If you've ever struggled to make a Lone Star quilt the old way, you're in for a pleasant surprise! These scrappy little Lone Stars come out with perfect points every time, and they're easier to make than traditional Lone Stars. Everything you need to succeed is covered here, from tools and supplies to binding and finishing your quilts.

Make 24 beautiful miniature quilts, each in a day or less, with techniques that dramatically speed up your paper piecing.

Unleash your inner artist with this great 'how to' guide to art quilt techniques.Expand your artistic horizons and learn new and exciting ways to play with surface designs and art materials with this fabulous new book from premier handicraft publisher C&T."Art Quilts at Play" teaches you 22 different techniques and special visual effects that are sure to ignite your artistic flair. It also includes a huge photo gallery for inspiration, as well as hints and tips for connecting with other like-minded artists through online groups and art shows.

Create beautiful soft and cuddly quilts for your little ones - or to give as gifts. Wrap up your little ones with these 10 delightfully soft and cuddly handmade quilts. Master quilter M'Liss Rae Hawley teaches you everything you need to know to create wonderful snuggly cotton and flannel quilts for infants and toddlers. This volume also includes an inspirational gallery of over 40 quilts, plus a bonus layette set and 2 adorable doll quilts to make from your leftovers.

From the basset hound's mournful sincerity to the corgi's lively alertness, Carol Armstrong's designs capture that certain something that gives each breed its characteristic look. Now you can immortalize your own canine companion with her easy applique and quilting techniques.

Rediscover the traditional Dragonfly block with these 12 dazzling designs & 6 variation. Everything you need to create daring, dramatic, and dazzling new quilts from the traditional Dragonfly block is here in this comprehensive workbook. Try your hand at any of the 12 fabulous complete quilt projects, or use the easy-to-master design techniques that "Dancing Dragonfly Quilts" teaches to make your own original Dragonfly designs. This title features: 12 captivating projects; Design & piecing options; and, 6 block variations.

The powerful quilts of Harriet Powers (1837-1910), a former Athens, Georgia slave, continue to capture our imagination today. Her two-known creations, the Bible Quilt and the Pictorial Quilt, have independently survived since stitched more than a century ago. Over the years, thousands of museum visitors to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston have stood transfixed viewing her artwork. Powers' two quilts are arguably the most well-known and cited coverings in American quilt history. But, until today, no one has told the entire, dramatic story of how these two quilts, one of which initially sold for $5, were coveted, cared for, and cherished for decades in private homes before emerging as priceless, national treasures. This I Accomplish: Harriet Powers' Bible Quilts and Other Pieces brings to light new, exciting facts - many never before published: complete exhibition history for both known quilts; proof Harriet Powers was a literate, award-winning quilter, who stitched at least five quilts and promoted her own artwork; profiles of the two nineteenth century women who sought to purchase the Bible Quilt; profiles of the three men who once owned the Pictorial Quilt; unveiling of a young artist who embellished the Pictorial Quilt; and the name of the person who first made the connection in the twentieth century that Harriet Powers stitched both quilts. This I Accomplish: Harriet Powers' Bible Quilts and Other Pieces is the most comprehensive resource guide on this influential African American quilter. The book includes nearly 200 bibliographic references, most annotative, including books, exhibition catalogs, newspapers, plays, poetry, interactive map and more. For the first time ever, readers are provided with clues and encouraged to search for Harriet Powers' lost 1882 Lord's Supper Quilt. This I Accomplish: Harriet Powers' Bible Quilts and Other Pieces is written by Kyra E. Hicks, a quilter whose story quilts have appeared in over forty group exhibitions in places such as the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, NY, the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C., and the American Folk Art Museum in NY. Hicks is the author of Black Threads: An African American Quilting Sourcebook and Martha Ann's Quilt for Queen Victoria. She lives in Arlington, Virginia.

You do not need to know how to draw to make a good portrait in fabric. You do not need to be an artist. The process of creating a fabric portrait requires no paint at all. The realistic effect is achieved strictly with fabric, repositionable fusible web and thread painting. With the step-by-step help provided in this book you will learn how to select a workable photograph, use the computer to enhance the photograph, choose and apply fabric, bring the portrait to life with thread painting, and complete all of the final touches. With this book you can successfully produce a fabric portrait that you will be proud to hang in your home.

Marilyn Belford is an award winning creator of portrait quilts.

Take your French braid quilts in dramatic new directions with this sequel to the bestselling French Braid Quilts. You'll love the new shapes and sizes, new techniques, and bold new colors. You'll also love what hasn't changed-the fast strip piecing and crystal-clear instructions that have made French braid quilts a favorite style for thousands of quilters.

The staff of the fictional Elm Creek quilter's retreat-and 72 of author Jennifer Chiaverini's real-life friends-contributed 140 blocks to this beautiful sampler quilt that became Sylvia Compson's wedding gift inThe Master Quilter. Now you can join quilters around the world in making this much-loved quilt. Sylvia's Bridal Sampler makes a wonderful wedding gift, guild project, or raffle quilt.

You can never have too many star quilts, and Jan Krentz's latest book offers you a whole galaxy of big, colorful, pieced stars. Everything you need to succeed is here-from helpful advice on choosing the right fabrics, tools, and equipment, to step-by-step instructions for pain-free cutting, piecing, and finishing. Includes 5 full-size template patterns. * Make 20 simply spectacular star quilts featuring 10 different types of pieced stars * No fussing with tiny pieces! Large-scale quilts go together fast with Jan's time-saving techniques* Inspirational photo gallery of quilts by well-known quilters

This title shows readers how to create 'strata' or panels of various-width fabric strips sewn together, and then use them to piece beautiful blocks. Even novice quilters will have no trouble cutting and sewing blocks into designs with this step-by-step guide.

Important Note about PRINT ON DEMAND Editions: You are purchasing a print on demand edition of this book. This book is printed individually on uncoated (non-glossy) paper with the best quality printers available. The printing quality of this copy will vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated. The information presented in this version is the same as the latest edition. Any pattern pullouts have been separated and presented as single pages. If the pullout patterns are missing, please contact C&T Publishing. Make Your Quilts Look Like Antiques with Authentic Period Quilting Designs Over 300 historically accurate quilting designs, organized into four time periods to make it easy to find the right designs for your quilt Essential reference guide for anyone interested in vintage and antique quilts Designs for all skill levels, from beginner to advanced Use for hand or machine quilting You've created a beautiful quilt top in the style of your favorite era. But how do you quilt it? This huge collection of historic quilting designs has the answer. With hundreds of designs gathered from old quilts, patterns, books, magazines, and other original sources, you'll find the perfect quilting design to make your quilt look like it was created generations ago.

Suitable for those who like Lone-Star quilts, this collection contains 14 Lone Star blocks, 4 stylish quilt settings to mix and match, and 14 wallhanging designs to make use of your cut-offs. It also features the 'Diamond Free' technique for turning squares and rectangles into stars with perfect points and no y-seams."

Create eye-catching quilts with elegant curves with the help of this book, which instructs you in the angleplay method - the use of half-rectangle triangles to make exciting geometric designs.

Open a Treasure Chest of Batik Quilts. Make 29 vibrant batik quilts in colors that span the rainbow and sizes ranging from crib to king-size. Find out all about batiks - how they're made, how to care for them, and how to pair them beautifully with other quilting fabrics. Learn to make scrappy batik quilts in color combinations that really work. These quilts celebrate everything that's glorious about batiks - the rich colors, the exotic prints, and the dramatic effects you can get with easy patterns. Laurie makes it easy to create your own masterpiece with complete how-to instructions and lots of tips on fabrics, tools, and techniques. *Important Note about PRINT ON DEMAND Editions: The printing quality in this copy will vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated due to printing on demand by a high-quality printer on uncoated (non-glossy) paper. The information presented in this version is the same as the most recent printed edition. Any pattern pullouts have been separated and presented as single pages.

Mom is gone, the last of the four generations of Stadels who lived on Stadel Mountain. The 1870's farmhouse lies quiet, but for an old dust covered trunk. Memories of life on the farm draw us to the trunk.
The eager hands of the fifth generation gently open the lid to reveal twenty- four family quilts. Vibrant splashes of colorful fabrics stitched together in quilted patterns spill from the trunk. Quilts containing stories stitched from threads of time reveal the family's history. The beautiful quilts hide a box filled with photo albums, prose and poetry written by Mom. Our minds begin to create chapters of our family's role in the development of the Catskill Mountain area of New York. And thus, Quilts Stories From Stadel Mountain was written.
Co-authors, Gloria Driscoll and Carol Gendle, are daughters of Mae Stadel Reisinger. Gloria is the eldest of Mae Stadel Reisinger's children. She is a registered nurse, mother of three, avid quilter and quilt teacher. Gloria was featured in the "Yesterday Today" article of the February, 1999 issue of Quilting Today magazine. Carol is the youngest of Mae's children and mother of 2. She is a retired elementary teacher, quilter, and family historian.
The quilts and their stories have been juried into the New York Quilts in Troy, NY and the Bennington Quilt Show in Bennington, VT. Gloria and Carol have lectured for school, church, historical, and quilt groups, and their local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A presentation was also given for a women's studies class at the State University of New York at Binghamton. It is most unique that the twenty-four quilts, artifacts, historical references, and writings compiled to create this book come from one source, Stadel Mountain.

This title allows readers to discover the quilts that have made Paula Nadelstern one of the most respected quilters in the world. This book is a full-colour, visual retrospective packed with photos and in-depth, behind-the-scenes commentary on 19 of Nadelstern's best designs.

If "You can never have too many bags" is your motto, M'Liss Rae Hawley has just what you need: every kind of bag, from cute little children's purses, to handy pouches that make packing for vacation a breeze, and elegant evening bags for hitting the town in style. Add your own personal touch with handles and embellishments: applique, quilting, embroidery, buttons, beads, ribbons, and trims.

Ah, my little chickadee...and my little wrens, woodpeckers, swallows, swans, puffins, gulls, and all my other fine Feathered Friends. Here you all are, all ready to fly onto my quilts and other home-decor projects with eighteen easy paper-pieced blocks. Each 12 x 13-inch block features a bird in a realistic pose and setting, and all the seams are straight, no curves. The blocks can be used to make quilts, wall hangings, table runners, pillows, placemats, and more. Make fine feathered friends for all of your fine friends, with Feathered Friends.

Always wanted to design a quilt of your very own...but didn't know where to start? Let this book show you how Ten innovative approaches to designing art quilts make it easy for any quilter, beginning to advanced, to free the artist within. These "game plans" help quilters create a design, then turn that design into a pattern, then complete the quilt. World-renowned artist and teacher Katie Pasquini Masopust offers inspiration and practical guidance in Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter.

With step-by-step instructions, this book teaches how to create dazzling and dramatic quilts based on traditional sunshine and shadow designs using quick and simple strip-piecing, 9-patch, and square block techniques.

Bestselling author and teacher M'Liss is back again with this essential tool for beginning quilters. The tool has everything you need to know to make a beautiful quilt-M'Liss takes you step by step from start to finish. * Learning to quilt is easy with this handy reference guide full of M'Liss's tips and time-saving techniques * Lots of helpful how-to photos you'll use again and again * Portable, purse-sized book opens flat so it's easy to refer to while you work * Make 9 easy blocks, each one a traditional favorite, then turn the blocks into a charming sampler quilt. (Bonus! Make a matching pillow or a quick 4-block quilt) * Detailed shopping list includes all the materials you need to complete the quilt, including basic quilting supplies and the specific fabrics

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