Get into the Christmas spirit with these quick-and-easy holiday projects - from adorable applique designs for Santas, snowmen, sleighs, snowflakes to creating tree skirts, table runners, and other festive accessories. "A Cozy Quilted Christmas" presents 17 festive projects and over 90 full-size patterns to mix and match. Great for gifts and great for making the festive season more cheerful than ever before, these projects put the ho-ho-ho in home decor!

Some quilters love piecing and pinning and pondering. Others need to see results fast. This book is for the second group. With six full-size patterns, Shirley Stutz shows how to use large-scale prints for quick, elegant Lone Star quilts--one day, one star; sixteen days, one bed-size quilt. Now that's fast!

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.

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.

Easier to make than a conventional quilt or a painted floorcloth, a Floorquilt is the perfect way to turn the fabric you love into a masterpiece you can use. Plus, there's no sewing! Decoupage techniques and supplies are all you need to transform a piece of canvas into a beautiful, durable floorcloth. Ellen guides you every step of the way, from choosing raw fabric to applying a protective finish to the completed Floorquilt. Lots of how-to photographs and inspiring examples.

Readers of this book will learn how to create intricate-looking quilts using only simple precut fabrics and eleven easy weaving techniques. Featuring step-by-step instructions and illustrative photographs, this book will help quilters of all levels to master these weaving techniques.

Applique suddenly became colourful, easy and fun with Madeleine Millington's unique designs, brimming with character. Discover the tactile qualities of wool blanket fabric, using applique and simple hand stitching to produce imaginative and original designs. This title offers lovely Christmas projects, with angels, stars and hearts aplenty! Create a festive mood with an Angel Frieze or a Christmas Stocking. Make your own decorations, including a delightful Advent Calendar with heart pockets in which to hide small gifts.

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.

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.

'Super Simple Quilts' features three easy-to-quilt designs in three sizes - wall-hanging, twin or queen - with three vibrant colour schemes, three quick ways to secure the quilt layers together, and three simple techniques for binding and finishing.

Following on from her bestselling first book 'Contemporary Quilts', award-winning contemporary quilt artist Sandra Meech explains how to harness your own creativity to add innovation and depth to your quilt and embroidery work. In 'Creative Quilts', she shows you how to take inspiration from a wealth of sources, including art, textiles and architecture, and gives special emphasis to journals and sketchbooks. The book contains full instructions for a range of exciting techniques, including surface embellishment, mixed-media techniques, and taking quilt work into three dimensions, plus practical advice on exhibiting work. Special 'Creativity Plus' and 'Design Workshop' exercises help you to develop confidence in your own creativity.Illustrated with work from the world's leading quilt and textile artists, this book is both a practical workbook and a precious source of inspiration.

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.

Like all art forms, quilting has its ""masters,"" and Vicksburg, Mississippi's Martha Butcher Skelton is among them. Noted quilt scholar Mary Elizabeth Johnson chronicles Martha Skelton's life and her development into one of America's foremost quilt artists. Born in West Virginia, Martha Skelton was reared in Oklahoma. Her interest in quilting began when, as a girl, she watched her mother and aunts make quilts and enjoy needlework. After graduating college and marrying, she moved to Vicksburg and served as a school librarian for a number of years while raising a family. During this time, her quilting began to develop into an art. Having completed more than two hundred quilts (over ninety of which are photographed here in full color), Skelton has been recognized as a master quilter and teacher of the craft. Twice she was selected to participate in the Smithsonian Institution's Folklife Festival. She was instrumental in establishing the quilting program for the Mississippi State Fair and has taught in almost every Mississippi county, as well as in numerous other states. Two of her quilts are a part of the Museum of the American Quilter's Society's permanent collection, and her quilts are also included in the Mountain Mist quilt collection and the Mississippi Department of Archives and History collection. Mary Elizabeth Johnson is the author of numerous books on quilting. She lives and works in Montgomery, Alabama. Walt Grayson is an author and host of the public television show Mississippi Roads.

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

Margaret J. Miller shakes up that been-there, done-that feeling with the half-rectangle triangle. Clear step-by-step directions, with how-to photographs and lots of triangle-placing tips, make AnglePlay into child's play. Quilters will be amazed to see curved designs start to emerge from straight-line piecing--a remarkable trompe I'oeil effect that's spotlighted in a gallery that will inspire and delight.

Did you know that your tops can tell you exactly how to quilt them? It's true! Expert machine quilter Christine Maraccini guides you through every step, taking cues from the intended use of the quilt and the shapes and patterns created by your piecing and applique. Discover no-mark-motifs that fit each space and learn the techniques to apply them to your own unique quilt. It includes complete, step-by-step instructions for 6 quilts, including 3 different quilting options for each and 9 trapunto templates!

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.

Beginners, make a stunning quilt "in one day"! One day! ONE!

* Second book in the popular Pizzazz series

* Perfect for beginners, classes, groups

Rectangles. So simple. So straightforward. By far the easiest shape to cut and piece--but up till now, the resulting quilts seemed a bit...limited. No more! Now beginners and more advanced crafters can make fabulous quilts by combining special fabrics with oh-so-simple rectangles--and they can have those quilts finished in just one day. Five great projects with simple construction and stunning results are perfect for classes and groups, too!

*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. Color Inspiration to Make Every Quilt a Knockout * Develop a keen color sense with Joen's easy visual coloring technique * Learn to use this foolproof technique to select your quilt's colors and fabrics Do you get stuck when choosing colors and fabrics for your quilts? Joen comes to your rescue with this amazingly simple, practically foolproof technique. Using visual coloring, you'll learn to select colors you love in nature and duplicate the effect in your work. You'll find tons of photographs, fabric-swatch examples, and gallery quilts using this color selection technique, plus 5 simple and beautiful quilt projects.

Mix 'n match 24 sensational paper-pieced star blocks in 9 quilt projects. 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. The original version of this book came with a CD. You can access the full content of this CD online at C&T's website.

Zen and Now of Quilting Art is a fascinating adventure that takes the reader into the past of fiber art and its exciting history. From Ancient Egypt through the Victorian era and beyond the use of textiles is explored in the pages of this colorful and informative book. The technique of hand quilting as therapy is demonstrated in a unique manner that is interesting and enlightening. The Enhancement Method of hand quilting is demonstrated in easy to follow photographs and directions. Pattern for the Egyptian Medallion Quilt on the cover is included along with complete instructions for assembly. Fun to read, stimulating for the mind, let your creative juices flow as you create your own Art from the palette of fabric. Historian, Photographer, Artist or Quilter there is something of interest for all readers in this artful journey. Zen and Now of Quilting Art is a truly absorbing masterful creation visually stunning, a delightful read.

OUT OF PRINT Capture the Moment...in Your Own Words * It's easy to add words, phrases, and monograms to your quilt projects using applique and embroidery in 6 different lettering styles * Decorate your quilts with playful lettering and preserve your memories * 8 traditional projects, including quilts, pillows, runners, and throws-great for home decor accents and gifts * Learn how to modify your favorite lettering style for stitching Leave a lasting impression! Personalize all your quilts with words and phrases in machine blanket-stitch applique and embroidery! Includes fullsize patterns for letters and numbers used in the projects. Complete alphabets and numbers for 6 lettering styles. Add even more variety with shadowing or combining techniques. Also, a resource list for more fonts!