Piece in the Hoop


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Combine your love of quilting with the precision of machine embroidery. Turn your embroidery machine into a block-piecing machine! With Larisa's designs, you can piece in the hoop™! All you have to do is add fabric and flip—the embroidery machine does all the sewing for you. This method results in fast, precise blocks every time! With Piece in the Hoop™, you'll get: Step-by-step instructions for creating 20 projects from the 6 most-cherished quilt blocks 40 design files for the embroidery machine in 9 of the most commonly used formats Great bonus tips and advice throughout the book from sewing expert Nancy Zieman, as well as an exclusive DVD hosted by Nancy showing you Larisa's Piece in the Hoop™ techniques in action! Combining quilting and machine embroidery, this fourth book in the "Create with Nancy" series will help you get the most out of that embroidery machine!




How to Piece Perfect Quilts


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Learn how to piece perfectly: every seam, every quilt, every time. No more wonky squares, blunted triangles, or mismatched seams! Stitch It Up a Notch: How to Piece Perfect Quilts goes beyond the basics and shows you all the steps to piece flawless quilts. With meticulous written instructions and over 300 photos, Leah Day shares all her secrets to piecing perfect quilts. Learn how to improve your cutting and piecing and why common mistakes happen. Follow Leah's step-by-step guide to piecing perfection: Learn how to cut with absolute precision. Consistently sew perfect quarter-inch seams. Eliminate the frustration of blocks that are too big or too small. Piece with confidence - tackle hexagons and curved shapes with ease. Discover how and when to use time-saving techniques like strip piecing. Within this piecing guidebook you will find: Expert advice on preparing and cutting fabric. Patterns for five skill-building practice quilts. Full color photos illustrating each step. Full size patterns for two paper pieced blocks Plus: Leah's picks for the best machine, thread, needles, rotary cutters, starch, and much more! End the frustration of piecing your quilts imperfectly Discover the steps, build the habits, and learn for yourself how to piece every seam, every block, every quilt perfectly, every time.




Hoop Dreams


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A stylish embroidery guide for the modern maker, featuring twenty beautiful projects with step-by-step instructions and inspiring templates. Vibrant color and rich textures abound in Hoop Dreams, a stylish embroidery guide for the modern maker. Author Cristin Morgan of Marigold + Mars outlines the basics of ten classic embroidery stitches and then teaches you how to use them to create twenty beautiful and practical projects for hoops, for the home, and to wear. New and experienced embroiderers alike will be delighted by the fresh motifs and bold color palettes and empowered by the easy step-by-step instructions and templates, which show that with just a few simple stitches, some basic materials, and an idea or two, you can stitch just about anything. A glossary of more than fifty additional patterns and motifs will inspire you to personalize your projects and use your newfound embroidery skills in fresh and imaginative ways.




Retro Stitchery


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Spend an evening stitching any of the designs in this book and you'll instantly remember what you've always loved about embroidery: it's fun, you can see the design quickly take shape right before your eyes, and in the end you have a delightful piece to brighten your home or office. From beautiful florals to inspirational sayings to whimsical tacos (yes, tacos!), you'll find more than a dozen designs to make you smile. Beverly McCullough of Flamingo Toes provides easy embroidery and finishing instructions so you can display pieces in hoops, on pillows or zip bags, and even on cork and clothing. Beverly's inspiring designs and ideas will make it a pleasure to take each stitch.




Boho Embroidery


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Let's talk about tools -- Let's talk about my favorite stitches -- Let's talk about fabric -- Let's talk about stitching outside the hoop -- Let's talk about inspiration to stitch -- Let's talk about thrifting for old treasures -- Let's talk about stitching what you see.




Diary in Stitches


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Artist Minki Kim turns her own daily sketchbook challenge into 65 stitchable drawings to mix and match. Embroider and appliqué the whimsical, easy-going way with 6 useful projects to make and share, like a simple zipper pouch for the teacher, a cozy pillow for a handsome chair, or a wallhanging for your family room. Minki’s uplifting designs, plus an extra gallery of small project ideas from coasters to wall art will appeal to anyone who wants to add personality to their home and personal accessories.




Bulletin


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Constructing Hoop Houses


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A step by step guide to building and using greenhouse for year-round healthy harvests. This manual has all the information that you'll need to purchase all the materials, bend the metal, and construct a 20 foot wide by 48 foot long hoop house. Included are 60 pictures and diagrams, chapters on how to customize the size to fit your space, how to grow throughout the extremes of the seasons, and how to set up your hoop house to make it as productive as possible.




Stitchcraft


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Step inside the enchanted world of arcane imagery and rich esoteric symbolism in this deeply imaginative embroidery art book! Author Gayla Partridge draws upon her knowledge of vintage anatomical artwork, floral design, palmistry, Ouija, and oddities from the natural world to create magical, witchy twists on an age-old craft. Through extraordinary, stylized photography and detailed close-ups of designs, the embroidery art in Stitchcraft is entirely achievable with basic stitches and easy-to-follow instructions, enchanting beginners and expert crafters alike. Stitchcraft features: • 30 intricate embroidery designs, using a combination of nine basic stitches • Insights from the author on how she created each piece • 30 basic patterns to get you started embroidering your own version of her designs From the anatomy of a snake to floral skulls, from palmistry hands to botanical hearts, readers will be inspired to recreate Partridge’s spellbinding designs and to make them their own.




The Hoop and the Tree


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The "tree" is the vertical dimension of aspiration, deepening, individual growth, and spiritual development. The "hoop" is the circular representation of our relationship with humanity and the earth. Using examples from Native American and other ancient traditions as well as modern psychology and systems science, Chris Hoffman shows readers how to develop both parts of the whole to help people lead lives of balance and fulfillment.