An eclectic collection of gently used books. You never know what treasures you will find!
55 products
An eclectic collection of gently used books. You never know what treasures you will find!
55 products
Beautiful Blooms
Regular price $7.50Quilts and cushions to applique. Bring your very own gorgeous garden of flowers to life with appliqued blooms. Creative English roses, Irish shamrocks, Welsh daffodils and more. Features 10 wall quilts with 10 coordinating round and square cushions, with instructions for hand applique and advice on adapting the patterns to other methods. Author: Susan Taylor Propst; That Patchwork Place; 112 pages; softcover. Copyright 2008; pre-owned, good condition.
Belt Bazaar
Regular price $3.00Written by a university clothing professor, the author shows you how to create a variety of belts. Author: Shirley Adams; Shirley Adams Publications; 37 pages; softcover. Copyright 1984, 1987 & 1992; pre-owned, good condition. Signed by the Author. Please Note: This pattern cover differs from that shown and is not in color.
Blouse Pattern Pizazz
Regular price $5.00Written by a university clothing professor, the author takes you through construction of many different blouses, with information on blouse closures, bodice interior changes, necklines, collars, and sleeves. Author: Shirley Adams; Shirley Adams Publications; 80 pages; softcover. Copyright 1982; pre-owned, good condition. Signed by the Author. Please Note: This is her first edition and the pattern cover differs from that shown.
Color Mastery
Regular price $7.5010 Principles for Creating Stunning Quilts with over 50 proven techniques to achieve brilliant color with your stash. How to develop your unique color vision; how to see color in your stash, how to make any color work with any other color, and more. Author: Maria Peagler; Willow Ridge Press; 100 pages; softcover. Copyright 2009; pre-owned, good condition.
Christmas Treasures
Regular price $10.00Over 50 gifts, ornaments, and decorations to craft and stitch are included in this book. Star patterns, stockings, gift tags, wreaths, tree skirts, place mats and more. Author: Robby Smith; Meredith Press; 192 pages; Hard Cover. Copyright 1990; pre-owned, good condition.
Classic & Chic Bead Jewelry
Regular price $3.00Learn the techniques you need to make your own unique jewelry. Assembly lovely bracelets, necklaces, and earrings as you learn how to attach crimp beads, make loops, open and close jump rings, cut and bend memory wire, and make wire curlicues. Authors: Carole Rodgers, Jennifer Mayer & Deb Berg; Design Originals; 19 pages; softcover. Copyright 2003; pre-owned, good condition.
Baskets (The Classic American Quilt Collection)
Regular price $7.50Patterns and instructions for a variety of Baskets Projects: Fruit Baskets, Postage Stamp Baskets, Red and Orange Baskets, Bluebirds of Happiness, Amish Easter Baskets, Carolina Lily Medallion and many more! Editors: Mary V. Green and Karen Costello Soltys; Rodale Press; 122 pages; Hard Cover. Copyright 1994 ; pre-owned, good condition.
Color and Composition for the Creative Quilter
Regular price $5.00Improve any quilt with easy-to-follow lessons, build a color wheel from fabric to learn color theory, discover easy "Nine Patches" of color and composition. Can be used for quilting, paper crafts and more. Authors: Katie Pasquini Masopust and Brett Barker; C&T Publishing; 80 pages; softcover. Copyright 2005; pre-owned, good condition.
Bargello Tapestry Quilts
Regular price $5.00These bargello quilts look like needlework tapestry. This book shows you many different ways to create your own spectacular Bargello Tapestry quilt using only two technical skills: cutting a straight line and sewing a straight seam. Author: Marilyn Doheny; Doheny Publications; 134 pages; softcover. Copyright 1994; pre-owned, good condition. Signed by the Author.
Attic Windows: Quilts with a View
Regular price $5.00This is the 2nd edition of Attic Windows--a timeless technique--where you can bring together your imagination and favorite motif fabrics. Now in full color, you'll find information on selecting fabrics, tips on how to use colors effectively, and numerous exercises to help you plan a one-of a kind quilt. A gallery of 50 traditional and contemporary Attic Windows quilts are included. Authors: Diane Leone and Cindy Walter; Krause Publications; 96 pages; softcover. Copyright 2000, pre-owned, good condition.
Beyond Log Cabin
Regular price $5.00Take a traditional log cabin block, add a little experimentation and a dash of color and you will have a fabulous quilt. This book presents nine quilts based on this traditional block, but with a very different look. Author: Kerry Gadd; That Patchwork Place; 112 pages; softcover. Copyright 1995; pre-owned, good condition.
Building Block Quilts
Regular price $3.00This books uses the 60 degree triangle ruler to make blocks such s the Tumbling Block. Step-by-step instructions, clear illustrations, and color photos of other quilts are included. Author: Sarah Nephew; Clearview Triangle; 64 pages; softcover. Copyright 1990; pre-owned, good condition with one tiny tear on the back cover.
Watercolor Impressions
Regular price $5.00Explore 74 watercolor-quilt impressions that will inspire you to make your own masterpiece. Glorious color photos show the gradual movement from dark to light, smooth color transitions, and magical light sources in the style of impressionist painters. Learn where the quilt artists get their ideas in the artist statements. Authors: Pat Maixner Margaret and Donna Ingram Slusser; That Patchwork Place; 112 pages; softcover. Copyright 1995; pre-owned, good condition.
Easy Pieces
Regular price $7.50Learn how a simple block can be a springboard for endless quilt-making possibilities. Just two different rotary-cut blocks, each made of easy triangle and wedge-shaped pieces, are all you need to create hundreds of quilts. Includes step-by-step instructions for two projects; 12 pattern worksheets, and additional black worksheets included. Over 60 finished quilts are shown to spark your creative imagination. Author: Margaret J. Miller; C&T Publishing; 144 pages; softcover. Copyright 1998; pre-owned, good condition.
Stack-n-Whackier Quilts
Regular price $7.50This book contains the same easy-to-follow format and charts as the original Magic Stack-and-Whack by Bethany Reynolds. Layering and cutting multiple pieces to create butterflies, fans, flowers, optional illusions and more are covered. Author: Bethany Reynolds; AQS, American Quilter's Society; 136 pages; softcover. Copyright 2001; pre-owned, good condition.
Free Style Quilts
Regular price $5.00Susan Carlson shows you how to create your own beautiful free-style quilt designs with her easy "no rules" fabric collage techniques. Step-by-step instructions and three different patterns for Susan's fish designs are included, as well as how-tos for making flowers and butterflies. Author: Susan Carlson; C&T Publishing; 96 pages; softcover. Copyright 2000; pre-owned, good condition.
101 Patchwork Patterns
Regular price $3.00Originally printed in 1931, Ruby McKim worked for the Kansas City Star. This book contains quilt name stories, cutting designs, material suggestions, yardage estimates and "definite instructions for every step of quilt making." Author: Ruby McKim; Dover Publications, Inc.; 126 pages; softcover. Copyright 1962, pre-owned, fair condition. Note: This edition is the blue cover.
Razzle Dazzle Quilts
Regular price $5.00Get creative with these single-, double- and triple-split blocks will give your quilts a rich, complex look--all while sidestepping complicated sewing techniques. Learn to create dramatic, eye-catching quilts with these easy methods that show you how to "split" quilt blocks with simple sashing. Author: Judy Hooworth; That Patchwork Place; 96 pages; softcover. Copyright 2001, pre-owned, good condition.
Isometric Perspective
Regular price $5.00Isometric design is a way of creating dimensional quilts based on the isometric grid. This book explains now to use grid graph paper and tracing paper to create illusions of space. There are 18 lessons on different isometric blocks, 36 color plates of quilts, and a pattern for the Nuts and Bolts quilt. Author: Katie Pasquini-Masopust; C&T Publishing; 80 pages; softcover. Copyright 1992, pre-owned, good condition.
Threadplay
Regular price $5.00Learn how to create beautiful thread-embellished quilts on your sewing machine. You can create fascinating ribbon illusions, do thread painting, bobbin drawing and couching, plus use applique in exciting new ways. Finishing tips and photos are included. Author: Libby Lehman; That Patchwork Place; 95 pages; softcover. Copyright 1998, pre-owned, good condition.
Attic Windows
Regular price $3.00This book takes a contemporary view of Attic Windows quilts. A discussion of components, selecting fabric, yardage charts, variations and how to finish the quilts are included, as are yardage charts. Author: Diane Leone; Leone Publications; 64 pages; softcover. Copyright 1998, pre-owned, good condition.
Quilting Your Memories
Regular price $5.00Rescue your photos from those tired, sterile photo-album pages--feature them in a precious heirloom, a whimsical storybook scene, or an extraordinary work of art instead. Learn how to transfer photographs, children's drawings, and more onto fabric. There are more than 50 spectacular quilts to view, plus techniques for using image-transfer paper and more. Author: Sandy Bonsib; Martingale Press; 112 pages; softcover. Copyright 1999; pre-owned, good condition.
Quilt Like a Pro
Regular price $6.00From Basics to Beautiful. Special sections in the book include Thunderbird Log Cabin, Starmaker Designs, Quilt Strip Methods, Finishing Techniques; Reversible Log Cabin and how to pre-wash fabric ravel free. Author: Kay Wood; Kay Wood Publishing; 162 pages; spiral bound. Copyright 1983; pre-owned, good condition.
The Thimbleberries Book of Quilts
Regular price $10.00Lynette Jensen shares over 30 of her signature country style quilt designs with detailed diagrams and step-by-step instructions. There are bed-size, wall or miniature quilts, table runners, place mats, pillows, chair pads and an assortment of festive Christmas Projects. Author: Lynette Jensen; Rodale Press; 248 pages; softcover. Copyright 1998; pre-owned, good condition.
Confetti Quilts
Regular price $5.00This book is a colorful adventure in designing quilts. Author Mary Mashuta tells you there is no one right answer to quilt making color dilemmas.d You'll learn to stretch and build your color confidence with her help. There are six quilt projects based on simple, traditional style blocks. Author: Mary Mashuta; C&T Publishing; 112 pages; softcover. Copyright 2003; pre-owned, in good condition.
American Country/The Country Traveler
Regular price $7.50Exploring America's Outdoor Museums, including Historic Deerfield, Genesee Country Museum, The Museum of Appalachia, Historic Old Salem, Hancock Shaker Museum, and El Rancho de las Golondrinas. Editor: Marya Dalrymple; Time-Life Books; 24 pages; hardcover. Copyright 1990; pre-owned, in good condition.
Bird's Eye Quilt
Regular price $5.00Judy Knoechel shows you step-by-step how to create this simple little diamond quilt.. Author: Judy Knoechel; Quilt in a Day; 64 pages; softcover. Copyright 1993; pre-owned, good condition.
Card Crazy
Regular price $3.00This book shows you how to use the enclosed deluxe card templates with your cards, tags, layouts and mini albums. Cardmaking tips and techniques are included with more than 315 ideas. Authors: Various; Deluxe Designs, 80 pages; softcover. Copyright 2003; pre-owned, good condition.
Chameleon Quilts - Versatile Looks Using Traditonal Patterns
Regular price $5.00This book shows you how to use traditional patterns along with today's best fabrics and techniques. You will create multiple quilts from single patterns and end up with completely different looks, just like a chameleon. Easy instructions designed for beginners and experts alike take you through six quilt-square stiles with multiple colorways, layout designs and applique ideas. There are 19 unique projects from quilts and tablecloths to place mats and pillows with 33 reusable templates. Author: Margrit Hall; Krause Publications, 128 pages; softcover. Copyright 2006; pre-owned, good condition.
Magical FourPatch and Nine-Patch Quilts
Regular price $5.00Noted fiber artist Yvonne Porcella shares her techniques for turning basic Four-Patches and Nine-Patches into visually dynamic quilts. There are 10 incredible quilting projects with quilts constructed using simple strip piecing and foundation piecing. Yvonne's "Magical Numbering System" makes choosing fabrics practically pointless. Author: Yvonne Porcella; C&T Publishing; 48 pages; softcover. Copyright 2001; pre-owned, good condition.
50 Country Quilting Projects
Regular price $6.00Filled with the country look and country colors you love, 50 Country Quilting Projects is filled with quilt projects you will love to create. Each project has a materials list (including yardage), cutting guidelines in easy-to-read chart form; step-by-step assembly directions, clear and detailed assembly diagrams, and color photography of the finished project. Editor: Margit Echols; Rodale Press; 240 pages; hardcover. Copyright 1990 ; pre-owned, good condition.
American Patchwork and Quilting
Regular price $10.00This book is an invitation to explore the rich diversity of a uniquely American folk craft. You'll discover new sources for patchwork designs, how to create new projects from time-honored familiar motifs, and compare exquisite antique quilts with stunning examples of contemporary patchwork artistry. Included are patterns and instructions for more than 200 projects. Author: Better Homes and Gardens; Meredith Corporation; 320 pages; hardcover. Copyright 1985; pre-owned, good condition.
Anita's Sampler with CD
Regular price $20.00Anita's Sampler has a sewing notions theme with a dozen different techniques in one collection. Each of the quilting blocks comes in multiple sizes and is fully compatible with their Mix and Match quilting line. The CD is included and covers everything from folded fabric to raw edge applique. Author: Anita Goodesigns; Anita Goodesign; 128 pages; softcover. Copyright 2015; pre-owned, good condition. CD has not been opened. Originally priced at over $150.00.
Apple Core - Quilting from the Heartland
Regular price $2.00This 16 page book is packed with a bushel of how-to diagrams in color with tips included on how to get the best results from the peeling to the core. Easy to follow cutting and sewing instructions are included. Host: Sharlene Jorgenson; Crafting from the Heartland; 16 pages; softcover. Copyright 1994; pre-owned, good condition.
Each month for 12 months, you receive the pattern and fabric to create a 12" finished quilt block. An informational sheet about that month's gemstone is also included. Patterns are easy to follow with color photos. A Finishing Kit to turn it into a gorgeous quilt is available at the end of the program. Completed quilt measures approximately 57" x 72".
This is the book version of our popular Block of the Month Program! Designed by Roxy Burgard, each butterfly is set on point and surrounded by four colorful batik fabrics. There are 12 different butterfly blocks,
named after real butterflies. Instructions are given for creating 12 different quilt blocks set into a beautiful 48” x 60” wall quilt.
What a cutie! You’ll love embroidering this classic basket wall quilt. Straight out of the 1920s, it may be tiny, but it’s packed with embroidery stitches! By PAB Designs, the stitches are easy to complete, including outline, lazy daisy, and French knot. Each month you will receive the fabric and floss you need to construct one 6" square basket block. Finished quilt is 16" x 22.
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