When you make a quilt, you spend hundreds of hours cutting, sewing, and quilting. With so much of your time invested, wouldn't it be great if the finished quilt was your own design instead of someone else's? Now it can be, and it's much easier than you think! Using the basic design elements in this book, creating your own work of art is as easy as working a puzzle. The combinations are endless, as you'll see in the dozens of finished blocks.
Have you ever looked for just the right pillow to fit in with your decor, but nothing was quite right? The fabric wasn't the right color, the trims were not appealing or the style wasn't what you had in mind. As you look through this book of 77 different patchwork pillows, you are bound to find pillows to accent any room in your home. There are fifteen groupings of pillows shown, but you can mix and match any of the blocks using your own fabrics and trims. The possibilities are endless. You can even use the blocks to make a matching quilt for your bedroom, a lap quilt for your den or a wall hanging for the living room. There are complete instructions for each pillow as shown, but you can add fringe where we have added a ruffle, or beading where we have added cording. You can make your pillows to your own specifications using the Pillow Instructions on pages 12 to 15 as a guide. You will find that you can't stop at just one. You will end up making pillows for everyone on your gift list or for every room in your home!
Get our your scrap bag and make a quilt! String along with Vaness-Ann to create complex-appearing striped blocks, diamonds, and triangles by piecing fabric strips together. Choose your favorites from the 10 pieced quilt designs, follow the easy instructions, then add clever embellishments such as applique, buttons and embroidery. Perfect for wall hangings, these country-style children's theme quilts are a breeze to make with Stringing Along!
Following on the tremendous success of quilting bestseller Fabled Flowers, Kumiko Sudo's new book features 30 completely new fabric origami designs. Returning to the ever-popular floral motif, these stunning quilt designs showcase Kumiko's incredible range, in the vibrant, glowing colors that are characteristic of her work. Each block combines simple piecing and appliqué techniques, showing even beginning quilters how to make perfect three-dimensional flowers. All are complete with step-by-step drawings, easy-to-follow directions, and full-size templates. There are also assembly instructions for six beautiful floral quilts. The introduction explains the inspiration behind Kumiko's designs. A special section on ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, demonstrates the similarities between Kumiko's contemporary quilts and that traditional art form. - Kumiko's first book on fabric origami, Fabled Flowers, is one of the top-selling books in the quilting industry - Kumiko's flowers can embellish not just quilts, but all kinds of sewing projects--fashions, home decorations, children's wear, and so on - More than 100 stunning color photographs of quilts, fabric, and fine handwork Kumiko Sudo is an internationally acclaimed fiber artist. Kumiko's work is today known and respected in the United States, and her quilts are in several fine public and private collections, including the Museum of American Folk Art in New York.
In just 10 minutes you can produce a beautiful, decorative quilt block. With 336 fantastic patterns, eight different easy-to-do techniques, and a range of embellishment ideas to individualize the work, even beginners will find this a great way to exercise their creativity. Hang the blocks on walls, brighten up a lampshade, or use them as holiday decorations. With so many options that take so little time, you'll want to try out every block in the book.
Skillful quilters with generous hearts populate our "Quilts Across America" chapter. They welcome you into their quilting lives by telling you a little about themselves. Their joy in quilting spills over into the lovely quilts they make. Blissful childhood memories of relatives and neighbors quilting are recalled by quilters in our "Traditions in Quilting" chapter. Accounts of how quilting has intertwined their family tree are shared, along with their quilts. Our "Bee Quilters" chapter found quilting guilds as busy as ever. While you make one of their quilts, read about their quiltmaking methods for groups of quilters and about their many quilt-related philanthropic projects. Footlighted in our "Designer Gallery" are the quilting imaginations of some multi-talented quilters. Browse through the gallery and be inspired by their ability to manipulate fabrics and colors in ingenious ways.
Nancy Johnson-Srebro is a professional quilt piecing designer, teacher and lecturer. Her work has been featured in Quilter's Newsletter, Traditional Quiltworks, Quilting Today, Minature Quilts, American Quilter, Award Winning Quilts and Their Makers: Vol III, and Early American Life magazines. Her forte is the precision piecing of miniature quilts. She has developed specialty rotary cutting techniques to achieve the accuracy needed for this work. In three years time she has made over 1,000 miniatures. In 1987 Nancy astonished the quilt world by designing her first full-size miniature quilt. She has made several others since then. These quilts are bed size, but are pieced with thousands of miniature pieces. Now you can have the best of both worlds! In Timeless Treasures: The Complete Book on Rotary Cutting, Vol. 1, Nancy blends 50 timeless patterns of yesteryear with the innovation of time saving rotary cutting techniques. She also shares one of her original full size miniature quilts, Migration.
Some quilt block designs are so well-known that even someone who doesn't quilt recognizes them by name. These are the same block designs that our grandmothers and great-grandmothers used in their quilts. Everyone loves these classic designs. They make great bed quilts! We took these same block designs and asked our designers to go to the next level. We wanted to use those traditional block designs that everyone loves, but we wanted projects that had a touch of fancy or a special zing. Or we asked them to use a combination of blocks in a unique way to create a block design that is new and old at the same time! In case you do not have patterns for these old favorites, we included one antique quilt in a classic style in each chapter. Of course, these are large bed quilts because that is what the quilter of yesteryear made. So whether you prefer to make bed-size quilts or faster and smaller quilted treasures, we know you will be pleased with our selection of projects. There is something for everyone in this book.
Join Eleanor and the Quilt in a Day Staff for festive holiday sewing and crafts! There are over 25 projects, something for every member of the family! The book is filled with a collection of colorful designs with step by step instructions. From Crazy Quilt Stockings to a Jolly Jacket for Fido, you will be inspired to prepare your home and heart for holiday cheer. In addition to two quilts with yardage charts for all five-quilt sizes, stitch a teddy bear, stained glass pillows, wallhangings, and gift bags with ribbon art flowers. For your Christmas tree, you will marvel as you sew the Flying Geese Tree Skirt, and the kids will delight as they hang the ornaments they make from our quick and easy directions. For your holiday table, stitch a lovely tablerunner with matching placemats. Round out your holiday decor as you wear a whimsical appliqued sweatshirt, sure to prompt compliments. Adorn your home and make gifts for family and friends as we sew together this Ch!ristmas at Eleanor's log home, Bear's Paw Ranch.
A friendship quilt to surprise a pregnant friend, celebrate the wedding of two special people, or commemorate a 50th anniversary is an unforgettable gift. Making that friendship quilt can be a smooth process or a headache, depending on your preparations. In Friendship Quilts by Hand and Machine author Carolyn Vosburg Hall anticipates all of your questions. She methodically shwos you how to design, organize, make, assemble, and display any type of friendship quilt you feel inspired to tackle. Each chapter covers one aspect of planning, with a representative quilt shown. By studying these quilts and how they were made, you will learn what to include and what to avoid in your own quilts. And you don't have to be a quilter to participate. Carolyn shows how to include men, children, co-workers, and other non-fabric people. This puts the emphasis not on perfect technique, but on the heartfelt expression of friendship.
If there is one thing all quilters love, it's fabric. In this book, quilters of all skill levels will find unlimited inspiration and creative projects which use fabric scraps of all sizes. from quick table runners to scrap happy bed quilts, every chapter is full of outstanding designs. chapters include: super-scrappy quilts; special times quilting; scrap patch bed quilts; nature's kaleidoscope; happy scrappy living; patchwork bags; little treasures baby quilts.
Create beautiful pillows, Christmas decorations, hot pads, place mats, bazaar items, and heirloom quality quilts that will be prized by your family and friends! Carla Hassel's expert advice and easily followed instruction on how to piece, applique, and quilt can turn even the novice into a super quilter. Lessons begin with basic piecing and quilting techniques of small objects and are progressively designed to guide you toward your ultimate goal--a full sized quilt. Actual-size templates and step-by-step instructions are provided for making Dresden Plate, Cathedral and Attic Window, Pella Tulip, Puff-Patch, and Friendship quilts--to name only a few--plus handy tables for determining yardage requirements for quilts for any size bed.
Egg Money Quilts is an "Eggstravaganza" of thirteen traditional patterns that gained popularity in the 1930's. In addition to two sampler quilt layouts, yardage charts are provided for five patterns in various quilt sizes. And to tempt your creativity, you will find a treasury of projects.
There are few more satisfying ways in which to pass the time than to make beautiful things for yourself, your family and your friends. Here is a book which shows you how to create attractive and practical projects with only a little application and a minimal outlay of time and money. From needlecraft to fabric painting, from basket weaving to quilting, and from decorating furniture to candle making, traditional crafts are presented here in an attractive and easy-to-read format. Everything is carefully and easily explained as well as clearly illustrated, often with step-by-step pictures to make a particular project even simpler to carry out. The crafts and techniques described can all be done at home. Most need no special tools or equipment, but can be carried out with the materials and implements found in almost every home needlecraft box or tool box. And for beginners and experts alike, there are many simple projects to create that offer practical and informed guidance to using the techniques explained throughout the book.
Welcome to a most lovely collection of extraordinary quilt blocks and keepsake projects--created especially for those who cherish the intricate details and time-honored techniques involved in the art of quilt making. For anyone who has a passion for quilts, the following pages are beautifully inspiring and full of ideas. More importantly, in your hands lies a fun and imaginative design tool--a hands-on workbook--from which you can successfully recreate each of the blocks and projects to perfection and create your own quilting masterpiece. Throughout the chapters, you'll discover a wonderful collection of both brand-new and antique nine-inch blocks--from ever-popular Country to gorgeous Florals, striking Americana to the whimsical designs in our Just For Fun section. And not only will you find block patterns, but also projects with step-by-step instructions for you to quilt. As you pick your favorite quilt blocks and try to decide which project you want to create first, enjoy dreaming your way through this design-packed book. Most of all, we hope this exceptional collection tempts your creativity, challenges your talents, and brings you a lifetime of quilting pleasure.