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Paperback. Condizione: New. Beyond Cotton will take modern crafters and sewists beyond the world of commercially available fabrics by encouraging readers to work with different, but readily available materials like leather, rivets, and industrial-grade felt. Create a Leather Cuff in three ways: Stitched, Carved or Stamped; learn to create design repeats; set up a home printing table and experiment with dyeing fabrics. Krista encourages readers to break out of what is offered and to take ownership of their work from start to finish. This book is packed with skill-building techniques and crafty inspiration. …

Paperback. Condizione: New. Embellish your world with the whimsical, creative art of Boho Embroidery. These bright, clean designs, in an Anthropologie-esque style, are ideal for beginners to advanced stitchers. This book begins with a tutorial for learning 10 different embroidery stitches, detailed instruction on colour work, and 10 fun projects like buttons and hair clips, then goes on to advanced pattern work for vintage clothing and linens, and finally, learning how to make your own hoop and accessories.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. No quilter can resist a stack of beautifully co-ordinated fabrics all neatly folded into a bundle and tied with a bow. As more fabric stores specialise in combining and marketing their own custom bundles of fat quarters, it leaves many quilters with just a 'taste' of many fabrics in the form of these 18 x 22'' cuts (called fat quarters) but not really enough to make an entire quilt out of. Emma, a former fabric shop owner in Australia herself, inspires quilters to create one of her 12 quilts specifically designed to showcase these fabulous cuts whether they are from a single fabric collection or a complementary combination of many fabric lines. Emma's patterns cross over beautifully between the modern and the new traditional quilt maker alike.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Mini Masterpieces is a quilting masterclass. Follow along beginning with a fresh new take on basic blocks and increase to complex curves and colour-work. Throughout, international quilting teacher Alyce Blyth provides tips and advice she has learned through her years of quilting and from teaching students from all over the world.Frustrated by quilt block books without anything to do with your finished work? This is part of what makes mini quilts so achievable. Mini Masterpieces is designed to be a quilt block of the month with a fabulous finish every time. Looking for a mini to swap? Alyce has you covered with 12 refreshing designs that use old favourites and new challenges too. Looking for a sew along with your guild or for your local quilt shop? Mini Masterpieces was designed just for you with one challenging block/mini a month for your whole group.Looking to make a bigger quilt? Two beautiful takes on sampler quilts are included to encourage readers to mix and match and explore infinite design possibilities. Looking for something new but can't take on a big project? Mini quilts are the perfect solutions: easy to finish, fun to make, perfect for gifting or hanging on your studio wall.Join the mini quilt mania and sew up each of these quilts in no time, expand your sewing skills and have fun knowing you can complete any of the projects included in Mini Masterpieces in an afternoon.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Boho Embroidery is back! Following Nichole Vogelsinger's best-selling Boho Embroidery: Modern Projects from Traditional Stitches, this book continues Nichole's signature fabric-collage-meets-embroidery journey featuring all new designs, stitches and techniques. Immerse yourself in Nichole's boho style with saturated threads and fabric and shimmery beads and sequins. Nichole provides over 30 original motifs all ready for you to transfer onto fabric and get stitching!Beginner-friendly, this is for the embroiderer who is looking for fresh trendy motifs and for fabric lovers looking to take a break from machine sewing and get back to handwork.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Handmade Style is a thoughtful collection of a variety of sewing projects to stretch your skills and keep you enjoying the process of creating throughout the year. Each project builds upon the other and is designed to help any sewist create a complete cohesive handmade simple and sophisticated look. Unlike other sewing titles that include a random combination of projects, Anna has spent years compiling a well-edited collection of projects to ensure that her fans will want to make each and every one. From wearables and accessories to quilts and pillows: these projects are made to live together to create the ultimate handmade style for every modern sewist.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. The HST is a workhorse block unit that can be used to make beautiful, timeless quilts. This book shows you the multiple methods for making them (from the slow to the speedy) and combines HSTs with other pieced blocks that complement the triangle blocks. The book is organised into four main sections: patterns that feature Colour, Scale, Patchwork Play and, finally culminating with a chapter on Half-Square Triangles only. This final chapter features an inspirational index of over 12'' 60 HST block designs and encourages the reader to design their own quilts using a single block or combining a few.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. 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 making slabs, gentle curves, insets, triangles and even 9 patch and Log Cabin stacks, and then use them as a stepping stone to sewing original full sized designs.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Andrea Tsang Jackson guides readers through transforming the beauty, allure, and power of natural stones into glittering complex patchwork quilts. Using her expert tips and tricks and her step-by-step process to master a plan for the colour work required to achieve transparency and light through fabric selection, readers will paper-piece their way to a jewellery box of blocks. Beginning with nine traditional gemstone shapes, such as teardrop, marquis, and emerald cuts, each block progresses in complexity so readers can hone their skills as they work their way through the book. Next, quilters will be inspired to use their blocks in a series of projects - both large and small. Created with intermediate quilters in mind, the book includes:A beginner-friendly workshop on achieving effective transparency with fabricAndrea Tsang Jackson's speedy chain-piecing technique for paper piecingNine basic 12'' gemstone blocksGraded patterns to create the perfect finished block sizeTraditional and modern settingsCutting and faceting with fabric workshopGemstone groups with sampler ideasField Guide approach with watercolour illustrations of gemstones.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Quilters love the look of textural, detailed stitching that adds to the beauty of the quilt top design. This stitching is actually the "quilting" in quilting, and many quilters feel that paying a professional for machine quilting is one of their only options. The walking foot is an accessory for sewing machines that's often used for machine quilting, but many quilters only use it to stitch around their designs. But the walking foot can do so much more, and author Jacquie Gering shows all of her tips, tricks and techniques to master all of the skills needed to quilt with a walking foot. This book cover the basics of using the walking foot, in addition to preparing the quilt, marking, managing large quilts, preventing puckers and keeping lines straight. Chapters include a variety of types of walking-foot quilting, including channel quilting, matchstick quilting, and decorative stitch quilting. Quilters won't be limited to straight line quilting, either! They'll learn how to quilt spirals, simple curves, and and marked curves like braids and clamshells.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Piecing with intention simply means taking the time to think about how you cut your fabrics and where they will end up appearing in the finished quilt. From fussy cutting particular design elements from commercially manufactured fabrics to working with selvages and stripes effectively, Amy offers readers unique patterns (quilts, a clutch and even a tote with 10 interchangeable paper piecing patterns to customise-perfect for gifting) that feature precise piecing for graphic and sometimes whimsical results. Fabric is the focus of this book: how to work with your favourite fabrics effectively to achieve the patchwork results you want. Foundation paper piecing is the most effective way to achieve perfect blocks even from the smallest pieces of fabrics, so most of the patterns are created using this method, but there are some traditionally pieced and appliqué projects as well. Amy includes both smaller projects and larger quilts-truly something for everyone.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. From politics to poetry, the hottest trend in quilting today is using fabric and letters to say something on quilt tops. Quilters everywhere are excited to incorporate their favourite phrases, song lyrics, inspirational words, political statements, or just simple personalisation on a gifted quilt. And when creating heirloom quilts for family, quilters everywhere are looking for ways to personalise, customise, and use text to show their unique perspective. From award-winning quilts containing powerful messages to sweet portions of poetry for a baby's bedroom, these alphabets encourage complete freedom to piece one-of-a-kind quilts using the structure of the patterns Sarah Fielke provides. More than just a collection of letters, Sarah has been careful to provide something for everyone. From paper-piecing to appliqué to improv, her six alphabets allow readers to create symmetrical chunky block letters, sophisticated cursive, and whimsical improvisationally pieced letters - all supplied in both lower and upper case. It's the perfect blend: quilters will love having the structure and reliability of patterns with the possibility of total customisation.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Mini Masterpieces is a quilting masterclass. Follow along beginning with a fresh new take on basic blocks and increase to complex curves and colour-work. Throughout, international quilting teacher Alyce Blyth provides tips and advice she has learned through her years of quilting and from teaching students from all over the world.Frustrated by quilt block books without anything to do with your finished work? This is part of what makes mini quilts so achievable. Mini Masterpieces is designed to be a quilt block of the month with a fabulous finish every time. Looking for a mini to swap? Alyce has you covered with 12 refreshing designs that use old favourites and new challenges too. Looking for a sew along with your guild or for your local quilt shop? Mini Masterpieces was designed just for you with one challenging block/mini a month for your whole group.Looking to make a bigger quilt? Two beautiful takes on sampler quilts are included to encourage readers to mix and match and explore infinite design possibilities. Looking for something new but can't take on a big project? Mini quilts are the perfect solutions: easy to finish, fun to make, perfect for gifting or hanging on your studio wall.Join the mini quilt mania and sew up each of these quilts in no time, expand your sewing skills and have fun knowing you can complete any of the projects included in Mini Masterpieces in an afternoon.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Boho Embroidery is back! Following Nichole Vogelsinger's best-selling Boho Embroidery: Modern Projects from Traditional Stitches, this book continues Nichole's signature fabric-collage-meets-embroidery journey featuring all new designs, stitches and techniques. Immerse yourself in Nichole's boho style with saturated threads and fabric and shimmery beads and sequins. Nichole provides over 30 original motifs all ready for you to transfer onto fabric and get stitching!Beginner-friendly, this is for the embroiderer who is looking for fresh trendy motifs and for fabric lovers looking to take a break from machine sewing and get back to handwork.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. That Handmade Touch showcases Svetlana Sotak's talent for creating everyday essentials with signature style through the use of thoughtful fabrics, clean patchwork, and precise construction techniques. Sotak believes in the spirit of generous living and sharing her love of sewing through her popular online tutorials and Craftsy class. Now, in her first book, she teaches you how to create your own cohesive, sophisticated projects, to make for yourself or to gift to someone special. Struggling to select just the right fabrics for your sewing projects? Sotak has you covered by including a detailed discussion of colour, texture, and fabric weight for each project as well as exploring what types of fabrics to use in each project element, including working with small touches of leather. Beautiful projects range from small to large and feature quilt-as-you-go, basic piecing, and expert bag-making instructions to achieve a polished professional finish to every project.  Accessories projects include clutches, pouches, and bags; home decor projects include a quilt, baskets, and cushions. With Svetlana Sotak's guidance, you can create delightful sewing projects that will rival what you can find at any upscale boutique. Uncover your own signature style with That Handmade Touch.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Enjoy the classic art of appliqué but with thoroughly modern projects. Features 8 essential and updated techniques, including the hottest new thing in quilt making: Large Scale appliqué. Use the skills learned to create one of the beautifully crafted 14 projects for the home by former interior designer turned pattern and Andover Fabrics textile designer, Alison Glass.Combine technique with project in this inspiring book on the time-honored craft of appliqué, brought up-to-date by award winning designer, Alison Glass. Her fans have long-awaited a book from Alison and she doesn't disappoint. Beautiful detailed how-to photos will explore how to create designs using everything from classic needle-turned, hand stitched through to applying the latest substrates and a variety of fibers to achieve heirloom results. Go further with the addition of everything from crochet to embroidery to adding patchwork backgrounds to create unique, modern designs that fit perfectly in our stylish and highly curated handmade homes.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. If you are like authors Nichole and Elisabeth, your favourite part of quilting is fussy cutting - and it usually involves figuring out how to enhance an interesting quilt block by framing a favourite element in your most-loved fabric! Let fussy cutting become more than just showing a single design. By following along with how to create drastically different samplers from each of their 48 unique patchwork blocks, see how those same 9'' blocks can easily be adapted to your own personal taste. Compare their blocks (and their samplers!) side by side and get inspired to use the fabrics you love to create your own sampler blocks. Learn how to navigate those pesky stripes, how to work with either a limited palette or an eclectic scrappy one, and how to incorporate improvisational piecing to fussy cut even the smallest parts of your favourite designs. Plenty of clear illustrations and how-to photographs, along with several examples of different types of fabrics, will guide you through each of the lessons. Suddenly, you'll see the endless possibilities in your fabric stash and won't be able to resist creating a fussy-cut sampler all your own.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. 10 of the best-known and most respected teachers in modern quilt making, many best-selling authors in their own right, share one of their most popular workshops with you. Each class is designed to help you improve your own composition and design choices whether you create your own patterns or want to follow one of the 16 patterns included. The final workshop is an inspirational gallery of 50 modern quilts that exemplify the tone, color work, and techniques found in modern quilt making today. This is the must-have collection of for experienced and beginning modern quilters.…

Hardback. Condizione: New. The Quilt Block Cookbook is a thoughtfully curated volume of 50 different 12-inch quilt blocks in a variety of complexities and styles. Quilt blocks are like a box of chocolates - each one is a mini euphoria on its own. And when paired with other blocks, they're simply delectable! Most quilt blocks are comprised of basic elements, and you'll learn the ingredients for each. In addition to the 50 blocks and the 7 sampler quilts, quilters will also learn how to use their quilt blocks in many different ways, creating dynamic design repeats by tapping into the limitless possibilities of block-based quilts.'This is a book about creating quilt blocks but presented in traditional cookery book style. And you know what? It's actually a rather clever format.' Popular Patchwork June 2017.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. With the power of this book and your fabric stash, you can whip up any of these 50 last-minute patchwork gifts with most taking under an hour to complete. All projects are sourced from some of your favourite designers like Anna Graham, Amanda Jean Nyberg and Jeni Baker. Don't waste your time scrolling through endless tutorials online looking for those instructions on how to make a zippy pouch, when you need to make that last-minute gift right now. This is a collection of all of those projects including: napkins, pincushions, gift card holder, keyrings, electronic cases, bibs and fabric baskets. Get inspiration for some unique gifts like a Christmas pickle ornament, geode coasters or a teabag wallet too. These quick and easy gifts involve no fussy paper piecing or complicated techniques and are suitable for quilters of all levels. …

Paperback. Condizione: New. With the power of this book and your fabric stash, you can whip up any of these 50 last-minute patchwork gifts with most taking under an hour to complete. All projects are sourced from some of your favourite designers like Anna Graham, Amanda Jean Nyberg and Jeni Baker. Don't waste your time scrolling through endless tutorials online looking for those instructions on how to make a zippy pouch, when you need to make that last-minute gift right now. This is a collection of all of those projects including: napkins, pincushions, gift card holder, keyrings, electronic cases, bibs and fabric baskets. Get inspiration for some unique gifts like a Christmas pickle ornament, geode coasters or a teabag wallet too. These quick and easy gifts involve no fussy paper piecing or complicated techniques and are suitable for quilters of all levels. …

Paperback. Condizione: New. Quilters can finally create their ideal landscape with no watering required! Use Amy Friend's 40 adaptable flower, stem and leaf blocks (plus a snail and a butterfly!) to piece together a garden scene in any number of combinations; from tropical greenery using minimal greens and creams to a cottage garden packed with all of the bold hues of summer. Included are six colourful quilt patterns and a cute tote, designed and pieced by the author to help get readers started with their planning, as well as inspirational digital layouts to showcase just how customisable these blocks can be. It's perfectly pretty patchwork.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. The HST is a workhorse block unit that can be used to make beautiful, timeless quilts. This book shows you the multiple methods for making them (from the slow to the speedy) and combines HSTs with other pieced blocks that complement the triangle blocks. The book is organised into four main sections: patterns that feature Colour, Scale, Patchwork Play and, finally culminating with a chapter on Half-Square Triangles only. This final chapter features an inspirational index of over 12'' 60 HST block designs and encourages the reader to design their own quilts using a single block or combining a few.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. No quilter can resist a stack of beautifully co-ordinated fabrics all neatly folded into a bundle and tied with a bow. As more fabric stores specialise in combining and marketing their own custom bundles of fat quarters, it leaves many quilters with just a 'taste' of many fabrics in the form of these 18 x 22'' cuts (called fat quarters) but not really enough to make an entire quilt out of. Emma, a former fabric shop owner in Australia herself, inspires quilters to create one of her 12 quilts specifically designed to showcase these fabulous cuts whether they are from a single fabric collection or a complementary combination of many fabric lines. Emma's patterns cross over beautifully between the modern and the new traditional quilt maker alike.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Tired of buying beginner books that are intimidating or books that are full of designs but with no advice for how and when to use them? Solved! With just eight easy designs, author Kathleen Riggins will inspire you to create fantastic custom quilting from simple shapes.First learn the basic designs and follow Riggins' handy pro tips for where and when to use each one. Practise them to get a feel for how each one is special. Then play with scale, introduce new angles and fill areas, and master easy gridwork to see how each design can be adapted to fill all sorts of negative space or use as allover designs.Finally, explore methods for effectively combining them to create overall plans for knock-out custom quilting. From 8 to Great.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. That Handmade Touch showcases Svetlana Sotak's talent for creating everyday essentials with signature style through the use of thoughtful fabrics, clean patchwork, and precise construction techniques. Sotak believes in the spirit of generous living and sharing her love of sewing through her popular online tutorials and Craftsy class. Now, in her first book, she teaches you how to create your own cohesive, sophisticated projects, to make for yourself or to gift to someone special. Struggling to select just the right fabrics for your sewing projects? Sotak has you covered by including a detailed discussion of colour, texture, and fabric weight for each project as well as exploring what types of fabrics to use in each project element, including working with small touches of leather. Beautiful projects range from small to large and feature quilt-as-you-go, basic piecing, and expert bag-making instructions to achieve a polished professional finish to every project.  Accessories projects include clutches, pouches, and bags; home decor projects include a quilt, baskets, and cushions. With Svetlana Sotak's guidance, you can create delightful sewing projects that will rival what you can find at any upscale boutique. Uncover your own signature style with That Handmade Touch.…

Hardback. Condizione: New. Planning a sewing getaway on your own or with friends? Patchwork USA includes over 20 road-trip inspired patchwork projects created just for you whether your retreat is for a day, a weekend or even a leisurely summer vacation with time for a long-term project. Because anticipation is sometimes the best part, Heidi Staples of sewing blog Fabric Mutt covers everything you need to know to prepare for takeoff, including helpful packing tips and organising your sewing space.  The book is organised with travel in mind, featuring small, medium-sized, and large projects to be achieved on your perfect sewing retreat.Day trips: Small projects including a Bookmobile Sleeve, Road Trip Pillow, Snapshot Needlebook, Sewing Bee Pincushion and Coffee Shop Coasters.Weekend Getaways: Bigger projects including: a Patio Pillow, Beachcomber Pouch, Laundromat Coin Pouch, Kitchenette Set, Scout's Honour Pouch and a Colour Book.Finally, Summer Vacations: Extended projects including a Big Bear Cabin Quilt, Palm Springs Bag, and three more quilts.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Tired of buying beginner books that are intimidating or books that are full of designs but with no advice for how and when to use them? Solved! With just eight easy designs, author Kathleen Riggins will inspire you to create fantastic custom quilting from simple shapes.First learn the basic designs and follow Riggins' handy pro tips for where and when to use each one. Practise them to get a feel for how each one is special. Then play with scale, introduce new angles and fill areas, and master easy gridwork to see how each design can be adapted to fill all sorts of negative space or use as allover designs.Finally, explore methods for effectively combining them to create overall plans for knock-out custom quilting. From 8 to Great.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. From politics to poetry, the hottest trend in quilting today is using fabric and letters to say something on quilt tops. Quilters everywhere are excited to incorporate their favourite phrases, song lyrics, inspirational words, political statements, or just simple personalisation on a gifted quilt. And when creating heirloom quilts for family, quilters everywhere are looking for ways to personalise, customise, and use text to show their unique perspective. From award-winning quilts containing powerful messages to sweet portions of poetry for a baby's bedroom, these alphabets encourage complete freedom to piece one-of-a-kind quilts using the structure of the patterns Sarah Fielke provides. More than just a collection of letters, Sarah has been careful to provide something for everyone. From paper-piecing to appliqué to improv, her six alphabets allow readers to create symmetrical chunky block letters, sophisticated cursive, and whimsical improvisationally pieced letters - all supplied in both lower and upper case. It's the perfect blend: quilters will love having the structure and reliability of patterns with the possibility of total customisation.…

Paperback. Condizione: New. Quilters can finally create their ideal landscape with no watering required! Use Amy Friend's 40 adaptable flower, stem and leaf blocks (plus a snail and a butterfly!) to piece together a garden scene in any number of combinations; from tropical greenery using minimal greens and creams to a cottage garden packed with all of the bold hues of summer. Included are six colourful quilt patterns and a cute tote, designed and pieced by the author to help get readers started with their planning, as well as inspirational digital layouts to showcase just how customisable these blocks can be. It's perfectly pretty patchwork.…