Utility-Style Quilts for Everyday Living

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

Book Description
In Utility-Style Quilts for Everyday Living, renowned fabric and quilt designer Sharon Holland provides 12 well-illustrated projects for simple yet beautiful quilts, ranging from table runners to a queen-sized quilt. Each fast-pieced, stash-busting project is great for beginners, with skill-building design tips and suggestions throughout.

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.

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.

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.

Miss Rosie's Spice of Life Quilts

Author: Carrie Nelson
Publisher: Leisure Arts
ISBN: 9781601406613
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 112

Book Description
Designer Carrie Nelson and her famous canine friend, Rosie, return with another beautiful collection of 13 quilts in Miss Rosie's Spice of Life Quilts. This book is a phenomenal opportunity for encouraging fabric sales! The quilts display Carrie's amazing talent at achieving perfect color balance in her fabric choices while keeping the super-scrappy, serendipitous, and always original feel that quilters adore. As Carrie herself says, "The more fabrics I can use in each quilt I make, the happier I am." Quilters can choose from such stash-busting patterns as True Blue, Ginger Belle, Double Duty, Home Sweet Home, Whirligig, Elizabeth, Raise the Roof, Jellystone, or Going Buggy. Charming and amusing stories are also included to explain how Carrie named each quilt!

Scrappy Project Planner

Author: Lori Holt
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780996632263
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

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.

Amy Butler's Style Stitches

Author: Amy Butler
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1452132585
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
In this illustrated sewing guide, the celebrated designer shares twelve new patterns with loads of variations for stylish bags of all kinds. With the patterns in Amy Butler’s Style Stitches, you can create everything from chic clutches and delicate wristlets to pretty hobo bags and handy coin purses. Each project is designed with Butler’s fresh, modern style and attention to detail. She also includes easy-to-follow instructions for altering dimensions, straps, and embellishments so you can make each piece truly your own. This ebook includes illustrated step-by-step directions, a comprehensive techniques section, and instructions for how to print the patterns themselves, making an essential and fashionable addition to every sewer’s digital library.

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

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