiltmaker and historian, Betsy Chutchian, discovered the journal, now housed at Haggard Library in Plano, Texas, and was delighted to discover they shared a common passion for quiltmaking.

Join Betsy as she embarks on a journey to recreate 12 of her great-great grandmother's quilts inspired by her writing. And read as she shares the journal entries that capture the essence of pioneer life, often characterized by harsh realities and the sameness of chores that seemed never ending, softened by the beauty, pleasure and friendship found in quiltmaking.

Get Your Stitch on Route 66

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Christina DeArmond, Eula Lang and Kaye Spitzli

Anyone who gets the travel bug will love these three Route 66 quilts by Christina DeArmond, Eula Lang and Kaye Spitzli.

Choose from the 21 embroidery patterns that are icons of this famous highway, and three settings to make your own personal full-size Route 66 quilt. Alternate the embroidered blocks with pieced blocks in Crossroads, or Pack Your Bags, or divide them with sashing made of amusing "Burma Shave" signs as in Reading the Signs.

Eula, Kaye and Christina are partners in quilt design (Of One Mind pattern company) and in business (Quilting Bits & Pieces in Eudora, Kansas). They talk about quilts and life on the road while driving to quilt shows and guild meetings.

Women of Influence: 12 leaders of the Suffrage Movement. A Block-of-the-Month Quilt

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Sandra Maxwell and Dolores Smith

Celebrate the lives of 12 historical women who dared to question why women weren't afforded the right to vote with the Kansas City Star 2009 Block-of-the-Month quilt.

Each block tells the story of a woman who stood up against the conventions of the day, and whose life's work led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 allowing women to vote. Follow the decades-long journey of women's voting rights and gain a new appreciation for just how precious this right is.

Popular quilt designers Sarah Maxwell and Dolores Smith of Homestead Hearth show you how to make this quilt that honors these women who had the courage to fight for equality. In addition you'll find five original patterns inspired by these women of influence.