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Mastering the Art of Longarm Quilting

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Gina Perkes

40 Original Designs • Step-by-Step Instructions • Takes You from Novice to Expert

Build your confidence and master more skills with easy-to-follow instructions for how to use a longarm machine. Gina gives you detailed direction for planning and executing designs, as well as tips on marking and thread selection. With 40 original quilting designs included, there's something here for both traditional and modern quilters at all skill levels.

• Essential guide for those who want to advance their knowledge
• Tips, tricks, and a treasure trove of inspiration for all longarm users
• Patterns and other valuable information apply to both midarm and domestic machines
Published by: C & T Publications
ISBN: 9781607054108
Number of pages: 128
Year published: 2013

Stacked and Stitched:: Artistic Fabric Projects for Your Home

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Christine Morgan

You've never seen chenille used like this before! Artist Christine Morgan was playing around with layered fabric one day after a brief introduction to the chenille technique. Self-taught, she developed a method that retains the pattern and design of the layers rather than obscure them in 'fluffiness.' She calls the layered and slashed fabric yardage she makes 'pelts.' Once she has a home décor design in mind, she creates pelts that bring out the look she wants, including big bold appliqués and off-center piecing.

Now you can use chenille the same way, creating truly unique pieces of fabric art for your home. Instructions for 4 projects are included: Pillow, Placemat, Table runner,& Mini wallhanging. The inspiration gallery shows potholders, wall art, and even an ottoman covered in Christine's artistic pelts.

Published by: AQS Publishing
ISBN: 9781604600322
Number of pages: 80
Year published: 2012

Japanese Quilting: Piece by Piece

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Yoko Saito

From master quilt artist Yoko Saito, Japanese Quilting Piece by Piece explores traditional folk themes and interprets them with a vintage, yet modern feel. Inside, you'll learn traditional patchwork techniques, such as log cabin, hexagons, baskets, and stars, sewn in soft sepia and taupe fabrics. Featuring piecework, appliqué, machine stitching, handstitching, and embroidery, these projects are a delight for anyone who loves doing needlework. You'll also discover large wall quilts as well as smaller projects, from fabric baskets and handbags to an apron and fabric cushions--all with enclosed paper patterns.

In her masterful style, Yoko Saito uses beautiful and meticulous stitching while still embracing the wabi sabi concept of imperfection, using odd-shaped pieces and quilting with a free mind. Japanese Quilting Piece by Piece invites all quilt artists to stray from conventional designs and create one-of-a-kind quilts and quilted projects.
Published by: Interweave Press
ISBN: 9781596688582
Number of pages: 152
Year published: 2012

Modern Patchwork: 12 Quilts to Take You Beyond the Basics

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Elizabeth Hartman

Modern quiltmakers…time to take the next step!

Are you ready for the next level of creative patchwork? Bring Elizabeth Hartman's innovative style into your home...she's back with brand new quilts! These projects are bold, bright, graphic, and designed to give modern quilters new challenges. Learn new skills like curved seam piecing and create your best modern quilt yet. Make it fresh, make it fun, make it something you will use and cherish for years to come.

• Expand your skills with new designs and techniques from the best-selling author of The Practical Guide to Patchwork
• Each project shows additional colorways - have fun with all your favorite fabrics
• Make your next modern quilt even more sophisticated and beautiful
Published by: Stash Books
ISBN: 9781607054863
Number of pages: 144
Year published: 2012

Sew Jelly Roll Quilts & Gifts

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Carolyn Forster

All of the quilts in the book can be made using a single jelly roll, though extra fabric is needed for the edging and backing fabric. This book contains information on materials and equipment, as well as basic stitching techniques, layering and basting, quilting (by hand and machine), binding, labelling and laundering. There's even a section on cutting your own strips for those who prefer to use their own fabric choices rather than a pre-cut jelly roll.

Each of the nine projects consist of a different quilt design, together with a gift item made in a coordinating fabric, including stylish bags, a cushion, pot holders and key fobs. Full instructions for each quilt are provided, together with step-by-step photographs for the accompanying gift. Stunning photography throughout and clear, step-by-step instructions make this an ideal beginner's book.

Published by: Search Press
ISBN: 9781844487547
Number of pages: 128
Year published: 2012

Kaffe Fassett Quilts: Shots and Stripes

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24 New Projects Made with Shot Cottons and Striped Fabrics

Kaffe Fassett And Liza Prior Lucy

In Kaffe Fassett Quilts Shots and Stripes, quilt master Kaffe Fassett and coauthor Liza Prior Lucy present 24 projects—small and large, beginner and advanced—made with iridescent solid-colored cotton fabrics (called shot cottons) and woven striped cotton fabrics, all photographed in and around his weekend home on England’s southern coast. Inspired by worldwide travels and a plethora of ethnic textiles, including Amish quilts in America, Japanese indigo patched work clothes, and African weavings, the projects featured include full-size bed quilts as well as smaller pieces that can be completed more quickly, such as throws, wall hangings, table runners, and pillows. With Shots and Stripes, Fassett answers the current call for quilts that make bold graphic statements but are not necessarily as time-consuming as some of the work for which he has been previously celebrated.

Praise for Kaffe Fassett Quilts Shots and Stripes:

“Kaffe Fassett is a superstar in the world of textiles.” —Craft Gossip

“As with all of Kaffe’s books—whether quilting or knitting or needlework—the photos and lay-out are lavish. It is a treat for the senses.” —Getting Stitched on the Farm

“Kaffe & Liza did it again! It's amazing to have another pattern book so soon, following . . . Kaffe’s fascinating memoir, Dreaming in Color. Do you really need yet another Kaffe book in your library of quilt books? Why, yes, you do.” —Meg Cox

About the author
Kaffe Fassett, widely acknowledged as a visionary in the use of color, is a fabric designer for Rowan Patchwork and the primary knitwear designer for Rowan Yarns. He is the author of 16 books, which have sold over a million copies worldwide, including STC Craft’s Kaffe Fassett’s Simple Shapes, Spectacular Quilts and his biography, Kaffe Fassett: Dreaming in Color. He lives in London. Liza Prior Lucy is an expert quilt maker and the owner of Glorious Color (gloriouscolor.com), a source for fabrics designed by Kaffe Fassett and friends. She works with Fassett on his fabric lines and books. She lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

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Published by: STC Craft
ISBN: 9781617690167
Number of pages: 176: 100 colour illustrations
Year published: 2013

Modern Minimal

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20 Bold & Graphic Quilts

Alissa Haight Carlton

Chic and stunning design

Quilts get super sleek and ultra modern with these gorgeously graphic designs that use lots of open space to show off the simplicity of the quilting. Add a splash of sophistication to your home by draping one over your bed or couch, or change up the color palette to make one for baby's room. These beginner-friendly quilt projects work well with any décor, in any room, for everyone in your family!

• Each of the 20 projects offers instructions for 2 quilting options
• Designs are perfect for all your solid fabrics-accent with your favorite prints!
• Try straight, strip, or improvisational piecing using strips, squares, and rectangles

Published by: Stash Books
ISBN: 9781607054863
Number of pages: 144
Year published: 2012

Indygo Junction's Fabric Flowers

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25 quick & easy projects to wear, decorate and share.

Express your individual style by adding a “wink” to your wardrobe or room with these beautiful blooms from Indygo Junction’s Fabric Flowers, with inspiring techniques for the novice to more advanced creative enthusiasts.

Combine cotton prints into one-of-a-kind fashion statements, recycle jeans, ties, sweaters and t-shirts, create painterly effects of needle felting, and play with felt, wools, and silks!

From a simple rose created from repurposed denim jeans to a full wedding bouquet of felted roses, the projects in this book teach traditional techniques and introduce flower making short-cut methods, featuring Clover Needlecrafts tools.

Published by: Indygo Junction
ISBN: 9780982627020
Number of pages: 86
Year published: 2012

Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters

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Angela Walters

Popular machine quilter Angela Walters will motivate and inspire you to try something new! Learn how to stitch her fresh continuous-line designs on your longarm or domestic machine. Using basic free-motion skills you already have, discover how to approach quilting a modern quilt by working with bold fabrics and negative space, uniting a variety of shapes, and blending designs.

• Step-by-step instructions for continuous-line swirls, circles, squares, vines, arcs, and points
• Draw inspiration from striking pictures of 20 modern quilts showing Angela's designs
• Practical advice for choosing the perfect pattern to give your modern quilt maximum impact

Published by: Stash Books
ISBN: 9781607055358
Number of pages: 119
Year published: 2012

Doodle Quilting

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Cheryl Malkowski

Over 120 Continuous-Line Machine-Quilting Designs

Learn to draw...with your sewing machine!

In this beginner's guide to free-motion, continuous-line quilting designs, the focus is on selecting the right forms and lines that get you where you need to go...because sometimes the hardest part is figuring out where to quilt next! You'll gain confidence in your innate artistic ability to draw basic shapes, then you'll learn how to put them together into over a hundred different all-over quilting designs.

• See how easy it can be to create interesting quilting designs by mastering your doodling skills
• From squiggles and swirls to flowers and feathers, learn which shapes are best for confined spaces and which work better traveling across your quilt
• Includes drawing exercises and tips for transferring your designs from paper to fabric

Published by: C&T Publishing
ISBN: 978607056362
Number of pages: 85
Year published: 2012

The Big Little Book of Fabric Die Cutting Tips

The Big Little Book of Fabric Die Cutting Tips

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Ebony Love

An instructional book for quilters and other crafters for using die cutting systems.

Do you think die cutting wastes too much fabric? Have you ever die cut a square only to find that it came up short? How can you get perfect cuts every time, no matter what system you use or material you are cutting? Learn the tips and techniques you need to make your own die cutting a success.

Written for the quilters and sewists who use die-cutting systems, and those who might like to try, this book combines the best information and expertise from leaders in the industry to improve the speed and accuracy of quilt making.

The book opens with a chapter discussing all the major fabric die-cutting systems, and then continues with chapters about dies, consumable materials, and HOW to die-cut and prepare your fabric.

Several companies produce die-cutting systems for the quilting and crafting markets; two of the biggest names are Sizzix® and AccuQuilt®. Because of the variety of machines and dies, consumers are often overwhelmed by the choices and have trouble determining which system would be best for them. “A lot of quilters don’t realize that some of these systems are interchangeable.

This 256-page book lives up to its name in a big way, and is packed with tips, extensive Q & A sections, and detailed explanations to help guide quilters through some of their most pressing issues like: what kind of die cutter is best for them; what dies to purchase, and how to make the most of them; how to use dies from one manufacturer in a different machine; techniques to reduce fabric waste during die cutting; and ways to store and maintain their equipment.

Digest, spiral bound, 256 pages, 5.375" x 8.25"
Published by: Love Bug Studios
ISBN: 9781938889004
Number of pages: 256
Year published: October 2012

Scrappy Firework Quilts

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Edyta Sitar

Beloved fabric designer, quilter and author, Edyta Sitar has done it again--a spectacular collection of patchwork and applique quilts bursting with color that you're going to love!

Join Edyta as she once again 'wows' quilters with the fun, camaraderie and satisfaction of quilting amazing new designs and learning inventive techniques.

This time she combines her favorite Strip Panels and Half-square Triangles techniques with another favorite, 8-Pointed Star, to give you 19 totally new quilt designs.

Perfect for fabric exchanges, using pre-cuts or your fabric stash.

• 128 full-color pages
• 19 spectacular projects showcasing Edyta's keen sense of color and passion for quilting
• Step-by-step how to photos teach each of Edyta's favorite techniques
• Accurate, easy-to-follow instructions so you'll be successful--whatever your skill-level
• Hundreds of photos, diagrams and illustrations

Published by: Landauer Publishing
ISBN: 9781935726197
Number of pages: 128
Year published: 2012

Baby & Kids Quilts

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Liz Porter & Marianne Fons

Wanting to make a gift of love for a special baby or youngster is often the reason many people get started in quilt making. The small sizes are fairly quick to finish, and the cute designs are just plain fun! This charming collection for toddlers to ’tweens compiles 39 of the best quilts from Fons & Porter’s Love of Quilting magazine and its special issues.

Each quilt is shown in full color, accompanied by an assembly diagram, a complete materials list, and step-by-step instructions. There are projects for all skill levels, as well as styles from soft and sweet to bold and bright. Designs include Little Lambs Eat Ivy, Circle of Life, Stars for My Little One, Daisy Dreams, Baby Rose Crib Set, Quillows for Kids, Training Wheels, and more.

Published by: Leisure Arts
ISBN: 9781609002497
Number of pages: 177
Year published: 2012

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