United States Patchwork Patterns Coloring Book


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Fifty nifty full-page designs re-create one of the most popular quilt series ever, Hearth & Home's States-of-the-Union series. Each ready-to-color patchwork quilt design celebrates one of the 50 states, from Alabama to Wyoming. In addition to the full-page quilt illustrations, each block is shown individually for reference.




Creative Quilt Coloring, Special Edition


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This Special Edition of Creative Quilt Coloring is a compilation of the first two volumes of our best-selling coloring books for adults, with bonus traditional and new quilt designs. You will also find a few extra surprises sprinkled among the pages - a colossal 280+ page creative outlet of stress reducing fun! This book allows you to express yourself creatively by deciding which colors and which media to use - solid colors in bold or muted tones, shade areas to enhance, create enticing patterns, and even include embellishments - if you want! Experience different media options such as crayons, colored pencils, markers, gel pens, etc. Create your own, unique designs directly on top of the vintage squares! Put away the sewing machine, fabrics, threads, pins and needles for a bit and find a quiet corner where you can de-stress with your favorite coloring options. Open this book to your choice of 130+ patterns and begin coloring your stress away with some much needed self-care time!




Patchwork of the Heart - Adult Coloring Book


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Relax in the Warmth of Homespun Happiness




The Quilt Design Coloring Workbook


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The Quilt Design Coloring Workbook calls on an unlikely but exciting muse to help inspire quilt designers: modern art. More than 90 full-page ready-to-color design prompts invite quilters to try new color combinations and pattern experiments. Author Thomas Knauer’s innovative reimagining of quilt design highlights the very principles that threw the traditional art world into upheaval 100 years ago, such as prioritizing balance over symmetry and simplicity over realism. By stitching together modern art theory with hands-on design and coloring activities, this interactive workbook bursts at the seams with creativity.




Classic Crib Quilts and How to Make Them


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A wealth of information on pieced and appliqué crib quilts: their history, 156 full-color photos of 19th- and early-20th-century creations, patterns and instructions for 13 charming covers, more.




Blooming Sanctuary Coloring Book


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Coloring has never been this creative! Get inspired with designs by Geta Grama, Piece O' Cake Designs, and Patty Prann Young. These illustrations, printed on high-quality, heavyweight paper, are ideal for framing and perfectly suited to coloring with colored pencils, fine tip markers, and even watercolors. There are intricate swirling designs, sweet, modern, and exotic designs, and whimsical birds, flowers, and animals. Coloring even a few minutes a day can help you relieve stress and infuse much-need creativity into your busy life!




Hidden Block Quilts


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Lerlene Nevaril offers a solution to the challenge of making repeat-block quilts more interesting, by changing patches in traditional blocks, so discovering variations that blend with the original. The volume contains: 13 quilt settings based on Lerlene's hidden block technique; 55 blocks with 45 variations on ten favourite traditional quilt blocks such as carpenter's wheel, friendship star and bear's paw; suggestions for quilt back art; and a gallery of colourful quilts.




Quilter's Academy, Volume 2—Sophomore Year


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Get a college-level education in quiltmaking in the comfort of your home with the second in the classic series—plus eleven projects to practice your skills! From the mother-daughter team of world-renowned teacher Harriet Hargrave and Carrie Hargrave, this book in the Quilter’s Academy series will inspire you to put your developing skills to work and challenge you to start designing your own quilts. Drafting exercises help you learn to make any quilt, any size, with or without a pattern. You’ll find loads of tips, techniques, and helpful charts—and a bonus section with eleven projects. This classic series of comprehensive books will take you from the basics to complete mastery with easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on exercises. In Volume 1, you learned the fundamentals of quiltmaking. Now, in Volume 2, you’ll build your drafting skills by using tools like graph paper and linking blocks. “A complete sequence of classes. lessons, exercises and projects to build your skill from one project to the next.” —Fabrications




Intuitive Color & Design


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In this updated edition of best-selling Intuitive Color & Design, Jean's workshop assignments get your creative juices flowing, giving you challenges to expand your quilting horizons. Start by learning to see line and color; study the nuts and bolts of design; develop your color work and composition; and when you get stuck, there's expert advice on problem solving. Design and piece spectacular, free-form quilts you'd never have guessed you could create!




Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter


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Art Quilts Made Easy. Bring out your inner artist - explore 10 approaches to designing art quilts with world-renowned teacher Katie Pasquini Masopust. Techniques work for everyone, from beginner to advanced. Creating a gorgeous art quilt is well within your reach when you try Katie Pasquini Masopust's easy methods. Learn 10 different “game plans” for creating a quilt design, then turn your design into a pattern and complete your quilt. With such a variety of techniques to try, you're sure to find the right one for you.