Author : Choly Knight
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 23,91 MB
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1607653931
This is a quilting book for complete beginners. Many modern quilt books assume that the reader already knows how to quilt. This book teaches both “quilt-as-you-go” and traditional techniques. Readers can quilt while they learn, with 8 approachable quilt projects. All sizes are covered—baby, twin, full, and queen/king—to provide progressive challenges as readers’ skills increase.
Author : Ruth Ann Berry
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 29,8 MB
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1617459607
Learn how to sew three-dimensional illusions with these twelve quilt projects. Create a stunning quilt that will have your friends asking, “How did you do that?” Believe it or not, these attention-grabbing projects come together with straight rows of simple shapes. You’ll learn how to sew twelve visually arresting quilts each in four colorways giving you dozens of dynamic options. Build your confidence in bias piecing, as you pair light, medium, and dark fabrics for heavenly hexes. Don’t be intimidated—just follow the easy assembly diagrams and watch your quilt come together one row at a time with no inset seams. These 3-D illusions are so impressive, you won’t know whether to keep them on the bed or hang them on the wall. Sew 3-D illusion quilts that have your friends asking how you did it Arrange sixty-degree triangles in rows for easy piecing with no inset seams Build your confidence in bias piecing, mixing color values for dimensional effects
Author : Christina Cameli
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 38,9 MB
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1617450251
Improve your free-motion quilting as you sketch new designs—one simple shape at a time. Christina Cameli, best-selling author of First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting, returns with the perfect companion book to help you quilt unique patterns, using your home machine or longarm. A member of the Portland Modern Quilt Guild, Christina infuses her fresh aesthetic and passion for teaching quilters new skills into 80+ innovative free-motion designs. Working from a set of nine simple shapes, such as circles, wavy lines, and loops, she walks you through the basic elements via easy-to-doodle illustrations. Take the design power to your needle as you stitch Christina’s favorite continuous-line quilting patterns, ranging from straightforward to striking. If you can doodle, you can do it!
Author : Barbara H. Cline
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,36 MB
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1607059134
Turn a single block into eight distinctive quilts—the magic is in the fabric! Best-selling author and well-known teacher Barbara H. Cline takes an easy-to-sew triangle block and then shows countless intricate designs for you to experiment with color and value. Stunning triangle-star quilts are perfect for the adventurous beginner looking to try something new or the intermediate quilter who wants to put her skills to use in a creative way. Design your own quilt top using a provided line drawing that you can color in and then bring to life with creative fabric selection!
Author : Sherri McConnell
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 46,41 MB
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1607056607
“With its diverse selection of fabrics and designs, A Quilting Life is a fine pick for any quilter looking to produce family-oriented keepsake results.” —The Needlecraft Shelf Bring the handmade tradition home with these charming quilts and home accessories. Inspired by a grandmother who loved to sew for her family, quilter and blogger Sherri McConnell gives traditional patterns like hexagons, stars, snowballs, and Dresden Plates a new look featuring fabrics by some of today’s most popular designers. Nineteen cozy projects include pillows, tote bags, table runners, and larger quilts—quick and easy designs that make great gifts. “Sherri’s book is a treasure! It’s full of fun and straight-forward patterns for quilts, table toppers, pillows, bags and more—all the goodies to make a cozy home.” —Thimbleanna “Would you like the opportunity to make tomorrow’s heirlooms in today’s vast selection of prints? . . . If so, this could be the reference book that will get you started. There are 19 projects, mainly focusing on handmade household items but including some larger quilts too.” —Fabrications Quilting for You “Beautiful inspiration if you are a seasoned quilter, but also a great resource with clear and in some cases, simple patterns for newbies as well.” —Diary of a Quilter “Color photos of finished needlework projects accompany step-by-step diagrams and assembly patterns, while at-a-glance sidebars covering materials and cutting allow needleworkers to gauge the complexity of each project.” —The Needlecraft Shelf
Author : Choly Knight
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 13,70 MB
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1607653931
This is a quilting book for complete beginners. Many modern quilt books assume that the reader already knows how to quilt. This book teaches both “quilt-as-you-go” and traditional techniques. Readers can quilt while they learn, with 8 approachable quilt projects. All sizes are covered—baby, twin, full, and queen/king—to provide progressive challenges as readers’ skills increase.
Author : Leah Day
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 29,51 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Machine quilting
ISBN : 9780982993057
In 2009, Leah Day started a new blog, the Free Motion Quilting Project, and set out to create 365 new free motion quilting designs. Each design was published online with photos and a video tutorial for free for everyone in the world to enjoy. This book is a compilation of those 365 designs, and within it you will find a treasury of ideas and inspiration you'll return to again and again. - Find hundreds of filler designs to work in all the different areas of your quilts. From the blocks, to the sashing, and into the borders, you're sure to find the perfect designs to fit your quilt. - Feeling confused with free motion quilting? Get back on track with Leah's quick tips on everything from machine settings to how to prepare your quilt top and backing before quilting. - Build your repertoire of continuous line quilting designs by stitching a different design every day. This book will definitely help you break out of the Stippling rut! Inside you'll find a high quality photo of each meticulously stitched design. For practice, trace the design, or visit www.LeahDay.com/365 to find video tutorials for every single design in this book. While this is not a primer on free motion quilting basics, this book is a helpful companion and the largest collection of free motion quilting designs ever published! This second edition offers a spiral binding to help the book lay flat near your sewing machine. Challenge yourself to memorize - not mark - a new design every day for a year. Stitch the designs exactly as shown or play with creating your own variations. The possibilities are endless! See why quilters like you have called this book "an amazing resource," "just what I needed" and "the best quilting book ever!"
Author : Carla Bibby Thatch
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 29,28 MB
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1300002301
Written by a quilting instructor, this book simplfies the process of traditional hand and machine patchwork and quilting for beginners. It is a guide to help newbies get started on their first project and move on the complete many more.
Author : Ruth Ann Berry
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 28,82 MB
Release : 2024-08-25
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1644035197
Take your quilting game to the next dimension! Expanding on the bestseller Stunning 3D Quilts, Simplified, this sequel takes your quilting journey to the next level. Tackle the 12 captivating projects, from wall hangings to king-sized quilts, and discover how to swap out identical triangles for strips, making piecing easy. Unleash your inner quilt designer with a section on creating your own 3-D quilt, equipped with isometric graph paper for sketching your unique patterns. The book seamlessly connects the projects to design lessons, allowing your project to come to life. From tools and fabric to design and color, this book prepares you for a quilt-making adventure like no other. Create 12 projects featuring a variety of color schemes and designs, including stars, hearts, lattices, and other continuous/repeating patterns Bring your ideas to life and sketch your quilt design using the included isometric graph paper Resize your projects from a wall hanging to a king-sized quilt by changing the width of the starting strip, allowing for a personalized quilting experience
Author : Eva A. Larkin
Publisher : Martingale
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 36,78 MB
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1604681853
Turn stippling and simple lines into fabulous designs! By focusing on only one block or area at a time--rather than the whole quilt at once--Eva A. Larkin makes it easy to create eye-catching free-motion quilting. Enjoy this eagerly awaited follow-up to the best-selling Free-Motion Quilting Made Easy. Select from six different frame styles that can be stitched in any quilt-block size--without tracing or resizing Use each frame design on its own, enhance it with filler designs, or outline the frame and/or filler with stitching, opening up hundreds of design options Find a sequence of clear illustrations for each design, showing the order to stitch for both outlining and filling
