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Five Inch Is a Cinch – South Dakota Star

South Dakota Star
Block Size: 14"

Skill Level: Easy

Skill Level rating I use in order of difficulty
1. Beginner
2. Advanced Beginner
3. Easy
4. Intermediate
5. Advanced
Made from 5" squares!

Material and cutting information is given for 3 sizes:
- Lap 54" x 54"
- Twin 68" x 96 "
- Full 96 " x 96 "
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Learn To Do Hand Quilting In Just One Day

Smart quilters have used the sewing machine for piecing, applique and quilting ever since it came into common use. Today, most quilters save hand quilting for their finest patchwork and applique projects. This book is meant as a technical guide to replicate a nineteenth-century-style hand quilting technique. Quilters wanting some tips and answers about improving their own technique will find many helpful suggestions. A non-stress positioning of the quilting hands is emphasized for maximum efficiency and painless hand quilting - except for the occasional, too enthusiastic, needle prick.
Thread Therapy with Dr. Bob

Eliminate your frustrations with thread, needles, tension.
Free Motion Fun With Feathers

If you’ve ever admired machine quilted feathers and wished you could stitch them yourself, then this instructional DVD is for you! Beginning with a tutorial on marking the quilt sandwich, this DVD guides you through stitching freeform feathers, feathered hearts, whimsical feathers, and feather embellishments with decorative threads. The tutorial then turns to feathers with a stitched spine and curley-cue feathers with a stitched spine, and then a discussion on ThreadPower…the use of thread as an additional design element in your quilts. It rounds out with a final discussion on uses for feathers in traditional quilts, contemporary quilts, and in art quilts. With such a versatile design element, what quilter wouldn’t want to learn the art of machine quilted feathers?!
Mastering Quilt Making

A necessity for every quilter’s library! Pepper answers the most commonly asked questions about quilt marking. Includes 11 new quilting designs and tips for improving your quilt marking skills. How to choose designs that complement and contrast with the quilt top. All about marking tools. How to make the quilt design match in the borders and corners, plus 10 ways to mark a border that do not involve matching! How to make your own quilting stencils. How to preserve a quilt design found on a old quilt. Quilting from the judge’s point of view. Photos of inspiring antique and newly-made quilts.
Heritage Quilts

The latest, most exquisite quilt collection from the world-renowned textile designer. He’s an international sensation – Kaffe Fassett – who has been commissioned by British royalty, top American fashion designers, and the Royal Shakespeare Company for his skillful eye, masterful technique, and dedication to impeccable detail. It’s no wonder that anything with his name tied to it flies off the shelves, draws crowds, and inspires thousands. In Kaffe Fassett’s Heritage Quilts, the legendary talent turns his attention to a collection of 20 notable 18th- and 19th-century quilts – and reinvents them for today. Each quilt is lovingly and respectfully redesigned in the bold, contemporary, vibrant fabrics designed by Fassett himself, as well as designers Philip Jacobs and Brandon Mably.

You, too, can create the 20 remarkable, historic quilts recreated by Fassett. In addition to 100 rich photographs of the quilts themselves, which you will pore over again and again, Kaffe Fassett’s Heritage Quilts contains full step-by-step piecing instructions, 80 detailed diagrams, and patchwork how-to tips to refresh techniques or build new ones. Each project is an individual master class featuring vivid photos of the original quilt as well as the new finished project, a materials list, plus detailed instruction including useful tips, color diagrams, and templates for piecing the quilt together.

Discover the timeless beauty of rare quilts and traditional favorites, all drawn from an historic collection. This latest volume in Kaffe’s successful patchwork and quilting series was inspired by his collaboration with the British Quilt Museum. Kaffe chose a special collection of traditional quilts and redesigned them in his latest fabrics for a recent exhibition at the Quilters Guild Museum at York in the UK. Kaffe Fassett’s Heritage Quilts is an education in history as much as it is an impressive how-to quilting guide!
Carol Doak Teaches You to Paper Piece: At Home with the Experts #2

Learn from your favorite paper-piecing master!

Carol shows you every step, including helpful close-ups.

Lots of tips on supplies, tools, and tricks for success
Quilting Arts TV – Series 200

Series 200, episodes 1-13.

All 13 episodes from Series 200! ""Quilting Arts TV,"" hosted by Patricia Bolton with some of your favourite fibre and mixed-media artists as guests. All episodes from Series 200! Featured artists include Katie Pasquini Masopust, Laura and Linda Kemshall, Heidi Lund, Joyce Drexler, Tina Givens, Ruth Rae, Jane Davila, Rayna Gillman, Claire Fenton, Leslie Rego, Wen Redmond, Judy Coates Perez, and many more.
Quilting Arts TV – Series 300

Series 300. Episodes 1-13.

Techniques and tricks for free-motion stitching, art quilting, fabric stamping and stenciling, fiber collage, stitching with sheers and organzas, and mixed-media home decor.
Quilting Arts TV – Series 100

Series 100. Episodes 1-13.
Stitched The Film

Stitched is a fun-filled documentary following three quilters racing to complete their entries for the International Quilt Festival, the largest quilt show in the nation.

The International Quilt Festival in Houston draws more than 50,000 quilters including three artists who created some controversy with their work. Quilting legend Caryl Bryer Fallert was the first to win a major prize for her quilt made with a sewing machine. She mentored Hollis Chatelain who caused a stir when she won an award for a painted quilt. And Hollis mentored Randall Cook who sparked controversy with his quilt of a male nude. The documentary also features the Paducah quilt show, one of the largest tourist attractions in the state of Kentucky.

In this lively 72-minute documentary, these art quilters create their pieces to compete in the 2010 quilt show. As we all know, there are tight bonds of friendship between quilters ... behind every stitch, there is a story of friendship, art and passion. This is great entertainment for your next quilt gathering!
Fast And Free

Are you new to free motion machine quilting and need guidance from the ground up? Are you a seasoned free motion machine quilter, and looking for some new design ideas for stitching quilted motifs? Either way, this instructional DVD is for you! This DVD begins with a discussion on the basics of free motion quilting, and then turns to a lesson on preparing the quilt sandwich. The mysteries of mastering sewing machine tension are then unraveled before basic lessons in free motion machine quilting begin. Once the basics are covered, the viewer is introduced to the concept of fast and free…Patsy's technique of creating countless spin-off designs, just by making a small change in one base design. Watch and listen as Patsy shows and discusses how to stitch 18 different quilting designs and gives ideas for additional related spin-off designs. The tutorial ends with a detailed lesson in how to convert your closed toe free motion foot to an open toe foot. With designs suitable for traditional quilts, contemporary quilts, and art quilts, what machine quilter wouldn’t benefit from a tutorial like this?!
Nature’s Beauty in Applique: Pretty and Practical Projects

Susan Taylor Propst, best-selling author of Beautiful Blooms and Another Season of Beautiful Blooms, presents a gorgeous new collection of nature-inspired appliqué designs. Discover a stunning array of practical items for gifts and home décor.
- Choose from nine beautiful small projects--all celebrating nature--with appliqué designs ranging from daffodils and tulips to hostas and ivy
- Find step-by-step instructions showing how to make place mats, tote bags, carrying cases, a neck-roll pillow, an elegant swan wall hanging, and more
- Use hand or fusible appliqué; or, make the projects using theme prints or preprinted panels instead
Floral Abundance: Applique Designs Inspired by William Morris

Quilt artist, Rosemary Makhan returns with more exquisite appliqué creations in five elegant new projects. Lush blossoms, twining vines and bluebirds come to life in colors inspired by authentic antique quilts. Choose from large medallion quilts and wall quilts that offer options for beginning and advanced appliquérs.
Sew Easy Celtic: Designing Simplified, Applique Perfected
Mosaic Applique

New technique which makes applique easier and more fun. Simply draw the pattern and fill in with mosaic tiles (fabric pieces) and the background becomes the grout. Ten mosaic patterns are provided on 3 large pullout sheets with complete instructions. Use with needle-turn and raw-edge applique stitching"
French Braid Quilts: 14 Quick Quilts with Dramatic Results

Simple Piecing - Spectacular Quilts. One great technique, a variety of different looks! LEARN TO USE VALUE: Create glowing effects by choosing a gradated range of fabrics. Super-easy piecing means fast quilt construction. Make it yours with pretty borders, separator bands, and other creative variations. Color is key when you "braid" a variety of fabrics into an eye-catching quilt. Learn to identify value in fabric and use it to create the effect you want-in these quilts and every quilt you make! Fourteen projects range from striking wall hangings to bed quilts.
Mindful Meandering: 132 Original Continuous-Line Quilting Designs

Add a lighthearted touch to any quilt with 132 contemporary continuous-line designs for both hand and machine quilting.
CREATING YOUR PERFECT QUILTING SPACE: Sewing-Room Makeovers For Any Space And Any Budget

Say good-bye to chat jumble of tools, muddle of magazines, and forest of fabric! Systemize any cluttered space with an expert's ideas on planning a functional and beautiful home quilting studio--"a place where creativity wins over chaos.
10-Minute Blocks
- It's not your grandmother's patchwork technique
- This book shows you the 10-minute block technique allows you to piece a top, even a king-size one, in a morning
- Create big blocks with a diamond center and curved edges without sewing any curved seams
- Seven quilting projects with full color photos of the finished show you the way
- Author-suzanne mcneill; Softcover-35 pages
Underground Railroad Sampler

Take a trip on the Underground Railroad! Join Eleanor Burns and Sue Bouchard as they guide you through the story of the Underground Railroad. Learn how fifteen quilt blocks may have played a significant role in communication between the slaves and how it helped them on their way to freedom. The book has 168 full color pages with step by step instructions for each of the 15 blocks. There are also directions to make a miniature Underground Railroad quilt. The book contains yardage and cutting charts in addition to fabric identification pages that will assist the quilter in cutting and marking her fabric for this beautiful sampler. Underground Railroad Sampler also includes a color page depicting the Story of the Underground Railroad that can be photocopied onto Photo Transfer Fabric and included in the quilt.
Color for the Terrified Quilter: Plain Talk, Simple Lessons, 11 Projects

Color choices don't have to be intuitive, instinctive, or inborn - there is a step-by-step way to choose color for quilts. And this fun book will show quilters how! Find practical techniques and guidelines for making surprising color choices for any quilt.
Follow lighthearted text, clear illustrations and beautiful photos to learn about color in easy-to-understand language
Easy exercises and 11 projects will turn quilters into experts on using the color wheel
Learn how to make quick mock-up blocks before committing fabrics to the sewing machine.
The Quilter’s Color Club: Secrets of Value, Temperature & Special Effects — 12 Hands-On Exercises — 8 Projects

Christine's quilter-friendly approach will open your customers' eyes to new and exciting ways to apply simple color concepts to their work. See successful color combinations in action with an inspiring gallery of eye-catching quilts. Chock full of hands-on exercises, this book teaches how to use value, temperature, and intensity to make quilts luminous and full of movement.
Color Play: Expanded & Updated • Over 100 New Quilts • Transparency, Luminosity, Depth & More

Joen Wolfrom’s classic guide to creating with color has been completely updated to make it even easier to enhance your creative work with the beauty of well-chosen colors. Joen covers it all, from color combining basics to how to use nature’s tricks to create an illusion of depth, reflections, shadows, and highlights. Learn the emotional and physical effects of colors and much more―all richly illustrated with photos of nature and of 100 beautiful quilts. This must-have reference shows tints, shades, and tones for all 24 colors in the Ives Color Wheel, plus five different color schemes for each color.
Embroidery Machine Essentials – Quilting Techniques

Quilting using an embroider machine is a great way to finish quilts. The automated stitches of an embroidery machine and its ability to hold layers together make it perfect for quilting.

Jeanine Twigg, author of Embroidery Machine Essentials series, invites industry expert Linda Turner Griepentrog to share her quick-to-stitch quilting techniques. Linda shows you how to achieve success with the time-saving use of your embroidery machine.

The 20 exclusive designs on the included CD-ROM were created by Linda to help develop your embroidery machine quilting. As an added bonus each design is available in several seizes and multiple stitch variations for your quilting convenience! The designs can be used for quilting (joining the face fabric, batting, and backing layers), embellishing blocks, or for non-quilting techniques, including embroidery on garments, paper, and even metal!

And, Linda gives step-by-step instructions for 12 projects, including a handbag, baby quilt, and wall-hanging, that incorporate machine embroidery quilting techniques. Enjoy!
Crazy with Cotton

Crazy with Cotton is several books in one:
- a reading-for-pleasure collection of projects certain to win applause from both novice and experienced quilters, alike
- an informative overview of the history of textiles
- an effective tutorial on the techniques of color usage and quilt construction
Crazy with Cotton offers beginners a fun and easy way to start quilting. For experienced quilters, it opens up new possibilities for incorporating themselves, their histories, and their passions into their art.
Bold and Beautiful: Artful Quilts From Just One Fabric

Learn how to create stunning art quilts in just 3 easy steps - quilt, paint, embellish! Anyone can create these amazing quilts - all you need is a little imagination! In "Bold and Beautiful", award-winning quilter Judi Dains reveals the secrets for creating wonderful quilts from just one piece of fabric, and in just 3 easy steps - quilt, paint, and embellish. Featuring 5 contemporary projects and a colourful gallery, this is a must-have for anyone wanting to create beautiful art quilts.
Stone Threads

This book was recently launched and details Maggie’s story (which is pretty unique and Canadian) + her creative quilt journey – it made fascinating reading not to mention the “eye candy” pictures. Stone Threads is a fascinating textile buffet with hundreds of sumptuous images of Maggie Vanderweit's award winning art. Read about the events and people that have profoundly influenced her steps along the artist's path.
More Loose Change: 14 Quilts from Nickels, Dimes and Fat Quarters

From the authors of the best-selling Loose Change: Quilts from Nickels, Dimes, and Fat Quarters, here are 14 exciting new quilts! Perfect for 5" and 10" squares and fat quarters, these projects offer plenty of variety in color combinations and block patterns.
Enjoy projects for all skill levels, from simple piecing to fusible machine appliqué to triangles
Make the best use of your fabric; cutting charts show options for using different precut pieces to make the projects
Cash in on the authors' helpful - Piggy Bank
Tips,-designer tips throughout the book
Canadian Quilter 2021 – Autumn

Autumn 2021

Enjoy all the award-winning quilts from the National Juried Show at the virtual Quilt Canada conference, including details of the Best of Show and Viewers’ Choice quilt, Winter Sunset, by Colette Dumont. Check out the prize winners in the TrendTex Challenge, and see who won the Ties That Bind CQA/ACC Member Challenge, and the the CQA/ACC Youth Challenge. And that’s not all! Find out what quilting means to Anishinaabe-Dene quilter, Laura Horton, and how quilts are an important part of gifting in her culture. Try one of two wonderful projects: make an aviation block designed by Melanie Rudy, or a festive tote bag designed by Jackie White. Learn about personalizing your quilt labels, methods for surface design, polyester threads and how to use them, block patterns on EQ8®’s BlockBase+®, and how judging works. Keep yourself informed by reading the notes from this year’s AGM. And here’s a bonus: Find out who is coming soon to a webinar near you from now ’til December!
25 Ways to Sew Jelly Rolls and Layer

Create stunning modern quilts and quilted projects from jelly rolls, layer cakes and other pre-cuts fabric bundles. Featuring 25 small and large projects, each made from pre-cut bundles of fabric, including full sized bed quilts, bags and table runners. Be inspired by fabulous contemporary quilt designs using the most exciting fabric lines, and use up the leftovers to make quick and easy small quilted projects.
QUILTED LANDSCAPES

Bring the splendor of the outdoors into your home when you create beautiful landscapes out of cloth. Use simple piecing methods, different fabrics and a variety of machine-embellishment techniques to stitch realistic illusions of water, mountains, grass, trees and more. Instructions for seven projects will get you started.
Accidental Landscapes

Discover the secrets of creating a fabric landscape accidentally using this topstitch/layering technique. These quilted scenes are surprisingly simple to create! The book contains over 30 new inspiring landscapes to guide you along the way. You'll learn how to capture the feeling of a scene in simple layers. Create a landscape based on a favorite photo or color palette. Adopt the same easy layering technique to create gorgeous curved borders. For ease and fun, Karen's topstitched layers beat out machine applique and curved piecing by a mile.
Landscape Quilts

Make gorgeous quilts without patterns or measurements. The projects include creating woodland scenes, creating water, sky, mountains and snow. - Getting started - Creating your own landscape quilt - Adding garden touches - - Cutting free-form shapes - Creating water, sky, mountains and snow - - Creating woodland scenes - Finishing touches - Exhibiting - Working spaces - * Quilting projects inspired by nature - flower gardens, the countryside, woodlands, lakes, mountains and sky. * In full colour: illustrated step-by-step with nearly 300 colour photographs, plus line drawings.
Points of View: Landscape Quilts to Stitch and Embellish

Step into your own gorgeous landscape scenes by using the incredible texture, color, and pattern that fabric provides. No tricky technical techniques here--simplicity is the goal in these artful, small-scale representations of nature's scenery.
Fabric + Paint + Thread = Fabulous

Learn innovative new painting, free-motion quilting, and embellishing techniques for creating breathtaking art quilts. Are you ready to take your quilting to the next level? Then this is the book for you! Discover how to expand your artistic horizons and make breathtaking art quilts with these innovative techniques for painting, free-motion quilting, and embellishing, from award-winning quilter Pat Durbin. With five original projects to get you started and a stunning full-colour photo gallery to get the creative juices flowing, you'll never be without inspiration again.
Stitched Textiles: Landscapes

Kathleen Matthews shares her unique method of creating beautiful landscapes using quilting, dyeing and stitching techniques. She shows what materials are needed, and takes us through her design process from taking reference photographs of landscapes through composition, identifying the light source and choosing fabrics and thread to create the scene. There is an excellent section on using simple dyeing methods to create unique fabrics that are ideal for landscapes. We then learn how to transfer the design on to fabric, create a quilt and then layer fabrics to create the various parts of a picture. Free machine embroidery is then used to create the effect, with hand embroidery sometimes employed for details. There is plenty of information on creating landscape elements such as water, skies, trees, hills and mountains, fields, flowers and buildings and more, and on depicting the four seasons. There are five gorgeous step by step projects showing an Autumn Woodland, Flowers in a Landscape, a Mountain Scene, a Sunset on Water and a Lavender Field. The book is filled with beautiful landscapes to inform and inspire textile artists.
This book is part of the new Stitched Textiles series for textile artists (in particular intermediate to experienced embroiderers, quilters, etc.), showing how to embellish and enhance fabric surfaces with paints, dye, appliqué, collaged elements, stitching, beads and more. Themes are forever popular in the textile world, and this book on stitched landscapes will demonstrate how to design, realise and create original work.
Quilted Projects & Garments

Appeals to all levels of quilting skills.-- Clear, concise instructions for a variety of projects.-- Projects range flora basic assembly to quilted garments.
101 Log Cabin Blocks for Small Projects

Quilt Layouts And Complete Instructions For 10 Projects
Fabric Scrapping: Creative and Fun Sewing Ideas for the Home

It’s a question every sewing enthusiast asks—what to do with all those leftover odds and ends? Wonder no more, because you can take those scrap fabrics, buttons, lace remnants, and other materials and create this vast assortment of fun and creative projects. Using buttonhole and chain stitches, make a Decorated Apron with fabric adornments such as appliqués. Join multiple fabrics to put together a Patchwork Tea Cozy and Coffeepot Sleeve, or rest easy on a Silk Scarf Bolster pillow. They’re all simple enough for novices to tackle, but offer intermediate and even advanced crafters a wealth of great ideas. Embroidery, sewing, using ribbons and trims, and patchwork techniques are all covered, as are sewing box basics.
Make Your Bed: Quilted Bed Runners, Pillows, and More to Suit Your Style

Discover nine gorgeous sets of bed runners with coordinating projects such as pillows, shams, and embellished sheets. Specially designed to drape across the foot of the bed, each stunning bed runner offers a quick and beautiful way to decorate.
Includes many two-sided designs for added versatility--change the look of a bedroom with the simple flip of a quilt
Offers a variety of sets to suit your mood: sassy, serene, playful, elegant, charming, and more
Inspires quilters to experiment with new ideas and techniques on smaller projects
Photo Fun: Print Your Own Fabric for Quilts & Crafts

State-of-the-art fabric printing techniques to use with any brand of inkjet printer or scanner.
Illustrated Guide To Borders & Binding

The creative borders and bindings in this book will add special touches to finished quilts. This book offers advise for choosing the right one.
Simple Start-Stunning Finish: Fabric Secrets Easy Piecing Quilting Solutions

15 hip, quick-to-make quilts that get dramatic results from simple shapes and large-scale prints.
Pictorial Art Quilt Guidebook: Secrets to Capturing Your Photos in Fabric

You’ll be surprised how easy it is to transform a photo into gallery-worthy fabric art with Leni Wiener’s simple methods. Leni walks you step by step through choosing the right fabrics; creating patterns with free software; depicting common elements, such as grass, trees, water, and faces; layering and sewing your collages; and finishing your work for display. Complete patterns and instructions for two quilts help get you started. Use the included Art Quilter’s Value Scale to choose the perfect light and dark fabrics for your quilts. Loaded with helpful photos, this guide is a virtual art class in a book.
Artistic Photo Quilts: Create Stunning Quilts with Your Camera, Computer & Cloth

Help quilters take photos-on-fabric beyond plop-and-drop and learn to create luminous art quilts with camera, computer, and sewing machine. 11 lessons.
Creating Art Quilts with Panels: Easy Thread Painting and Embellishing Techniques to Create Your Own Colorful Piece of Art from Panels

Discover how to transform premade fabric panels and thread into one-of-a-kind art quilts! Award-winning quilter and fiber artist Joyce Hughes uses free motion quilting, thread painting, trapunto, overlay, three-dimensional effects, machine techniques, and a variety of embellishments to create stunning pictorial quilts. In this book, she shows you how to take an ordinary fabric panel and turn it into a beautiful work of art with dimension and texture. Complete 6 step-by-step projects with full-color photography and learn to make seasonal panels, beautiful florals, holiday designs, and gorgeous landscapes. Joyce presents her techniques clearly and concisely with detailed photographs in an easy-to-follow format. Sure to please both traditional and contemporary artists, Creating Art Quilts with Panels also features a photographic gallery of inspirational art quilt masterpieces.
The Art Quilt

This one-of-a-kind book showcases unique quilts created for walls--"art quilts" that combine unusual techniques and materials that will inspire anyone seeking new quilting frontiers. More than 50 full-color inserts let quilters see how quilting artists express themselves through various media and 28 full-page, full-color plates illustrate a wealth of beautiful quilts.
Thread Painting: Simple Techniques to Add Texture and Dimension

Contains exciting lessons in achieving elaborate embroidered and embellished looks with a simple sewing machine and a home computer and printer
Dresden Plate Quilt: A Simplified Method

With this simplified method, the wedges are all speed cut and assembly line pieced. The completed plate is then sewn to the background square, using a new technique called The Invisible Applique Stitch.
Feathered Friends: 18 Paper-Pieced Blocks for Bird Lovers

18 beautiful paper-pieced blocks for bird lovers feature chickadees, wrens, woodpeckers, swallows, swans, puffins, gulls, and many others.
50 Fabulous Paper-Pieced Stars

With the simplicity and accuracy of paper piecing, you can create these elaborate-looking Star blocks in a snap! Carol Doak, bestselling author of many books on paper piecing, is back with 50 original paper-pieced Star blocks--one for each U.S. state.
A Paper-Pieced Garden: 27 Mix and Match Blocks Plus Unique Quilts

Discover 27 truly lovely blocks featuring flowers, leaves, and spritely creatures of the garden such as squirrels and robins. You'll also find seven delightful quilt patterns that showcase these versatile blocks.
- Develop your skills with paper piecing, machine appliqué, and free-motion machine quilting
- Celebrate nature's abundance with color-splashed projects for spring, summer, winter, and fall
- View a fabulous photo gallery brimming with even more ideas for these extraordinary blocks
From the Inside Flap:

Quilters will enjoy 27 blocks and seven delightful quilts featuring flowers, leaves, and spritely creatures. Hone skills such as paper piecing, machine appliqué, and free-motion machine quilting.
Quilt As Desired

Your Guide to Straight-Line and Free-Motion Quilting

This book comes to the rescue of quilters everywhere by finally addressing the most dreaded phrase in quilting instruction - quilt as desired.

Packed with 150 step-by-step photos, detailed instructions and expert insight into thread selection, marking techniques and simple binding, each chapter meet your desire to continually grow as a quilter. Using straight-line and free-motion techniques to complete six feature projects, this revolutionary guide will help you take your quilting to new heights.
Mariner’s Compass Stars: 24 Stellar Paper-Pieced Blocks & 9 Easy Quilt Projects

Mix 'n match 24 sensational paper-pieced star blocks in 9 quilt projects. Bonus CD-ROM with resizable patterns.
365 Free Motion Quilting Designs

In 2009, Leah Day started a blog with the goal of 365 new free motion quilting designs. Over the next two and a half years, she shared each design with photos and a video tutorial on her blog, The Free Motion Quilting Project. This book is a compilation of all 365 designs, organized in the order they were originally posted to the project. Flipping through this book, you'll find each design illustrated with clear, high quality photos. Each design is known as a "filler" design, which means they can fill your quilts in a continuous line without breaking thread. Fillers are also unique in the fact that you do not have to mark your quilt top before stitching the design. Each design is governed by a simple set of rules you can easily memorize, much like cursive writing, and then quilt over any area of your quilt. No, this book is not an elementary primer on free motion quilting, but a unique collection of photos designed to excite and inspire you. Stitch the designs exactly as they are shown, or play with creating your own variations. The possibilities are endless!
The New Hexagon: 52 Blocks to English Paper Piece

Unlock the possibilities within hexagons and make your own unique blocks. Learn the glue-basting method of English paper piecing and use it to create exciting designs. You'll enjoy relaxing handwork as you incorporate hexagons into decorative projects.
- Select from 52 patterns for 6" blocks
- Divide the shapes within the hexagon outline and discover new shapes
- Stitch projects ranging from a mug rug and candle mat to a bed-sized quilt
Sally Collins Teaches You Precision Piecing (DVD): At Home with the Experts #5

Make your quilts come together perfectly every time.

Bring accuracy to every step - planning, cutting, pinning, sewing, and pressing.

Make blocks - even complex ones - exactly the right size.
Smashing Sets

Margaret Miller offers a new perspective for settings using traditional blocks. You'll find hundreds of ideas for combining simple but unexpected designs, easy piecing, and a bit of fabric savvy.
- Only straight line piecing is used! Quilts look complex but are based on simple design principles.
- 36 full color quilts, with layouts for making 16 of them.
- Step-by-step instructions and advice on fabric choices, plus lots of sample layouts to play with.
- Not just for sampler quilts! Techniques are applicable to any quilt that uses individual blocks.
3-Fabric Quilts

Quick and Modern Quilts, Easy as 1-2-3!

Selecting fabrics and making great quilts has never been easier! In 3-Fabric Quilts, Leni Levenson Wiener gives you the tools to make twelve fantastic quilts that each require only three fabrics. With each quilt composed of geometric squares, rectangles and strips, cutting and piecing has never been so fast and simple.

Inside, you'll find:
- Advice on choosing the three fabrics, including tips on understanding color, value and print scale, making fabric shopping easier than ever.
- Illustrated instructions for twelve 3-fabric quilts, each with yardage requirements and instructions for a small and large size.
- A unique quilting template for each project, specifically designed for the quilt.
- Basic rotary cutting, piecing and finishing instructions.
- Fun, fresh, contemporary fabrics, layouts and patterns, perfect for gifts or to decorate your own home!
No need to stress about choosing lots of coordinating fabrics. With a few simple tricks and tips, choose just three fabrics and one of 12 fabulous designs and you'll be on your way to a gorgeous finished quilt!
THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PATCHWORK: NEW BASICS FOR THE MODERN

Quilting Basics with Modern Flair -12 quilt projects for beginners, confident beginners, and intermediates -Explore different options for each project-make it with just two colors or scrappy, make it vintage or mod, make it soft or playful. -Alternate colorways included with each project show you how swapping out fabrics can change the look of the same block. -Learn how to cut, piece, appliqué, machine quilt, bind, and finish. -Pick up helpful tips and tricks to stay organized and master the methods. Try a fresh, relaxed approach to making quilts with this new "go-to" book. The bright aesthetic and clear, simple instructions guide beginners and intermediates alike through the entire process of creating fun and useful quilts that they'll be proud to call their own.
Casting Shadows: Creating Visual Dimension in Your Quilts

Create quilts with 3-D illusions!
Cozy Modern Quilts: 23 Easy Pieced Projects to Bust Your Stash

Modern doesn't have to be hard-edged. Make a soft statement with statement with these irresistibly cozy, contemporary quilts built from simple squares and rectangles.
Modern Neutrals: A Fresh Look at Neutral Quilt Patterns

Best-selling author Amy Ellis has outdone herself with this amazing collection of new blocks and quilts. With her spot-on design sense, she shows how to use neutrals--including large-scale prints, solids, and tonal fabrics--in stunning quilts.
- Choose from 15 extraordinary quilt patterns that range from simple to intricate
- Discover Amy's secrets for using graphic quilt designs stitched in neutral tones to add sophistication and texture to living spaces
- Find an assortment of great gift ideas, even for guys
Modern Minimal: 20 Bold & Graphic Quilts

Quilts get super sleek and ultra modern with these gorgeously graphic designs by Alissa Haight Carlton, co-founder of The Modern Quilt Guild. Each of the 20 projects uses lots of open space to show off the simplicity of the quilting. Designs are perfect for all your solid fabrics—accent with your favorite prints! Try straight, strip, or improvisational piecing using strips, squares, and rectangles. These beginner-friendly quilt projects work well with any décor, in any room, for everyone in your family!
Bags with Style

Create eye-catching and original bags for any occasion with over 25 easy-to-follow designs

Quick and easy projects allow you to make stunning bags from start to finish

Features designs for all tastes and occasions, from practical everyday bags to show-stopping party pieces

Comprehensive overview of sewing and assembly techniques ensures confidence

Provides a wealth of ideas for color and embellishment, plus a gallery of further inspiration
Thinking Outside the Block

Contemporary quilts the easy way - no rules, just fun! Start with traditional blocks as Sandi Cummings shares easy steps to designing and creating your own artistic quilts. Next, move up to deceptively simple 'transition' units that offer a bridge into the world of contemporary quiltmaking. Spontaneity and experimentation are key, so get ready to loosen up and have fun as you learn! 6 different blocks teach Sandi's concepts - one step at a time. Easy processes include inserting strips into blocks, constructing free-form units, cutting double, and creating checkerboards. Learn to experiment with design and develop one-of-a-kind quilts.
Solids, Stripes, Circles, and Squares: 16 Modern Patchwork Quilt Patterns

Treat yourself to fun, fuss-free quilts with a modern aesthetic.
Enjoy 16 innovative projects featuring bright solid fabrics stitched into bold geometric motifs
Use appliqué and other techniques to create practical projects from bed quilts to pillows, place mats and table runners
Make quick projects that are ideal for gifts and for using up your scraps
New Cuts for New Quilts: More Ways to Stack the Deck

The "Stack the Deck" technique gets new life in this popular author's third book that contains 18 all-new projects. Full color.
Quilts Galore!

The perfect companion to Quilts Quilts Quilts , this lavishly illustrated encyclopedia of styles and techniques helps quilters master the advanced skills used to create pieced, appliqued, broderie perse, trapunto, whole cloth, stenciled, crazy, and medallion quilts. Easy-to-follow instruct"
The Complete Quilting Course

What you need to get you started, how to master all the key quilting techniques and how to design patterns of your own.

Carefully planned, step-by-step projects enable you to create a whole range of quilted items for yourself, your family and as treasured gifts.

Beautiful full-color photographs of tradition and contemporary quilted items to inspire and instruct.
Quilter’s Academy Vol. 2 – Sophomore Year: A Skill-Building Course in Quiltmaking

Continue Your Journey of a Lifetime with the Hargraves. Get a college-level education in quiltmaking from the comfort of your own home. This latest volume will inspire and challenge you to start designing your own quilts. Drafting exercises help you learn to make any quilt, any size, with or without a pattern. Loads of tips, techniques, and helpful charts. Bonus section with 11 projects. This classic series of comprehensive books will take you from the basics to complete mastery with easy-to-follow lessons and hands-on exercises. In Volume 1, you learned the fundamentals of quiltmaking. In Volume 2, you'll build your drafting skills by using tools like graph paper and linking blocks. A must-have for every quilter's library!
Fun & Easy Machinework and Quiltwork

A practical guide to creating beautiful floral arrangements. With rich color photos and illustrations, this book introduces floral decorations for use in a variety of locations and styles.
Quilting School

Written for both beginners and experienced quilters, this guide contains all of the basics of quilting, including step-by-step projects, as well as sophisticated patterns and advice on displaying the finished product. 30,000 first printing.
Quick & Easy Weekend Quilting With Sulky

In this book two of the hottest trends, quilting and home décor come together in this 'must have' full-color book. Even a beginner can confidently create most of the featured quilts when they begin with the small sampler quilt that teaches all of the basics in easy-to-follow, step-by-step directions. You'll find numerous and diverse quilts and projects, plus fun and easy techniques.
The Complete Book of Quilting

Containing twelve traditional quilts, this book features applique, piece work and crazy patch designs, including many popular blocks and patterns. It also includes machine sewing instructions that save time and spare the effort of hand stitching.
Pat Sloan’s Teach Me to Sew Triangles: 13 Easy Techniques Plus 12 Fun Quilts

Pat Sloan--popular teacher, designer, and online radio-show host--teaches all you need to know to create triangles with ease. Take your skills to the next level with this second book in her beginner-friendly "Teach Me" series. You'll discover 13 different ways to sew triangles--at least one method will be just right for you!
- Learn to successfully sew half-square and quarter-square triangles, 60-degree triangles, flying geese, and more
- Gain confidence and get all your questions answered--Pat shares tons of tips throughout
- Spotlight triangles in 12 exciting patterns, ranging from small wall hangings to lap quilts to a bed-sized design
All About Quilting From A to Z

Everything you want to know about designing, creating, and living with quilts in one comprehensive volume!
Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Boxes: 8 Great Designs-Unlimited Possibilities

8 basic box designs and 13 projects offer unlimited creative options. Finalist in the USA Book News Best Book Awards.
Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Bowls: 5 Reversible Shapes to Use & Display: Five Reversible Shapes for Use and Display

Attention quilting, sewing, and craft enthusiasts: These five delightful fabric bowl projects make perfect gifts! Choose from the Easy Round Bowl, Fast Square Bowl, and other simple shapes, all ready to create in an array of fabrics and colors. Projects use simple-to-find materials and are completely washable and reversible.
Sewing School: 21 Sewing Projects Kids Will Love to Make

Kids can sew too! This inspiring guide includes 21 fun sewing projects for children ages 5 and up. With easy-to-follow illustrated instructions and cut-out patterns, young crafters will quickly be sewing up colorful pillows, potholders, dolls, blankets, and more. These kid-tested projects require only minimal supervision and most can be made using simple hand stitches, so no sewing machine is required. With plenty of encouragement and helpful tips, Sewing School ® helps young sewers develop their skills while sparking a passion that will last a lifetime.
Quilts for Wilderness Kids

From Debbie Field's Granola Girl Design Studios, QUILTS FOR WILDERNESS KIDS brings the wonder of the outdoors inside with her spectacular Northwoods designs. This book contains fabulous quilts for kids of all ages including Bear Hugs, Camping in the Woods, Wolf Pack, Don't Bug Me, Fishing Tales, Busy Beaver, Woodland ABC's and more.

18 projects with more than 150 full-color photos and illustrations.
Quilts From the Quiltmaker’s Gift

Provides detailed instructions and measurements for quilt patterns as found in the children's picture book, "The Quiltmaker's Gift."
Quilts for Baby: Easy As ABC

Piece a quilt top in just a few hours! Learn to make 11 super-easy quilts, using playful, colorful fabrics . Yardage charts and complete instructions are included.
Quick Kids’ Quilts: Easy-to-do Projects for Newborns to Older Children

Quick Kids' Quilts is stuffed full of punchy, bright designs guaranteed to liven up any child's room. The book covers projects for babies, toddlers, and older boys and girls and the different themes capture the imagination and allow for a variety of tastes and functions. Transform or adapt the decorative scheme already in place with a colorful new quilt thrown over the bed and add accessories, such as coordinating cushions and wall hangings, to complete the look.

Making quilts is relatively simple and only a few specialist items of equipment are needed to start. Whether you are a beginner or a more experienced needleworker, the comprehensive, clearly illustrated instructions that accompany each design make the projects simple and easy to do. Variations in texture and color can be introduced with appliqué, decorative stitching, or different weights of wadding. Advice on the best material and tools to use and a summary of the essential practical skills provide all of the necessary information to enable you to produce professional looking finished articles.

The great thing about the patterns is that they can all be achieved in a few days, so you can create quick quilts to suit a wide range of changing tastes and rooms.
Happy Quilts!: 10 Fun, Kid-Themed Quilts and Coordinating Soft Toys

Cheerful, adorable crafts that kids will love!

Childhood is supposed to be magical. Instead of generic bedding, add some whimsy to children's bedrooms with fanciful quilts and huggable pals that looks like they jumped right off the fabric. From playful puppies to retro robots, this fanciful collection from author Antonie Alexander offers easy-to-follow directions for making one-of-a-kind creations!

Inside you'll find:

• 10 themed quilts with more than a dozen matching stuffed toys
• Basic quilting, piecing, applique and finishing instructions
• A digital link to download quilt templates and full-size soft toy patterns in a ready-to-print PDF
Quilt It for Kids: 11 Quilt Projects Sports, Animal, Fantasy Themes for Children of All Ages

Playfulness and practicality are combined in this book's fun-filled designs meant especially for the special young people on every quilter's gift list. Eleven delightful designs for quilts, pillows, and wallhangings are based on animal, fantasy, sports, transportation, or other themes that appeal to kids, some with unique hands-on play features and textured surfaces. Complete instructions using popular quilting techniques include rotary cutting, strip piecing, machine applique, and photo transfer.
THE QUILTER’S HOME: FALL

Bursts of colorful leaves, crowded pumpkin patches, hot apple pie fresh from the oven--autumn's favorite themes come to life in these easy quilted projects! This fresh new designer introduces a gorgeous sampler quilt that supplies the foundation for a range of coordinating home-decor accents.

Ten projects include a sampler quilt, wall hangings, a pillow sham, and a table runner

Beginners can learn quiltmaking basics in easy-to-follow lessons, and then sharpen their skills by making each block

Many of the smaller projects can be completed in a day or less for a new decor that's fun to create and fast to finish
A Patrick Lose Christmas: Whimsical Projects to Deck the Halls

Put a smile in your holidays with 12 festive projects-bed quilts, table runners, door toppers, and pillows.
Christmas Favorites: Art-to-Heart
Seasonal Samplers, Book 1: Spring and Summer

Delight in spring miracles and summer pleasures with this cheery collection of fun & sunny quilts & seasonal decorations. These quick-cut, easy to piece projects leave plenty or time for enjoying the splendors of the seasons. — - twenty-three bright and cheery projects by Debbie Mumm — - nine colorful quilts spring forth with speedy rotary cutting & quick fuse applique' - easty-to-make button samplers showcase favorite ceramic buttons - whimsical tulips, daffodils & black-eyed susans - decoupage pots & plaques with fun fabric motifs - fast & fun ornaments, vests & decorations
Seasonal Samplers, Book 2: Autumn & Winter

From the back cover: Share the bounties of harvest and the warmth of a winter fire with this generous gathering of welcoming quilts, treasured gifts, and seasonal trimmings. This warmhearted collection, designed by Debbie Mumms, features timesaving projects that are quick to cut and easy to piece. 22 warm and friendly projects; 8 country quilts inspired by the changing seasons.
Christmas Greetings
- Star Garland Quilt with applique
- Star Garland Quilt
- Pine Berries
- Prairie Pines
- Christmas Greetings Log Cabin
- Christmas Greetings Throw
- Christmas Greetings Accessories
Quilts from a Gardener’s Journal

Follow the year in the garden with beautiful new projects including a glorious block-of-the-month by Debbie Mumm. From the amaryllis of winter to the birds of summer to the fruitful harvest of autumn, a whole garden full of quilting inspiration awaits you!
Applique Workshop: Mix and Match 10 Techniques to Unlock Your Creativity

Step-by-Step Illustrated Guide. An in-depth look at how to create amazing applique designs, from landscapes and florals to fun, free-flowing abstracts. Whether you enjoy hand or machine applique, you're sure to find a technique that suits you to a tee!
Sewflakes: Papercut-Applique, Quilts

Turn cut-paper snowflakes into intricate fabric sewflakes that add dazzle to your quilts. 5 projects.
More William Morris Applique: Spectacular Quilts & Accessories for the Home

In this spectacular sequel to her bestselling first book, William Morris in Applique, Michele Hill shares 10 new projects for quilts and home accessories, plus 55 individual applique designs in authentic William Morris style. She has beautifully captured the essence of Morris love for his home by dedicating each project to a room from his era. The photography is luxurious throughout the book; you will enjoy seeing his inspirational art and learning more about his different homes. All the how-to basics are included-try fusible or hand applique methods. Update any room with rich, gorgeous colors and stitching.
Beautiful Wildflower Applique

From the English countryside to your quilt come 33 original wildflower appliqué designs enhanced with embroidery details by Master Quilter's Guild member Zena Thorpe. An award-winning quilter, Zena first used these designs in her fabulous quilt, OUT OF THE STRONG CAME FORTH SWEETNESS. Her recollections of long walks in her native England inspired her botanically correct designs. And these aren't all ordinary wildflowers. These unusual offerings will expand any quilter's appliqué repertoire and the more familiar wildflowers will strengthen it. Included are basic hand appliqué and embroidery techniques. The purpose of the book is to provide these wildflower patterns so quilters can adapt them to their own work, but instructions for 1 wallhanging are also included.
Faces & Places

Have you ever wanted to create a quilt from a favorite photograph but didn't know how to begin? Capturing realistic details in fabric seems an elusive art, but Charlotte shows how to portray images in quilts using a layering technique that is easy to understand and easy to use. Now you can create images in fabric through the appliqué techniques and exercises discussed in this exciting new book. A photo sequence for each project guides the quilter through the process. The projects include landscapes and portraits, with step-by-step techniques to capture realistic detail.
The Best of Baltimore Beauties: 95 Patterns for Album Blocks and Borders

In response to quilters' demand, this book assembles the most acclaimed block and border patterns gleaned from the author's previously published and out-of-print collections, now available in a stunning volume that includes four brand-new Baltimore-style beauties.

Thoroughly indexed for finding multiple patterns of any block style-baskets, bouquets, papercuts, and so on-the collection comprises ninety-five full-scale patterns with annotations pertaining to history, symbolism, and construction.
Applique in a Day: Block Party Series 6

Applique in a Day (Quilt Block Party), Series 6, with 12 pattern inserts
Applique Animals A-Z: Easy Appliqué Animal Quilt Patterns

This 54 page book includes complete appliqué instructions with Debra’s signature NO REVERSING, NO TRACING raw edge method. There are 26 easy to make appliqué animals and a full gallery of ideas. The pattern included goes together quick and easy with 12 fat quarters and 1 yard of white and 1/2 yard of black fabric. Blocks utilize strip piecing. This is a great beginner project!
- Quilt made with 12 fat quarters and 1 yard of white and 1/2 yard of black!
- 26 Easy to make animals included
- Raw-edge fusible appliqué makes the layered patterns quick and easy to complete
- Make this adorable quilt or use the animals on a store bought blanket or bib to personalize.
Little ones LOVE this Brightly Colored Children's Quilt!
Wool Appliqué Folk Art: Traditional Projects Inspired by 19th-Century American Life

Savor the richness and beauty of wool appliqué—its texture, depth, color, and design. Well-known, award-winning folk artist Rebekah L. Smith will ignite your passion for Americana home decor with her simple and elegant designs. Hand stitch 14 folk-art projects, each with full-size patterns and step-by-step instructions. Appliqué pillows, bed toppers, and table runners from woven wools, felted wools, and wool felt—upcycling at its finest! Staying true to early decorative arts, the antique color palette and nature-inspired designs translate seamlessly to many modern living spaces.
Fancy Applique: 12 Lessons to Enhance Your Skills

Each exercise in this excellent instructional book encourages playful exploration that will broaden any needleworker's stitching horizons. The twelve sequential lessons provide for two unique Fancy Sampler Quilts that contain fifty different blocks. All techniques needed to replicate them are shown and explained, including cutaway and reverse cutaway appliqu, needleturn, nondecorative stitches, stumpwork, scenery blocks, and state-of-the-art methods for making perfect points, inside corners, and smooth curves.

Elly Sienkiewicz is a quiltmaker, teacher, and the author of Baltimore Beauties and Beyond and many other best-selling crafts books. She lives in Washington, D.C.
Award-Winning Applique Birds

"Patterns to applique realistic and recognizable songbirds. Use all the patterns on a full-sized quilt or use individually. Lists for tools and supplies are provided. Patterns adapt to your favorite applique technique or follow authors instructions for peel-and-stick templates"--Provided by publisher.
Dimensions a New Approach to Piecing & Applique

This book contains beautiful quilting patterns using piecing & applique.
Doodle Quilting: Over 120 Continuous-Line Machine-Quilting Designs

Cheryl Malkowsi makes it easy to free-motion quilt by mastering your doodling skills! In her beginner’s guide to continuous-line quilting designs, learn how to select the right shapes to get where you need to go; sometimes the hardest part is figuring out where to quilt next. Squiggles, swirls, flowers, feathers…learn which are best for confined spaces and which work better traveling across your quilt. Gain confidence in your ability to draw basic shapes, then learn how to put them together into over a hundred all-over quilting designs. Includes drawing exercises and tips for transferring designs from paper to fabric.
Heirloom Machine Quilting: A Comprehensive Guide to Hand-Quilting Effects Using Your Sewing Machine

A brand-new edition of the machine quilting classic! Includes everything you need to know about machine quilting.
Creative Classics: 250 Playful Continuous-Line Quilting Designs

Rev up your hand or machine quilting with 250 playful new continuous-line variations on 5 favorite quilting motifs.
Quilt As Desired: Your Guide to Straight-Line and Free-Motion Quilting

This book comes to the rescue of quilters everywhere by finally addressing the most dreaded phrase in quilting instruction - quilt as desired.

Packed with 150 step-by-step photos, detailed instructions and expert insight into thread selection, marking techniques and simple binding, each chapter meet your desire to continually grow as a quilter. Using straight-line and free-motion techniques to complete six feature projects, this revolutionary guide will help you take your quilting to new heights.
Ricky Tims’ Convergence Quilts: Mysterious, Magical, Easy, and Fun

Popular quilting expert Ricky Tims presents an imaginative, new piecing technique that quilters will adore! Convergence quilts feature two or more fabrics cut into strips, sewn together, then cut and pieced again. Nothing could be simpler - or more magical! Ricky offers lots of creative guidelines but no hard-and-fast rules, so every Convergence quilt is a unique work of art.
Quilting with Japanese Fabrics

The stunning beauty of Japanese fabrics inspired award-winning quiltmaker Kitty Pippen to immerse her quilts in Japanese elegance and style. Now Kitty shares her dazzling creations in eight exquisite patterns that illustrate how quilters of all skill levels can play with these dramatic fabrics in their quilts. Includes patterns ranging from simple mosaics and Japanese octagonal designs to Crazy patchwork, plus over 40 photos of glorious Japanese-style quilts. Provides a comprehensive introduction to Japanese textiles, such as indigo, kasuri, yukata, shibori, and aizome. Features a section on using sashiko quilting to add richness to any pieced quilt. Draws on common quilting techniques, such as traditional machine piecing, paper piecing, and appliqué.
Asian Elegance: Quilting With Japanese Fabrics And More

Got a passion for exotic fabrics? Feature the fabrics of Japan, Polynesia, and Hawaii in your next quilt! This talented mother-daughter team shares their love of unusual fabrics in one-of-a-kind designs.

Learn the best ways to use beautiful, bold fabrics in nine step-by-step projects

Break the traditional rules of design by playing with asymmetry, space, and movement

Get creative by combining several fabric styles, from elegant kimono silks to colorful tropical prints
CELTIC QUILTS

These all-new, timesaving techniques show quilters how to create exquisite, interlacing Celtic patterns more simply and quickly than ever before! Just "baste" designs with fusible web, machine appliqué with "invisible" stitches, and add dramatic color and texture with decorative threads. A mix of ancient and modern Celtic patterns is provided. Includes: Complete instructions for 12 beautiful Celtic wall quilts, pillows, and table runners. Elegant block, medallion, and border patterns, all given a fresh look with color-rich prints. Tips on making stained-glass style Celtic quilts with ready-made 1/4" bias strips.
Cathedral Window Quilting

In Cathedral Window Quilting, internationally-renowned quilt designer Lynne Edwards returns to this beautiful patchwork technique by popular demand. Lynne's uniquely creative and accessible approach brings Cathedral Window quilting up to date, capturing quilters' imaginations and inspiring them to learn and enjoy this technique and its variations
Birds in the Air

Based on the traditional triangle block, Eleanor Burns presents her rendition of Birds in the Air. Always working to perfect the art of making quilting fun and easy, she developed a method to make 8 blocks at a time, using the Two Block method. This makes the quilt go twice as fast! The full color book gives complete, step by step instructions for technique, as well as yardage and cutting charts for numerous quilt sizes.
Cozy Cabin Quilts from Thimbleberries: 20 Projects for Any Home

Provides instructions for twenty Thimbleberries projects for such items as quilts, pillows, tablecloths, and throws.
Ribbon Star Quilts

Back with more of her stunning work, top-selling author Nancy Mahoney reveals the incredible versatility of the Ribbon Star block a quilt block of her own design. Take this beauty on an exciting quilting adventure with Nancy's quick and clever techniques.
The Scrap Savers Solution Book

This book offers a baker's dozen of delightful projects designed to reduce the volume of a quilter's scrap stash. 48 pages. Softcover.
Everyday Quilts

Lap quilts get snack fallout at TV time. Kids' beds see lots of playtime as well as sleep time. And who knows what Fido and Kitty do when no one's looking? These quilts are the kind you love to make but don't worry about using. Enjoy 15 easy machine-pieced patterns that any confident beginning quilter can create in no time. These quilts are fun to make and great time-savers. Also included are anecdotes and recipes, so the book can serve as the focus of a gathering for sewing, snacking, and story telling-perfect for making charity quilts.
Quilts Without Corners

Quilts Without Corners Platinum Edition combines the best of the original book with the best of the Quilts Without Corners Encore with updated samples, size conversions, creative options and additional designs. New -- the Chained Melody pattern Also New-- A redesigned butterfly! Smaller and Larger size design conversions Creative Options--variations for designs Framing template Extension and Mini templates. Uses the Ten Degree tool also by Cheryl Phillips and Phillips Fiber Art
Lone Star Quilts & Beyond: Step-by-Step Projects and Inspiration

Explore the world of Lone Star quilts! Jan shows you how to use today's techniques to simplify this intricate design and make 9 colorful, creative projects.
A Cozy Quilted Christmas

90 Designs, 17 Projects to Decorate Your Home

Mix n' match 90 applique, designs into festive, fast, easy piecing projects.
101 FABULOUS ROTARY-CUT QUILTS

Learn time-saving techniques with this grand compilation of 101 classic quilt patterns!
Bears Paw Plus: Make New Tracks with Sampler Blocks

Join the Bear's Paw block with other classics for a fun twist on tradition! Replace the paw pad in the Bear's Paw block with one of twelve 4" sampler blocks to make big, beautiful designs. These blocks are satisfying to stitch and spectacular to show off.

A dozen traditional blocks are combined with the Bear's Paw block in five sampler projects, from place mats to bed quilts

Discover shortcut methods for familiar favorites such as Churn Dash, Old Maid's Puzzle, and Sawtooth Star

Get a project guide and a useful resource of block patterns, all packed into a value-priced format
Christmas Countdown

Thimbleberries by Lynette Jensen CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN Patchwork Applique Wall Quilt Pattern Template Book
BLOCK BY BLOCK

Finish a glorious quilt in no time--machine quilt each block as you go! Apply these construction techniques to dozens of classic quilt blocks. Quilters will find this exciting technique a manageable and versatile way to assemble and machine quilt both large and small quilts.

• Choose from 25 blocks, five corner designs, and three sashing designs; use the beautiful color gallery of ten quilts for inspiration

• Includes more than two dozen reference charts for batting, borders, sashing, blocks, and yardage

• Quilters can create original designs and settings with their favorite blocks using this technique
At Home With Country Quilts: 13 Patchwork Patterns

Discover a new collection of cozy quilts in the primitive country style that made Country Comforts so popular. With her casual approach and easy quilt patterns, Cheryl Wall invites quilters of all levels to enjoy the creative process.
- Create 13 homey patchwork quilts in a variety of sizes; many are accented with charming appliqué details
- Learn piecing methods as well as simple techniques for cotton and wool appliqué
- Make great use of your scraps in these country-style projects
Extraordinary Log Cabin Quilts

Extraordinary Log Cabin Quilts features: 15 complete and accurate patterns in multiple sizes; beautiful pieced borders gracing every quilt; 300 color diagrams; 175 gorgeous photos; an in-depth discussion of color and value with lots of photographs; a way to test your seam allowance and how to then make it perfect; diagrams showing which direction to press the seam allowances; and a method for keeping track of logs of varying lengths. Each pattern has a big color photo of the entire quilt; a closeup photo showing fabric and quilting; a photo of an additional block made in a different color scheme and fabric; 14 or more drawings of alternate settings and/or color schemes; fat quarter requirements; patch quantity requirements; quilt size, block size, and log width listed; piecing diagrams, complete with what direction to press the seams and what order to sew the patches; quilt construction diagrams for two sizes; ratings for ease of cutting, sewing, and planning; and quilting suggestions.
Judy Martin’s Log Cabin Quilt Book: Patterns & Possibilities for Lob Cabin & Log Quilts

Judy Martin's Log Cabin Quilt Book features 16 complete and accurate patterns in multiple sizes (34 sizes in all); 400 color diagrams; 100 setting plans; 36 borders; and 100 gorgeous photos. Each pattern has a big color photo of the entire quilt; a closeup photo showing fabric and quilting; fat quarter requirements; patch quantity requirements; quilt size, block size, and log width listed; piecing diagrams, complete with what direction to press the seams and what order to sew the patches; a quilt construction diagram; a rating for ease of cutting, sewing, and planning; a pieced border; and quilting suggestions.
Pineapple Passion

Very little has been written about the Pineapple pattern, and relatively few antique quilts have been found. However a simple method of constructing Pineapple quilts has created a new appeal for this wonderful pattern.
French Braid Quilts: 14 Quick Quilts with Dramatic Results

Simple Piecing - Spectacular Quilts. One great technique, a variety of different looks! LEARN TO USE VALUE: Create glowing effects by choosing a gradated range of fabrics. Super-easy piecing means fast quilt construction. Make it yours with pretty borders, separator bands, and other creative variations. Color is key when you "braid" a variety of fabrics into an eye-catching quilt. Learn to identify value in fabric and use it to create the effect you want-in these quilts and every quilt you make! Fourteen projects range from striking wall hangings to bed quilts.
NEW DIRECTIONS IN CHENILLE

Create the enormously popular look and luxurious feel of chenille in just five fun steps! Discover all-new Faux Chenille™ techniques, such as incorporating ribbons, trims, and fabric scraps to create one-of-a-kind chenille fabrics. Learn to make raw fabric edges--even cotton--"bloom" into soft, beautiful fabric that's irresistible to touch. A magical world of color and texture awaits in:

· Nine step-by-step Faux Chenille projects, including wall quilts, pillows, rugs, handbags, and wearables

· Directions for making Faux Chenille in five simple steps--just layer, stitch, slash, wash, and dry

· Techniques for strip weaving, dyeing, and appliquéing cottons, muslin, and pre-quilted fabrics for unique textural effects

Also see Nannette's first book, Variations in Chenille.
40 FABULOUS QUICK-CUT QUILTS

Any quilter with a love of traditional quilts won?t want to miss this pattern-packed book! Forty gorgeous, classic quilt designs rely on simple patterns and warm, inviting fabrics.
Forty scrappy-style quilts rely on easy rotary cutting and some strip piecing, with designs for all skill levels
Projects feature garden, seasonal, and holiday looks, with many quilts needing only three to five fabrics
Timesaving techniques promise a fast journey from fabric bolt to finished quilt
Bargello Quilts with a Twist

If you love traditional Bargello quilts with their illusion of curves and flowing waves, but are wary of tedious cutting and the complexity of creating free-form patterns, this new 16-piece Bargello block technique allows you to have fun playing with a collection of blocks to create endless possibilities—the more blocks and colors, the more possibilities.

With the newly created block method, Bargello Quilts with a Twist allows you to create the look of Bargello with ease. Strips are cut and pieced in sets of four, counter-cut, and joined to complete the blocks. Using the versatile pattern, there are an amazing number of ways to arrange as few as 16 blocks to create exciting and unique patterns.
Bargello Quilts in Motion: A New Look for Strip-Pieced Quilts

Here's Bargello like you've never seen it before: stunning quilts full of free-form twists, turns, and 3-D effects that look like Op-art paintings. The biggest surprise is how simple these quilts are to make! Designer Ruth Ann Berry shows you how to use easy, straight-line strip piecing to create the illusion of curves in motion. 8 projects with complete instructions plus directions on how to create your own designs. Slice up your stash—novelty fabrics and even ugly fabrics look good when cut up for Bargello piecing. Large-scale quilts look spectacular on a bed or on the wall.
Pieced Curves So Simple: The 6-Minute Circle and Other Time-Saving Delights

Use Dale's fast, easy, pinless technique for perfect machine-sewn curves and circles.
Crazy Curves

This is a full color quilt book exploring the Drunkards Path block in 3 sizes. Full size templates are included or ordering information for acrylic templates is available in the book. Go crazy with color as you update an old block. Great for beginners. Step by step colored pictures and directions.
Twist & Turn: Quilts with No Curved Seams

Learn to use the simple "twist & turn" method to quickly and easily sew graceful curves with no curved seams! Twist & Turn will guarantee a happy quilting experience, with instructions and patterns for windmills, pinwheels, hourglasses, interlocking shapes, scallops, zigzags and more.
ROW BY ROW: 10 EASY BAR QUILTS

Feature your favorite fabrics--including fat quarters--in these quick-to-stitch quilts! The blocks in these quilt patterns are set into a variety of wide, easy-to-sew strips that reduce the need for matching seams and sewing repeat blocks. Strips are then joined to create a super-simple finished quilt top. Perfect for quilters with a stash of novelty prints!

Combine the popularity of bar quilts and theme fabrics in ten whimsical quilt patterns

Develop your quiltmaking skills as you stitch these simple designs and discover ideas for using your stash fabrics in new ways

Includes an alphabet and number chart so you can personalize your projects
Quick Cozy Flannel Quilts

This book features easy-to-make album/memory quilts, each featuring the latest rotary cutting and quick-piecing techniques. Using old hankies, photos, school T-shirts and other media, quiltmakers can create an assortment of beautiful quilts.
Monthly Meeting Location for 2021-2022!

Our monthly meeting location for the remainder of 2021-2022 season will be the Penetanguishene Arena.
Cookies ‘n’ Quilts: Recipes & Patterns for America’s Ultimate Comforts

Judy Martin believes strongly in the notion of quilting as a social institution. It's been that way for generations. Now, more than ever in our high-tech, high-speed, isolated-at-my-own-computer-in-my-own-cubicle world, we need the relaxation and comfort and community that quilting can offer. With Judy Martin’s book, you can schedule quilting bees to make the gorgeous quilts in Cookies 'n' Quilts and then sample the desserts! Or sample the desserts and then make the quilts. But if you do it in that order, make sure everyone washes their hands before handling any fabric! Choose from these delightful patterns: American Spirit: small four patches appear to float over larger ones; Shenandoah Log Cabin: a Virginia Reel is built from logs; Diamonds Are Forever: small LeMoyne Stars are sprinkled randomly over larger ones; Measure For Measure: small and large Friendship Stars play across a light pink twilight sky; Fall Foliage Spectacular: Maple Leaves are incorporated into Log Cabin blocks; Sonora Song: blossoms enhance a Rail Fence; Climbing Roses: flowers are strewn over an Irish Chain; and "I Have a Dream": a smattering of small stars twinkle over larger stars and alternate blocks. Choose from these delicious recipes: Heart & Home: chocolate chips galore in a cookie that's crisp on the outside, tender and chewy on the inside; Farmer's Daughter: tender oatmeal spice cookie bursting with cinnamon chips; Oregon Trail: moist peanut butter cookie bursting with chocolate; Magic Moment: chewy chocolate cookie studded with mint chips; Country Boy: hearty oatmeal cookie with an abundance of butterscotch chips; Heaven & Earth: rich chocolate frosting crowns a fudgy brownie on a butter cookie crust; Tennessee Waltz: pecans and milk chocolate chips top a butter crust; Chantilly Lace: moist coconut macaroon sprinkled with walnuts; Wilderness Log Cabin: cinnamon-kissed dates and walnuts top a buttery shortbread; and Viennese Waltz: Elegant butter cookie bar topped with raspberry-flavored chocolate chips and almonds.
A Year of Rag Quilts

Featuring an authentic homespun look, these 12 quaint wall quilts boast seasonal patterns and wonderfully textured edges. And best of all, they're surprisingly easy to make, thanks to a simple, distinctive technique and great step-by-step instructions.
Beautiful Building Block Quilts: Create Improvisational Quilts from One Block

Author Lisa Walton shows you how to start with an easy quilt block like Four Patch or Flying Geese, stitch it up in several different sizes, then build your blocks into striking improvised quilts with up-to-the-minute style using solids, batiks and hand dyed fabrics. The piecing couldn’t be easier, and the design possibilities are endless with two ways to play: make quilts exactly like the ones in the book, or learn to improvise your own unique creations. Includes 8 step-by-step complete quilt projects, 4 bonus projects, plus a gallery to inspire even more possibilities!
Hearth & Home Quilts

These seven designs from Fig Tree Quilts all have a warm, antique feeling. Designer Joanna Figueroa and partner Lisa Quan chose soft romantic colors that were inspired by actual vintage quilts or vintage fabric that they discovered at a flea market.
Simple Beginner Quilts

Fantastic quilts can be easy to make! These exclusive designs from the pages of McCall's Quilting use basic piecing skills to make wonderful wall hangings, cozy cuddle quilts, and beautiful bed coverings. New and experienced quilters alike will love these simply spectacular projects. 16 Designs: Triangle Toss; On Cloud Nine; Pinwheel Princess; Peonies & Plaids; Mint Chocolate Chip; Cafe au Lait; Gelato; Carolina Courthouse; Freshly Frayed; The Scent of Summer; Bonjour!; Aqua Frost; Li'l Skipper; Batik Illusion; A Gift for Mom; and Amish Glow.
Penny Haren’s Pieced Applique

Introducing Innovative Techniques for Creating Perfect Blocks for Successful Projects

You may never look at a block pattern the same! Take the mystery out of creating intricate blocks with Penny Haren’s Pieced Applique and her amazingly simple techniques. Begin with 9 basic foundation blocks, follow 5 simple steps, and turn them into 25 “Wow! How did you do that?” blocks that look more complicated than they actually are. Create flawless points and curves with no inset seams and achieve immediate success! Full-size templates are provided, as well as clear step-by-step instructions, full-color diagrams, and three color options. Penny’s innovative techniques prove that it’s so much easier than the traditional way!
Diamond Quilts & Beyond

4 gorgeous projects feature shimmering diamonds. Lots of inspirational photos and a breathtaking gallery.
Fast, Fun & Fabulous Quilts

Fast, Fun and Fabulous Quilts By Suzanne Nelson presents 30 absolutely gorgeous quilts that are guaranteed to make you dash to your sewing room and start stitching. Every single quilt in this book is...

FAST! Timesaving tips, tricks, and techniques shave time off cutting, piecing, and appliqué.

FUN! Hundreds of ideas on color variations, easy embellishments, and quilting designs give you lots of creative inspiration.

FABULOUS! Sixteen talented designers share their very best quilt projects with you.

Father Christmas...page 104
Bear with Us...page 206
Hearts and Spools...page 146
DEBBIE MUMM’S QUICK COUNTRY QUILTS

Provides patterns and instructions for making quilts, pillows, valances, and wall hangings.
Bits of Bargello

The resurgence of interest in bargello brings us this colorful book that gives quilters a fresh look at a traditional technique. The eight projects incorporate sections bits of bargello into traditional pieced quilt designs adding fun, texture, and interest. Using bits of bargello as design elements creates the illusion of movement and depth through color and piecing. The clear instructions take the fear out of bargello. Each project utilizes a different bargello sequence, perfect for workshops in a classroom setting or for trying on your own. With a background in textile and sweater design, along with training in interior design, this busy long-arm quilter and pattern designer brings a wealth of experience and imagination to these projects. Karen, her husband, and their three young children live in Ballston Lake, New York.
Reversible Quilts: Two At A Time

Discover an unexpected "two-for-one" twist in these beautiful quilts! Create an exciting design on the front side and a completely different design on the back side. Plus, construction is quick and easy because these projects are quilted at the same time they are pieced.
Stripples

Striped Rectangles and Squares the Easy Way.
24 Floral Blocks to Piece

24 floral blocks to piece including full-size patterns.
Big One-Star Quilts by Magic

Make big, beautiful lone-stars from squares and rectangles. 14 stars, 4 projects, 28 quilting designs, 14 bonus patterns.
String Frenzy: 12 More Strip Quilt Projects; Strips, Strings & Scrappy Things!

Are you buried in scraps—big pieces, small pieces, hunks, chunks, strips, and parts? Bonnie K. Hunter fans will love her newest book of playful string-quilt projects! Sew a dozen vibrant quilt patterns using the small leftovers from other projects that seem too tiny to save, yet too big to toss. Learn Bonnie’s basics for foundation piecing narrow fabric pieces 3/4” to 2” wide, turning them into dazzling scrappy blocks and one-of-a-kind quilts.
Laps From Fats

11 Lap-size quits to make using fat quarters.
Sudoku Quilts

Sudoku puzzles have soared in popularity - and now quilters can get in the game! The grids used in today's trendy Sudoku number puzzles are a perfect match for making quilts. But instead of numbers, quilters can place colors and fabrics in brain-teasing designs.
Choose from four winning patterns with a game-like goal - each row and column of blocks should contain a different fabric, color or motif
Base designs on nine color families, nine block styles, nine block centers, or nine fabric motifs
Mix and match different sashing treatments for one-of-a-kind design - just like Sudoku, the possibilities are mind-boggling!
Strip Tubing
- Strip Tubing is another in the line of top-selling books by Cozy Quilt DesignsTM and it makes diagonally pieced Half Square Triangles a snap! Includes 5 full patterns some with multiple layout options all in multiple sizes.
Crossed Paths

Size: 61” x 61”
Pattern includes bed runner (61” x 25”)
Holiday Accents

18" x 48" Table Runner

12" x 18" Placemats
Dressed to the Nines

48" x 64" Quilt
Crazy Rays

56 1/2" x 56 1/2" Quilt
Good Neighbours

Set J, the small house, is used to make several house quilts as well as a Cabana and placemats.

8952 Template Set J, 6" (School) House Block
The Net Best Thing To A Table Runner

Out of the box!

The time has come to break the rules and have fun doing it! This sleek runner has no batting, no quilting and no binding. It gets its sleek look by using heavyweight stabilizer. Stitch around the central cubes to finish. Just follow the easy color directions to become a trendy quilter.
Trees all Around

Tree Skirt 40" diameter
Stellar Medallion

Tree Skirt 50" diameter
Star Light Quilt Pattern

46" x 58" Quilt

Churn dash, 9 patch, star block
Triangle Frenzy Swirl

Runner 20" x 36"
Settler’s Fork

72" x 88" Quilt

Intermediate
Jared’s Pass

80" x 95" Quilt

Beginner
Lattice Windows Quilt Pattern

Crib, Twin, Queen
Delectable Mountains

66" 78" Quilt
Big Block Bargello

Lap Size 56" x 74"

Queen Size 80" x 92"
Just Spoolin’

Queen Size, Lap Size

Confident Beginner
Magical Stars

42" x 54"

66" x 78"
Absolutely Apron

One size fits all.
Read Set Go

Crib Size 45.5" x 63"

Beginner
Twist & Shout Tote

3 Sizes, 2 Styles

Large 9 x 9 x 14
Small 7 x 7 x 10
Mini 5 x 5 x 8

Confident Beginner
Braid Runner

Braid Runner is a great looking table runner that is sewn with a "quilt as you go" method, which is really fast & easy. Measuring 17" x 52", when you are done piecing the quilt, just bind it & you're done! It's fun to play with the fabric colors to create a 3D effect by
making it go from the light center out to the dark borders.
Cornerstones

Pieced Quilt – 64″ x 64″

Jelly roll friendly
Ribbon Run

The pattern includes instructions for:
• Crib
• Throw
• Twin
• King
Barbados Bag

Finished size: 10 1/2" wide x 10" tall x 2" deep

4 pockets outside including 1 zippered cell phone pocket, 2 inside pockets

Sized to fit your IPAD or KINDLE/NOOK inside

Zipper top closure

This stylish bag is great for traveling to quilt shows and vacations! Kit it using fat quarters! It has a long cross body strap, easy zipper top closure, & lots of pockets
Fun Cup Mats

There’s no need in putting your Fun Cup Mats away in a drawer. Why not hang them as a decoration in your kitchen. Large Fun Cup Mats (4) Reversible Fabric Requirements: Based on 40″ wide of useable fabric Finished size without the handle 12″ x 13½”
Moebius Scarf

The Moebius Scarf is one continuous spiraling loop. It's fun, fast and fascinating to make. This scarf is versatile enough to compliment just about any outfit. It can be worn simply draped around the neck or wound a second or third time.
Forever Spring Quilt Pattern

Lap 67" x 76 1/2"

Queen 87 1/2" x 108"
Somerset

A stunning quilt from designer Jinny Beyer. Hand or machine piecing. (size: 78 x 78 in.)
Basket of Ferns

971/8" x 118 3/8"
Vienna Nights

VINTAGE Vienna Nights Quilt Pattern by 3 Sisters for MODA - Finished Quilt Measures 76" x 93"
Bed of Roses Quilt

92" x 92"
Strawberry Jam

75" x 87"
Willow Glen

77" x 79"
Check Out the Stars

This quilt can be made completely from 5" squares or 10" squares or fat quarters. Pattern, by Marilyn Foreman, has piecing instructions for four sizes.

Finished sizes:
Throw: 48" x 64"
Twin: 64" x 80"
Full: 80" x 96"
King: 96" x 112"
Pattern for 5" Squares, 10" Squares, or Fat Quarters.
Just Like Sunshine

You're sure to feel the sunshine every time you look at this bright and playful quilt. The pattern offers four different sizes and suggestions for putting all your scraps to good use. This fast and fun, strip pieced quilt is guaranteed to bring a smile to your face and warmth to your...
Wetland Wonders

Wall-hanging Applique

39 1/2" x 39 1/2"

A serene picturesque wall hanging in muted tones, depicting the familiar sights of cottage country ….. animals, wildflowers, weeds and grasses. This is an original design featuring 10 inch blocks. The center block in this pattern is also a 10 inch block on point. Do you have orphan 10 inch blocks you don’t know what to do with? This pattern is for you. It is machine appliquéd using blanket stitch. Mitered inside and outside corners on the binding complete this wall hanging. Finished size 39” x 39”.
Jungle Walk

Cuddle quilt / Bed Topper 51" x 77"

Transport yourself to the Jungle and walk along with these wonderful animals all “Walking for a Cause”. Although originally designed as a comfort quilt for cancer patients and survivors; we realized that there are walks for a variety of worthy causes, and most people are touched in one way or another by these horrible diseases. Therefore we decided to simply name it ……Walk for a Cause. This way the quilt would encompass all of the above. This quilt is appealing to anyone of any age with a sense of whimsy and fun. The variety of shoes will bring a smile to all. Finished size 51” x 77”
Stars Aligned

A Cozy Strip Club Pattern Designed for 2½" Strips

This pattern starts with a variety of strips 2½" x width of fabric. It is a great way to use Jelly Rolls, Bali Pops, Strip Bundles or your own stash!

Stars Aligned is an instant favorite! What a great way to show off luscious fabrics in an interesting and brilliantly engineered quilt! You’ll need background to give it shape, and a little accent to make it all come together. (In the pictured quilt, the Accent makes the blue squares.)

The pattern includes instructions for:
• Wall Hanging
• Throw
• Twin
• Queen
Basket Crazies

60" x 64"
Mary Ann’s Purse – Star Attraction

4 designs.
Buggy Ride

Pictorial Wall-hanging

21 1/2" x 26 1/2"
Backyard Bird Houses

Applique. Wall-Hangings 34" x 25", 14" x 34"
Black Birds

40" x 46" Quilt
The Sofa Saddelbag

Size 10 1/2" x 7"
Flowers

Finished Full size is 70" x 90"

Also includes instructions for a Lap size 70" x 70"
Tumbling Glass

Finished size: 61" x 61"
Goose Trax

40" x 30"
Arabian Nights

Here’s another stunning quilt by Ricky Tims for those who love to work in appliqué! This pattern provides instructions for two quilts: the cover quilt with its glorious center medallion and an album-style quilt made solely from appliqué album blocks (see pattern insert and inside cover). Ricky uses fusible appliqué in his work, but either of these quilts could be made using needle-turn appliqué.

Skill Level: Medallion-style quilt: intermediate

Project Size: Wall (51” x 51”)
Bags, Pillows, and Pincushions: 35 Quick and Easy Projects

Sew fresh, stylish bags, pillows, and pincushions

Bags, pillows, and pincushions are among the most popular projects for sewers and quilters. And it's no wonder-creating accessories and accents is a fast, approachable endeavor when you're itching to sew but don't have the time to tackle larger projects.

Bags, Pillows, and Pincushions gives you a fresh, robust collection of sewing patterns from the editors of American Patchwork and Quilting-5 of which are all-new projects, specially selected by your favorite editors. From approachable first projects to clever ideas for using scraps, you'll get step-by-step instructions for making beautiful bags to punch up your wardrobe, pillows to instantly update any dŽcor, and pincushions worthy of treasured gift status.
- 45 patterns for stylish bags, pillows, and pincushions
- All projects tried, tested, and recommended by the editors of American Patchwork and Quilting
- Full-size patterns for all projects offered in a tear-out pattern pack so you can use again and again
Brimming with beautiful photography throughout, Bags, Pillows, and Pincushions offers ideas and inspiration for every age and skill level.
Quilted Bags in a Weekend

Combine the latest accessory trends with the look of the past with Quilted Bags in a Weekend. Through the revival of hand-made, vintage accessories, readers can create an endearing patchwork purse, handbag, or tote-simply and quickly! Clear, step-by-step instructions guide the weekend hobbyist through each project, with additional tips on using inexpensive materials to create a personal heirloom. Also included are tricks to pick coordinating fabrics, advice on the best materials, and ideas to make any handmade bag sturdy and durable, practical yet beautiful!
Skinny Quilts and Table Runners: From Today’s Top Designers

These stylish "skinny" quilts are perfect for gift giving, technique trying, and indulging creative whims.
- Choose from 15 projects from Kaffe Fassett, Jane Sassaman, Marti Michell, Laura Wasilowski, and many more
- Display projects as table runners, wall quilts, mantel scarves--the sky's the limit!
- Find designs for every taste, from traditional beauties to appliqued wonders, plus a few artful adventures
Pillow Pizzazz

Stylish and inexpensive projects for quilters are the focus of this pillow-themed craft collection. Encompassing several different styles and using techniques that are appropriate for any quilting skill level, these 12 designs are detailed through colorful diagrams and precise instructions and provide tips on learning new methods. Diverse options and opportunities to select fabric allow for the pillows to be highly customized to suit any decor.
101 Fabulous Fat-Quarter Bags

101 Fabulous Fat-Quarter Bags with M'Lis: 10 Projects for Totes & Purses Ideas for Embellishments, Trim, Embroidery & Beads Stylish Finishes-Handles & Closures: With M'Liss Rae Hawley

Make yourself a brand new bag! Stylish bags for every season and occasion. 10 projects, huge idea gallery.
Weekend Quilting Wonders

More than 40 projects to choose from to enjoy a fun and relaxing weekend. Softcover.
Wonky One-Block Quilts: Simple Techniques, Dramatic Results

8 projects use a simple rotary cutting technique to make traditional large quilt blocks just wonky enough. Each beautifully kaleidoscopic pattern uses only two versions of the same block. You don't need any special tools to give familiar quilt patterns, like Court House Steps and Nine Patch, a fresh new twist.
Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts: 23 Original Quilt Designs

In Simple Shapes Spectacular Quilts, world-renowned quilter Kaffe Fassett demonstrates how basic geometric forms—squares, rectangles, triangles, diamonds, circles, and quarter-circles—found in natural and manmade environments inspire his quilt designs. Twenty-three of his magnificent, inventive quilts—ranging from the relatively simple Tilt, ideal for beginners, to the more complex Circle of Stars, for more advanced stitchers—are showcased in the book, along with step-by-step instructions for making each one.
Pieced Flowers

Readers are invited to stroll through the remarkable garden of quilting patterns this book offers and learn how to make their own favorite flowers come to life through the clever piecing techniques shown.

Ten flower designs with three different styles given for each provide a total of thirty patterns to work with, featuring rose, iris, lily, columbine, and other choice blossoms. Complete sets of diagrams, charts, and templates are included.
Quilts from Textured Solids: 20 Rich Projects to Piece & Applique

Go bold with modern tones

• Simple shapes and easy construction yield sophisticated quilts for every room in the house
• Textured solid fabrics add depth and interest to every fresh design
• Quilt designs are perfect for embellishing with buttons
• Hone your color-matching skills by working with tone-on-tone and solid fabrics

Give your quilts a more tactile touch with 20 new projects that feature rich, textured solids to create timeless designs. Use machine appliqué and traditional piecing techniques to stitch up lap quilts, wall quilts, and table runners in Kim's popular style and color pallette.
Minimal Quiltmaking

Join Gwen Marston as she leads you through her intuitive process for designing minimal quilts with maximum impact. Learn elements of design, art, color, and history via page after page of unique quilts. Although this book includes basic instructions, no patterns are needed for this minimalist quiltmaking approach.
Twenty Little Patchwork Quilts: With Full-Size Templates

Here's an exceptional book that provides needleworkers with eye-catching patchwork projects that work up fast and easy. Veteran quilt designers and teachers Gwen Marston and Joe Cunningham have created 20 attractive little quilts that are perfect for experimenting with color and design. Considerably less intimidating than full-size quilts, these "quiltlets" — ranging in size from 13½ x 17½ inches to 18 x 22 inches — make ideal doll bed covers of lovely wall hangings. The 35 full-size templates help create a variety of captivating designs, including Tree Everlasting, Dutchman's Puzzle, Propeller, Broken Dishes, Houses, Bow Tie, Jacob's Ladder, The Girls, Gwen's Tulip, Sugar Bowl, and ten other charming patterns.
Complete step-by-step instructions, amply enhanced with approximately 95 black-and-white illustrations, enable quilters at all levels to create a variety of colorful items that will be a pleasure to make and a joy to use.
Big Book of Building Block Quilts

The Tumbling Blocks, The Space Crystal and Hollow Cube designs were added to a collection of classic favorites from Sara's earlier books to make this a truly BIG BOOK of 3-D blocks. Included are three house designs and one church to give you even more ideas to build on. Easily made without inset seams.
Stellar Quilts

Stellar means "exceptional" or "outstanding." It also means "of or relating to stars." Stellar Quilts, then, are star quilts that are also exceptional quilts. In Stellar Quilts Judy Martin does for stars what she did for Log Cabins: She creates breathtakingly beautiful quilts and explains clearly how to make them. Stellar Quilts features 13 complete and accurate quilt patterns; each pattern presented in 3 sizes; color photos; big detail photos; lots of color variations; lots of setting variations; lots of stellar ideas and tips to help you; and your choice of templates or rotary cutting. Each pattern has big color photo of entire quilt; closeup photo showing fabric and quilting; fat quarter requirements; patch quantity requirements; quilt size and block size listed; piecing diagrams, complete with what direction to press the seams and what order to sew the patches; quilt construction diagram; pieced border; and quilting suggestions. Stellar designs + stellar instructions and tips = Stellar Quilts. Now that's a simple equation for making your most memorable quilts ever!
Bargello Quilts

Stitch eight dazzling Bargello projects with these easy techniques! Color photos of 23 quilts will inspire quilters to look at their fabric collections in new ways.
Blendable Curves: Stack, Slice & Sew Unique Quilts in a Weekend: Stack, Slice and Sew Unique Quilts in a Weekend

Make curvaceous, one-of-a-kind art quilts from big, easy blocks. 10 projects to stack, slice & sew.
Wonderful 1-Fabric Quilts

One fabric does it all! Imagine blocks borders & binding all cut from the same fabric! Easy-to-follow directions are color-coded to show you how to achieve dynamic results. Simple sewing techniques will enable you to create unique designs using border-striped fabrics. Softcover American Quilters Society
Cut-Loose Quilts: Stack, Slice, Switch, and Sew

18 fun, colorful projects - with no points to match! Jan's designs are easy enough for beginners, but interesting enough for expert quilters.
Quilts from the House of Tula Pink: 20 Fabric Projects to Make, Use and Love

Welcome to the world of cutting-edge fabric designer Tula Pink, where clever quilts show off fanciful fabric, and your imagination can be let out to play. Featuring fabrics that you know and love, Tula offers 20 patterns with her signature flair for color, design and original style. Between 10 amazing quilts and 10 extra-cool companion projects, you'll be inspired to play with fabric, color and design in a way like never before!

Step inside to find:

• 10 large quilt patterns, perfect for the bedroom or snuggling on the couch.
• 10 accessory sewing projects, like an embroidered lampshade and a fabric cuckoo clock, to make your everyday life extraordinary.
• Tips from Tula on choosing and combining fabrics, selecting a quilting motif, and even sketching your own fabric and pattern designs.
• Step-by-step illustrations (hand-drawn by Tula herself) and super-simple sewing techniques for successful quilt making.
Come on in to Tula's house for the ultimate in sewing, style and fabric innovation!
Five-Minute Quilt Blocks: One-Seam Flying Geese Block Projects for Quilts, Wallhangings and Runners

Learn to make beautiful quilts in only 5 minutes with this clever one-seam technique. Get 12 great projects for making quilts, wall hangings, and table runners, with color photographs and detailed step-by-step instructions.
Mariner’s Medallion Quilts: Creative No-Math Approach Blocks & Borders to Mix & Match Full-Size Compass Foundations

Stunning Mariner's Medallion quilts made easy.
Splash of Color: A Rainbow of Brilliant Black-and-White Quilts

Learn to combine a rainbow of bright, saturated colors with crisp black and white prints to make the most amazing quilts. Choose from modern, graphic patterns as well as traditional designs updated by the use of a bold palette. You will love the high contrast and fun pops of color in these sparkling designs.
- Confidently create with black and white using Jackie's tips for scale of print and ratio of dark to light
- 13 projects from table runners to bed-sized quilts provide lots of options
- Piece quilts using various techniques, from easy four patches to paper piecing, curves, points and partial seams
Big Blocks Quick Quilts: 8 Fabulous Quilts With Layer Cake 10″ x 10″ Squares

Now you can create a colorful quilt full of texture, pattern and endless variety using pre-cut Layer Cake squares. Color-coordinated fabric collections save time, allowing you to dive right into the delights of sewing. You can even make an entire quilt top in a day.
Jump-Start Your Own Quilting

Featuring patterns for shoulder bags, totes, wallets, pillows, runners, aprons, dog coats, and wall quilts, this resource offers quilters a quick way to make complete works by using precut fabrics. With today’s precut fabrics, readers can create traditional quilt designs such as a one-block Log Cabin quilt, Attic Windows nap quilt, Hunter’s Star variation table topper, Ohio Star throw, Cake Stand bed runner, and a Wild Goose Chase throw. Designs in this book are for beginning- to intermediate-level quilters with styles for every taste, including rustic and masculine designs, floral designs, a stained glass design, pillow shams, a super-fast throw, and a contemporary city wall quilt. Patterns include Cheerful Bloom & Buttons, Shadow Play, Fern Place Mats, Off Kilter Quilt, Charmed Runner and Coasters, Hibiscus Bloom Pillow, and High Rise Quarters.
Easy Sew Jelly Roll Bags

In Bags, Purses & Totes
If you love precut strips such as Jelly Roll fabric but need ideas for ways to use them, this book is for you. Eight charming bags and totes - designed exclusively to be made with 2 1/2 inch strips - are loads of fun to make and give your wardrobe a happy lift. If you can sew a seam, you can sew a bag or tote that is totally unique to you! Add odds and ends of beads, buttons, and trims to make a personal fashion statement in no time flat. Full-size templates and all the directions you need to sew a fashionable place to stash your cash. And they make great gifts, too! Jelly Roll is a trademark of Moda Fabrics.
Jelly Roll Quilts: The Perfect Guide to Making the Most of the Latest Strip Rolls

Immerse yourself in the sumptuous world of Jelly Rolls with 17 exciting quilting projects. Learn how to turn the pre-cut, 2 ½-inch strips into fabulous quilts, each of which can be made from just one 40-fabric roll.

Jelly Roll Quilts features unique advice on making the most of this fresh approach to fabric, as well as tips on adapting the quilts to your existing stashes.

Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams ensure that untying your beautifully rolled fabric will be the first step to quilting heaven!
Strip Therapy 9 – Conundrum

This fun collection of 6 quilt designs is based upon Hoffman Fabrics' 2 1/2" Bali Pop strip sets.
Greenwood Gardens

26 projects to quilt or craft, all featuring fast and easy construction. Projects include wall art, table runners, potholders, etc., all inspired by the outdoors.
THE QUILTER’S HOME: SPRING

Create a bouquet of simple decorative accents---a ingle quilt blooming with spring motifs provides all the block patterns you need. Choose from ten projects, including a quilt, table runner, wall hanging, and place mats. Use full-sized patterns for easy paper piecing, fusible-web appliqué, or a combination of both techniques.
Simple Fabric Folding for Christmas

Tis the night before Christmas...and your house sparkles with unique folded-and-quilted holiday decorations! Learn to fold fabric like a pro to embellish quilts, stockings, and more. Get started right away on fun designs such as the Candy Canes & Flying Geese quilt and the Visions of Sugar Plums stocking. 14 Christmas-themed projects include quilts, pillows, table runners and placemats, Christmas stockings, and countdown calendars. Clever fabric folding is based on traditional techniques such as prairie points and origami or Liz's own designs. Fabric folding techniques are quick and easy to learn, even for beginners, with step-by-step how-to photography.
THE QUILTER’S HOME: WINTER

Warm up your winter with cozy décor! Choose from ten projects, including a wall quilt, table topper, and welcome banner. Favorite winter motifs include ice skates, sleds, mittens, and more. Make projects with easy paper piecing and fusible appliqué techniques.
Quilt a Colorful Christmas

In Quilt a Colorful Christmas, find a project that's just perfect for that special someone's Christmas holiday. Strip pieced or templates, applique redwork or crazy quilting--they're all here!
Spring Cleaning

Clean out your stash with this collection of easy fat quarter projects.

Book includes patterns for eight quilts, two runners, and a pillowcase.
Quilted for Christmas

Contains 15 quilting projects for the holiday season including wall hangings, a starry tree skirt, an appliqued stocking, a full-size bed quilt and more.
Masters: Art Quilts: Major Works by Leading Artists

These art quilts showcase such versatility, innovation, and beauty that readers can’t help but be truly inspired. The gifted artists come from across the globe—including Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America—and their work displays their varying sensibilities, backgrounds, and talents.

Abstract appliquéd shapes cascade across the surface of Ita Ziv’s brilliantly colored quilts, creating vibrant celebrations of life. Noriko Endo captures her deep feeling for trees in a stunning interplay of light, shadow, and leaves. Gloves appear in nearly every quilt by Jane Burch Cochran, representing probing hands and, sometimes, angel wings. John Lefelhocz’s fantastic imagery—including an airplane silhouette that lights up—grabs viewers’ attention.

Esteemed curator Martha Sielman, executive director of Studio Art Quilt Associates, contributes an illuminating essay for each of the 40 featured artists, who are showcased in 8- to 10-page features. The best-selling Masters: Art Quilts stands all on its own as a coffee-table keepsake volume or with the follow-up book Masters: Art Quilts, Vol. 2 as a truly irreplaceable set to cherish for a lifetime.
Radiant Star Quilt
Trio of Treasured Quilts
Blazing Star Tablecloth

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An Amish Quilt in a Day
Courthouse Steps Quilt
Triple Irish Chain Quilts
Wild Goose Chase Quilts
Snowball Quilt Simplified
Irish Chain in a Day Single and Double

BOOK & DVD

The Irish Chain is one of the most universally known patterns dating to pre-American Revolutionary War times. While evidence is lacking that this pattern came from Ireland, it has been suggested that the Irish Chainpattern may have been inspired by a similar Irish weaving pattern. What ever the origin, the Irish Chain is a timeless pattern that continues to delight quilters today.
Quick Trip Quilts

BOOK and DVD

Pack up your sewing machine and take a Quick Trip with Eleanor! Quick Trip Quilts is a strip pieced pattern with three layouts. The traditional Quick Trip is based on a Trip Around the World format.A Bargello effect is achieved with the Quick Quarter pattern, and for the artist in you, piece a Water Lily which adds a bit of applique to a rippling water background. The patterns are easy enough for a beginner but will challenge seasoned quilters to achieve just the perfect effect for an inspiration quilt. Eleanor's technique for this quilt is fun and so easy that it is truly a Quilt in a Day. Let your personality shine through in your quilt by fabric selection and placement. Yardage and cutting charts are included for all five-quilt sizes with bonus instructions to make table runners from your scraps. The book features sample quilts that symbolize locations from the desert to the sea. Take a trip to your sewing room and create your dream vacation wit!h a Quick Trip Quilt!
Quilt in a Day: Log Cabin Pattern

BOOK and DVD

Celebrate 20 years of Quilt in a Day with the 20th Anniversary Edition of Eleanor's first book that brought the tradition of quilt making to so many. Sewers of all ages can make a Log Cabin quilt in 10 to 16 hours with this book's easy step-by-step directions and clear illustrations. Yardage charts, color combinations, and a choice of pattern settings are given for a variety of sizes. This anniversary edition features color illustrations and photos throughout, as well as six new pages of layouts, new finishing techniques, and of course, new quilts! Layouts include: Dark with light, Navajo, Mountains, Fields and Furrows, Peaks and Valleys, Stained Glass, Arrow, Windmill, Cross Hatch, All Sevens, Postitive/Negative, Four Square, Light with Dark, Zig Zag, Whirligig, Barn Raising, Sundburst and Starlight!
Egg Money Quilts

BOOK and DVD

Before the 1940's, most eggs were produced on rural farms with small flocks that scratched their way around the barnyard. The farmer's wife was usually responsible for caring for her chickens and the money received from the sale of the eggs was hers. Surely, some fabric was purchased with this precious fund and from that came the quilt patterns uniquely associated with the Depression years of the 1930's. During a time of hardship in America, there were still many things for which to be thankful. Life was simple, people neighborly, and quilts not only useful but also an extraordinary expression of imagination. Journey back to the times when milk was 14 cents a quart and bread 9 cents a loaf. With over a year in planning, testing and writing, Quilt in a Day is delighted to announce Egg Money Quilts-A 1930's Vintage Sampler. Egg Money Quilts is not only a collection of twelve vintage quilt block patterns with two layouts, but also a treasury of extra projects created from the blocks. Join Eleanor as she guides you through her techniques to re-create the flavor of the good old days. The book contains over 200 pages, in full color, with sample quilts, step by step instructions and illustrations, yardage and cutting charts, and assistance in fabric selection. Enjoy a visual quilt show with photographs of a bounty of quilts and projects. The new book will carry the tones of the era with snippets of life. Not only will Egg Money Quilts become one of your favorite quilt books; you will enjoy reading the book just for the pleasure of it. Block patterns included: Grandmother's Flower Garden, Road to California, Turkey Tracks, Rosebuds, Old Maid's Puzzle, Dresden Plate, Double Wedding Ring, Rocky Road to Kansas, Peony, Friendship, Christian Cross, Garden Walk, Double Ax Head.
Still Stripping After 25 Years

BOOK + DVD

5 HOURS 45 MINUTES OF VIEWING

Eleanor reminisces as she journeys from 1978, with the publication of her first book, Make a Quilt in a Day - Log Cabin, through her 25 years of strip quilting. Stroll down memory lane with photos and stories of good time, good friends, and beautiful quilts. The patterns in the series are based on the 2 1/2" fabric strip which has become Eleanor's trademark. All quilts from this series can be found in the book Still Stripping After 25 Years.

-Quarter Log Cabin Pattern
Step back in time to 1978 and join Eleanor as she reminisces with photos and glimpses of her past. Commemorate 25 years of the Log Cabin pattern and create a whole new look with 2 1/2"strips for the Quarter Log Cabin Quilt.

-Love the Log Cabin Quilt
Eleanor continues her walk down memory lane as she discusses her beginnings as the Queen of Strip Quilting with memorabilia from the early days. Celebrate with Eleanor as she embellishes the Quarter Log Cabin with appliqued half circles to create a heart out of the Quarter Log Cabin square.

-Four Sisters Quilt
As one of four sisters, Eleanor celebrates her love of family with childhood photographs and memories. Join Eleanor as she slices 2 1/2" fabric strips and sews them back together to create the Four Sisters Quilt, in honor of her sisters Kathy, Patty and Judy.

-Nine Patch Party Quilt
When Eleanor moved Quilt in a Day from her garage to its present location, the party began! Sit back, relax, and watch as Eleanor makes positive and negative Nine-Patch blocks and sets them together with appliqued flowers and a scalloped border.

- Nine Patch and Stripe Quilt
Quilt in a Day becomes a family affair with Grant and Orion pitching in to help with the business. In honor of her two sons, Eleanor makes two quilts at one time with Nine-Patches and stripes.

- Road to Stardom Quilt
Join Eleanor as she reminisces about her first television programs and shares her outtakes for comic relief. Follow along as she demonstrates the methods in constructing chain blocks and stars with the Triangle in a Square Ruler.

-Stars and Four-Patch Quilt
Your eyes will deceive you as you view "Stars and Four Patch"! Eleanor dedicates this variation to the "stars" in her life. The grand finish is a Seminole border from 2 1/2" strips.

-Gad About Quilt
Eleanor travels extensively all over the country teaching her simplified methods, sometimes she doesn't know if she is coming or going. Keep pace with her as she goes on a "Gad About" in this lovely new design that's just 2 1/2" strips and squares.

-Cornerstones of my Life Quilt
Eleanor has been fortunate in being surrounded by a patchwork of many lives. To them she dedicates this easy quilt design from four fabrics and 2 1/2" strips.

- Early Firecracker Quilt
Celebrate the American spirit with Eleanor's fun methods that explode with colors of red, white and blue!

-Fabric Gal Quilt
Eleanor shares her love of fabric as she demonstrates her technique to make two blocks at one time. Get the inside scoop from Eleanor on fabric manufacturing, from concept to design and completion.

- Crossing Pathways Quilt
Through the stitches of Eleanor's life she has crossed many pathways. Stay on Eleanor's "light" path and visit friends along the way.

- Don't Fence Me In Quilt
Get up close and personal as Eleanor shares her hobbies and pastimes at her log home in Julian, California. Learn a simple quilt based on the Rail Fence pattern in eight fabrics cut into 2 1/2" strips.

This is the companion DVD to the book (We do not have the book in GBQG library). May not contain yardage charts.
For entertainment purposes only.
Canadian Quilter – 2020 Spring

Spring 2020

The spring issue of Canadian Quilter is full of quilty goodness. The CQA/ACC Mystery Quilt is solved and quilts are revealed. Enjoy almost ten pages of inspiring, empowering quilts from our readers—all include text as an element. Learn (and understand!) which quilts to sew with polyester thread and which to sew with rayon. Best of all, this issue hosts three different projects for all quilting levels—including youth.
Canadian Quilter – 2020 Summer

Summer 2020

Summer 2020 will be unique for most Canadian quilters as life revolves around slowing the spread of COVID-19 and spending more time at home with close family. CQA/ACC is proud to share the summer issue of Canadian Quilter which highlights home-based, quilting activities. Learn a quick way to keep quilting muscles relaxed and stretched, become inspired by dozens of member quilts all of which share their version of home, or start a slow-stitching project for yourself or with those youth wandering the household. All kinds of quilting goodness waiting just for you!
Canadian Quilter – 2020 Autumn

Autumn 2020

Change has become the constant in our world these days and quilters across the country are proving their adeptness at being creative in approaching this challenge. Discover how guilds are taking their activities online and workshop hosts are experimenting with interactive platforms and attracting new audiences. Explore the new mobile-friendly design and features of the CQA/ACC website. Looking for inspiration? Sit back and enjoy pouring over the beautiful woodland quilts shared by so many of our readers.
Canadian Quilter – 2020 Winter

Winter 2020

It's chilly outside but we've got lots of terrific inspiration to keep you cozy indoors. Make our fun and easy holiday table topper. Enjoy a fascinating look at the history of Alberta quiltmakers and their quilts or take a page from a very creative Book Club quilt challenge. Pour over the details of fabulous, low volume art quilts that evoke our current winter landscape. See how quilts influence the work of an up-and-coming Nova Scotia artist and reflect her community. Be captivated by an exhibit on the theme of diversity and inclusion and get all the details on the 2021 quilt challenges.
Canadian Quilter – 2021 Spring

Spring 2021

Welcome spring! Enjoy a fascinating look at the history of the quilting community in North Buxton, ON, a northern terminus for the Underground Railroad and planned settlement for fugitive slaves. See how the Fraser Valley Modern Quilt Guild celebrated 10 years with a virtual retreat and how a retired teacher shared her love of quilting with not one but seven young makers, sponsoring them for the Youth Challenge. Learn how two long-time friends connected to create a touching tribute in the face of a Nova Scotia tragedy and see how PreQuilt helps you visualize your quilting projects and a myriad of colour options long before the first cut is made into your fabric. And easy 'no Y seam' hexies make up into a charming throw filled with colourful blossoms.
Things are happening in 2021-2022!!

We are back in business and looking forward to an exciting 2021-2022 season!
1. GBQG member's monthly meeting location has changed. We will now meet at the Penetanguishene Arena for the 2021-2022 Season. Check our 'HOME' page for directions.
2. Our 'REFLECTIONS OF GEORGIAN BAY' Quilt Show is a go! Save the dates: Saturday April 23, 2022 and Sunday April 24, 2022!
3. There will be a prize draw at our first meeting, September 22, 2021 ($25 value). Thinking of becoming a guild member? Get your membership registration in by our September 22nd, 2021 meeting and your name will be entered into the draw! Click 'MEMBERS' for more info on how to become a GBQG member.
4. Check out our EVENTS calendar. There you can see who our guest speakers are each month. As well as some info on upcoming workshops.
Simply Amazing Spiral Quilts

In this second edition of her most popular book, RaNae has updated and expanded her one-of-a-kind techniques for creating fascinating and beautiful spiral quilts. Written for all levels of experience, it gets you started quickly and easily with no stress, confusion, or math skills required. Just bring your creativity and passion for quilting! You’ll learn the basic techniques and variations on four types of spirals: • Nesting spirals • Baravelle spirals • Pinwheel spirals • Point-to-Point spirals And how to: • change spin direction • choose colors and fabrics • combine spirals and non-spiral elements Choose any of three methods: •By hand, completely freehand, using only a straight edge •By hand, precisely, using a ruler to measure increments in each spoke •On the computer, using Electric Quilt Five complete projects and a gorgeous gallery of quilts by RaNae and fellow “spiromaniacs” will pull you into their world of spirals. Each project uses RaNae’s simplified foundation piecing techniques and demonstrates the wonderful possibilities of working with spirals. Whirling, swirling and bursting-with-color, some designs seem to explode from the center, while others unravel into whirligigs and colored ribbons. Readers have access to an online template library which includes patterns for the five projects in the book and hundreds of spiral blocks in different shapes and sizes (all of the materials that were included on the CD in the first edition, plus additional spiral templates that would not fit on the CD). (Note: All of the editorial errors found in the first printing of SASQ are corrected in this 2nd edition. The previous publisher corrected the most critical errors in its second printing of the book, done in 2009. To know if you have the corrected version first edition, look at the bottom of page 97; if there is a note saying the instructions are continued on the next page you have a corrected copy.)
2021 – December Gallery Updates!!

Check out our GALLERY! We have a new addition for:
Canadian Quilter – 2021 Summer

Summer 2021 - Summertime, and the living is easy. What better time to kick back and enjoy stories of Canadian makers? Get the scoop on our first virtual Quilt Canada, including all the details about speakers and the National Juried Show tours. Discover new embroidery software that turns spiral drawings into beautiful quilting designs, try your hand at making a set of cheery tulip placemats, and learn how to set your ironing board at the correct height to avoid unnecessary aches and pains. Learn about the creative journey of a First Nations quilter and how you can be a part of a youth education program that bridges artistic expression with activism to advocate for social justice. Follow the tale of a knotted linen tablecloth as it is reincarnated into a beautiful art quilt and take a peek at a beautiful new book that celebrates a life-long love of Liberty fabrics.
Quilts Through The Seasons

Eleanor has created a palette of quilt patterns to symbolize the months of the year. Autumn is harvest time with cool, crisp air offering welcome relief from hot summer days. Using Eleanor's easy applique technique, grace your fall table with Harvest Table runner, a cornucopia of the earth's bounty. Eleanor uses 5 charm squares to create the Buckeye Beauty, a scrappy quilt that is as delightful to make as it is to admire. For traditional flair, the Country Lane Quilt fits the bill. From a 1930's Mountain Mist Batting pattern, Eleanor adds her special touch to make this quilt extra special. Winter brings to mind a time of gathering with family and friends to celebrate the holidays. A season to cozy up to a warm fire and sip cocoa. A season to take the chill off with a new quilt. What could be better on a cold winter day than to sit and stitch a traditional Morning Star Quilt or a Lodgepole Pine Quilt for festive holiday decor. Fussy cut a lovely motif for the center of your Morning Star, Eleanor shows you how! Embellish your Lodgepole Pine Quilt with a scarlet red Cardinal to add flair. For the perfect Victorian Valentine, Eleanor teaches a paper pieced wall hanging My Crazy Valentine that lends itself to creative embellishment with machine stitchery, laces, and antique buttons. Rebirth of barren trees and frozen ground signals that spring is just around the corner. Flowers abound in buds and new growth. Eleanor presents Baskets and Bows and Twin Sisters quilts, perfect patterns to show off lovely floral fabrics. To complete the season, Gone Fishing is a whimsical quilt that incorporates piecing and easy applique. Just the quilt for that special little boy. Summer months deliver warm sunshine and dreams of lazy afternoons. Summer Porch and Pink Lemonade quilts fit the bill for pleasurable sewing. Summer Porch is delightful with flowered fabric and crisp lattice and cornerstones. What hot summer day would be complete without a Pink Lemonade
Quilt in a Day: Quilters Almanac

Fantastic quilting ideas, this book is a delight.
Magic Stack-N-Whack Quilts

Working with medium- to large-scale prints, quilters can create dynamic pieced blocks without hours of planning and precision cutting. The kaleidoscope effects occur spontaneously, thanks to the ingeniously simple 'Stack-n-Whack' cutting technique. By stacking identical repeats of fabric, quilters can efficiently cut the pieces needed for all the blocks. Each block will be unique and unexpected, keeping the quilting experience fresh and exciting! With over 200 how-to illustrations and dozens of color plates. Designs include the classic LeMoyne Star, Hybrid Lilies, Kaleidoscope Pinwheel, Hexagon Star, Diamond Ring, Morning Star, and others, all pieced with construction methods that eliminate set-in seams and ensure quick, successful results. AUTHORBIO: The originator of this highly successful quilting technique, "Stack-n-Whack", she also publishes her own quilt patterns as part of BSR Designs. REVIEW: Whether you are looking for a way to create a dazzling quilt in a few days or whether you are simply a quilter who loves to play with fabric, I am confident you will love making [these] quilts.
One-Block Wonders Encore!

New Shapes, Multiple Fabrics, Out-of-this-World.

This bold new spin on one-block quilts offers 6 new projects, more fabrics, and dramatic new design effects.
Animal Parade 2: Charming Appliqué Quilts for Babies

Bring your quilts to life with animal appliques that frisk and frolic on backgrounds of vibrant patchwork. Quilters everywhere fell in love with the adorable patterns in Cheri Leffler's Animal Parade. Now she's back with even more delightful designs for the young--and young at heart.
- 10 charming baby quilts combine simple piecing with applique
- Step-by-step instructions for needle-turn and fusible-web applique--full-sized patterns are included
- Create lovable gifts featuring turtles, rabbits, pandas, elephants, raccoons, and more
Gallery Updates!

Check our Gallery for updates. We have pictures from April and May guest speakers as well as our May Show & Share.
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Simcoe County Quilt, Rug & Artisan Fair – Sept 2022!
Simcoe County Quilt, Rug & Artisan Fair – Winners!

Quilts: 1st place: Kerry Burke. Quilt Name: Afternoon Delight

Quilts: 2nd place: Bev Scholte. Quilt name: Healing Waters

Wall Hangings: 1st place: Connie Goman. Wall hanging name: The Elephant Abstractions 2nd place: Connie Goman. Wall hanging name: Colour My World & Imagine

Christmas Themed: 1st place: Deborah Jones. Themed Wall hanging name: Starry, Starry Night

Christmas Themed: 2nd place: Waverley Reid. Themed Wall hanging name: Merry Christmas.
Canadian Quilter 2022 – Summer

Summer 2022
So much to do this summer!
- Make an adorable whale block designed by John MacPhail from Art East Quilting Co.
- Quilt a chambray pillow, Melissa Marginet-style.
- Travel your own region hunting for barn quilt blocks in all kinds of places, not just on barns!
- Read about the hundreds of thousands of quilts that were sent from Canada to families in Great Britain during WWII, and one that made recently made it home again.
- Learn about how Our Social Fabric of Vancouver is saving fabric from being sent to the landfill, by the ton!
- Artist Profile: Justin Ming Yong describes the process of designing quilts that both honour and break free from tradition.
- Four young quilters share their experience with CQA/ACC’s Real Fun Youth Challenge.
- Nova Scotia quilt maker Deb Plestid created the illustrations for Sheree Fitch’s new book, Sing in the Spring.
- Find out about a traveling exhibit from FAN that your guild can use for a meeting for small show.
- Dyeing for Chromatopia: Angie Kok shares her process for creating quilts for this Quilt Canada Concurrent Show.
- Unique Options for Polydraw from EQ8®.
- Don’t be afraid of metallic thread! From Wonderful Specialty Threads.
- Get an inside look at preparation for the National Juried Show.
- See all the amazing door prizes for Quilt Canada 2022 in Vancouver, June 14-18.