Contemporary Quilting: Exciting Techniques & Quilts from Award-Winning Quilters Quilters will learn the most exciting new techniques in the industry with Contemporary Quilting. This book provides a history of how quilting techniques have evolved over the years, moving on to in-depth instruction on todays hottest trends & unique methods & a dozen projects highlighting each technique. This unique new book gives readers a look at todays most popular quilting styles in a glorious full-colour gallery of 75 quilts, complete with information about the designer, awards the quilt won, & what inspired the design of the quilt. The book discusses the techniques used in creating the quilts, & then moves on to step-by-step instructions for 12 projects that incorporate each technique discussed, including a wall hanging, a crazy quilt featuring contemporary fabrics & modern decorative stitches, & a memory quilt that uses modern photo transfer techniques. About the Author Cindy Walter, is a well-known teacher & author. Stevii Graves has been involved with quilt making since 1975 & has been a judge for competitions throughout the U.S. ...

Contemporary Rose Sewing Kit Contemporary Rose Sewing Kit comes in a patchwork blue rose fabric & contains all your sewing needs! Contents: Pincushion, pin rosette, dressmaking pencil, 8 coloured threads, pin wheel, seam ripper, assorted needles, tape measure 150cm/60, yarn needle, thimble, needle threader, safety pins, buttons, snap fasteners, scissors. ...

Contemporary Rose Sewing Kit comes in a patchwork blue rose fabric & contains all your sewing needs! Contents: Pincushion, pin rosette, dressmaking pencil, 8 coloured threads, pin wheel, seam ripper, assorted needles, tape measure 150cm/60", yarn needle, thimble, needle threader, safety pins, buttons, snap fasteners, scissors. ...

Contemporary Wedding Crafts Contemporary Wedding Crafts shows the modern bride how to create a unique wedding
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Contemporary Wedding Crafts shows the modern bride how to create a unique wedding
- projects to make & wedding ideas for a day
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This stunning embroidery title new in paperback is one of the best showcases of new & exciting whitework designs that still ...

Cookie Craft Elaborately decorated cookies fill the shelves of high-end bakery cases, tempting shoppers with bright colours & whimsical shapes. The cookies are beautiful, but buying them in a bakery can be shockingly expensive, & their flavour often doesnt live up to their appearance. Now home bakers can have their pretty cookies & enjoy eating them too! Thanks to the clear instructions & practical methods developed by authors Valerie Peterson & Janice Fryer, amateur cookie crafters can achieve bakery-quality design & homemade fresh taste. Cookie Craft gives readers access to the entire world of decorated cookies, beginning with an inspirational gallery of 150 colourful cookies guaranteed to start those creative juices flowing. The authors go on to discuss ingredients, supplies, equipment & technique. They include four delicious recipes for rolled cookie doughs (Traditional Sugar, Chocolate, Nutty, & Gingerbread) that provide perfect blank canvases for decorating, &, of course, their recipe for versatile Royal Icing. In the most important section, they share the design techniques accumulated & perfected during hundreds of afternoons spent crafting thousands of cookies. Cookie crafters will learn how to pipe, flood, & sugar their cookies, how to design colour palettes that work with every sea- son, how to make cookies stand up in fun 3-D structures, & much more! ...

Cookie Craft Elaborately decorated cookies fill the shelves of high-end bakery cases, tempting shoppers with bright colours & whimsical shapes. The cookies are beautiful, but buying them in a bakery can be shockingly expensive, & their flavour often doesnt live up to their appearance. Now home bakers can have their pretty cookies & enjoy eating them too! Thanks to the clear instructions & practical methods developed by authors Valerie Peterson & Janice Fryer, amateur cookie crafters can achieve bakery-quality design & homemade fresh taste. Cookie Craft gives readers access to the entire world of decorated cookies, beginning with an inspirational gallery of 150 colourful cookies guaranteed to start those creative juices flowing. The authors go on to discuss ingredients, supplies, equipment & technique. They include four delicious recipes for rolled cookie doughs (Traditional Sugar, Chocolate, Nutty, & Gingerbread) that provide perfect blank canvases for decorating, &, of course, their recipe for versatile Royal Icing. In the most important section, they share the design techniques accumulated & perfected during hundreds of afternoons spent crafting thousands of cookies. Cookie crafters will learn how to pipe, flood, & sugar their cookies, how to design colour palettes that work with every sea- son, how to make cookies stand up in fun 3-D structures, & much more! ...

Hardcover: 176 pages Publisher: Storey Publishing LLC (2 Nov 2009) Language English ISBN-10: 1603424407 ISBN-13: 9781603424400 Cookie Craft Christmas will help you make every Christmas, a cookie craft Christmas! The holidays offer just the right combination of cold weather & family togetherness for cookie crafters to elevate their skills to show stopping new heights. With more than 60 new Christmas cookie designs, along with festive New Years cookies & lovely Hanukkah treats, Cookie Craft Christmas delivers colorful inspiration to cookie decorators just when they need it most. Each spread features a full-page, close-up photograph of one cookie cutter shape with detailed decorating instructions on the facing page. Some pages feature one gloriously decorated cookie, while others might feature two or three interpretations of the same shape
- ornaments in complementary colors, Christmas trees decorated in varying styles or gingerbread men wearing a rainbow of colors & patterns. Decorating instructions are as simple as tinting cookie dough green before baking Christmas trees or as intricate as piping hair on a gingerbread grandma, creating a frilly pattern for her apron, & decorating her dress using a pretty feathering technique. Techniques are described in full in a Decorating Glossary, & cookie & icing recipes are included. Fresh inspiration & fabulous decorating ideas fill the pages of this handy little source book. Cookie Craft Christmas is the perfect gift for anyone who has ever picked up a pastry bag.
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