36 page color pattern booklet (8.5in x 11in). Can be used as a stand-alone pattern or run as a six month Block of the Month program. Easy to follow instructions and diagrams throughout. Suitable for competent beginners /intermediate quilters. Included are two optional sizes - lap (60in x 60in) or bed size 90in x 90in). A bonus quilt pattern is included for the bed size. Designed to be used with the Creative Grids Two Peaks in One Ruler (CGR2P1) or alternatively, full size templates are included in the pattern.

• Printed Paper Pattern
• Finished Size: 90in x 90in & 60in x 60in
• Final Product: Quilt
• Full Size Templates Included
• Technique Used: Standard Machine Quilting
• Skill Level: Confident Beginner

Make the beautiful Diamond Log Cabin Quilt or Tree Skirt from yardage or Honey Bun(s) (1 ½” Strips). Easy to follow step by step instructions and color illustrations that you would expect from a Quilt in a Day publication. Uses CGR60DIA – 60 Degree Diamond Ruler.

• Pages: 64
• Author: Eleanor Burns
• Publish Date: 6/18/2021
• Dimensions: 8.5in x 11in
• Softcover

Eleanor's love for log cabin quilts continues in her sixth edition of Make a Quilt in a Day Log Cabin Pattern. This complete overhaul is bursting with new ideas and full-color photographs. The timeless, innovative method of assembly-line sewing is still included but has been expanded to include an all-new Log Cabin Ruler for cutting perfect logs, detailed instructions for using pre-cut 2½¿ strips, Accuquilt instructions and much more! Eleanor hopes, "you enjoy making Log Cabin quilts through the years... Focus on the light side of life! Remember, a little bit of dark reminds you of how wonderful the light side is."

• Pages: 127
• Author: Eleanor Burns
• Publish Date: 2018
• Softcover

She's done it again! Eleanor has written a fabulous book to celebrate forty years in the quilting industry! It's time to celebrate with the queen of strip quilting, by making your very own Forty Fabulous quilt. This book is jam packed with innovative techniques and easy to follow directions for 17 different blocks.

• Pages: 167
• Author: Eleanor Burns
• Publish Date: 2018
• Dimensions: 0.63in x 8.5in x 11in
• Softcover

All Star Quilts by Eleanor Burns is out of this world! Join our bright constellation of celebrities as they assist Eleanor in making four unique stars. Along with their blocks, Marianne Fons, Alex Anderson, Nancy Zieman, and Mark Lipinski are each saluted for their stellar contributions to the quilting galaxy. The prize winning Feathered Star is as easy as a Bear's Paw, with triangle pieced squares, strip pieced diamonds, and no set in seams. This book is the best ever with detailed instructions that only Eleanor Burns can write! Order your copy now!

• Pages: 128
• Author: Eleanor Burns
• Publish Date: 2017

Quilting expert Eleanor Burns introduces two classic quilt patterns that are combined to make this beautiful Orion's Star Quilt. The Evening Star centers are flawlessly made using the Quilt in a Day unique Flying Geese method. Then they are surrounded by two complementary colors using easy strip piecing to form "logs". Yardage charts are written for all quilt sizes, wall hangings through king.

• Pages: 90
• Author: Elanor Burns
• Publish Date: 06/22/2009
• Dimensions: 8.75in x 0.25in x 11.25in
• Softcover

The Flying Geese Quilt in a Day book was written for the beginning quilter with directions that are easy to follow and understand This is a traditional pattern that quilters have been making since the 1800's.

• Pages: 64
• Author: Eleanor Burns
• Publish Date: 03/01/2001
• Dimensions: 8.5in x 0.25in x 11in
• Softcover

To celebrate her 30th anniversary and the marriage of her oldest son, Eleanor perfected the Lover's Knot pattern using her signature 2 1/2" strips. Add a touch of romance to any room with this lovely quilt. The elegant pattern uses two strips intertwined to make a knot. The graceful, flow of the quilt is made with two basic, strip pieced blocks. By using color and value in your fabrics, the Lovers Knots stand out to show unity. The blocks are set a point a for a dramatic effect and corners can either be squared or diagonal. Eleanor offers step by step illustrations and instructions to direct the quilter to a successful finish. There are yardage and cutting charts for all 5 quilt sizes and border options for a personalized quilt. Included with the Lovers Knot quilt pattern, Eleanor gives directions for making a matching dust ruffle with tips on measuring and sewing the ruffle. A miniature wallhanging and long and short table runners are bonus projects in the book. They are pieced with narrow 1 1/2" strips for a charming petite finish.

• Pages: 96
• Author: Eleanor Burns
• Publish Date: 10/27/2008
• Dimensions: 8.5in x 0.25in x 11in
• Softcover

Pack up your sewing machine and take a "Quick Trip" with Eleanor! Quick Trip Quilts is a strip pieced pattern with three layouts. The traditional "Quick Trip" is based on a "Trip Around the World" format. A Bargello effect is achieved with the "Quick Quarter" pattern, and for the artist in you, piece a "Water Lily" which adds a bit of applique to a rippling water background. The patterns are easy enough for a beginner but will challenge seasoned quilters to achieve just the perfect effect for an inspiration quilt. Eleanor's technique for this quilt is fun and so easy that it is truly a "Quilt in a Day." Let your personality shine through in your quilt by fabric selection and placement. Yardage and cutting charts are included for all five-quilt sizes with bonus instructions to make table runners from your scraps. The book features sample quilts that symbolize locations from the desert to the sea. Take a trip to your sewing room and create your dream vacation with a Quick Trip Quilt!

• Pages: 95
• Author: Eleanor Burns
• Publish Date: 2004
• Dimensions: 8.25in x 0.25in x 10.75in
• Softcover

The Irish Chain is one of the most universally known patterns dating to pre-American Revolutionary War times. While evidence is lacking that this pattern came from Ireland, it has been suggested that the Irish Chain pattern may have been inspired by a similar Irish weaving pattern. What ever the origin, the Irish Chain is a timeless pattern that continues to delight quilters today.

• Pages: 112
• Author: Eleanor Burns
• Publish Date: 10/01/2004
• Dimensions: 8.75in x 0.5in x 11.25in
• Softcover

Radiant Star has traditionally been one of the most recognizable quilt patterns and until now among the most difficult. Eleanor Burns has done it again with detailed, no-fail directions, making this star easy, fast, and most of all fun to put together. Inspiring photos of a variety of quilts show some of the many colors and styles in which the Radiant Star can be made. The possibilities are endless. Updated methods and tools are used to create strikingly beautiful starbursts of intense color and diversity.

• Pages: 96
• Author: Eleanor Burns
• Publish Date: 01/31/2011
• Dimensions: 8.25in x 0.25in x 10.5in
• Softcover

Take a trip on the Underground Railroad! Join Eleanor Burns and Sue Bouchard as they guide you through the story of the Underground Railroad. Learn how fifteen quilt blocks may have played a significant role in communication between the slaves and how it helped them on their way to freedom.The book has 168 full color pages with step by step instructions for each of the 15 blocks. There are also directions to make a miniature Underground Railroad quilt. The book contains yardage and cutting charts in addition to fabric identification pages that will assist the quilter in cutting and marking her fabric for this beautiful sampler. "Underground Railroad Sampler" also includes a color page depicting the "Story of the Underground Railroad" that can be photocopied onto Photo Transfer Fabric and included in the quilt.

• Pages: 168
• Author: Eleanor Burns and Sue Bouchard
• Publish Date: 04/01/2003
• Dimensions: 8.75in x 0.5in x 11.25in
• Softcover

The universal appeal of children busy at work and at play was captured by the illustrator Kate Greenaway at the turn of the century. Her designs in books and magazines brought these fanciful children into homes around the country. It was another artist, Bertha Corbett, who christened them with the name Sunbonnet, and declared that it wasn't necessary to show the face when displaying emotions. She illustrated the book, Sunbonnet Babies, which became the basis for the idea that quiltmakers now recognize.

• Pages: 47
• Author: Eleanor Burns
• Publish Date: 07/01/1992
• Dimensions: 8.75in x 0.25in x 11.25in
• Softcover

This stunning mini notebook features timeless cover art of the original patriotic painting, God Bless America, by legendary artist, Jim Shore. His unmistakable style incorporates wholesome themes and folk art forms, from quilting and rosemaling to tole painting. With 64 lined pages, also included are inspirational quotes throughout, making this pocket notebook the perfect gift for on-the-go creative self-expression and reflection. 64 pages

• Pages: 64
• Author: Jim Shore
• Publish Date: 02/01/2022
• Softcover

This stunning mini notebook features timeless cover art of the original painting, Awaken the Day, by legendary artist, Jim Shore. His unmistakable style incorporates wholesome themes and folk art forms, from quilting and rosemaling to tole painting. With 64 lined pages, also included are inspirational quotes throughout, making this pocket notebook the perfect gift for on-the-go creative self-expression and reflection. 64 pages

• Pages: 64
• Author: Jim Shore
• Publish Date: 02/01/2022
• Softcover

Do you have one or two of those great roll-ups of 6 half-yard cuts and have been looking for the perfect quilt project? The Quilt Branch has created this great book with 6 different projects each using 6 half-yard cuts just for you. Some projects need borders and background, others just borders and one doesn't need anything else! So grab your roll-up and choose your favorite quilt pattern from "Six Halves Make a Whole".

• Pages: 36
• Author: Mary Jane Mattingly and Susan Knapp
• Publish Date: 01/01/2007
• Softcover

New features have been added to Six Halves Make a Whole Lot More. We added instructions for a queen size Irish Mist, improved graphics and a new pattern - Oh My Stars. Here's more inspiration for using one or two of those great roll-ups of 6 half-yard cuts. The Quilt Branch has created this book, the third in the series, with 6 new projects each using 6 half-yard cuts just for you. There are instructions for five quilts and a set of placemats included, plus extras. Grab that "roll-up" and start creating!

• Pages: 45
• Author: Mary Jane Mattingly and Susan Knapp
• Publish Date: 01/01/2009
• Softcover

The Quilt As You Go Handbook, authored by Pauline Rogers. It is a valuable resource for quilters, spanning 62 pages. This comprehensive guide is filled with vivid colour photos and step-by-step instructions. Central to the handbook are Pauline’s signature Quilt As You Go (QAYG) techniques, which revolutionise the traditional quilting process. It details two primary methods: Between the Blocks and Back to Back. These techniques empower quilters to create individual quilt blocks and quilt them on a standard sewing machine. The QAYG Handbook is written specifically to be easy to understand so anyone can give quilting a go. By breaking down the quilting process into manageable blocks, it eliminates the daunting task of maneuvering a large quilt through the confined space of a sewing machine. This approach not only simplifies the quilting journey but also fosters confidence and creativity among quilters of all levels.

Unlock the possibilities within hexagons and make your own unique blocks. Learn the glue-basting method of English paper piecing and use it to create exciting designs. You'll enjoy relaxing handwork as you incorporate hexagons into decorative projects. Select from 52 patterns for 6" blocks Divide the shapes within the hexagon outline and discover new shapes Stitch projects ranging from a mug rug and candle mat to a bed-sized quilt

• Publish Date: 10/07/2014

Knitters’ and crocheters’ favorite yarn-maker Brooklyn Tweed partners with some of the best designers working today to offer more than 20 patterns for making the perfect blanket or afghanWhat could be more delightful than cuddling up under a handmade blanket? In their first book, Brooklyn Tweed and founder Jared Flood present irresistible patterns for making blankets and afghans, large and small. Each chapter presents dozens of cozy designs that range in complexity, style, and size; no matter your aesthetic or skill level, there’s a blanket here you’ll want to make. Brooklyn Tweed is one of the top design houses and yarn brands in the United States. Focused on sustainability, ethical practices, and US–based production. For the book, they’ve gathered a star-studded list of contributors, including Amy VanDeLaar, Boann Petersen, Emma Ducher, Hiroka Shinokawa, Joanna Ignatius, Lis Smith, Meri Tanaka, Pauliina Leisti, Rastus Hsu, Scott Rohr, Seth Richardson, Stefani Sichler, and Vincent Williams Jr. The result is a dazzling array of colors, patterns, and blankets from which to choose—you may not be able to resist making them all.

• Pages: 182
• Publisher: Lucky Spool
• Publish Date: 09/10/2024
• Size: 9-1/2in x 8-1/2in
• Softcover

The ultimate guide to quilting for all quilters In this complete, illustrated guide, readers will learn everything they need to know to start quilting. School of Quilting breaks down every step for quilters both new and experienced. The book starts with what sewing machine to buy and the tools and supplies to keep in your arsenal. It also demonstrates fabric cutting and preparation, quilt options for different kinds of piecing, and how to assemble a quilt top. With guidance on basting, batting, and finishing a piece, the book also introduces ways to troubleshoot problems as they arise. Full of helpful tips from a professional quilter with over 20 years of experience and 100 color illustrations, School of Quilting is a necessary guide for any quilting project.

• Pages: 272
• 100 Full Color Illustrations
• Size: 8-1/2inx 11in
• Hardcover

A practical guide to machine quilting using your walking foot by bestselling author and international instructor, Jacquie Gering, now in a hardcover format with a wire-o lay flat binding. Free motion not for you? Jacquie Gering will be your guide as you work your way from walking foot basics to intricate marked designs as you master machine quilting with your walking foot. In WALK, Jacquie shares a comprehensive set of walking foot quilting basics that provides a solid foundation for quilting with ease, quality and creativity. She guides you through a series of test drives with your walking foot, allowing you to get acquainted with its features and set yourself up for success with your foot and your machine. Then you'll learn how to prepare and mark the quilt, prevent puckers while quilting, and manage large projects. Jacquie teaches walking foot friendly designs including channel quilting, matchstick quilting and quilting with decorative stitches.. Learn to spiral and quilt concentric designs or use your newly developed skills to quilt unique designs with reserve. You too can achieve the textures shared in Jacquie's vibrant, graphic quilts. With a toolbox of simple to complex designs, you'll have the options you need to quilt on your home machine with designs that will support your piecing and create a harmonious marriage of piecing and quilting. With a walking foot, you'll find a level of control and success you never thought possible and you'll become as excited about the quilting as you are about your piecing.

• Pages: 160
• Author: Jacquie Gering
• Publish Date: 09/13/2022
• Dimensions: 8in x 10-1/4in x 1/2in
• Hardcover with Spiral or Wire-o Binding

In Jacquie Gering’s follow-up to her bestselling Walk, she offers new patterns to take your walking-foot quilting to the next level. Based on survey responses from her students, she includes examples of the same quilt top quilted in different designs to help you select the quilting patterns that are just right for your latest finished project. Packed with more point-to-point designs, sashiko-inspired machine quilting, and innovative repeated concentric simple shapes, Walk 2.0 will appeal to any quilter who wants the control of a walking foot, but the look of beautiful custom quilting.

• Pages: 160
• Author: Jacquie Gering
• Publish Date: 06/09/2020
• Dimensions: 8.1in x 0.8in x 10.1in
• Softcover

Learn to create the most popular basic steps—one design at a time—and combine them into complex renderings of blue-ribbon quilting In no time at all, Kathleen Riggins takes you from simple quilting designs to stunning custom quilting combinations. Explore everything from the simple swirl to feathers to pebbles, as you learn not just the basics of each design but also how to combine free-motion quilting motifs into complex-looking custom quilts. Knowing some basic designs is one thing, but knowing how to combine them in interesting ways can open a whole new world—without having to learn new designs! Join Riggins as she walks you through some of her favorite ways to combine designs and helps you create stunning quilts. Whether you are working with large spaces to fill, sampler quilts to separate by block, or sections of quilts that achieve different emphasis, you’ll learn it all!

• Pages: 128
• Author: Kathleen Riggins
• Publish Date: 05/05/2020
• Dimensions: 8.5in x 0.65in x 10.5in
• Softcover

Are there other books out there? Yes! What makes Inspiring Improv exceptional however is the author's focus on small sections of improvisational piecing to be used within a larger pattern. Using a series of reliable, repleatable and fun piecing techniques that give you all of the fun and inspire quilters to explore their own creativity, a series of techniques are introduced to create 12 uniquely individual quilts that encourage readers to manipulate fabric in new and inspiring ways. Includes 12 project instructions to get quilters inspired? A true skill-builder and process book Traditional piecing techniques just without the rulers! Inspires creativity and fabric play Improv techniques to make the included patterns or create your own!

• Pages: 144
• Author: Nicholas Ball
• Publish Date: 04/23/2019
• Dimensions: 8.05in x 0.55in x 9.9in
• Softcover

The #1 complaint of quilters? Mastering effective color combinations. The Quilter's Field Guide to Color is a practical guide showing effective and not so effective color combinations. Each chapter will call readers to use the skills they learn through an optional series of 'Patchwork Challenges' which can be used to create a quilt by the book's completion. Along the way, readers will be guided through fabric auditions so that readers can ask themselves questions for evaluating their own fabric pulls. Forget the dry color theory! This book is fun, conversational, practical and beautifully inspiring. A one-of-a-kind resource for modern quilters Hands-on exercises with a true workbook approach Real modern fabric pulls to help evaluate choices 150-color swatch card include to replicate the author's process Optional Project Blocks for each section to use as inspiration or to create a quilt by the end of the book.

• Pages: 144
• Author: Rachel Hauser
• Publish Date: 12/30/2019
• Dimensions: 8.3in x 0.75in x 10.25in
• Hardcover

Walking Foot Quilting offers expert advice for turning your sewing machine’s built-in Integrated Dual Feedin , AKA the Walking Foot, into an essential tool which simplifies the process of stitching quilt layers together to create a more beautiful finish. Vital tips, tricks, and step-by-step instructions are included for mastering all styles of walking foot quilting: channel, matchstick, decorative stitch, and more, all with the flip of a switch and a press of your pedal.

• Pages: 160
• Author: Jacquie Gering
• Publish Date: 12/06/2016
• Dimensions: 8in x 0.5in x 10in
• Softcover

Go from “fat” to fab in no time with this inventive, inspirational quilting guide. If you’re a quilter, or hankering to become one, then you probably know we’re talking fat quarters¿quarter yard cuts of fabric cut wide. 18in x 22in cuts to be precise. Who can resist a stack of beautifully coordinated fabrics all neatly folded into a bundle and tied with a bow? It’s like getting a stack of buttermilk pancakes dripping in syrup and you can’t wait to dive in! Fat quarter bundles are everywhere these days, which makes it the perfect time for a DIY book like By the Bundle. Discover 12 fat quarter quilting projects that will dazzle any room. The 18in x 22in cuts allow you to sample all kinds of fabrics, but sometimes there’s just not enough to make an entire quilt. By the Bundle solves that problem by offering you 12 quilting projects¿from the beginner-friendly to the complex¿designed specifically for turning fat quarters into fully completed, totally impressive quilts. Australian author, fabric designer, and former fabric shop owner, Emma Jean Jansen offers you the inspiration you need to turn fat quarters into finished quilts without the head-scratching piecing process. There are over 100 photographs, all shot in Emma Jean’s native land of Australia, to sweep you off to your inner most creative place. And with 80 step-by-step illustrations peppered throughout, each project will be that much easier to complete.

• Pages: 128
• Author: Emma Jean Jansen
• Publish Date: 05/16/2016
• Dimensions: 9in x 0.55in x 9.15in
• Softcover

Recycle your scraps. Is your mountain of scraps in danger of toppling? Now's your chance to make fantastic, edgy quilt designs from your beloved fabric remnants of past projects. The new and inventive patterns in Scraps, Inc.: 15 Block-Based Designs for the Modern Quilter will help you piece together your treasured scraps into a stunning new quilt. 15 budget-busting, modern quilt designs. This project-based book features 15 unique quilt designs by well-known designers and it is aimed at the experienced modern quilter. Save money as you sew by piecing together stunning new quilts from your stash of fabric scraps. Use your scraps from previous projects. Get inspired by these innovative designs. Make a loving reminder of all the quilts you've gifted over the years. Choose from a wide range of projects from simple to advanced. This is not Grandma's quilting book. An industrial setting serves as a dramatic backdrop for the edgy photographs throughout the book – juxtaposing dark and moody backgrounds with the robust, bright colors of these modern quilts. A visual delight, this beautiful book treats you to over 100 vivid photographs that will inspire you to see your scrap pile in a whole new way. Tackle tricky color combinations. Scrap quilts are hard to design due to the variety of color challenges introduced by random scraps. The modern patterns in this book help solve those issues with clearly illustrated color schematics and tips on color harmony.

• Pages: 128
• Author: Susanne Woods
• Publish Date: 10/26/2014
• Dimensions: 8.5in x 0.6in x 10in
• Softcover

The half-square triangle (or HST for short) is a quilter's most versatile piecing shape, holding seemingly endless design combinations. First Jeni will show readers how to create any sized HST using a handy chart of cut sizes–you'll be using this again and again. Next, learn how to create HSTs three ways before diving into the four workbook sections. Each section features three bold projects incorporating color theory, effective fabric selection, playing with scale and piecing HSTs into larger units to be sub-cut. Use the final three patterns to mix and match your favorite blocks from the gallery of 60 HST block variations. Ready to get started? Grab your colored pencils and inspiration fabrics, because Jeni includes a full coloring page for all 12 patterns. For true beginners through to experienced intermediates, this powerhouse book has something for everyone–it's easy, fun and inspiring HST patchwork for all tastes.

• Pages: 128
• Author: Jeni Baker
• Publish Date: 09/15/2015
• Dimensions: 8in x 0.55in x 9.95in
• Softcover