Learn how colour, thread, and motif come together to create the quilt of your dreams! Machine quilters can get free-motion tips to boost your confidence. Make your thread a design element.

An unusually creative honoring of the 19th Amendment's centennial-it was ratified August 18, 1920. Twenty-nine award-winning textile artists from across the United States each crafted a quilt celebrating women's suffrage. These dazzlingly varied, sometimes troubling, always inspiring artworks reflect the long and continuing fight for equal rights for all. Introductions summarize the history of women's suffrage, an even more complicated subject than you might think, then dozens of art quilts continue the learning. Male artists are included to acknowledge the support of many men for women's suffrage, and African American artists and suffragists are recognized as well. Although the 19th Amendment made a huge stride forward for women's rights, in many voting situations that right extended to white women only because of prejudicial practices. All royalties will be shared equally between the New England Quilt Museum and Texas Quilt Museum.

The beauty of Indigo quilts is undeniable. Step inside the Poos Collection of quilts, one of the largest privately held collections in the world. Explore the origins of the fiber and fabric presented by two members of the American Quilt Study Group. Featuring stunning quilts circa 1750 to 1890, this collection of blue-and-white beauties will inspire you to make gorgeous quilt projects using present day Indigo or reproduction fabrics.

Does your fat-quarter collection require its own zip code? Put those treasured bundles to good use with 13 fast, fun, and versatile fat-quarter quilts! Want quilts in multiple sizes and variations? You'll find a total of 75 possibilities! Play with scale, layout, colourways, and block design to make each project your own. Popular and up-and-coming designers share ideas to excite quilters of every style and skill level. This must-have collection will help you slash your stash today, keeping you inspired for years to come.

Use traditional piecing skills to create tomorrow's heirloom quilts. You'll discover how to give your favorite blocks a scrappy, modern look with elegant and up-to-date versions of time-tested quilt designs from popular designer Amy Ellis. Learn a bit about the history behind each block as Amy reimagines them as new classics. Build your confidence to "go modern" with Amy's bright and appealing designs that begin with traditional blocks Tips for using color and negative space ensure a modern look with the fabric from your stash Get handy hints, from Amy and other top designers, that will help you better understand what makes a scrap quilt successful

Want inspiration for your free-motion quilting? Now you have the perfect tool! This spiral-bound book is full of designs - JUST designs - and will lay flat on your work surface to keep your hands on the quilt and that needle moving. Part of a new series, this visual guide is filled with over 75 diverse block designs from your favourite designers to get you stitching.

This delightful planner is a helpful, convenient way to track projects both individually and in the context of larger goals. There are no dates, so you can start at any time.

Mini Masterpieces is a quilting masterclass. Follow along beginning with a fresh new take on basic blocks and increase to complex curves and colour-work. Throughout, international quilting teacher Alyce Blyth provides tips and advice she has learned through her years of quilting and from teaching students from all over the world. Frustrated by quilt block books without anything to do with your finished work? This is part of what makes mini quilts so achievable. Mini Masterpieces is designed to be a quilt block of the month with a fabulous finish every time. Looking for a mini to swap? Alyce has you covered with 12 refreshing designs that use old favourites and new challenges too. Looking for a sew along with your guild or for your local quilt shop? Mini Masterpieces was designed just for you with one challenging block/mini a month for your whole group. Looking to make a bigger quilt? Two beautiful takes on sampler quilts are included to encourage readers to mix and match and explore infinite design possibilities. Looking for something new but can't take on a big project? Mini quilts are the perfect solutions: easy to finish, fun to make, perfect for gifting or hanging on your studio wall. Join the mini quilt mania and sew up each of these quilts in no time, expand your sewing skills and have fun knowing you can complete any of the projects included in Mini Masterpieces in an afternoon.

Create dynamic quilts the fast and easy way, with no piecing required. Learn the principles of design to create your own modern quilts, with an intro to fusible fabric art and seven satisfying projects to help you realize the freedom of fusing. Get tips on dyeing your own gorgeous fabrics and try a new way to quilt as-you-go for a faster and more beautiful finish. If you can imagine it, you can quilt it!

Jo Colwill taught Kirstie Allsopp to create one of her beautiful cushion designs on Kirstie's Handmade Britain, and now she can teach you too! This gorgeous collection of cushion and quilt projects are all inspired by Jo Colwill's life on her Cornish farm. Learn how to sew with step-by-step instructions, detailed diagrams and clever tips and tricks. For most of the projects, patchwork is combined with applique and hand embroidery, and the sewing techniques are clearly described to help you to achieve professional results. There's a wide range of designs to suit everyone, whether you're a beginner looking for a quick and simple cushion project or an experienced quilter wanting more of a challenge. You can make the projects just as they are or modify the ideas to create your own individual style. The book also includes a full-size quilt pattern for the featured Advent Quilt design.

Stuck in a quilting rut? Stop dawdling and start doodling! Get inspired to machine quilt that unfinished top with an astounding two hundred and fifty new designs from best-selling Doodle Quilting author Cheryl Malkowski. Dozens of free-motion ideas for quilting individual blocks-plus themed motifs, allover designs, and sashing and border patterns-mean you'll find a new freedom in travelling across the quilt. So change your tune from just getting it done to quilting up some fun!

Have a ball blending cottons with rich wools, lustrous silks, and textural home decor fabrics for quilts that beg to be touched. Weave unconventional textiles together like a pro with the best advice for cutting, sewing, and pressing fabrics of texture and sheen. Craft 14 pieced and appliqued projects, like table runners, quilts, pincushions, and tote bags. Dimensional and exciting, mixed-fabric quilts are ripe for using up scraps and expanding your horizons.

The author of best-selling Wool Applique Folk Art presents a treasure trove of 12 seasonal wool applique projects, with three for each season. Her Americana aesthetic, although very true to early decorative arts, would look great in many homes today. Presented in a lovely antique colour palette, these simple and elegant projects include a journal cover, cushion cover, wallhangings, storage boxes, table rug and more, perfect for your home or to give as gifts. Includes a basics chapter and an updated chapter on the collection, storage and use of wool. "Lovely designs, lovely stitching, good projects...all done to a good standard with pleasant motifs." www.yarnsandfabrics.co.uk

Imagine making more than one quilt at a time while watching your stash dwindle. Sounds too good to be true, but it's not. Join Bonnie K. Hunter as she shows you how to get your scraps organised into usable sizes - and save money, fabric, thread and time. In this, the long-awaited sequel to Adventures with Leaders and Enders, find 12 more scrap quilts that can be pieced in between the lines of other sewing. Each is sure to inspire you to dig into your stash and start piecing.

Learning how to quilt has never been simpler Enjoy this beginner's guide that takes you by the hand like a personal instructor and teaches you how to quilt. With detailed descriptions of materials and tools, the easy step-by-step instructions for all the basic quilting techniques will have you creating projects like pillows, wall quilts, and even table runners in no time. Eleven simple projects will introduce you to skills like cutting pieces with a rotary cutter and mat, sewing blocks and quilt tops with precision, adding sashing and borders, basting the layers, hand and machine quilting, and binding; skills you will use often as you continue to learn. With "First Time Quilting," soon you will be stitching amazing gifts and projects with confidence.

Are you swimming in fabric scraps from sewing garments, bags, and quilts? Learn to rescue and reuse fabric leftovers with 12 stunning, colorful quilt patterns for scrap lovers. Judy Gauthier teaches you her indispensible system for cutting usable squares from "real," oddly shaped scraps, not just strips or precuts! Cut scraps into 3 1/2 , 4 1/2 , and 5 1/2 squares - a magical combination for both beginning quilters and more advanced piecers - using traditional rotary cutting or Judy's fast2cut (R) Simple Square Templates. Judy's clever organizing and quilt-assembly tips will help you uncover hidden treasures from your stash. 'Find colourful ways to use up all your scraps, no matter what odd shape. May your scrap bag be forever empty. Recommended.' www.yarnsandfabrics.co.uk

Let the fabric do the work! Joyce shows you uncomplicated ways to work with landscape-themed fabrics to make a quilted wallhanging you'll be proud to show off. Quickly build an eye-catching scene using her popular techniques for painting, fusing, embellishing, and embroidering.

Wild by Design explores the American tradition of freewheeling, improvisational, often asymmetrical quilts, whose makers experimented boldly with design, color, and pictorial motifs. It examines both the aesthetics and the social history of quilts from the early nineteenth century to the present, including Amish, African American, and modern art quilts. From the state fair to the clothesline, women have sought ways to exhibit the beauty and optical effects of their quilts. The "quilting frolic" of the nineteenth century was for many women an alternative to the art academy and the salon. Janet Berlo reminds us that quilts were a valued form of artistic expression, meant to be shared and admired among the company of other women. Over fifty applique and pieced quilts are illustrated, chosen from the collections of the International Quilt Study Center for their outstanding visual qualities. Each is accompanied by a lively dialogue among quilt experts that illustrates the varied dimensions of quilts as aesthetic objects of the highest order and as reflections of the lives and societies of their makers. This multifaceted analysis of quilts sheds light on the histories of women, textiles, and American art and culture.

Her instructional videos have inspired thousands to start sewing. Now for the first time, 'sew-lebrity' Laura Coia shares written patterns for the most loved video tutorials on her SewVeryEasy YouTube channel! Piece and quilt a dozen beautiful projects - quilts you'll come back to time and time again - all suitable for beginners and beyond. Plus, get Laura's signature time-saving techniques for cutting, pressing, adding borders, and finishing.

Bethan Ash's rich, colourful quilts are created using improvisational collage techniques. Working instinctively, she simply layers fabric shapes onto a prepared background and fuses them down, then adds stitching later. Each quilt is cut freehand, without the use of rulers or templates. In this groundbreaking book, she reveals the secrets of how she works, from basic dyeing and fusing techniques to design- and colour-awareness exercises and mixed-media experiments. In clear, easy-to-follow text, she gives the reader invaluable information on method, materials, technique and composition, and shows that improvisational quiltmaking is not merely 'messing about with fabric', but instead can form the basis of working freely and is the optimal way of broadening the reader's artistic talent.Illustrated with the best examples of fused quilts from around the world, this book is a visual feast of colour and pattern, and allows the reader to discover how the boundaries of traditional quiltmaking can be expanded through the use of imagination, inspiration and fusion.

This high-powered mix for all who make and appreciate contemporary art quilting begins the creativity-inspiring series Exploring Art Quilts with SAQA. Its book-and-journal-blend format with 350 photos reveals today's latest work and designs and also serves as a long-term creative reference. Be inspired by interviews, gorgeous art quilt photos, and current creations by members of Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc. (SAQA), the renowned international organization dedicated to promoting the art quilt. Meet 16 artists living around the world, including stories on their beginnings as art quilters. Peer at every detail in photos showing the range of content being produced today. A series of articles examine art being made in various locales; France, Japan, and the United Kingdom are included in this volume. Finally, learn from the work of SAQA's Juried Artist members in 10 themed image galleries highlighting the range and complexity of their art.

Quick and easy quilt patterns from best selling authors Pam and Nicky Lintott, who turn their attention to quilting with rulers in this fabulous collection of quilt patterns. Cut accurate shapes for quick piecing with these easy-to-follow step instructions and diagrams. Includes 18 stunning quilt designs made using one of three rulers for quick and easy patchwork. Pam and Nicky Lintott are renowned for their quilt patterns which are easy to follow and give fantastic results. They have sold thousands of books about quilting with jelly rolls and other pre-cut fabrics and now they are giving their expert advice on how to use quilting rulers to best effect. Includes 18 stunning quilt patterns each made with one of three different quilting rulers. The rulers allow you to create lots of popular quilt blocks quickly and easily with minimum fuss and fabric wastage. Also includes general quilting, binding and finishing techniques. NOTE : Triangular ruler is not included with the book.

Celebrate the seasons with this sweet collection of folk-inspired projects using wool applique and embroidery. Featuring the author's signature sheep and floral motifs, these 11 small, charming projects made with easy fusible applique will appeal to quilters, needlework enthusiasts, craft sewists, and more! Relax as you hand stitch these folksy, portable cushions and table runners with needle and thread. The mix of wool and cotton is fun to stitch, display and gift.

Ever said, I wish I had time to make that!? This handy book makes small, charming projects easily doable--during your lunch hour! Perfectly portable patchwork can be completed in as little as an hour or over just a few lunch breaks during the week. Choose from pretty pillows, small quilts, cute bags, and more--all beginner friendly, simple to start, and a breeze to finish. Whether lunchtime is spent at the office, on the road, or right at home, break up each busy day with some sublime stitching time!