Delectable Mountains Quilt


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Eleanor Burns takes this beautiful Delectable Mountain pattern and makes it available for today's quilter with her simplified methods. The quilt is made of mountain and sky rounds, beginning with the Center Square, which can be a pieced star or appliqued flowers. An acrylic template is included for full size and miniature versions of the quilt to allow for quick, easy cutting. You can make the quilt in a two-color design, or use several color combinations to create your masterpiece! The book contains yardage and cutting charts for several size quilts with step by step directions.




Wise Craft Quilts


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Infuse your quilts with love--how to add your personal story and more meaning to your handmade quilts. In Wise Craft Quilts, celebrated quilt designer and crafter Blair Stocker shares ways to use cherished fabrics to make quilts with more meaning. Each of the twenty-one quilts featured here gathers a special collection of fabric, outlines a new technique, and spins a story. By using special fabrics as the starting point for each project—from a wedding dress to baby’s first clothes, worn denim, Tyvek race numbers, and more—the finished quilt is made even more special. Create quilts that have a story to tell and you’ll find a whole new level of appreciation for what they represent in your life and the lives of the ones you love.




Turnabout Patchwork


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Start with a simple block. Slice, turn, and sew slices back together. Then watch the magic happen! It's hard to believe such complex-looking quilts can come from such easy-to-sew blocks, but turnabout techniques transform even the most basic blocks into showstopping quilts. In some cases slicing isn't even necessary--just turn units as directed for unique designs! Each chapter focuses on a single block; just follow along to sew, slice, turn, and sew again. Find several design options for each block, along with a total of 23 quilt patterns, so you can make lap quilts, runners, and more with the turnabout blocks you create.




Quilts of Illusion


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101 Fabulous Small Quilts


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This value-packed book features 101 inspiring quilt patterns in a wide array of colors and popular styles. Create doll quilts, wall quilts, table runners, candle mats, lap quilts, and so much more. Enjoy designs from such trusted names as Country Threads, Kathleen Tracy, Kim Diehl, Little Quilts, Lori Smith, and Mary Hickey Styles range from two-color quilts to totally scrappy designs--use convenient precuts and fat quarters or fabrics pulled from your stash Try a variety of techniques with a minimal investment of time and money




Great Granny Squared


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Tried & True


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Beloved designer Jo Morton returns with another collection of timeless quilts in her signature vintage style. In this much-anticipated follow-up to Hearth & Home, you'll find more than a dozen larger quilts made from reproduction fabrics--they look as though they've come right out of a nineteenth-century home! With Jo's favorite tips and techniques to enhance sewing accuracy, plus dozens of detailed photos and colorful illustrations, beginners to experts alike will find all the information needed to complete any of these classic quilts. 13 quilt patterns from one of Martingale's perennially best-selling authors Perfectly suited projects, tips, and techniques for reproduction fabric collectors Nineteenth-century inspired quilt patterns speak to a wide audience of traditional quiltmakers




Margaret Solomon Gunn


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The AQS Signature Series brings an in-depth look into the quilting process of award winner Margaret Solomon Gunn. Patterns are included with easy-to-follow instructions for making three of Margaret's most well-known, award-winning show quilts. The book chronicles Margaret's journey for of the three quilts from design inspiration to finished product, providing tips and insight on how the well-designed, pieced, and quilted masterpieces were created. Line drawings, thread suggestions, quilting instructions, and detailed photographs are provided of the quilting designs for key areas on each quilt. The three patterened designs will appeal to all skill each levels.




Mountain Zone Quilts


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Simple Whatnots


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Welcome to the wonderful world of Kim Diehl--on a splendidly small scale! Kim's little quilts have three big benefits: they're scrap friendly, they're quick to finish . . . and they're as cute as can be. Now you can create a wonderful variety of pint-sized quilts in Kim's signature style. Enjoy 18 projects from Kim's Simple Whatnots Club, previously available only in individual patterns. You'll learn streamlined techniques for petite patchwork, invisible machine applique, and cozy wool applique. Use completed projects as wall quilts and table toppers, or follow Kim's lead and display projects in other creative ways. As always, Kim shares her "Extra Snippet" sewing tips throughout so that YOU can become a better quilter. Also available: Kim Diehl's Simple Reflections journal, where this best-selling author of 14 books on quiltmaking has gathered her favorite quilts, recipes, and more to enjoy year-round.