Quilters love to use their skills & their fabric stashes to make gifts for friends or family members & this book supplies more than 55 versatile gift projects. There are mini quilts & wall quilts to showcase the quilters skills or to celebrate the love of quilts. Additional projects include sewing notions home accessories & miscellaneous gifts. The projects use a variety of quilting skills but also general sewing embroidery punch needle etc. Sewing aids & organisers include pincushions ruler holders & wool sewing wallet. Minis & wall quilts reflect traditional & whimsical styles. Other items include a quillow pillows purse set backpack lap throws table runners fabric bowls & more. ...

Talented author Mandy Shaw shares her fresh approach to quilting with an emphasis on fun fast results & fabulous quilts! Full step-by-step instructions guide you through 10 gorgeous quilting projects ti stitch & sew that have plenty of 'wow' factor but won't take a lifetime to complete. All the projects can be made using fat quarters & when the main project is finished Mandy shows you how to use up the remaining scraps of fabric to sew delightful accessories toys home decor items & gifts. Projects include wall hangings a cot quilt picnic rug & ' Welcome' sampler. With a clear & comprehensive section covering techniques tips & templates this is a book for quilters & sewing enthusiasts to dip into again & again. ...

Award-winning quilt artist Ineke Berlyn shows how to use the most innovative quilt art techniques to make a range of quilted items from bags books personalized quilt journals fabric postcards to vase covers boxes & even dolls. All the latest materials & techniques are covered: painting with acrylic paints transfer paints using Lutradur as a base using computer printing stencils Markal Painsticks Bondaweb recycling found objects stitching by hand & machine punching holes & burning & distressing with the soldering iron & other heat tools. The author is one of the most innovative textile artists in applying techniques to any kind of object. She brings her wealth of experience knowledge & enthusiasm to this book. Any quilter or indeed textile artist will find this book full of inspirational ideas backed up with full technique information & step-by-step projects. ...

Every quilter whether you are new or more experienced should own this comprehensive guide to all quilting techniques. Packed full of expert advice on all aspects of quilting patchwork & applique it holds the answer to all your quilting questions. This is the most comprehensive book on the market for patchwork quilting & applique techniques & is ideal for both the beginner looking for trustworthy advice in a single volume & the committed quilter searching for authoritative reference for seldom-used techniques. It presents essential advice & instructions alongside a wide range of inspirational samples of work collected from international top-name quilters. It also features over 15 quilt projects including cot quilts bed quilts lap quilts bags cushions wall hangings table mats & runners & other beautiful projects for the home. Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions clear diagrams & stunning photography combine to create this must-have resource for quilters of all abilities. Techniques covered include quilting basics such as making a quilt sandwich hand & machine quilting basting & binding a quilt. Other techniques include big stitch sashiko free motion corded & stuffed (trapunto) quilting. There are instructions for over 100 different patchwork blocks with detailed instructions for different kinds of piecing such as English paper piecing foundation piecing & strip piecing. Techniques for applique are also included which cover different types of applique such as needle-turn; reverse inlaid & shadow applique as well as using freezer paper & fusible web. ...

Many of todays fiber & quilting enthusiasts are eager to express themselves through creating one-of-a-kind art quilts
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Black & white quilts have become a hot new trend for quilters of all ages. A seemingly simple pattern can be dramatically updated merely by adding a little black & white fabric into the design. The book

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Includes:: designs that have splashes of colour or just splashes of black & white. Quilters will love the variety of designs from an adorable cat wall hanging to a bold bed quilt made up of black white & bright yellow fabrics. Techniques used include applique patchwork & foundation piecing. Each design is shown in a lifestyle photograph has an assembly diagram & is accompanied by a complete materials list & step-by-step instructions.



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Quilting in No Time" brings you 50 fantastic easy-to-follow projects for quilts. At a time when store-bought soft furnishings are becoming increasingly expensive this great book offers high quality homemade alternatives at a fraction of the cost. Packed with brilliant ideas for using up scraps of fabrics original applique designs fun blocks to stitch together & excellent motifs this is the must-have guide to quilting gorgeous items for the home. Why not try your hand at making the perfect throw to put over your couch or buy some luxurious fabrics to make an oh-so-soft blanket to put in a baby's cot? Every project comes with gorgeous step-by-step illustrations plus ideas for variations to add your own personal touch to the finished piece. Projects include a picnic blanket a cosmetics bag place mats & coasters a tea cosy a duvet cover a child's play mat a handbag & an apron amongst many others. Also included is a useful techniques section with expert advice on fabric selection binding sashing & more." ...

Modernism is both a contested aesthetic category & a powerful political statement. Modernist music was condemned as degenerate by the Nazis & forcibly replaced by socialist realism under the Soviets. Sympathetic philosophers & critics have interpreted it as a vital intellectual defence against totalitarianism yet some American critics consider it elitist undemocratic & even unnatural. Drawing extensively on the philosophy of Heidegger & Badiou The Quilting Points of Musical Modernism proposes a new dialectical theory of faithful reactive & obscure subjective responses to musical modernism which embraces all the music of Western modernity. This systematic definition of musical modernism introduces readers to theory by Badiou Zizek & Agamben. Basing his analyses on the music of William Walton Harper-Scott explores connections between the revolutionary politics of the nineteenth & twentieth centuries & responses to the event of modernism in order to challenge accepted narratives of music history in the twentieth century. ...

Learn how to create fabulous large quilts one block at a time with this superb guide from popular author & teacher Carolyn ...

This the 13th in the series of Kaffe Fassetts highly successful patchwork & quilting books from Rowan is photographed by Debbie Patterson at the Skansen Museum in Stockholm the oldest open-air museum in the world where different styles of old Swedish houses built of richly painted wood make a great backdrop for this collection of 20 new quilts by Kaffe & his chosen designers. He uses Serape an exciting new striped fabric to great effect combined with shot cottons creating simple graphic quilts where the colours sing out. Other quilts of Kaffes resonate with saturated colour in deep earthy tones. In the Designer Profile Kaffe explains how he creates his quilts a fascinating insight into a genius at work. ...