Author : Margret Aldrich
Publisher :
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,63 MB
Release :
Category : Quilting
ISBN : 9781610605526
A collection of writings which pay tribute to quilts and quilting memories from different eras and authors.
Author : Ami Simms
Publisher : C & T Pub
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 13,16 MB
Release : 1996-09-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780943079059
An expert quilter confesses all in this hilarious, tongue-in-cheek guide to quilting disasters based on her own early experiences.
Author : Christa Watson
Publisher : Martingale
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 17,65 MB
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 160468626X
Quilt along with Christa using walking-foot or free-motion techniques to create fabulous quilts--from start to finish--on your home sewing machine. Award-winning quilter Christa Watson shows you how with 8 different walking-foot designs and 10 free-motion quilting motifs, plus 12 inventive patterns to put all the quilting techniques to use! Go beyond quilting in the ditch--quilt parallel lines, radiating lines, and shattered lines as you turn straight stitches into walking-foot wonders that wow! Love the look of free-motion quilting but not sure where to begin? Start with simple stipples and expand your repertoire to include wandering waves, boxes, pebbles, loops, and many more. Discover Christa's top tips for machine-quilting success and learn to use quilting designs to enhance each part of the quilt, whether you're making a baby quilt, wall quilt, or throw.Video
Author : Bill Volckening
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 33,31 MB
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1617456500
Borrow from history for your next quilt with ninety free-motion quilting designs reinterpreted from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century quilts. Honor the elegance of the past with collector Bill Volckening and quilter Mandy Leins, who modernizes motifs such as the orange peel, feathers, and quatrefoil into continuous-lines designs that are perfect for all of today's quilts. Plus, learn tips for marking, combining motifs, and quilting.
Author : Rita Weiss
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 19,57 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781402740770
Every two years, the International Quilt Association presents the largest and most esteemed quilting competition in the world. The show brings together professional and home quilters alike, all entering their finest pieces. Anyone who wins a prize has true talent, creativity, and skill-- and here, for the very first time, are all the quilts that emerged victorious in all the specialty areas. There are variations on traditional patterns, such as log cabin or Amish Star, as well as exquisite examples of Japanese quilting, Trapunto, and other more unusual forms. While no instructions accompany the eye-opening images, the projects can be reproduced, and the artists offer helpful background on each piece. Quilters will treasure this collection-- and eagerly await new ones to come.
Author : Sheila Christensen
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 50,22 MB
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 161745642X
Triangles, hexagons, diamonds, and more! Learn to measure, rotary cut, and machine piece 60° shapes with ease. Sew 15 interesting angular quilts with no templates, no y-seams, and no paper piecing! Any 60° triangle ruler or straight ruler with a 60° mark works with these patterns. Arrange blocks in straight rows or kaleidoscope layouts for wildly different looks. After learning triangle grid basics, you’ll be able to design your own angled blocks and quilts.
Author : Ann Loveless
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 40,16 MB
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1617453668
The award-winning art quilter shares her free-form technique for capturing the beauty of nature using collage and fusible web in this step-by-step guide. Two-time ArtPrize-winner Ann Loveless is known for creating stunning landscape quilts depicting the beautiful natural landscapes of her Lake Michigan home. In Landscape Art Quilts, Step-by-Step, she reveals the creative and technical processes behind some of her best-known designs. With step-by-step instructions, Ann demonstrates her free-form method of cutting and placing fabrics on fusible web and finishing with free-motion machine quilting. By learning Ann’s original techniques, you will be able to create your own art quilts based on your favorite landscape photographs.
Author : Vanessa Goertzen
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 13,19 MB
Release : 2019-09-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 161745818X
Open a sweet new range of possibilities with rolls of precut strips and these eighteen quilting projects. Raid your fabric pantry! The bestselling author of Charm School is back with eighteen innovative projects using precut 2 1/2” strips. Vanessa Goertzen’s fabric recipes will help you cook up basic, beginner-friendly strip-pieced blocks and more advanced designs: triangles, stars, log cabins, hexagons, and even curves. Use convenient fabric rolls, or create your own stunning strips from yardage. Whether you are newer to quilting or have lots of experience, you’ll spend less time cutting, and more time creating. • Sweet and simple! Sew eighteen jelly-rific quilts made from 2 1/2” precut fabric strips • Learn precut shortcuts with bestselling Charm School author Vanessa Goertzen • Start with basic quilt blocks, and build your skills to piece triangles, hexagons, curves, and more
Author : Tonya Alexander
Publisher : Martingale
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 23,8 MB
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1604686820
Find fresh new ways to combine the scraps you've been collecting. Perfect for budget-minded quilters, these visually pleasing designs give a modern slant to traditional quilt blocks. Discover three "scrap equations" that will make you fearless about fabric: neutrals + scraps = balance, value > color, and more = better Choose from 11 appealing projects for confident beginners and beyond Learn time-saving techniques for sorting and storing your scraps so you can easily transform them into fabulous quilts
Author : Meg Cox
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 11,12 MB
Release : 2008-03-04
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780761138815
The Bee-all and End-all: The complete quilter's companion and essential resource, jam-packed with information, supplies, expert interviews, techniques, community, and inspiration. All the tools of the trade: rotary cutters, sewing machines, longarms, anddesign software; fabulous fabrics and where to find them; and if you're just starting out, everything that belongs in a quilting basket. The online world made manageable with a guide to the most useful blogs, websites, e-mail lists, free patterns, and podcasts. National and regional shows, guilds, and the best retreats and quilt museums. Batting parties, tutorials on fabric dying, and a breezy history of the quilt boom. Profiles of twenty top teachers-including television's Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson, Esterita Austin and her award-winning landscape quilts, and Ruth B. McDowell, known for her bravura technique. This is a book to help every quilter deepen and grow-keep it as close by as your stash of fat quarters -Cover.
