12 quilt block designs to craft your personal story quilt, plus shared quilter stories and more quilting projects, in this community-themed quilting book by internationally renowned award-winning teacher Victoria Findlay Wolfe Foreword by quilting thought-leader Meg Cox, author of The Quilter's Catalog Victoria Findlay Wolfe is an award-winning quilter, artist, and teacher whose designs balance traditional, modern, and art-quilting styles. In The Quilting Experience, she shares twelve original block designs for quilters to create their own unique "Experience Quilt", or story quilt. Each block represents a profound life theme such as Friendship, Aging, Celebration, and Grief, to let crafters reflect their personal life narrative. Clear instructions for each block allow for multiple size and color variations. Also included are: • Thought-provoking, poignant, and amusing stories shared by diverse quilters, to illuminate each Quilting Experience life theme • 11 additional projects for quilts and pillows, with lessons and tips on techniques like efficient partial seam construction, to collage together blocks of various sizes beyond a basic grid layout • A Foreword by quilting thought-leader Meg Cox, emphasizing how diversity among quilters offers strength to all Connect through the stories of a diverse community of quilting bees as you're life's journey takes visual shape with The Quilting Experience.

• Pages: 240
• Size: 8.5in x 11in
• Publish Date: 09/28/2024
• Hardcover

A fully illustrated comprehensive volume that will be a go-to resource for every embroider with 290 stitches in 15 stitch families, thorough instructions, and detailed diagrams as well as complete instructions for more than 90 embroidery projects. Learn the basics of embroidery and all the stitches and techniques you'll need. Then practice, explore, and experiment to master this ancient art and make it your own. Use this timeless and coprehensive guide to seek solutions to many of the most common embroidery issues. Learn how to get started and know what embroidery materials and threads to use, what stitches are best, and what patterns you should follow. In this encyclopedic work, expert embroiderer and teacher Martine Biessy shares traditional needle embroidery techniques that were formerly passed down orally from generation to generation. Whether you are taking your first steps as an embroiderer or want to expand your knowledge or discover new techniques, this comprehensive volume guides you step by step. You'll get • 290 stitches and techniques, classified by 15 major families; • 90 projects to make with the stitches you master; • detailed instructions and precise diagrams; • information on the threads, tools, and equipment you'll need for proper embroidery techniques; and • special sections on smocking, embroidering on canvas and wool, using embellishments like beads and ribbons, and embroidering text and numbers. Embroiderers of every skill level will treasure this invaluable resource and will keep it at hand permanently for easy reference.

• Pages: 416
• Size: 8.5in x 10.25in
• Publish Date: 11/28/2024
• Hardcover

The first guide taking punch needle crafters to intermediate and advanced levels with expertly explained techniques, exciting projects, and inspiring examples by 26 Oxford Certified Instructors. For punch needle lovers who want to reach the next level of skill and enjoyment with their craft, Amy Oxford, the inventor of the craft's standard tool (the Oxford Punch Needle) and founder of the Oxford Rug Hooking School, provides instructions and artistic inspiration. In these pages, a combination of teaching, examples, and projects give makers a perfect mix for building their skills and for punching up their excitement. • Teaches next-level skills with designs to punch as you learn, such as —using novelty yarns with the Seashell Project, —sculpting with the Sweater Letter, —shading with Shaded Leaves, —punching with fabric strips with the Flower Project, and —two-color beading stitch with the Perfectly Paisley Project. • Amy welcomes 26 guest instructors throughout who offer examples of their works that highlight the techniques, from shading with handpainted yarn to succeeding with narrative designs. • For each technique and project, shows and explains variations (created by different punchers and in different colorways). • Gorgeous image galleries of works in a wide range of styles show combinations of the book's techniques and include the artists' comments, tips, and insights. • An unusual source of inspiration: photos of the capstone projects that were designed and punched by today's top punch needle artists, as the final step to qualify for their Oxford Teacher Certifications.

• Pages: 240
• Size: 8.5in x 9.88in
• Publish Date: 02/28/2024
• Hardcover

A gentle introduction to the calming art of embroidery! Slow down and experience the therapeutic benefits of slow stitching with these 12 charming embroidery projects for absolute beginners and beyond! Written by popular fiber art designer and author Celeste Johnston, the projects focus on uplifting messages, lovely florals, and the comfort of home. From fluffy sweaters and stacks of books to gentle affirmations and meditative mandalas, you’ll feel the warmth with every stitch. Each project includes a detailed reference photograph, step-by-step instructions, a full-sized perforated pattern, and everything you need to know about stitches, thread, and materials. It’s a perfect book for beginners and advanced stitchers alike! • 12 Skill-Building Embroidery Projects: Enjoy a diverse array of cozy subjects that gradually build your skills as you work through them. • Easy-to-Follow Stitch Diagrams: Every stitch, floss color, and strand count is provided in an all-in-one labeled reference image for each project. • Reflection and Encouragement: Inspiring quotes, reflective journal entries, and mindful prompts enhance the relaxing benefits of stitching. • Practice and Guidance: With a cozy quilt sampler project to help you practice each stitch and a complete stitch guide that explains every stitch, beginners will have no trouble diving right in! • Full-Sized Patterns: Expertly designed full-sized patterns for each project are presented on perforated pages for easy use as well as in downloadable form. So put the kettle on, gather your stitching supplies, and enjoy the relaxing process of creating these twelve cozy embroidery projects. It’s time to start stitching!

• Pages: 168
• Size: 7.75in x 9.5in
• Publish Date: 08/28/2024
• Hardcover

Learn to make embroidery a way to treasure your life as you create three personal projects supported by the guidance, stories, and advice of 14 modern crafters. Modern society has put a premium on producing, and sometimes that hustle culture (Instagram likes! Etsy sales!) can drain some joy from crafting. This book helps embroidery fans abandon that notion and, instead, realize that life is about treasuring what's important. • Interviews with 14 creative stitchers—from business owners to accomplished artists—make readers feel embraced by community. • Each artist shares photos of their creations, encouraging readers to incorporate empowering concepts into their stitching. • Three step-by-step projects, personalized to the reader's own preferences, teach how to 1. use your threads to treasure and display your life’s meaningful special objects. For instance, a special token of a favorite moment like a seashell, an event ticket, or a trinket from childhood. 2. use your threads to treasure your worn and well-loved things, like your favorite garment, with mending and adornment (while also treasuring our environment). 3. use your threads to treasure your small everyday moments—sit still, breathe deeply, and enjoy the making process—by creating a daily practice.

• Pages: 168
• Size: 8in x 10in

With these beginner-friendly projects, turn one-line drawings—designs that capture the essence of an object—into embroidered art. Many stitchers and embroidery fans love the aesthetic of minimalism, and one-line designs appeal due to their perfect clarity and style. In the early 20th century, one-line drawings were made fashionable by no less a figure than Pablo Picasso. Here crafters learn why one-line stitched designs are so powerful and how they work. The projects range from easy to advanced, plus readers learn to make one-line designs from any interesting object they see. • Emphasizes clarity and minimalism. • Two types of projects: for decorating the home, and for wearing • Teaches how some one-line drawings can be combined with others, used in series, or extended • Includes machine-stitching options • Projects focus on people, animals, and plants. • Enables you to make one-line patterns from drawings you find anywhere, including your own. • A few of the projects: For the Home: —Velvet Eucalyptus Cushion —Panda on Cork —Hummingbird Dish Towels —Naive Art Vase —Faces Coverlet Wearables: —Blossom Velvet Shoes —Modern Art Jeans —Selfie Sweater —Elephant Straw Bag —Beauty in Bloom Tank Top

• Pages: 104
• Size: 8 3/4 x 10 3/4

Teaches two beautiful Japanese sashiko styles not found in other books: kogin and hishizashi. Sashiko's beauty is understandably popular, and here's the first book on stitching two little-known traditional styles: kogin and hishizashi. Japanese expert Keiko Sakamoto—who began her intensive study of them while living in the American Midwest—explains these intriguing decorative embroidery styles. • 31 projects, with step-by-step photo instructions, range from a simple bookmark to advanced wall tapestries • Increasing project difficulty levels satisfy both novices and experienced sashiko stitchers • Photos of vintage pieces, many rarely seen outside museums, showcase the craft's origins in northern Japan • For ongoing reference and use, includes one of the most extensive libraries of traditional kogin and hishizashi pattern templates to be found anywhere (80 and 200 templates, respectively)

• Pages: 160
• Publish Date: 06/28/2023
• Hardcover
• Dimensions: 7-3/4in x 9-1/2in

This book is perfect for crochet enthusiasts and plant lovers! With 22 delightful projects that are easy to make and stylish to display or gift, this book offers a charming way for readers to add some botanical beauty to their crafting. Divided into two sections, the book features flower and succulent-themed projects. The flower chapter includes tutorials on creating ten different flowers like roses, daisies, and ranunculus, along with four types of leaves. Once readers have mastered these basics, they can try their hand at creating an array of flower-based projects. The succulent chapter offers a broad range of plant and cactus projects that readers will adore. Whether readers are looking for practical items like cactus coasters, dish scrubbers, pencil holders, or a table runner, or want to create decorative items like potted plants, garlands, wreaths, dreamcatchers, and wall art, this book has something for everyone. Readers can also make personal accessories like floral hair clips, headbands, and different purse designs that they can carry with pride. Each project comes with detailed stitch instructions, a shopping list, the finished size, and the skill level, so readers can start crocheting with ease. They will also find general crochet instructions, stitch diagrams, and yarn information that will help them bring their creations to life. Get inspired by this modern guide to crocheting plants and flowers, and let creativity bloom—no watering needed! 160 pages | 150 color images | hard cover | 7 3/4" x 9 1/2"

• Pages: 160
• Publish Date: 06/28/2023
• Hardcover
• Dimensions: 7-3/4in x 9-1/2in

Create sustainable clothing that reflects your personal style and fits your one-of-a-kind body! Create sustainable clothing that fits you perfectly and makes you feel wonderful when wearing it. Even if you've never done it before, making your own clothing can be easy and fun—and sustainable, if you use recycled fabrics! You’ll find clear how-tos on techniques and instructions for 50 garments to make. They use only five paper patterns, which are conveniently included in handy pockets. Full size and ready to use, they're customizable from XS to XXL.The projects are designed to be so easy that new beginners will succeed. Learn how to use the patterns that come with this book, how to adjust patterns to fit you perfectly, reasons to sew with recycled fabrics, and why you should feel good about upcycling your wardrobe (and your extra blankets, sheets, or curtains). Most of all, keep your creativity flowing in everything you wear.

• Size: 8-1/2in x 11in
• Pages: 240
• 400 color images plus patterns in storage pockets
• Publish Date: 04/28/2023
• Softcover

The perfect spiral-bound resource for designing template-free geometric modern quilts. "Kudos to Sandra Sider, for bringing simple tools to guide quilters to the playful side of design! Understanding 'the grid' can turn a simple square into a personal expression!" —designer Victoria Findlay Wolfe The resource for a lifetime of planning and designing template-free geometric modern quilts. As a foundational guide, accompanies any other book in the quilter's shopping basket. This compact treasure is like many of the best things in life: simple. Designing a successful geometric quilt can be easy if a proportional sense of design is used, and in these pages, you'll hone that sense and use it for years to come. Tap into the power of grids and color for modern quilts so you can take basic design principles into your own hands. With clear and concise guidance, you'll learn how to build various types of grids and how to subvert them for dynamic compositions. The 50 quilt-top projects serve as learning examples and are very easy to cut and sew. They're constructed by piecing squares and rectangles in horizontal or vertical rows. Thanks to the grid's power, all you need are the required yardages and piecing instructions. Take the grid out to play!

• Size: 7in x 9in
• Pages: 120
• 60 color images plus patterns in storage pockets
• Publish Date: 03/28/2023
• Softcover

With this complete guide to whitework embroidery, discover why white is the new black! Learn the timeless charm of whitework embroidery, and see why it's one of the few types of needlework that has rarely gone out of style. These 15 gorgeous designs, each with a project to show it off, demonstrate how whitework uses white (or sometimes off-white) on a white or off-white background fabric. The designs come to life not through color, but through the visual texture and sculptural effects your stitches create. Learn four of the most popular types of traditional whitework embroidery—Schwalm embroidery, Ajour, Hedebo, and drawn threadwork. The projects here are easy to make, including table linens, pouches, wearables, and more, and are designed to fit perfectly with today's sense of beauty. Here's your opportunity to easily take up whitework embroidery. Includes a complete how-to stitch guide and full-size patterns.

• Size: 7 1/4" x 10 1/8"
• Pages: 112
• 300 color images and patterns
• Publish Date: 03/28/2023
• Softcover

This stitchery spree through nature with Juno gives you a new way to experience your embroidery: be open, be intentional, follow your own way, and then—like adding magic—watch your stories and ideas express themselves on your fabric. Juno encourages you to open your senses to embroider beyond the visual, and 24 examples of her lovely botanical designs offer you inspiration plus projects to decorate your everyday life with your stitchery: clothing, purses, bookmarks, blankets, and more. The projects include full-size patterns, instructions, and reminders NOT to use instructions too much! As Juno reminds us, freedom of spirit makes for your best meditative stitching: "It’s hard to immerse yourself in a project when you’re trying to stitch exactly as you envision or when you’re concerned with efficiency." Whether your outside walks include foxes, wild donkeys, hedgehogs, squirrels, or polar bears—or five different breeds of cats?—the quirky, whimsical renditions Juno offers here are captivating. She also shares designs from fragments of nature created by the sea, sky, and mountains. Try an aerial view of a beach full of vacationers, or a white slope of silent skiers. How about sharp-textured mineral crystals like amethyst and amazonite? Tell your own stories and express your own spirit with thread.

• Size: 7 1/4" x 10 1/8"
• Pages: 112
• 300 color images and patterns
• Publish Date: 03/28/2023
• Softcover

Stitch on the bright side with these sixteen adorable embroidery projects for absolute beginners and beyond! Written by popular fiber art designer and author Celeste Johnston, this book features uplifting projects that focus on positive messages, the beauty of nature, and simple pleasures. Inside you’ll find: • 16 cheerful embroidery projects that build your skills as you work through them • A sunny sampler project to help you practice each stitch • Easy-to-follow stitch diagrams • Inspiring quotes and creative prompts to enhance the relaxing benefits of stitching • Expertly designed full-sized patterns for each project From fresh florals and farmer’s market favorites to adorable chickens and nature scenes, you’ll be smiling with every stitch. Each project includes a detailed reference photograph, step-by-step instructions, a full-sized perforated pattern, and everything you need to know about stitches, thread, and materials. The perfect book for beginners and advanced stitchers alike!

• Pages: 168
• Author: Celeste Johnston
• Dimensions: 7-3/4in x 9-1/2in
• 300 color images
• Hardcover

Allows quilters of any experience level to include vintage finds while making new contemporary quilts. Features how-to details and hundreds of inspirational examples.

• Pages: 192
• Author: Mary Kerr
• Publish Date: 05/28/2022
• Dimensions: 8-1/2in x 11in
• Hardcover

Quilts and Christmas are the perfect blend. This is a quilting-arts book for creative sewists who love and cherish the poem "The Night Before Christmas." This book commemorates the 200th anniversary of the writing in 1822 and publication in 1823 of this most notable holiday poem. The poem has provided 10 generations of children with delight and anticipation of Christmas. The poem, illustrated with 29 festive quilted scenes, offers a beautiful-to-read family experience, and nine antique and vintage quilts are patterned here, with complete instructions, to inspire today's quiltmakers to create their own holiday bed coverings. The nine patterns are appropriately named after the eight reindeer and, of course, Rudolph. Some patterns are re-creations from old, traditional quilt designs, while others put a modern spin on a vintage design. Some patterns can be hand-pieced, while others use fast, new, rotary-cutting techniques.

• Pages: 128
• Author: Sue Reich
• Publish Date: 11/09/2021
• Dimensions: 8.5in x 11in
• Softcover

Learn how to make 20 modern-vibe projects using the technique of pulling wool strips. Related to punch needle rug hooking, this process has similar traditional roots, but wool strips provide a different form of expression and a unique look. Whether you're a complete beginner, an established fan of punch needle rug hooking, or at the intermediate level, expert Katie Kriner teaches the process and offers 20 projects for honing your skills, and the designs are a variety of styles, including rustic, primitive, chic, and modern. First enjoy learning about this craft's antique origins, then understand what tools and materials you'll need for creating and working with strips of wool. To get you started on the craft itself, Katie teaches 3 simple projects and 2 basic finishing techniques. This lets you create the 17 "next step up" projects, including pillows, wall hangings, floor rugs, bags, holiday decorations, tea cozy, wine tote, footstool, and even mug rugs. You'll learn various techniques for finishing and binding, mounting, backgrounds, assembling pieces, beading, and more. Make the projects as they're taught, or use them as springboards for customizing and expressing your own design style.

• Pages: 128
• Author: Katie Kriner
• Publish Date: 11/30/2021
• Dimensions: 8.5in x 10in
• Softcover

Everything you need to join in the modern stitching revival! Learn 12 beautiful stitching projects from Celeste Johnston of Lemon Made Shop, whose hand-stitched houseplants, flowers, and animals, as well as uplifting words, have won her a worldwide following. First you'll learn the essentials, like what fabrics work best, how to transfer your patterns, and using the correct posture to avoid strain as you stitch. Next move on to 12 modern projects to make, organized so that you start simply and build skills as you move through the book. These lovely stitched adventures include Botanical Trio, French Knot Flowers, Desert Night, Cuppa Wildflowers, and more. This book is perfect for creative people who are drawn to the well-publicized calming and creative benefits of stitching. And if you're already a sewing or needleart enthusiast looking for a new medium to craft in, this approachable book is what you need for a thoroughly enjoyable embroidery experience.

• Pages: 168
• Author: Celeste Johnston
• Publish Date: 02/28/2021
• Dimensions: 7.75in x 0.9in x 9.5in
• Hardcover

The queen of the craft Amy Oxford offers to beginners and advanced crafters alike a one-stop resource! This is the guide you’ll keep at your fingertips while you learn, and throughout your punch needle adventures for years to come. Enjoy Amy’s amazingly effective instruction, tips, inspiration, and in-depth info about every aspect of enjoying punch needle rug hooking. Create her colorful contemporary pomegranate project and gingko project, and learn to skillfully turn your work into long-lasting treasures like wall hangings, chair pads, rugs, cushions, stair runners, and whatever else your imagination can dream up. Enrich your work with fascinating info on things the other books don’t include: the top secrets about the craft that beginners need, and careful step by step photo instructions for doing it right—from choosing your first project’s materials, to creating a lovely result the first time, finishing techniques, mounting, adding complexity, and making your own designs. Enjoy the history of the craft of rug punching, gorgeous photos of works by today’s biggest names, fun interviews with top makers, how to handle the unexpected, and much more.

• Pages: 208
• Author: Amy Oxford
• Publish Date: 11/17/2020
• Dimensions: 9.88in x 0.31in x 8.5in
• Hardcover

A must-read for Civil War enthusiasts and quilters seeking accurate information on reproducing Civil War quilts. The stories of fourteen extraordinary Civil War quilts and the women who made them bring you face to face with the drama of war and its effect on thousands of lives. Some of these quilts tell love stories, others relate the determination of women seeking an active role in the war effort, but all represent efforts to support the fighting men. The book contains patterns and information for making "block by block" or "potholder" quilts, with 40 traceable quilt block patterns with templates for hand piecing or rotary cutting for machine piecing. This second edition also features a lively discussion of the Jane Stickle quilt, one of the most famous quilts made during the Civil War.

• Pages: 192
• Author: Don Beld and Pam Weeks
• Publish Date: 02/28/2020
• Dimensions: 11in x 0.82in x 8.5in
• Hardcover

Communicate your ideas using line, shape, color, and texture with this reference and how-to exploration in one. Whether your particular interest is pictorial, portraiture, abstract compositions, or actual text, you can “say” almost anything with thread. More than 350 color photographs translate the techniques of drawing, painting, and good composition into the world of stitch, and “Try This!” projects inspire your own individual approaches. Including the role of machine stitching, this design resource, learning tool, and inspirational reference helps practitioners at all levels, whether beginning student, dedicated amateur, or professional. Take a lyrical—but logical—journey of skill building, and begin to stitch intentionally and express your creative vision.

• Pages: 224
• Author: Susan Brandeis
• Publish Date: 07/28/2019
• Dimensions: 8.5in x 0.9in x 11in
• Hardcover

Renowned textile artist Meredith Woolnough creates replicas of nature using a delicate system of tiny stitches. Her artwork is breathtaking, and now for the first time Woolnough offers crafters and fiber artists a lesson in how to use the organic embroidery technique. Look behind the scenes of her art process, from the initial fieldwork sketching and research that inspires her designs, to the production of her ethereal embroidered sculptures. She guides you through 12 creativity-prompting activities to help you begin your own mastery of this method. As you learn to find your desired shape or pattern in nature, from sources like leaves, shells, or coral, then use your sewing machine to turn it into openwork art, you'll also enjoy dozens of inspirational photos of Woolnough's own art pieces. Woolnough's instructions offer simple but highly versatile techniques, and allow you space for your own creative approach.

• Pages: 176
• Author: Meredith Woolnough
• Publish Date: 09/25/2018
• Dimensions: 8.9in x 0.6in x 8.9in
• Softcover

When the Quilts of Valor Foundation was founded in 2003, its mission was to cover our nation's military touched by war—that is, to cover them with quilts and honor their service. A volunteer team donate their time and materials to make a quilt collaboratively. Since its beginning, this all-volunteer organization with close to 8,000 members nationwide has awarded more than 200,000 Quilts of Valor. This book explains the history of military quilts since our nation's beginning, and features a Quilt of Valor to represent each of our 50 states. Also included are 16 quilt patterns to choose from, to inspire you to make your own Quilt of Valor. The organization's Under Our Wings project, which brings young people into Quilts of Valor and encourages them to learn to sew, is featured, too.

• Pages: 168
• Author: Ann Parsons Holte
• Publish Date: 10/28/2018
• Dimensions: 8.5in x 0.5in x 10.9in
• Softcover

Rug hookers, seamstresses, and all who love traditional textile crafts will delight in this book, examining a much-loved but little-published historic art form of penny rugs. Learn the history of penny rugs, how they were made, and where they originated, illustrated with wonderful antique examples. Color illustrated instructions walk you through basic skills to create a penny rug, with advice on materials to get you started. Patterns provide you with wonderful designs, including charming sheep, watermelon, crows, and the tulips and hearts so beloved in primitive arts. Additionally, various basic penny rug outlines will help you on your way to creating your own appliqué masterpieces.

• Pages: 64
• Author: Janice Sonnen
• Publish Date: 06/28/2010
• Dimensions: 8.3in x 0.2in x 10.9in
• Softcover

For the 15% of the population who usually are left out of stitching instruction manuals, this book is a wish-come-true. Sally Cowan, a left-handed professional dressmaker, writes sympathetically for left-handed sewers. Forty varieties of straight, back, caught, blanket, buttonhole, chain, knotted, cross, couching, satin and laid filling stitches all are illustrated by 96 clear drawings of progressive steps.

• Pages: 61
• Author: Sally Cowan
• Publish Date: 10/25/2010
• Dimensions: 6in x 0.3in x 8.8in
• Softcover

Come take a ride on the wild side! Zootropolis 2 is the fun sequel to our popular Zootropolis book. This new book is stuffed to the gills with 21 new fabulous appliquéd animals, 2 quilt patterns, a brand new pillow pattern and lots of fun bonuses. The book includes a quilt pattern featuring all the animals rolling through town on a tall bus, a quilt incorporating the animals with quarter-square triangles and a fun pieced pillow pattern that focuses on each animal. These critters are the same size and play nicely with Zootropolis animals! Grab a book and start sewing your favorite little creature today!

• Pages: 40
• Publish Date: 10/28/2022
• Dimensions: 8-1/2in x 11in
• Full Size Patterns Included
• Softcover

Get ready to let your creativity run wild with Zootropolis, the exciting new book from Sassafras Lane Designs! Bursting with 32 adorable appliquéd characters and a variety of pattern bonuses, this book is the ultimate resource for animal lovers and sewing enthusiasts alike. Inside, you'll find a quilt pattern featuring all the animals living in a high-rise, as well as a churndash pillow pattern that focuses on each individual critter. With easy-to-follow instructions and a softcover design, this book is the perfect addition to any sewing library. So why wait? Grab your copy of Zootropolis today and start stitching your favorite little critter right away! With a quilt that finishes at 66” x 80” and pillows that finish at 14” x 14”, this book is sure to provide hours of creative fun. Don't miss out on the chance to unleash your inner artist and discover the joy of quilting with Zootropolis!

• Pages: 41
• Publish Date: 2019
• Softcover

Imagine being able to quilt on vacation, at the beach, or virtually anywhere else you find yourself. Jessica Alexandrakis has traveled the world with her on-to-go sewing kit and small stash of fabric, creating strikingly modern patchwork along the way. Now she shares everything she's learned about this addictive, beginner-friendly technique. - Sewing kit essentials that you can slip in your bag so you'll always be ready to stitch - Color theory and stash organization tips for dramatic effects or scrap-happy results - Creative patterns to combine hexagons, half-hexagons, diamonds, stars, squares, and triangles - 10 step-by-step projects, including the hand-pieced Laptop Bag, Tanuki Stripe Throw, Falling Stars Baby Quilt, and Jessica's signature Travel Quilt - 10 customizable quilt patterns with 40 vibrant color palette suggestions Whether your style is classic or modern, Jessica offers a range of stunning projects, from small home accessories to full-size quilts, for all skill levels. So leave the sewing machine at home. Take your quilt to go.

• Pages: 144
• Author: Jessica Alexandrakis
• Publish Date: 06/11/2013
• Dimensions: 8.49in x 0.41in x 10in
• Softcover

Dynamic Dresdens is 96 full color pages with a pull-out sheet and accurate, clear instructions so you will be able to build amazing quilts and thoroughly enjoy the process! Projects include options for seven customizable quilt patterns, tips for creating accurate Dresden units, and innovative finishing techniques. All patterns are offered for both 18 and 30 degree Dresden rulers, and instructions are color-coded to make it easy to follow the right one for your ruler choice. You’ll learn how to: - Create double-pointed wedges with the inside edge of Dresden units already finished (no applique needed) - Cut accurate wedges with Dynamic Dresdens Rulers and other Dresden rulers or templates - Turn points with the patented Prairie Pointer Tool or another pointed object - Use a sew-and-flip technique on a fabric foundation to create flat, precise units - Prevent background fabric from shadowing through Dresden fabrics - Construct pieced wedges with immaculate intersections - Add piping to pieced wedges - Fussy-cut interesting fabrics for spinning or kaleidoscopic effects - Interlock rings for 3-D effects - Integrate partial units into background piecing - Build waves, straight runs, and loop-de-loops - Design your own Dresden quilt in the size you choose - Create flat, square quilts with beautiful binding - Finish with the Dresdens Over the Edge technique

• Pages: 96
• Author: Susan Cleveland
• Publish Date: 2019
• Softcover

Piping Hot Curves will teach you how to make tiny, perfect piping and insert it into curved block designs while avoiding curved piecing. The technique may be adapted to traditional curved block designs as well as contemporary designs. Piping adds a distinctive flair to curves!

• Pages: 96
• Author: Susan Cleveland
• Publish Date: 01/01/2007
• Softcover

What better way to revive an old favorite than to use new Colorsplash techniques? Quick cutting and piecing methods add the ability to construct a uniquely beautiful quilt in very little time. We, at Piecemakers, hope that the enthusiasm for these new color design ideas will be contagious to all who love this heirloom pattern.

• Pages: 21
• Publish Date: 01/01/1995
• Softcover