Quilts category: 927 books
Colorful Stash Busters
10 New Projects From Mary's Cottage Quilts
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
This Quiltmakers Club book is the first title from the Mary's Cottage Quilts designer. Mary Cowan encourages stitchers to dip into their stash and take a fresh, colorful approach to the cottage style. The projects offer a variety of styles, sizes, complexity, and color palettes, and they range from quilts to table toppers.
Shadow Trapunto Quilts
Simple Steps, Remarkable Results, 30 Elegant Projects
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
A wonderful world of intricate beauty. You'll be captivated by the elegance and grace of these elaborate shadow trapunto quilts-especially once you discover how easy they are to make! Create the old-world look of tatting or lace with a simple 3-step technique. Geta provides instructions and patterns...
How to Make a Quilt
Learn Basic Sewing Techniques for Creating Patchwork Quilts and Projects. A Storey BASICS® Title
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2014
With simple step-by-step instructions that require only basic sewing skills, Barbara Weiland Talbert shows you how to make your own beautiful and durable quilts. Taking you through the complete quilting process in an easy-to-follow sequence, Talbert shows you how to select a suitable design, choose...
Fresh Family Traditions
18 Heirloom Quilts for a New Generation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
This collection of 18 charming quilts and home accessories from Sherri McConnell brings together the best of the old and new in quilting. Sherri's new designs update traditional blocks (many handed down from her grandmothers) with fresh colors and fabrics from some of today's top designers. You'll also...
Making Quilts with Kathy Doughty of Material Obsession
21 Authentic Projects
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Stating that each quilt is but a starting point for a new quilt, this joyful book Making Quilts with Kathy Doughty of Material Obsession showcases 21 patterns inspired by the intense colors of Australia and invites you to recreate them in your own voice. Author Kathy Doughty encourages you to discover...
Antique To Heirloom Jelly Roll Quilts
12 Modern Quilt Patterns from Vintage Patchwork Quilt Designs
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Bestselling authors Pam & Nicky Lintott bring you 12 new Jelly Roll™ quilt designs, based on the best antique quilts from Pam's stunning collection. Each clever quilt pattern uses just one Jelly Roll™ and has been designed to make the best use of your fabric whilst preserving the vintage style...
Happy Endings
Finishing the Edges of Your Quilts
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
A must for every quilter's library, this is the classic book on finishing--back by popular demand! First published in 1987, this popular resource has sold more than 275,000 copies and is still the one quilters want. Well-known author and quiltmaking expert Mimi Dietrich shows you all you need to know...
Colorful Quilts for Fabric Lovers
10 Easy-to-Make Projects with a Modern Edge
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Use the fabrics you love - finish every quilt you start. New ideas for creating color-splashed quilts with modern panache. Designs look more complex than they really are…easy piecing and colorful fabric do all the work. Rich jewel tones juxtaposed with cool neutrals will make these projects pop! The...
by Kim Eichler-Messmer
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Modern Color—An Illustrated Guide to Dyeing Fabric for Modern Quilts by Kim Eichler-Messmer shows you how to dye fabric by hand for an artisanal, luminescent look.Includes instructions on setting up a home dye studio with minimal equipment and teaches keymixing techniques. Make any color you want,...
Quilting Art
Inspiration, Ideas & Innovative Works from 20 Contemporary Quilters
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2009
Quilting is a craft, rich with tradition and homespun, practical applications. But it’s also an art--which, with needle, thread, fabric, and an idea, can give us a new way of looking at, and wrapping ourselves in, the world. This book profiles twenty American practitioners of that art, quilters...
Cultural Fusion Quilts
A Melting Pot of Piecing Traditions • 15 Free-Form Block Projects
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Bold, vibrant, striking—and amazingly easy to make! This collection of 15 modern quilts draws on handmade crafts from India, the American South, and Africa to create a style that’s at once traditional and contemporary, artistic and practical. A simple stack, cut, shuffle, and stitch technique makes...
Kaleidoscopes And Quilts
An Artist’s Journey Continues
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Kaleidoscope - the very word promises surprise and magic, chance and change. Exploding with visual excitement, a kaleidoscope design organizes an abundance of light, color, form, and motion into a complex and coherent image, capturing a moment of infinity. This book is jammed with how-to's and why-not's,...
Little Bits Quilting Bee
20 Quilts Using Charm Squares, Jelly Rolls, Layer Cakes, and Fat Quarters
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Sewing with pre-cut fabric packs is all the rage. It allows for endless creativity and makes it a cinch to stitch up lovely quilts without breaking the bank. Little Bits Quilting Bee features 20 projects for small fabric scraps and bundles including jelly rolls, charm squares, layer cakes, and fat...
Fanciful Stitches, Colorful Quilts
11 Easy Applique Projects to Embroider by Hand
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Laura shows quilters how to make bright, cheerful fused applique quilts. Along the way, she shares 17 different hand stitches that add unique color and dimension, that help the quilter tell a story with each design. The small, take-along size of these projects makes them perfect for your classes or clubs.