Strips 'n Curves

Author: Louisa L. Smith
Publisher: C&T Publishing
ISBN: 9781571201683
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The combination of straight lines and gentle curves creates zingy but easy-to-make quilts. You'll be hooked before you know it! Includes 3 quilt projects.

A New Twist on Strips 'n Curves

Author: Louisa L. Smith
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607052997
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
Strip Piecing With Twists and Turns! Start with basic strip piecing, add easy and gently curved edges, and prepare to be amazed! Louisa introduces 4 design concepts, 2 template based and 2 template free, all with step-by-step instructions. Whether you own Louisa’s 2001 best-selling Strips ‘n Curves or you’re new to the world of combining curved-edge and strip piecing, you’ll love the fresh ideas and fabulous inspiration in this book. Learn Louisa’s four new techniques (Half Clamshell, Free-Form Curves, Strips ‘n Circles, and The Swirl); then try them in four complete project quilts! Lots of step-bystep photos and clear instructions ensure your success. Ideas for home décor, garments, and quilts, quilts, quilts!

Curves in Motion

Author: Judy Dales
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1571207716
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 164

Book Description
Working with curves in quilts opens the door to a world of immense beauty, excitement, and grace. Quiltmaker Judy B. Dales teaches you her methods for creating free-form curved designs. Step-by-step instructions take you from the design stage through making the master pattern and templates, demonstrating that curves need not be complex or difficult to be effective. Special techniques showyou how to use registration and intersection marks to ensure perfectly flat pieced tops. Learn to create contrasts using the color, value, and texture of your fabrics. Includes 5 projects ranging from intermediate skill level to advanced. Photographs of over 50 finished quilts provide creative inspiration.

Quilting Curves

Author: Vikki Pignatelli
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
ISBN: 9780844242491
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Award-winning quiltmaker Vikki Pignatelli introduces a revolutionary method of quiltmaking that takes the time, trouble, and frustration out of making a perfect quilt. Her easy techniques in Quilting Curves ensure that your designs come together quickly, with beautiful, graceful results--even for beginners. Ideal for machine quilters, Pignatelli shows you how to make wonderful, flowing curves and perfect star points without the tricky needle turn or precise piecing techniques that traditional quiltmaking involves. She demonstrates how to use a variation on her method for creating three-dimensional effects. A chapter on creativity provides you with the tools to start creating quilts of your own design. Fast, fun, and easy quilt tops that would take weeks to piece using conventional methods come together in hours Trouble-free quilts appear to be intricately pieced but are easy to topstitch by machine Eight complete patterns help you master the technique before moving on to create quilts of your own design

Inspiring Improv

Author: Nicholas Ball
Publisher: Lucky Spool
ISBN: 9781940655376
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 144

Book Description
No patterns here, but definitely a plan! Explore the freeing power of improvised piecing with Nicholas Ball in his first book, Inspiring Improv. Learn his step-by-step technique-based process to explore six fundamental piecing structures. Practice how to stitch fabric together in an improvisational manner to create blocks or sections before using them to sew unique quilts all your own. Improv piecing doesn't have to mean chaotic end results. Look to the eight original projects included to see how to create sophisticated quilts with structure focusing on repeating blocks or large-scale scrappy designs. Follow along as Nicholas walks you through his original inspiration and follow his plan through to finished pieces, as he discusses which combination of his core piecing methods he used, and how to achieve showstopping, exciting work. From simple strip piecing through to complex circles and rings, you will be eager to experiment with making slabs, gentle curves, insets, triangles and even 9-patch and Log Cabin stacks. In no time, you'll be using them as a stepping stone to sewing original full-sized improvisational designs.

Circle Play

Author: Reynola Pakusich
Publisher: C&T Publishing
ISBN: 9781571202352
Category : Patchwork
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Stretch your creativity, plus have fun as you create beautiful, dramatic quilts!

Tradition with a Twist

Author: Blanche Young
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1607050242
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
Put a new twist on your favorite traditional quilt designs with this guide featuring creative fabrics and modern, time-saving techniques! Legendary quilters Blanch Young and Dalene Young-Stone present a new twist on traditional quilt patterns including Boston Commons, Trip Around the World, Sunshine and Shadow, Nine Patch, Irish Chain, and more using new construction methods and composing with an exciting palette of contemporary fabrics. The authors introduce the basics of working with fabric to create strip sets to easily construct magnificent quilts. Their streamlined techniques were developed to get traditional quality results using the tools of today, such as rotary cutters and cutting mats.

Stratavarious Quilts

Author: Barbara Persing
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
ISBN: 160705082X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
Slice and Sew Fat Quarters to Make Striking Quilts. Simple technique: cut strips, join, slice, and sew! Great for fabricaholics - search your stash for strata possibilities. Make your quilt spectacular with special borders, appliqué, and quilting. What's the secret to making an easy quilt masterpiece? Create "strata," or panels of various-width fabric strips sewn together, and then use them to piece beautiful blocks. Even beginners will have no trouble cutting and sewing perfect blocks into striking designs. The gallery highlights a variety of design possibilities.

Curvy Log Cabin Quilts

Author: Jean Ann Wright
Publisher: Landauer (IL)
ISBN: 9781935726685
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"Make perfect curvy log cabin blocks easily with no math and no measuring"--Cover.

Double Vision Quilts

Author: Louisa L. Smith
Publisher: C&T Publishing
ISBN: 9781617451232
Category : Afghans (Coverlets)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Learn how to turn squares and rectangles into circles and ovals with no curved piecing--it's easy! Take an artistic journey with 11 mind-bending quilts that fool the eye with innovative layering, playful patterns, and delightful color choices. The best-selling author of Strips 'n Curves shares three simple construction methods for endless possibilities. With something for every type of quilter, this opulent collection will inspire you to see your fabrics in a whole new light.