Now fully revised and updated, this 50,000-copy bestseller is the ultimate guide to paper piecing for beginners. Alex Anderson's best-selling guide is back showing everything you need to know to succeed and enjoy paper-piecing. Featuring full-size paper piecing patterns for 7 blocks and one border, plus 4 brand-new quilt projects - all accompanied by Alex's expert help and advice, this is a must-have for anyone wanting to get to grips with paper-piecing.

• Pages: 56
• Author: Alex Anderson
• Publish Date: 02/16/2011
• Softcover

This title lets you discover 20+ quick-and-easy techniques for creating your very own landscape art quilt. Let the fabric do the work! In "Quick Little Landscape Quilts", award-winning quilter Joyce Becker shows you uncomplicated ways to work with landscape-themed fabrics to make a quilted wall hanging you'll be proud to show off. You can learn how to quickly build an eye-catching scene using her proven techniques for painting, fusing, embellishing, and embroidering.

• Pages: 48
• Author: Joyce Becker
• Publish Date: 01/16/2011
• Dimensions: 8.59in x 0.13in x 11.14in
• Softcover

How big is a twin-size quilt? How many squares can you cut from the amount of fabric you have? What’s the best way to sew a mitered border? How do you make bias binding? The All-in-One Quilter's Reference Tool gives you fast answers to these and dozens of other quilting questions. Now this indispensable guide has been updated to include more answers, more techniques, more quilt settings, and more blocks than ever before.

• Pages: 72
• Author: Harriet Hargrave and Alex Anderson, Sharyn Craig, and Liz Aneloski
• Publish Date: 02/07/2014
• Dimensions: 5.76in x 0.2in x 9.04in
• Spiral-Bound

This book includes 16 projects, twelve using my strip-pieced method from Not Your Grandmother s Tumbling Blocks and several updated designs from Sara Nephew s most popular book Big Book of Building Block Quilts including Hollow Cube, Honeycomb Waffle, Downtown, and Space Crystal. You will be inspired to explore the world of 3-D with the full color photos and step-by-step illustrations. With no set-in seams these traditionally challenging designs are now easy enough for beginners. Everyone from the beginner to the experienced quilter will find enjoyment and success. The methods throughout this book make 3-D designs as easy as ABC.

• Pages: 128
• Author: Marci Baker
• Publish Date: 04/07/2015
• Dimensions: 8.51in x 0.38in x 10.97in
• Softcover

Everything first time quilter need to succeed, with 8 quick, easy and beautiful projects. Alex guides you every step of the way as you learn to plan, cut, piece, quilt and bind your quilt. Expanded edition includes new projects, more quilt sizes and lots of helpful new tips and shortcuts. Uses Creative Grids CGR24.

• Pages: 48
• Author: Alex Anderson
• Publish Date: 09/16/2009
• Dimensions: 8.6in x 0.15in x 11.13in
• Softcover

With both a new way to make quilts and a new approach to color for quilters, French Braid Quilts teaches crafters to identify color values and use them to create intriguing braided pieces. Fourteen projects, from wall hangings to bed quilts, are just the beginning of the great looks sewers can achieve. Uses Creative Grids CGR24 and CGRBR6. Color is key when you "braid" a variety of fabrics into an eye-catching quilt. Learn to identify value in fabric and use it to create the effect you want-in these quilts and every quilt you make!

• Pages: 80
• Author: Jane Hardy and Arlene Netten
• Publish Date: 04/01/2006
• Dimensions: 8.63in x 0.22in x 11.11in
• Softcover

Simple steps to dazzle friends and impress people: 1. Buy One-Block Wonders. 2. Follow precise directions to choose a large-scale print, calculate yardage, and cut and piece these drop-dead gorgeous quilts. 3. Graciously accept cheers and accolades from all. Big pieces and clever shortcut methods make these quilts go together fast so that quilters can spend more time with their admiring public. 6 quilt projects, plus over a dozen gallery quilts and techniques for creating endless one-block variations. Create dramatic new design effects: hollow cubes, cubes sliced open, & blocks tumbling into the borders. Still no Y-seams! All piecing is easy straight lines.

• Pages: 72
• Author: Maxine Rosenthal
• Publish Date: 03/01/2006
• Dimensions: 8.68in x 0.23in x 11.12in
• Softcover

Featherweight history at your fingertips. Enjoy an entertaining look at the history of the Featherweight sewing machine. Expanded third edition updated with the latest research. Packed with photos, stories, and handy information. Learn to date and troubleshoot your machine. A fun read for quilters, Featherweight owners, and history buffs.

• Pages: 220
• Author: Nancy Johnson-Srebro
• Publish Date: 08/16/2010
• Dimensions: 6.08in x 0.48in x 8.17in
• Softcover

Popular quilting expert Ricky Tims presents an imaginative, new piecing technique that quilters will adore! Convergence quilts feature two or more fabrics cut into strips, sewn together, then cut and pieced again. Nothing could be simpler - or more magical! Ricky offers lots of creative guidelines but no hard-and-fast rules, so every Convergence quilt is a unique work of art.

• Pages: 80
• Author: Ricky Tims
• Publish Date: 10/01/2003
• Dimensions: 8.64in x 0.24in x 11.11in
• Softcover

Journey through a historic time in American history with Barbara Brackman, bestselling author and quilt historian. Barbara's book features fifty quilt blocks that commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Each block (most were first published in the 1930s) was selected for the symbolism its name lends to recounting stories from the era's women. This compilation of quilt block patterns includes period photos and first-person accounts. Choose from pieced or appliquéd blocks, each in two colorways with instructions for 8” and 12” sizes. Dig into your reproduction fabrics and enjoy combining blocks to make your own tribute quilt.

• Pages: 112
• Author: Barbara Brackman
• Publish Date: 01/16/2013
• Dimensions: 8.41in x 0.32in x 11.1in
• Softcover

Here’s Bargello like you’ve never seen it before: stunning quilts full of free-form twists, turns, and 3-D effects that look like Op-art paintings. The biggest surprise is how simple these quilts are to make! Designer Ruth Ann Berry shows you how to use easy, straight-line strip piecing to create the illusion of curves in motion. 8 projects with complete instructions plus directions on how to create your own designs. Slice up your stash—novelty fabrics and even ugly fabrics look good when cut up for Bargello piecing. Large-scale quilts look spectacular on a bed or on the wall.

• Pages: 64
• Author: Ruth Ann Berry
• Publish Date: 06/01/2014
• Dimensions: 8.5in x 0.21in x 10.95in
• Softcover

Pick up your needle and create landscapes filled with fanciful flowers and creatures from field, forest, and ocean. Designer Wendy Williams shows you how to make 15 applique projects in a style that’s part folk, part contemporary, and entirely delightful. Easy freezer-paper techniques and wool felt make the stitching go quickly. Add to the fun by embellishing with hand embroidery and machine quilting. Includes 15 projects for all skill levels: quilts, pillows, bags, sewing kit, needle case, and more. New ways to mix wool, cotton, and linen give your applique a fresh look. Includes instructions for 13 embroidery stitches.

• Pages: 128
• Author: Wendy Williams
• Publish Date: 03/01/2014
• Dimensions: 8.42in x 0.34in x 11.03in
• Softcover

Discover how to create amazing optical illusion on fabric with these easy techniques using simple geometric shapes. Take your quilting to a higher dimension with this stunning new volume filled with techniques and design strategies for using simple geometric shapes to create dramatic imagery that seems to defy logic! "One-Block Wonders Cubed!" features 10 fantastic quilt designs, plus bonus projects for leftover fabrics - such as tote bags, coasters, and placemats.

• Pages: 80
• Author: Maxine Rosenthal and Joy Pelzmann
• Publish Date: 04/16/2010
• Dimensions: 8.66in x 0.26in x 11.15in
• Softcover

Create 12 delightful seasonal wall hangings with these easy-to-follow design elements and; full-sized patterns. Start a family tradition that can be enjoyed all year round with these fantastic seasonal wall quilts. Smile with a cheery snowman in the winter, see in Halloween with a spooky pumpkin, and splash around in the Spring rain. This title features more than 30 adorable designs elements that can be mixed and matched, plus 6 free full-sized pattern sheets, quilters and crafters alike will never be stuck for inspiration.

• Pages: 128
• Author: Linda Jenkins and Becky Goldsmith
• Publish Date: 05/01/2013
• Dimensions: 8.54in x 0.34in x 10.97in
• Softcover

Art quilter Lisbeth James travels to inherit a family home in Texas. There, she finds family, love, and a wedding dress that inspires an unforgettable quilt.

• Pages: 272
• Publish Date: 08/25/2024

Paper piece gnomes, animals, flowers, and other nature motifs with Mary Hertel's new collection of 17 paper pieced blocks. Create seven projects to decorate the home.

• Pages: 64
• Size: 8-1/2in x 11in
• Publish Date: 08/25/2022

Get ready for Christmas cuddles with adorable appliqué! The Birds in Toyland quilt from Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins holds all of the whimsy and wonder you've come to expect from Piece O' Cake Designs. Quilters can choose between two merry colorways, working with cozy cotton, felted wool, or a mixture of both. Stitch 13 wintery scenes into a pieced Irish Chain quilt, all framed with a playful appliquéd vintage Christmas light border. Readers will discover bonus instructions for a decorative pillow and a wall hanging in two sizes. A robust project gallery includes color and fabric inspiration. Christmas never looked so cute!

• Pages: 80
• Author: Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins
• Publish Date: 05/25/2022
• Softcover

You'll love Anne Brown and the Colebridge Community! In The Basement Quilt, a novel by Ann Hazelwood, you'll get to know the family and friends of Anne Brown, a plucky florist whose daily ups and downs will seem so familiar you'll identify with her right away. Anne decides to learn to quilt to help her aunt, and in the process learns family secrets. Then she uncovers a mysterious presence in her mother's basement or does she? Anne learns about love, too, in various forms. She and the members of the Colebridge community go through some big life changes. Are their decisions wise or does trouble lie ahead? The Basement Quilt is not just the title of this first novel in a series the basement quilt itself is a character. You'll want to meet other quilt characters throughout the series. Book 1 in the Colebridge Community Series.

• Pages: 312
• Author: Ann Hazelwood
• Publish Date: 07/10/2012
• Dimensions: 5.5in x 0.5in x 8.5in
• Softcover

Enjoy this new series from Ann Hazelwood, The Door County Quilt Series. This first novel introduces you to Claire Stewart and her life in beautiful Door County, Wisconsin. Claire Stewart, a new resident of the county, joins a prestigious small quilting club when her best friend moves away. Claire is a watercolor quilt artist, and the beauty of Door County captivates her right away. Claire's new friends and her quilt group provide fun, but it's the man with the red scarf who intrigues her. As she grows more comfortable after escaping a bad relationship, new ideas and surprises abound as friendships, quilting, and her love life all change for the better.

• Pages: 390
• Author: Ann Hazelwood
• Publish Date: 08/25/2020
• Dimensions:5.5in x 1in x 8.5in
• Softcover

Enter the charming, historic town of Colebridge, Missouri, and view life from Anne Brown’s perspective. As the owner of Brown’s Botanical Flower Shop, Anne encounters a serious challenge in her life while also seeing a big dream fulfilled on the Dickson properties. Grandmother Davis’ trademark lilies show up in a patterned wholecloth quilt. This quilt gives much comfort to Anne until she is forced to give it up to its intended owner. See what changes await Anne in her home life, family, and business in this sixth novel in the Colebridge Community Series.

• Pages: 428
• Author: Ann Hazelwood
• Publish Date: 01/01/2015
• Dimensions: 5.5in x 0.8in x 8.5in
• Softcover

n this fifth novel of the Colebridge Community Series, busy flower shop owner Anne Brown Dickson takes on the task of helping fellow shop owners on Main Street. A unique quilt show develops that impacts the street throughout the fall and winter season. In the process, Anne is reluctantly assisted by a host of ghostly participants. On the home front, Grandmother initiates some activities of her own that may reap some harmful results. All is not gloom and doom, however, as Anne makes changes to her business and best friend, Nancy has some upcoming changes of her own.

• Pages: 328
• Author: Ann Hazelwood
• Publish Date: 06/27/2014
• Dimensions: 5.5in x 0.63in x 8.5in
• Softcover

A new year begins for newlywed Anne Brown Dickson as she navigates life with her husband who is facing serious heart issues. Anne, the owner of a local flower shop, encounters her share of challenges as she tries to juggle many responsibilities and keep up with the goings on in her family and community. In addition to the Jane Austen Literary Club that Anne already enjoys, a community group has begun to create a Jane Austen quilt—with each member devising a block that personally reflects their own interpretation of Jane. When the completed quilt is entered into an international quilt competition and then mysteriously disappears, the community is in an uproar. Book 4 in the Colebridge Community Series.

• Pages: 314
• Author: Ann Hazelwood
• Publish Date: 01/21/2014
• Dimensions: 5.5in x 0.6in x 8.5in
• Softcover

When Lily Rosenthal helps a friend sell some very expensive quilts, she is determined to keep them safely under lock and key. When one goes missing, not even the Dinner Detectives can figure out the culprit. Dreams come true in surprising ways - and quilts once left behind become new sources of joy in the fifth and final novel in the Wine Country Quilts series.

• Pages: 396
• Author: Ann Hazelwood
• Publish Date: 02/25/2020
• Dimensions: 5.5in x .75in x 8.5in
• Softcover

Everyone has at least one secret they carry through their lives. Lily tries to keep a secret herself as she encounters the many secrets of her quilt class, community, friends, and family members. The mystery continues with the doctor that once lived in Lily's house, whose secrets may never be known. An unexpected, life-changing secret is revealed when an estranged cousin comes to visit. Will Lily tell? Quilted Secrets is the third novel in the Wine Country Quilts Series.

• Pages: 380
• Author: Ann Hazelwood
• Publish Date: 02/21/2019
• Dimensions: 5.5in x .78in x 8.5in
• Softcover

After quitting her boring editing job, aspiring writer Lily Rosenthal isn't sure what to do next. Her only joys in life are collecting antique quilts and frequenting the area's beautiful wine country. The murder of a friend results in her inheriting the inventory of a local antique store. She begins to consider opening her own shop, even though this will mean uprooting her life. With some help from her sisters, a ghost, and a handsome baseball fan, Lily embarks on a journey filled with laughs, loss, and red-and-white quilts.

• Pages: 410
• Author: Ann Hazelwood
• Publish Date: 02/03/2018
• Dimensions: 5.5in x 0.78in x 8.5in
• Softcover

For generations, ladies have gathered at churches to quilt. In Church Ladies' Quilts, the fifth and final novel in the East Perry County series, Kate Meyrs love for quilts convinces her to join the quilters at Concordia Lutheran Church in Borna. The ritual of their practices amuses Kate as she listens to their diverse personalities. It doesn't take long, after Kate joins them, for a mystery of a missing quilt to surface. The Pastor, who is dearly admired by the ladies, tries to keep the story quiet for the church s reputation. In the meantime, Kate s friendship with Clark is turned upside down and a new relationship appears with a red Jeep. Kate's research on Josephine is enhanced by discovering who has been putting yellow roses on her grave.

• Pages: 410
• Author: Ann Hazelwood
• Publish Date: 09/12/2017
• Dimensions: 5.5in x 0.8in x 8.5in
• Softcover

Complicated and confusing romance continues for Josephine's Guest House proprietor Kate Meyr in Everlasting Quilts, the fourth novel in the East Perry County series. John Baker, Kate's lakehouse neighbor, a writer, and wannabe lover intrigues Kate with his research on quilts for a magazine article. In the process, she discovers unusual destinations for quilts, even in her own family. These stories are precious and everlasting. But not all is precious in Borna as Kate faces a fight for her life in her beloved home. Thanks to the spirit of Josephine and a handsome new acquaintance, Kate is able to persevere. It's once again another secret that Kate has to keep from her community as she continues to protect her guest house's reputation.

• Pages: 412
• Author: Ann Hazelwood
• Publish Date: 04/10/2017
• Dimensions: 5.5in x 0.77in x 8.5in
• Softcover

Ann Hazelwood s delightful new series continues in Josephine s Guest House Quilt, the second novel in the East Perry County Series. Kate Meyr continues to be charmed by the beauty of Borna, Missouri. Now, after encouragement from her friends, Clark and Ellie, she decides to turn her home into a guesthouse which East Perry County desperately needs. Wanting to acknowledge Dr. Paulson and his wife, Josephine, whose spirit still haunts the home, she names her new business Josephine s Guest House. Kate also commissions a quilt to be made by her friend Ruth Ann to hang in the entry hall for guests to sign. Everything seems to be coming together and guests are intrigued by Josephine s presence, but why do some of the guests names disappear from the signature quilt and some remain?

• Pages: 320
• Author: Ann Hazelwood
• Publish Date: 07/20/2016
• Dimensions: 5.5in x 0.7in x 8.5in
• Softcover

Ann Hazelwood's first novel in the East Perry County Series. After the death of her husband brings out hurtful secrets, Kate Meyr strikes out to cleave her life from his. She vows to restore the property he left her in Borna, Missouri, and sell it, but the longer Kate stays in town, the harder she finds it to leave. Her life becomes even more embroiled in Borna when she discovers a mysterious quilt in her new home. Haunted by the quilt's past, Kate is also troubled by several terrifying occurrences. Somebody wants to take the property from her. Will Kate let their horrifying tactics run her out, or will she stand her ground? Find out in this novel of self-discovery, forgiveness, and courage.

• Pages: 348
• Author: Ann Hazelwood
• Publish Date: 12/17/2015
• Dimensions: 5.5in x 0.72in x 8.5in
• Softcover

When sixty-eight-year-old Sarah Miller moves into the Cunningham Village retirement community, she is mourning the loss of her husband and the place that has been home for forty-two years. But Sarah is a survivor. As she reaches out into the retirement community that is to become home, she finds friends, activities, new hobbies, and a love interest. In the twelfth installment, excitement grows as the Tuesday Night Quilters plan an antique quilt show. But things go terribly wrong. Sarah and Sophie again throw themselves into the middle of the investigation, but this time Sarah finds herself in real danger. As always, Sarah and her retirement village cohorts offer fun, mystery, and lots of quilting.

• Pages: 232
• Author: Carol Dean Jones
• Publish Date: 06/25/2021
• Softcover