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This book shows you how to make 13 vibrant quilts using solid colored fabric. By top designers, this new collection of bright and simple-to-stitch designs use colorful Kona Cottons. Recreating each quilt is a snap, thanks to comprehensive color keys and color names included with each pattern. Author: Karen M. Burns; Martingale Press; 64 pages, softcover.

Sew 365 Sashiko patterns to create the ultimate Sashiko Sampler Quilt. Each pattern has written instructions, a stitch diagram showing the order and direction of stitches, and a photograph of the finished swatch. When you've finished stitching the 4-1/2" squares, there are step by step instructions for how to sew them together into an impressive quilt masterpiece. Author: Susan Briscoe; David and Charles; 144 pages; softcover. 

Bring the classroom into your sewing space as you learn from expert quilters how to get the scrappy look you love. Following the wildly popular Sisterhood of Scraps, author and designer Lissa Alexander has gathered more super-talented designer friends to share a dozen scraptastic quilt designs. Not feeling confident with color selection? Unsure of what fabrics to add to the mix? Want to know what makes a scrap quilt sing? Tips and tricks are inside for all this and so much more to help you make the most of your fabric stash! Lissa and her handpicked crew of "instructors" show you how to get an A+ (for awesome) on your next scrap quilts. Scrap School is in session! Lisa Bongean · Gudrun Erla· Sarah Huechteman · Susan Ache· Kim Diehl· Mary Etherington and Connie Tesene· Sherri McConnell· Amy Smart · Amanda Jean Nyberg; Softcover; 96 pages.

Here are more great quilts from 2-1/2" strips. Each project is designed for convenient precut bundles or for cutting strips from your stash. Choose from 18 exciting quilts with concise, clear instructions appropriate for all skill levels.  Author: Kim Brackett; That Patchwork Place; 80 pages; softcover. Copyright 2011; pre-owned, good condition. 

Scrappiness is Happiness by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet for It's Sew Emma features 32 scrappy quilts fo fill your home with love! Look no further than your very own fabric stash to find happiness! Lori Holt’s new Scrappiness is Happiness Quilt Book reminds us that we can create beautiful quilts from our own scrap baskets. The book is spiral bound and includes tips from Lori on how she collects and organizes her scraps. Author: Lori Holt; It's Sew Emma; 220 pages; spiral bound softcover.

Have yourself a colorful little Christmas! From popular designer Linda Lum DeBono this handmade-holiday collection offers an exciting array of decorating ideas. Fill your sleigh with 21 fun and whimsical projects including wall hangings and place mats.  Author: Linda Lum DeBono; Softcover; 80 pages.

Stitch 18 petite quilts packed with style! Best-selling author Kim Diehl is at it again with spectacular, small, and scrappy projects. In the third book of her Simple series, Kim continues to delight you with helpful Extra Snippet tips, tried-and-true decorating ideas, and the many perks of pint-size projects. The 18 delightful projects feature traditionally pieced blocks, a sprinkling of Kim’s signature invisible machine appliqué, and even a bit of wool appliqué. Delve into your scrap basket and create triangle squares, flying geese, stars, and more to create stunning little quilts for your home.

Includes 8 patterns in crib and nap sizes with complete instructions for machine piecing. Author: Marsha McCloskey; Softcover; 47 pages.

Make quilts for kids you love- and spark a love of learning! Pair easy applique with fun fabrics, and stitch up a snuggly lesson on numbers, colors, words, and textures. Each quilt offers an educational dimension for children's growth and development. Large motifs and fusible applique make these projects quick and easy for quilters of all levels. Fun projects include lap quilts, a place mat and a portable roll-up chalkboard. Author: Chris Lynn Kirsch; Softcover; 80 pages.

Six recognized quilt artists of the American Northwest explore the magical alchemy between dye, cloth, and transformation. Finding inspiration in myriad sources, each artist finds her own voice in manipulations of color, fiber, and form that express unique perspectives on life, place, and art.  Authors: Ann Johnston and five others; Ann Johnston, Publisher; 48 pages; softcover. Copyright 2006; pre-owned, good condition. 

It's never been easier to make Lone Star-style quilts!
Shelley has simplified the intricate-looking traditional design by breaking it into easy-to-piece units, without a set-in seam or bias edge in sight. You won't be using templates or cutting angled pieces from strip sets, either. Instead, each of the eight designs begins with familiar stitch-and-flip units that are then sewn into blocks. Yes, blocks! From there, arrange blocks to create a variety of stellar designs that even a novice can complete with ease. If you can stitch on a marked line, you're ready to make these heavenly quilts!
Intricate-looking designs reimagined with simplified piecing. These beginner-friendly blocks will make everyone feel at ease.  Author: Shelley Cavanna; Softcover; 80 pages.

Go back to school with Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet’s fourth book! Spelling Bee includes instructions for 100 letter, number, punctuation and picture blocks in two sizes PLUS 18 quilt projects. Full color instructions are included. Author: Lori Holt; It's Sew Emma; 193 pages; spiral bound softcover.

To the quilters who live in the Rocky Mountains, its beauty and wonder is a daily source of inspiration that oftentimes is translated into their quilts. Join Konda Luckau and eight of these designers as they show you what spring means to them in 15 projects. Softcover; 94 pages.

This 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.

Welcome to structured improvisation, where there's a plan in place...but still plenty of room to play! Learn three methods for sewing together rectangles, squares, strips, and even the tiniest fabric scraps to create new yardage; then use the resulting scrappy fabrics in a dozen dazzling step-by-step quilt patterns. Start by working with just one color at a time to get the hang of improv piecing. Soon you'll progress to mixing colors and prints in scrap-packed quilts that will give a happy home to every piece of fabric you've ever saved! Author: Kelly Young; Softcover; 64 pages.

Second issue of the scrap-loving Lab Manual Series featuring 1 1/2" wide fabric strips/strings. Six more projects and plans for your favorite scrap strips. One thing is certain: the longer you quilt, the more scraps you are going to generate! Whether you are inspired by your scraps or overwhelmed by them, it's time to bring them together for some fresh and contemporary string projects.  Author: Tonya Alexander; Softcover; 37 pages.

Sunbonnet ABCs features Molly and Mae as they learn their ABCs. The blocks in this charming spiral bound book are fun-to-stitch and easy-to-do. Each letter of the alphabet is drawn and detailed with Molly and Mae featured in the block. The text that goes with each Letter is also included. This is the original text from the old-fashioned horn book, spiral bound for ease of use. Please Note: The book contains approximately 30 black and white designs suitable for Redwork embroidery. The only color is on the cover.

Remember each day of the week with Sunbonnet Sue in Redwork. The booklet includes full-sized patterns of Sunbonnet Sue to embroider in redwork or your favorite colors. Instructions for turning the designs into a 57-1/2" x 63-1/2" quilt are included, as well as directions for making a Sunbonnet Sue rocking baby pillow.

Sunbonnet Sue and Overall Bill are featured in this super-easy method of making Sue & Sam blocks. Using reproduction fabrics, you can make this delightful quilt for someone special. Author: Eleanor Burns; Quilt in a Day; 48 pages; softcover.

 Whether you're a new quilter about to make your first quilt, or an expert looking for a quick charity quilt design, you'll love these super-easy applique quilts.  Authors: Alex Anderson & Liz Aneloski; Softcover; 27 pages.

What do you do with all the T-shirts that family members no longer wear but can't bear to throw out because of the memories involved? Linda Causee shows how to use the best parts of those treasured T-shirts to make quilts to hang on your walls or keep you warm. Seven example quilts include Our Favorite Team, Family Reunions, Favorite Pastimes, High School Memories, Our Family, Walk for a Cure, and A Few of Dad's Favorites. Four designs give bonus alternate sizes. If you've never made a quilt before, or if you're not sure of your quilting ability, basic instructions are included. So look in your closets and dresser drawers. You're sure to find lots of material to keep your quilting fingers busy for a long time! Author: Linda Causee; Softcover; 64 pages.

20 patterns for table runners and toppers! Each project is shown in 2 colorways.  Great for precuts and scraps. By Doug Leko of Antler Quilt Designs. 100 pages.

20 more patterns for table runners and toppers! Each project is shown in 2 colorways.  Great for precuts and scraps. By Doug Leko of Antler Quilt Designs. 100 pages.

20 more patterns for table runners and toppers! Each project is shown in 2 colorways.  Great for precuts and scraps. By Doug Leko of Antler Quilt Designs. 104 pages.

Explore the patchwork style and scrappy flair of 58 history-rich quilts inspired by patterns and fabrics from the 1800s. Showcase the traditional color combinations of reproduction fabrics and popular Civil War-era blocks that quilters love in patterns for mini-quilts, lap quilts, and large bed-size projects. Use your favorite reproduction fabrics--including scraps and precuts--in quilts ranging from simple to intricate, all created by expert designers. Softcover, 240 pages.

Cross-Stitch designs for fairy tales, flowers, initials and successive patterns are included in this collection of cross-stitch designs. Instructions on how to stitch are also included. Author: Ondori; Ondorisha Publishers; 96 pages; softcover. Copyright 1980; pre-owned, in good condition.

YOu will learn how to select and use knitting equipment; choose the right yarn for the article to be made, how to cast on, increase, decrease, and bind off. You'll also learnhow to knit and purl by both the English and Continental methods, form patterns, knit left handed, and correct uneven knitting, plus much, much more. Several knitting patterns are included. Author: Barbara Abbey; The Viking Press; 238 pages; hard cover. Copyright 1971; pre-owned, good condition. 

32 quilt, craft, and decorating projects for creative living. With over 30 projects, you can celebrate your creativity and find inspiration that honors the creative woman in all of us. Included are quilting, scrapbooking, stitching, gardening, cooking, relaxing, decorating, and enjoying nature in beautiful quilting, craft and decorating projects.  Author: Debbie Mumm; Debbie Mumm Sewing Studio; 108 pages; spiral bind softcover. Copyright 2004; pre-owned, in good condition.

Best-selling author Laurie Aaron Hird of The Farmer’s Wife Sampler Quilt shares the next installment of this beloved series.
A few years before Ada Melville Shaw’s death in 1937, she wrote–and The Farmer’s Wife magazine published–a seven-part series of articles about her homesteading adventures. It is this series of articles that come to life in The Farmer’s Wife Homestead Medallion Quilt.
Master of traditional quilting, Laurie Aaron Hird has used Ada’s writings to inspire the 120 classic quilt blocks that surround a stunning center medallion. Full instructions for sewing this queen-sized sampler quilt, featuring 64 six-inch and 56 eight-inch blocks, are included.
The Farmer’s Wife Homestead Medallion Quilt templates for paper-piecing and rotary cutting are provided in a ready-to-print, easy-to-download PDF, available through url provided.
Travel back with Laurie and Ada to 1910s Montana where a homesteading pioneer woman inspired a contemporary quilt for the modern age.  Softcover, 271 pages.

The 1922, The Farmer's Wife magazine posed this question to their readers: "If you had a daughter of marriageable age, would you, in light of your own experience, have her marry a farmer?" The magazine at the time had 750,000 subscribers, and received over 7,000 letters. The best answers to this question are included in this book, along with the traditional quilt blocks they inspired.

Laurie Aaron Hird provides everything you need to be inspired and create your own sampler quilt: 111 six-inch quilt blocks, with assembly diagrams for piecing the blocks and template cutting directions; Complete instruction for making a sampler quilt in any traditional size: lap, twin, queen or king; Download access to easy-to-print, full-sized templates for all 111 blocks, and printable quilt construction diagrams; 42 letters from the 1922 Farmer's Wife contest to give you a priceless glimpse into our country's past.

Softcover; 255 pages.

This easily recognized pattern is known by different names: Wild Goose Chase, Wild Geese Flying, Geese in Flight, and more.  Complete instructions for quilts in all sizes from miniature to king size are included. Authors: Blanche Young and Helen Young; C&T Publishing; 36 pages with pull-out templates; softcover. Copyright 1983; pre-owned, good condition. 

If you can cut, roll and fold paper, you can quill 30 charming projects, from elegant home accessories to eye-catching scrapbook and greeting card embellishments. This book presents an appealing, contemporary take on the traditional craft of quilling.  Author: Molly Smith Christensen; Sterling Publishing Company; 128 pages; hard cover. Copyright 2006; pre-owned, in good condition.

From odds and ends around the house--ribbons, beads, artificial flowers, fabric remnants, gauze, handkerchiefs, even T-shirts--you can create some of the loveliest doll clothes you could ever imagine. There are 28 beautiful and complete ensembles: romantic gowns, fancy dress, exotic costumes, classic modes. Authors: Various; Sterling Publishing Company; 144 pages; hard cover. Copyright 1991; pre-owned, good condition. 

This book contains nearly a dozen different items you can make with cardboard shapes. Instructions for all kinds of craft styles are included.  Designers: Kay McConnaughey and Linda Ninemire; Gick Publishing; 16 pages; softcover. Copyright 1985; pre-owned, good condition.

Lynette 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.

In this extraordinary book, Joen Wolfrom introduces you to nature's design secrets, using her own observations and experiences to take  you on a fulfilling creative journey. Exquisite quilt photos, enchanting hand drawings, easy-to-understand instructional illustrations and crystal clear descriptions are included. This is a wealth of ideas, design basics, and other essential information to make each work of art you create dance with visual beauty and interest. Author: Joen Wolfrom; C&T Publishing; 144 pages; softcover. Copyright 1995; pre-owned, good condition. 

Gayle Bong’s latest design concept is based on the division of the corner of a square rather than the division of a grid. By making all angles equal, she has simplified both cutting & U piecing of the resulting Thirtysomething unit. You will find: 13 quilts,  with an additional 11 quilts for inspiration; Step by step instructions; Color photos and patterns included. Author: Gayle Bong; PL Publications; 59 pages; softcover. Copyright 1997; pre-owned, in good condition.

This festive Christmas book features a variety of quilt patterns in all sizes and layouts. From charming quilts and cozy pillows to stylish table runners, you'll find over 12 holiday designs that capture the spirit of the season. Plus, if you love Gnomes, you're in for a treat with included Gnome patterns!  Author: Annie's Quilting; 30 pages; softcover.

This is a beautiful collection of nearly 200 quilts, displayed in full color, and clearly annotated. The book celebrates the astonishing beauty, accomplishment, and creativity found in American quilts, which are enjoying enormous popularity and are treasured as one f the fundamental expressions of the American spirit. This is a must-have for quilt historians. Authors: Cyril I Nelson and Carter Houck; Crown Publishers, Inc.; 272 pages; hard cover. Copyright 1982; pre-owned, good condition. 

Take yourself on a pinwheel journey. Learn how to make unique pinwheels starting with the easy and working your way up to more challenging. Let these 8 unique quilts inspire you to stitch new and exciting quilted projects. You'll never think of pinwheel blocks in the same way once you explore these possibilities. Tutorial sidebars included in this book: 1. Spinning Centers to Reduce Bulk 2. Triangle Alignment 3. Using Half-Square Triangle Piecing Papers 4. Using a 60-Degree Triangle Ruler.  Author: Annie's Quilting; Softcover; 48 pages.