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Showcase remembrances on quilts that will evoke warm memories every time you see them. Once you learn how to reproduce photos, love letters, and other mementos on fabric, you can personalize any of the lovely projects, adding treasures you like, from collectible pins to blue ribbons. Celebrate weddings, births and other special events.
Small in size but big in content, this treasured keepsake of quilts, quiltmaking, and the lore and history of patchwork makes an inspired gift for your favorite quilter.
Bring the feel of the countryside into your home with this unique collection of patchwork quilts and gifts from the top fabric designer. Lynette’s inspiration comes from nature, her garden and her animals, and all of these are reflected in this new collection of patterns. The designs in this title feature birds and flowers, with lots of hand embroidery and stitching, including great portable projects for stitching “on the go.” All the basic techniques you will need to make and finish off the projects are detailed, from transferring designs onto fabric to binding a finished quilt. Instructions also cover hand stitching techniques for the embroidery. Fifteen fabulous projects to make including: a sewing basket and scissor holder; lap size quilt using English paper pieced hexagons and elongated hexagons; craft case cover; small wall quilt/stitchery; framed stitchery; plus full-size bed quilts.
Easy Memorabilia Quilts: Ties, T-Shirts, Photos & More by Trish Bowman Pdf
Making a gift for family or friends is the number one reason quilters put thread to fabric. What better way to show that love than to use special memorabilia from their lives! Make 7 different types of memory quilts from wallhangings to bed quilts. So many materials with special memories for someone can be used: Men's silk ties, t-shirts of every kind, shirt collars, ball caps, baby clothes, achievement patches and awards and more. Even better-this book is beginner friendly! No sewing experience required! OUT OF PRINT
New Ideas for Today's Knitting by Rita Weiss,Jean Leinhauser Pdf
Forget those granny-square ponchos, afghans, and doilies that grandma used to make: "these" projects are up-to-date and in style, designed to appeal to the millions of crocheters who want to create items with a fresh young sensibility. And, they'll be thoroughly hooked from the moment they set eyes on these sexy garments and fantastic jewelry that come right off the pages of the latest glamour magazines. There's nothing like it on the market: pages and pages of stunning photographs showcase such trendy pieces as a little black dress with "fur" trim, a corset top, a bikini, and a faux-leather backless shirt with matching skirt. Easy-to-follow instructions by two of the best-known authors in the field will entice beginners as well as more advanced crocheters.
Little Quilts & Gifts from Jelly Roll Scraps by Carolyn Forster Pdf
Discover how to transform jelly roll scraps into stunning little quilts and wonderful patchwork gifts with this gorgeous book. Packed with 30 colorful and inventive projects—and all the techniques needed to create them—this book contains an abundance of guidance and inspiration for quilters and patchworkers of all abilities. The book is broken down into two sections: “little quilts” and “gifts.” Each section contains a comprehensive step-by-step photographic techniques section and each of the 30 projects contains inspiring photography and clear, helpful illustrations throughout, to ensure that the book is as accessible as possible.
The Quilt by Elise Schebler Roberts, Helen Kelley, Sandra Dallas, Jennifer Chiaverini, Jean Ray Laury Pdf
Here is the largest, most comprehensive history of American quilts ever published! The Quilt explores the evolution of quilting in America, showing in vivid colors and patterns how African American, Amish, Hawaiian, Hmong, and Native American quilts celebrate cultural identity, and how quilts connect us to one another through quilting bees and other community groups. Noted quilt historian Elise Schebler Roberts also goes beyond the historical nature of quilts to cover current efforts at quilt preservation, collecting and appraising, and state documentation projects. Her book features an encyclopedia of favorite quilt styles and is gloriously illustrated with more than 200 full-color photographs of classic collectible quilts.
The Crazy Quilt Handbook by Judith Baker Montano Pdf
The classic guide to crazy quilting, now with new projects, stitches, and techniques For nearly 30 years, The Crazy Quilt Handbook has been the essential guide to the fine art of crazy quilting. This newly updated edition brings you more of everything that makes crazy quilting wonderful: gorgeous stitches, embellishments, fabulous crazy quilt photos, and updated beautiful projects to make for yourself. Learn all the ways you can use crazy quilting to decorate clothing and accessories, beautify your home, share family memories, and create heirlooms for future generations. This is the must-have resource for any crazy quilter, whether you are just a beginner or are an experienced stitcher looking to enhance your technique. • The best-selling crazy quilting guide from world-renowned expert Judith Baker Montano (over 230,000 copies sold!), now updated with new stitches and techniques • Includes 12 beautiful projects, a dictionary of 37 embroidery and silk ribbon stitches, and instructions for additional embellishments • Benefit from Judith’s wealth of knowledge on colors, fabrics, piecing, embroidery, appliqué, embellishing, beading, photography, painting, dyeing, and more
Scrapbooking and quilting are each two-billion-dollar industries: combine them and you have a collection that will fly off the shelves! A scrapbook gets put away; a quilt goes on display--perhaps framed and hung, or draped over the couch. These 24 original quilts incorporate the same treasured photos and memorabilia that normally go into a scrapbook, but in a unique format. They’re fun to make, too, thanks to the many innovative techniques that are easy for a beginner and refreshingly new to the experienced quilter. Direct-print favorite pictures onto fabric with an ink-jet printer. Tea-dye material to make it look antique, creating a perfect background for vintage photos. Extensive opening sections on art and design basics provide a plethora of invaluable tips.
The Crazy Quilt Handbook: Revised by Judith Baker Montano Pdf
Create your own heirloom crazy quilts with help from world-famous expert Judith Baker Montano! This classic guide has been updated in full color. New projects, new photography, and up-to-the-minute techniques make the process more user-friendly than ever. 3 new designs for a total of 10 beautiful projects to get you started, including wallhangings, jewelry, and an evening bag. Judith walks you through the process of putting together a crazy quilt using her unique center piece method, showing you how to choose fabrics and lay the foundation, to adding decorative details and solving problems. Detailed instructions for traditional embroidery stitches, beading, lace, fabric painting, and other creative embellishments. Dozens of color photos of stunning crazy quilts, wearables, accessories, and more. Features historical notes on crazy quilting, an illustrated stitch dictionary, and exciting crazy quilting embellishments
Minnesota quilts by Helen Kelley, Lee Sandberg, Greg Winter Pdf
Minnesota Quilts: Creating Connections with Our Past is a unique treasury of exceptional quilts, fascinating quilters, and their stories from the Minnesota Quilt Project, whose members traveled the state for nearly twenty years, photographing and documenting quilts and interviewing quiltmakers. The result is a collection as varied and expressive as the makers themselves. From early pioneer days to the 1970s, these quilts, showcased in glorious full-color photographs, span a significant era of Minnesota and reflect our distinctive heritage. Whether you’re a quilter or someone who has a love of quilts and their history, this collection of Minnesota’s extraordinary patchworks will help you create connections with your past.
This illustrated handbook features descriptions and actual selling prices for historic quilts sold, reflecting the authors' 15 years of research at auction and estate sales. There are also invaluable hints for starting a collection, caring for old quilts, and making new ones based on vintage patterns.
