Quilted Memories

Author : Mary Lou Weidman
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781607050469

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Quilted Memories by Mary Lou Weidman Pdf

Turn your life’s stories into a quilted journal that you, your children, and your grandchildren will cherish forever. May Lou Weidman’s story quilts are beloved by quilters everywhere, and now she shows you how to do it yourself. 9 easy projects teach you the techniques so you can apply them to your own story quilts. Dozens of Mary Lou’s bright, happy celebration quilts are sprinkled throughout the book, plus she shares a gallery of her students’ work to inspire you. Mary Lou covers each step of the creative process, from drawing the initial plans through choosing fabrics and putting it all together. Learn how to expand your imagination and turn your own stories into dazzling celebration quilts. More than just a quilting book - Mary Lou shares her insights for living a peaceful, creative, and productive life.

Author : Brian Haggard
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781607052302

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Crazy-Quilted Memories by Brian Haggard Pdf

Turn family photos and mementos into quilted scrapbooks with this crazy quilting guide featuring 10 projects and 24 embroidery stitches. In Crazy-Quilted Memories, quilt artist Brian Haggard shows readers how to turn treasured family keepsakes—including photo prints, buttons, beads, and other keepsakes—into meaningful quilt embellishments. He offers a fresh take on traditional crazy quilt techniques, as well as 24 basic and combination embroidery stitches to create never-before-seen motifs. Each of the 10 projects featured in this volume will tell a story about your life and family history in unique and creative ways. Lovingly stitched by hand, these small, portable projects are destined to become prized family heirlooms for generations to come.

Author : Lesley Riley
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1402740662

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Quilted Memories by Lesley Riley Pdf

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.

Author : Suzanne Paquette
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781617455667

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Modern Memory Quilts by Suzanne Paquette Pdf

Learn to incorporate treasured clothing into heirloom quilts without sacrificing your modern aesthetic. Stitch memories together forever with 12 quilt projects that are as meaningful as they are stylish! Modern heirloom quilter Suzanne Paquette shares the emotional, creative, and technical aspects of memory quilting through colorful storytelling and photography. Practical projects inspired by real families’ stories will help you celebrate love, provide comfort, and honor your family’s heritage. Create modern heirloom quilts! 12 exciting designs for memory keeping, with the stories that inspired them Learn tips for sewing with clothing to preserve the past and celebrate the future Make gifts for children, honor a lost loved one, and celebrate your family’s legacy “Susanne Parquette shows today’s quilters how to mix Modern with sentimental . . . The twelve quilts in the book are actual commissioned memory quilts made by Paquette, who includes the people and stories behind each quilt . . . Paquette walks us through the process, beginning with Memory Keeping: remembering, documenting, and perspective.” —The Literate Quilter

Author : Jeanne Poore
Publisher : Kansas City Star Books
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001-11
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0970913117

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Fan Quilt Memories by Jeanne Poore Pdf

The fan pattern found renewed interest among quilters familiar with The Kansas City Star's patterns. Contains complete and easy to follow instructions, templates and illustrations for various size quilts and numerous setting options.

Author : Marsha MacDowell,Clare Luz,Beth Donaldson
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-05
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780253032270

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Quilts and Health by Marsha MacDowell,Clare Luz,Beth Donaldson Pdf

Name an illness, medical condition, or disease and you will find quiltmaking associated with it. From Alzheimer's to Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Lou Gehrig's Disease to Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, and for nearly every form of cancer, millions of quilts have been made in support of personal well-being, health education, patient advocacy, memorialization of victims, and fundraising. In Quilts and Health, Marsha MacDowell, Clare Luz, and Beth Donaldson explore the long historical connection between textiles and health and its continued and ever growing importance in contemporary society. This lavishly illustrated book brings together hundreds of health-related quilts—with imagery from abstract patterns to depictions of fibromyalgia to an ovarian cancer diary—and the stories behind the art, as told by makers, recipients, healthcare professionals, and many others. This incredible book speaks to the healing power of quilts and quiltmaking and to the deep connections between art and health.

Author : Cabot Quilters Guild
Publisher : Boulder Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1927099684

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Peace by Piece by Cabot Quilters Guild Pdf

Quilted images from the First World War, many created by descendants of the Newfoundland Regiment, are depicted in book form and for display to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Beaumont Hamel. Each of the 260 quilt blocks is unique to the craft person who created it; accompanying each of them is a description of the artist's inspiration for taking part in the project. The blocks have been sewn into quilts, categorized by theme.

Author : Linda Causee
Publisher : Leisure Arts
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781601401175

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Freezer Paper Quilting by Linda Causee Pdf

Freezer paper is a quilter's best friend! The fact that it has a shiny side that will adhere to fabric when ironed, then is easily removed, means that freezer paper has a multitude of wonderful possibilities. It makes applique easy. It eliminates the need to make all those paper patterns for foundation piecing. It makes hand piecing quicker and easier because there is no need to trace templates onto the fabric. Machine or hand quilting can be quicker and more precise. And wonder of wonders, freezer paper makes it really easy to transfer photos onto fabric. This book has all the basic instructions plus 29 fun projects: My Flower Garden, Framed Stars, Cruising to Alaska, Mini Quilt Greeting Cards, Log Cabin Zoo, Take-Along Ohio Stars, Irish Chain Revisited, Christmas Stars & Angels, Tulips in the Garden, Quilted Memories, Christmas Trees, My Angel the Pug, The Finishing Touch, Blazing Blossoms, and Baxter the Boxer.

Author : Amanda Jean Nyberg,Cheryl Arkison
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781607054283

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Sunday Morning Quilts by Amanda Jean Nyberg,Cheryl Arkison Pdf

A collection of modern quilting projects you can create with scraps. Are scrap piles wreaking havoc in your sewing space? Not sure what to do with all those tiny bits of gorgeous prints you hate to part with? Modern quilters Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison share a passion for scraps, and they’re here to help you get creative with 16 scrappy quilt projects that include piecing, appliqué, and improvisational work. This book has ideas on how to adapt patterns for your own personal “Sunday morning” style, plus tips for effectively cutting, storing, and organizing your scraps. Your Sunday mornings just got a whole lot cozier! “Sunday Morning Quilts shows you how to use every last scrap of treasured fabric in your collection…The book champions the original ethos behind patchwork—make do and mend…The quilts are bold, bright and clean, and the co-authors actively encourage you to be creative and to come up with your own designs.”—Popular Patchwork Magazine

Author : Aliske Webb
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Quilt Inn Printworks
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0969649118

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Scrap Quilt Memories by Aliske Webb Pdf

Author : Louise Silk
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-11
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781594734267

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The Quilting Path by Louise Silk Pdf

Quilting is the miracle of giving new life and purpose to fabric scraps. It can rejuvenate your spiritual life too. We affirm that life is here and now in our quilting and its ability to enable our journey. It is the vehicle for our continuing movement along our lifetime of efforts. Our quilts allow both the goal and the process in one magnificent creation after another. Our quilting generates the perfect combination of faith with action, hope with realism, and the universal with the particular, so that we are blissful and grateful in our co-creation experiences. —from the Conclusion What can you learn about yourself through quilt making? What deeper symbolism can you find in the act of cutting and piecing? How can this simple activity help you make your way down a spiritual path? Delve into these questions and more in this imaginative book that will become your spiritual friend, your teacher and your sanctuary. Contemporary quilter Louise Silk takes you through her own quilting journey to discover how the process of making a quilt can be used to explore and strengthen your own spirituality. Each chapter introduces a universal human attribute organized according to the mystical tradition of Kabbalah, relates it to a personal life practice and then applies the attribute and the practice to an original quilt project. Anyone from the novice to the needlework expert—and from any faith tradition—will be nourished and gratified by the patchwork and appliqu experiences offered in this creative, engaging book. These ten projects, carefully designed for you, include: One-Patch Utility Quilt Log Cabin Quilt String Pieced Pillows Straight Furrows Baby Blanket Quilting Carry-all Bag Patchwork Prayer Shawl Folk Art Appliqu Quilt Remembrance Crazy Quilt T-shirt Quilt Rail Fence Signature Tablecloth Plus dozens of variations ...

Author : Cyndy Lyle Rymer,Lynn Koolish
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781607053224

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Innovative Fabric Imagery For Quilts by Cyndy Lyle Rymer,Lynn Koolish Pdf

Warning! Creating Images on Fabric Can Be Addictive. Includes 13 Quilt Projects & Exhibition Gallery. 13 innovative projects with step-by-step instructions and inspiring digital techniques. Getting-started chapter on equipment, supplies, printing on fabric, and image-editing software. Gallery of more than 40 entries selected for the Innovative Fabric Imagery special exhibit in Houston. This book is filled with inspiration for fabric artists, from projects that show step by step how to make art quilts using your own photos and images, to galleries of stunning art made by some of today's most innovative quilters. Have fun creating artistic effects with image-editing software such as Photoshop® Elements and Kaleidoscope Kreator 2, then printing your images on fabric and turning them into fabulous quilts.

Author : Margret Aldrich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Quilting
ISBN : 1610605527

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This Old Quilt by Margret Aldrich Pdf

A collection of writings which pay tribute to quilts and quilting memories from different eras and authors.

Author : Sherri McConnell
Publisher : C&T Publishing Inc
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781607056607

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A Quilting Life by Sherri McConnell Pdf

“With its diverse selection of fabrics and designs, A Quilting Life is a fine pick for any quilter looking to produce family-oriented keepsake results.” —The Needlecraft Shelf Bring the handmade tradition home with these charming quilts and home accessories. Inspired by a grandmother who loved to sew for her family, quilter and blogger Sherri McConnell gives traditional patterns like hexagons, stars, snowballs, and Dresden Plates a new look featuring fabrics by some of today’s most popular designers. Nineteen cozy projects include pillows, tote bags, table runners, and larger quilts—quick and easy designs that make great gifts. “Sherri’s book is a treasure! It’s full of fun and straight-forward patterns for quilts, table toppers, pillows, bags and more—all the goodies to make a cozy home.” —Thimbleanna “Would you like the opportunity to make tomorrow’s heirlooms in today’s vast selection of prints? . . . If so, this could be the reference book that will get you started. There are 19 projects, mainly focusing on handmade household items but including some larger quilts too.” —Fabrications Quilting for You “Beautiful inspiration if you are a seasoned quilter, but also a great resource with clear and in some cases, simple patterns for newbies as well.” —Diary of a Quilter “Color photos of finished needlework projects accompany step-by-step diagrams and assembly patterns, while at-a-glance sidebars covering materials and cutting allow needleworkers to gauge the complexity of each project.” —The Needlecraft Shelf

Author : Tilly Rose
Publisher : SearchPress+ORM
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-24
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781781266588

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Stitched Memories by Tilly Rose Pdf

“Exquisite content . . . This beautiful book will inspire anyone to venture into the world of creating your own pieces of textile artworks.” —Hot Brands Cool Places Our homes are full of treasured items from the past. Hidden away from view but never thrown away, they are our links to the special people and events that tell our story. In this beautiful and inspiring book, Tilly Rose encourages you to seek out your precious stash of pre-loved items and transform them into beautiful and practical textile artworks that celebrate the lives of your loved ones and preserve your memories for generations to come. Tilly shows you how to make 15 gorgeous projects, including cloth journals, lavender hearts, framed collages, wall hangings and miniature quilts. All of the designs have a story to tell and are made using a plethora of vintage fabrics, threads, lace, ribbon, buttons, beads, photographs and other found items. If you don’t have a collection of suitable materials at home, you can have fun sourcing them from online marketplaces, thrift/charity stores and flea markets, and try mixing them with modern fabrics and embellishments for a more contemporary look. The projects incorporate a range of exciting techniques, all explained through clear instructions and step-by-step photographs, including layering and collage, hand embroidery, transferring your own designs to cloth, stamping, appliqué, embellishing, patchwork, free motion embroidery and photo transfer. “[A] stunning book . . . I love that if like me you enjoy other crafts such as stamping, mixed media and papercraft, these can all be incorporated into your work and give you an individual look to any project.” —Postcard Reviews