Utility-Style Quilts for Everyday Living

Author: Sharon Holland
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1607656094
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 213

Book Description
12 well illustrated projects, ranging from table runners to a queen-sized quilt. Great beginner book. Skill-building design tips and suggestions throughout. Teaches each technique in an unintimidating way with a focus on the quilt’s ultimate use—not on unattainable perfection. Author Sharon Holland designs fabric for Art Gallery Fabrics and founded Quilt-it...today and Sew-it...today magazines.

Sew Caroline Weekend Style

Author: Caroline Hulse
Publisher: Fons & Porter Books
ISBN: 9781440246494
Category : Machine sewing
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
"Includes a CD-ROM with PDF patterns"--Back cover.

City Quilts

Author: Cherri House
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607051400
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
Discover Endless Design Possibilities in Everything from Parks to Parking Lots! • Create city-inspired quilts by piecing together simple geometric shapes • Beginner-friendly project designs are inspired by modern urban architecture and landscapes • Learn how to achieve dramatic looks with more effective use of color, value, and placement • Work with traditional blocks like Flying Geese and Log Cabin in a new way Turn your love of urban cityscapes into beautiful quilts. In this book, you'll discover the secrets of minimalist design-how to find beauty in the basic elements of your environment. These projects deliver exciting, vivid results with solid color fabrics. City Quilts was named one of the Best Books of 2010 in the Fiber Crafts Category by Library Journal, and is a finalist in the 2010 Foreword Book of the Year Awards.

Quilting in Black and White

Author: House of White Birches
Publisher: Leisure Arts
ISBN: 1609003586
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 66

Book Description
Quilts usually have color and lots of it. However, if you add a little or a lot of black and white to your quilt pattern, you will add more than a little drama to your project, and you'll end up with a quilt that is both striking and unique. If you haven't tried quilting with black and white fabrics, now is the time to start. When you make the quilts in this book, you'll learn for yourself the beauty to be found in black and white.

Everyday Use

Author: Alice Walker
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 9780813520766
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Presents the text of Alice Walker's story "Everyday Use"; contains background essays that provide insight into the story; and features a selection of critical response. Includes a chronology and an interview with the author.

Quilts of India

Author: Patrick J. Finn
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789381523933
Category : Quilts
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The first extensive survey of Indian quilts; exploring the historic and contemporary context of quilt-making in India, detailing designs, techniques and 25 unique quilting genres.

No Scrap Left Behind

Author: Amanda Jean Nyberg
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1617453374
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
“Make use of those small pieces . . . The peek into [the author’s] design process (including some ideas that didn't quite work) is fascinating.” —Library Journal (starred review) Rescue your fabric scraps—even the smallest pieces—with these sixteen satisfying quilts and projects. Sew modern quilts for everyday use that will help you return to the roots of quiltmaking, with projects designed to help you use up every last scrap. Learn sorting and storage tips to help you plan your next quilt, with projects categorized by type of scrap—squares, strings, triangles, or little snippets. With this extensively illustrated guide from teacher and designer Amanda Jean Nyberg, you’ll never look at scraps the same way again! “Fabulous . . . Even those experienced in working with scraps are likely to learn something from her insights. Highly recommended.” ―Homespun

Modern Heritage Quilts

Author: Amy Ellis
Publisher: Martingale
ISBN: 1604687797
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 83

Book Description
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

Craft in America

Author: Jo Lauria
Publisher: Potter Style
ISBN: 0307346471
Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 323

Book Description
Illustrated with 200 stunning photographs and encompassing objects from furniture and ceramics to jewelry and metal, this definitive work from Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton showcases some of the greatest pieces of American crafts of the last two centuries. Potter Craft

All that is Solid Melts Into Air

Author: Marshall Berman
Publisher: Verso
ISBN: 9780860917854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
The experience of modernization -- the dizzying social changes that swept millions of people into the capitalist world -- and modernism in art, literature and architecture are brilliantly integrated in this account.