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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.

Here's a collection of 30 useful and amusing gifts you can make quickly, easily, and for next to nothing. We all admire the cook who can whip up something imaginative from leftovers--that's the kind of create scope many of these projects provide, letting you use up scraps of material from your more ambitious sewing projects. You'll find something for everyone, from duffel bags to finger puppets, rag rugs to hop-scented sleep pillows.Note: This book predates the rotary cutter.  Torstar Books; 32 pages; softcover. Copyright 1984; pre-owned, good condition.

When sixty-eight year old Sarah Miller moves into the Cunningham Village retirement community, she is mourning the loss of her husband, her young grandson, and the place that has been home for forty-two years. But Sarah is a survivor. As she reaches out into the retirement community that is to become home, she finds friends, activities, new hobbies, and a possible love interest. Includes instructions for the featured cover quilt. In the fifth installment of this fun, friendly series of cozy mysteries, Sarah and her love interest Charles face the joys and challenges of combining households, while the gang pulls together to defend one of their own accused of murder.

Includes instructions to make the quilt featured on the cover.

Author: Carol Dean Jones; Softcover; 228 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.

You don’t have to be a master embroiderer to create beautiful crazy-quilt seams! With 480 seam designs to inspire your creativity, you’ll learn to stitch with uniform spacing for a professional appearance. Line everything up perfectly with five pages of full-size stitch templates and dozens of step-by-step illustrations. Then dress up embroidery thread with sparkly beads, buttons, sequins, and silk ribbon embellishments for endless creative combinations! Author: Kathy Seaman Shaw, 127 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.

Crunchy leaves, a harvest moon, snuggly scarves, and pumpkin-spice everything. When autumn plenty abounds, get in the seasonal spirit with this fun book full of fall-inspired quilts! Choose from fat-quarter-friendly patterns and fresh twists on classic blocks--all streamlined for easy patchwork--as you make eight beautiful designs that capture everything you love about the season. You'll find: An Argyle-sock-inspired quilt--extra cozy! A quilt stacked with witches' hats for a splash of Halloween fun A harvest Lone Star quilt (without a set-in seam in sight!) Whether you're headed out for an evening at the football game or an afternoon at the pumpkin patch, you can cuddle up in these quilts and reap all the comfort of fall. Author:  Susan Ache; Martingale Press; 64 pages; softcover.

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.

Easy on the budget and easy on the schedule the table runners and small table toppers in this booklet will let you show off your love of quilting to family and friends. There are a dozen patterns in the book as well as one of the author's favorite dessert recipes. Author:  Pat Sloan; Martingale Press; 80 pages; softcover.

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.

Martingale's "Big Book" series just keeps getting bigger! This 17th addition to the series boasts a whopping 51 patterns for the versatile lap quilt - designs for seasons, holidays, special days, and every day abound. And at just 55 cents per pattern, quilters can enjoy the inspiration and the savings! Lap quilts are the perfect size for so many occasions: cozy cuddling, creative decorating, gift giving, and more. A roster of well-known designers makes it easy to choose a favorite. Quilters will lap up this lovely lap-quilt collection - there are SO many ways to enjoy it. Softcover, 237 pages.

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.

When sixty-eight year old Sarah Miller moves into the Cunningham Village retirement community, she is mourning the loss of her husband, her young grandson, and the place that has been home for forty-two years. But Sarah is a survivor. As she reaches out into the retirement community that is to become home, she finds friends, activities, new hobbies, and a possible love interest. Includes instructions for the featured cover quilt.In the sixth installment of this fun, friendly series of cozy mysteries, Sarah's tranquil quilt retreat in the Appalachian Mountains is interrupted by an alarming presence in the surrounding forest.

Includes instructions to make the quilt featured on the cover.

Author: Carol Dean Jones; Softcover; 227 pages. 

The Quilters Ultimate Visual Guide: From A to Z by Ellen Pahl will teach you everything you ever wanted to know about quilting! You've hit the jackpot with this quilter's ultimate answer book. From A to Z you'll find combined wisdom from a star-studded cast of 60 expert quilters. Lavishly illustrated, this fun "look-and-learn" reference book covers every aspect of quiltmaking: basic quiltmaking techniques, hard-to-find information on specialized techniques, reviews of tools and supplies, basic quilt types explained and illustrated, and definitions of terms every quiltmaker should know.  Author: Ellen Pahl; Hardcover; 288 pages.

Easy-to-make Quilts and Custom Fabric Furnishings. "Create the coordinated bedroom of your dreams! Use readily available 45" wide fabrics to stitch 36 easy projects in your choice of five styles--rustic, traditional, romantic, country, or contemporary. Inspiring photographs, decorating tips, and complete instructions are included. Author: Donna Babylon; That Patchwork Place; 88 pages; softcover. Copyright 1997; 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; An additional 11 quilts for inspiration; Step by step instructions; Color photos; Patterns. Author: Gayle Bong; Softcover; 59 pages.

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.

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.

Make the most of your stash with two scrap-quilting specialists. You'll learn how to select fabric and build your scrap-quilting skills as you stitch your way through 12 striking patterns Author:  Lissa Alexander and Susan Ache; Martingale Press; 128 pages; softcover.

There are 24 delightful Machine Appliqué Sunbonnet Sue Blocks featured in this collection of blocks. Whether you a novice or a master quilter the complete instructions including easy-to-understand methods of machine and traditional hand appliqué will guide you in bringing this sweet lady to life. You’ll also learn how small touches of hand embroidery can add detail to the storybook scenes of her day-to-day activities. Leisure Arts; 46 pages; softcover.

Vintage Christmas by Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet Company for It's Sew Emma celebrates Lori's favorite season! Step into Lori's scrappy happy Vintage world this Christmas season with all-new quilt blocks and over ten quilty projects. Her 42 blocks are available in both 6" and 12" sizes, so they work perfectly with her previous books, and mix traditional blocks and adorable one-of-a-kind picture blocks. Have a favorite block and not sure where to start? Lori has you covered . . . her book also includes the stunning Vintage Christmas Sampler, other amazing quilts, table runner, tree skirt, placemat, mug rug and so much more! Share you love during this magical season by finding just the right blocks to warm the hearts of those you love. Have a Merry Vintage Christmas! Author: Lori Holt; It's Sew Emma; 207 pages; spiral bound softcover.

Timeless treasures resurface in Anne Dutton's colorful and new way. The quilts range in size from 42-79 inches. Features a total of eight quilt designs. Cute and classic blocks will make these projects valued treasures in your home. 

Discover a treasure chest filled with authentic embroidery patterns from classic magazines and needlework catalogs of days gone by. From birds and bunnies to flowers and fruit, hundreds of retro-cool designs are accompanied by gorgeous color photographs, stitching advice, and four step-by-step projects. This is the perfect inspiration for creating a thoughtful gift or new family heirloom. Author: Suzanne McNeill; Design Originals; 224 pages; softcover.

Here are 10 classic redwork designs, inspired by those darling children's illustrations from the 1940's and 50's. Designs include: gardening, ironing, sewing, wash a dish, along came a spider, fishing, jumping rope, driving a pedal car on the sidewalk, rocking baby, and roller skating. 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. 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, softcover. 

Perfectly Portable Projects.  Turn idle moments into creative play.  These projects show how to use yo-yos for embellishing one of a kind gifts for adults and kids.  Author: Nancy J. Smith and Lynda S. Milligan; Softcover; 25 pages.