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he Crows in the Corn Quilt by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet for It's Sew Emma features pieced crow and star blocks. Finished size is 69" x 77".

With 30 charted patterns to create your own designs for needlepoint and cross stitch.  This book gathers a variety of patterns, including fruit, butterflies, roses, ribbons, bows, animals, alphabets, leaves, berries, plaids, and thistles.  Author: Amelia Saint George; Hardcover; 128 pages.

That family quilt is even more special when you have a glimpse of the life and times of the quiltmaker. Agnes M. Pool, a longtime quilter, teacher, appraiser and author, offers a step-by-step guide to help you document your projects. Here are tips for gathering information and photographing the quilts, staging an exhibition, hanging the quilts, labeling, and getting an appraisal and insurance. Also included are forms for ensuring that the information is complete. Author: Agnes M. Pool; Softcover; 32 pages.

Free-Wheeling fun with easy-sew circles and curves.  These artful quilts are breathtaking to look at, and surprisingly easy to make!  Fabric bias covers raw fabric edges in a quick, accurate technique. Author: Wendy Hill; Softcover; 95 pages.

A brief guide to embroidered flowers.  Includes diagrams and the various embroidery stitches uses.  Author: Kit Pyman; Softcover; 32 pages.

Could someone you know be an angel in disguise, watching over you from day to day? Now you can thank those special everyday angels in your life by celebrating their good deeds in a heavenly quilt! Create your own everyday angels with: Step-by-step guidance for choosing themes and developing stories; ideas for using creative embellishments, letters, and borders; twenty-five templates, including angel wings, halos, faces, and bodies; and spectacular photos of more than 50 quilts, along with their makers’ stories. Use seasons, cultural themes, family traditions, friends, pets, or simply portray a memory to share with someone you love. Whether your angels are folksy, humble, wild, or spunky, they’ll be thankful you captured their kindness in their very own quilt! Author: Mary Lou Weidman; Softcover; 96 pages.

This mother-daughter team has collaborated to create quilt blocks in four sizes set into four sampler quilts. Three pillow and three pincushion patterns are also included.  Author: Sherri McConnell and Chelsi Stratton; It's Sew Emma; 88 pages; softcover.

Farm Girl Vintage by Lori Holt of a Bee in my Bonnet for It's Sew Emma includes complete instructions for 45 sampler blocks in two sizes (6" and 12"), three farm blocks and a bumper crop of projects! The fourteen projects include ten quilts, two table runners, a table topper and a potholder. Full color instructions, beautiful photos and general Farm Girl fun are included. Author: Lori Holt; Its Sew Emma; 144 pages; spiral bound softcover.

Farm Girl Vintage 2 by Lori Holt of a Bee in my Bonnet for It's Sew Emma brings even more quilt blocks and projects for all Farm Girl Vintage fans to enjoy. Lori has rounded up 45 unique 6" and 12" quilt blocks inspired by her rural roots. She has also designed 13 new projects in this book, including quilts, pillows, a pincushion, and of course a fantastic new sampler quilt! As always, quilters can mix and match quilt blocks from Lori’s previous books, so they can piece together endless possibilities. Author: Lori Holt; It's Sew Emma; 201 pages; spiral bound softcover.

Ten inch squares combine to create lap quilts that are intriguing but easy to do and great for gift-giving that says I love you. There are nine projects that are perfect for beginners and advanced stitchers alike, with pointers on making the most out of your fabric. Helpful techniques for block construction are also included. Nine patterns are include. Author:  Melissa Corry; Martingale Press; 64 pages; softcover.

In this book by It's So Emma, you will find 10 girl and 10 boy crib quilt patterns, all done with fat quarters. The book is packed with an assortment of styles--something to inspire every quilter. Author: Kimberly Jolly; Fat Quarter Shop; 62 pages; softcover.

Catch the enthusiasm in the air for flannels. Use these wonderful new fabrics in quilts for your families and friends and you too will be spreading the warmth and cuddly good vies that soft flannels evoke. Flannel is the friendliest fabric in town.  Ten patterns are included, as well as two pages of Victorian Crazy Quilt Motifs. Author: Janet Miller and Susan Parr; Pieceable Kingdom; 52 pages; softcover. Copyright 1995; pre-owned, good condition.

Featherweight history at your fingertips.  Enjoy an entertaining look at the history of the Featherweight sewing machine.  Expanded third edition updated with the latest research. Packed with photos, stories, and handy information.  Learn to date and troubleshoot your machine.  A fun read for quilters, Featherweight owners, and history buffs. Softcover, 220 pages.

Designer Scott A. Flanagan has created nine different scrappy designs that can be made with fat quarter bundles or fabrics from your stash. And while they look complex, many are easy to complete because of the use of secondary designs. Author: Scott a. Flanagan; Annie's Publishing; 48 pages; softcover.

Now in spiral bound book form, Grandpa’s Farm is a delightful look back to boyhood summers on the farm. Inspired by a visit to relatives in Kansas, this Calico Hills Farm quilt contains 14 individual 12" blocks, plus one large center panel featuring the barn. Finished is quilt is approximately 72" x 90". Book includes full size pull-out patterns for the middle panel.

Here’s a new twist on a traditional block. Simplified instructions allow you to make granny blocks in several sizes. Instructions for two quilts, a table runner, a pillow and two adorable embroidery quilt labels are included. Author: Lori Holt; Fat Quarter Shop; 37 pages; softcover.

Capture all the joy of the holidays and seasons in this cute collection of redwork embroidery designs. Each fun design uses one or two easy embroidery stitches. The complete instructions show you how to enlarge or reduce the designs, stitch the designs on cotton fabric, then tea or coffee dye the completed piece for an authentic folk-art look. Pick your thread color, it doesn't have to be red, and get celebrating. Designs include: Halloween, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, and more. Please note that the designs in this book are NOT iron-on patterns and must be transferred to your fabric using a light table or sunny window with a pencil or water-soluble pen. 24 pages, soft cover. 

Make a quilt for every season. The 12 patchwork patterns inside Pat Sloan's latest book commemorate special days with a strong enough style to last a season or more. Pick a favorite or two to highly the days and events you love best--or make them all to turn your home into a year-round showcase of your talents! . Author:  Pat Sloan; Martingale Press; 96 pages; softcover.

Depicting houses and gardens in needlwork is a perennial interest among stitchers. Jenkins gives instructions for designing charts of one's own home along with examples of architectural and garden components that may be used. The black-and-white charted designs are intended as a point of departure for stitchers designing their own samplers. Of particular interest in the full-color examples offered by the author is the clever use of a variety of canvaswork stitches to imitate brickwork, stone, and plants.  Author: Mary Jenkins; Hardcover; 120 pages.

This book is for beginning and experienced quilters alike. It has many techniques and tips that will help them develop their quilting skills. Includes a variety of projects ranging from simple to complex. Illustrated with step-by-step photos.  Author: Jodi Warner; Softcover; 130 pages.

This book is an armchair tour of In The Beginning, one of the most exciting quilt shops in the Pacific Northwest. You'll receive step-by-step directions for 19 quilts and projects from the shop's most popular classes. Beautiful applique, antique pieced quilts, and new ones from traditional designs are included. You'll learn how to make a colorwashed quilt with techniques taught at the shop. You'll see the shop interior and meet the staff in beautiful color photography throughout the book. Sharon Yenter shares anecdotes about her shop, newsletter clippings, even a few recipes. A complete glossary of quiltmaking techniques a is also included. Note: This book predates the rotary cutter. Author: Sharon Evans Yenter; That Patchwork Place; 80 pages; softcover. Copyright 1992; pre-owned, good condition.

Irma Eskes is the perfect Dutch hostess and a talented quilter with a popular quilt shop in Haarlem, Netherlands. You don't have to leave your home to immerse yourself in a real adventure and to try your hand at a stunning quilt or project with a European flavor. There are 14 different quilts, many shown in typical Dutch fabrics. Many are done in a scrappy style so you can use your own scraps, or a variety of color-coordinated fabrics in small amounts. Note: This book does not use the rotary cutter. Author: Irma Eskes; That Patchwork Place; 88 pages plus pull-out templates; softcover. Copyright 1994; pre-owned, good condition.

Author Jen Eskridge shows you how to use faced appliques to achieve the look of curved quilt seams with your sewing machine. Nine contemporary applique designs, from cute mug rugs to color quilts, will have you turning curves into works of art! Author: Jen Eskridge; Leisure Arts; 64 pages; softcover.

The thirteen quilts in this book are inspired by the people, place and events of the Civil War. You’ll use your reproduction fabrics to stitch tributes to the trends of the time. Each quilt is shown with step-by-step directions. Author: Carol Hopkins; Martingale Press; 80 pages; softcover.

Make pinwheels the fun, fast and easy way.  Let’s Twist features a dozen patterns from Marsha Bergren using both the Lil’ Twister and the Twister Tools. Quilts, table runners, an apron, a mantle hanging and more!  Author: Marsha Bergren; Softcover; 24 pages.

If you thought you had fun with the first book, just wait!  The pinwheel craze continues with Let’s Twist Again, with more patterns using the Lil’ Twister and Twister tools and takes you to the next level of creativeness using strips, blocks and disappearing pinwheels. Keep On Twisting! Author: Marsha Bergren; Softcover; 28 pages.

Where Liberty Dwells, There is My Country. Terry Clothier Thompson, creator of our beautiful 2005 block-of-the-month quilt, is a quilt designer and historian. The blocks in this quilt commemorate the centennial years of United States history, years when there was an abundance of cotton fabric. Prints designed to celebrate America's 100th birthday appeared in quilts with patterns that reflected social commentary for women who had not yet voted. Easy to assemble, the quilt is designed to appeal to both piecers and appliquers alike. The blocks are set on point around the center medallion. The resulting quilt is quite striking. She has also included 17 delightful projects.  Author: Terry Clothier Thompson; Kansas City Star; 148 pages; softcover. Copyright 2005; pre-owned good condition.

Add a touch of romance to your home with these easy to make placemats.  They are the perfect gift for the newly wed or for house warmings.  The holidays are the ideal time to express your love to friends and family with a gift of these beautiful placemats. Author: Cynthia Martin; Softcover; Pages: 23

Manners & Morals of Victorian America is your gateway to the fashionable world of Victorian America. It draws from the wealth of late 19th and early twentieth etiquette books. With over 400 historic engravings and illustrations, the book details virtually every aspect of Victorian life, including the proper conduct for courtship and wooing, duties of husbands and wives, how to deal with a rejected suitor and even carriage and motoring manners. Softcover, 180 pages.

 

Complete step-by-step instructions, diagrams and patterns for 77 full-color quilting projects are included in this one-of-a-kind workbook of heirloom designs and up-to-date interpretations of America's most popular sewing craft. Instructions on drafting, transferring patterns, construction, finishing techniques, and tips for quilt care are included. Note: This book predates the rotary cutter. Author: Editors of McCall's Needlework & Crafts Publications; Simon and Schuster; 115 pages; softcover. Copyright 1975--originally published in 1964; pre-owned, good condition.

Eleven beautiful designs allow you to use your brightest red and green fabrics to make some wonderful projects commemorating Christmas memories. Whether you’re making Christmas quilts, throws, wall hangings, or other festive creations, this book offers endless ideas for using your Christmas fabrics in creative and stunning ways. From traditional to modern styles, these holiday quilt patterns will inspire you to create cozy and festive projects for your home. Author: Quilter's World; Annie's Quilting; 48 pages; softcover.

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 re-imagines 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. Author: Linda Causee; Softcover; 64 pages.

Enjoy nine inspirational patterns that are perfect for weekend projects. All are made using 2-1/2" strips which save time and frustration. Perfect for beginners and Intermediate quilters. Author: Annie's Publishing; 48 pages; softcover.

Follow the crazy quilt road with Kathy Seaman Shaw! You loved Stunning Stitches for Crazy Quilts, and we now bring you 350 more techniques perfect for use in crazy quilting projects. Kathy guides you through templates to get fantastic seams every time. Discover more seams in this collection, with taller and wider options to fill complex areas of your quilt. You will find instructions on creating embroidery stitches, including the stitches from her first collection. Author: Kathy Seaman Shaw, 143 pages.

Using her favorite nursery rhymes, 10 year old Helen Wells produced this Redwork charmer from Penny Squares in 1910, using one of the first sets of Redwork patterns ever produced. My Favorite Nursery Rhymes book includes all 20 antique nursery rhyme patterns to make a wall quilt that is 38" x 44". All of the nursery rhymes that go with the drawings are also included. Author: Rachel Greco; Patti-Ann Publications; 32 pages; softcover with spiral bind.

The Kansas City Star began printing traditional quilt patterns in 1928. The My Stars series is Kansas City Star Quilts' effort to redraft the entire historical collection. Patterns include Broken Stone, Indian Star, Ozark Trail, Queen Charlotte's Crown and Mountain Road, to name a few. Each of the 25 patterns in this book includes fabric requirements, templates and assembly instructions, as well as the original sketch and caption that were printed in the newspaper.  Author: Kansas City Star; Softcover; 89 pages.