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Ricky Tims Convergence Quilts: Mysterious, Magical, Easy, and Fun
By Ricky Tims. 2010
Become a fabulous quilt artist - the fun, easy way! 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. • 4 projects walk you through the steps of making Convergence quilts • Quilts look complex but are fun, easy, and, best of all, creative to make • Use any fabric from commercial prints to hand-dyed • Add decorative touches such as appliqué to dress up your projects • An infinite number of looks from one ingenious techniqueMastering Precision Piecing: 7 Spectacular Quilts with Techniques for Success
By Sally Collins. 2006
Learn Precision Piecing from an Award-Winning Expert • The must-have book to take your quilting to the expert level •…
7 new projects • Tips to improve your skills at every step of the quilting process • Learn to create the perfect 1/4" seam, sew straight, and chain piece for efficiency • Hundreds of illustrations and photos for clear direction • Use color like Sally for exquisite results Sally shows you how to bring accuracy to every step: pinning, cutting, sewing, and pressing. Seven pieced projects range from a miniature quilt to a large wallhanging. The projects use intermediate to advanced skills; two include appliqué.Free-Motion Designs for Allover Patterns: 75+ Designs (Quilting Inspiration)
By Natalia Bonner, Christina Cameli. 2017
Endless inspiration from your favorite quilters Want inspiration for your free-motion quilting? Now you have the perfect tool! This spiral-bound…
book is full of designs—JUST designs—and will lay flat on your work surface to keep your hands on the quilt and that needle moving! The second in a new series, this visual guide is filled with over 75 continuous-line designs from your favorite designers to get you stitching. • Perfect for domestic and longarm machines • Full-page spreads with innovative continuous-line designs • Lays flat for easy reference while quiltingArt Quilt Collage: A Creative Journey in Fabric, Paint & Stitch
By Deborah Boschert. 2016
How to get from "start" to "art" Make treasured art quilts from bits of cloth, stitched motifs, and painted details.…
Dip your toes into the world of art quilting with mixed-media techniques, practice exercises, checklists, and work-along projects presented using 8 design guides. This visual, step-by-step guide will help you unlock your own artistic vision as you quilt in a series, finish small art pieces, and incorporate meaningful symbols into your work. • Tap into your creative muse! Art quilt inspiration, techniques, and checklists presented in 8 easy-to-use design guides • Uncomplicated, visual guide to fabric collage with practice pieces to help you gain expertise • Tell your own artistic story with colors, materials, and beloved symbolsJust One Charm Pack Quilts: Bust Your Precut Stash with 18 Projects in 2 Colorways
By Cheryl Brickey. 2021
A collection of perfect charm pack projects! Who can resist a perfectly coordinated and fun-filled fabric charm pack? Now make…
the most of your growing collection with projects designed with the charm pack lover in mind. Sew colorful and bright quilt projects, each using only one charm pack, one extra fabric, and a background fabric. All 18 projects come in two colorway options with easy to follow instructions and illustrations. Finished creations have multiple uses! Projects are perfectly sized for a baby or child, but also make for unique house decor as table toppers, wallhangings, or the perfect gift for friends and loved ones. Plus, you’ll never need another excuse to keep buying those irresistibly fun charm packs! Time to clear out your charm pack stash! 18 vibrant projects that only need one charm pack each Step-by-step instructions are beginner-friendly Versatile quilts are great for a baby or child, but also make for fun table toppers, wallhangings, and moreOne Block Wonders: One Fabric, One Shape, One-of-a-Kind Quilts
By Maxine Rosenthal. 2010
1 Great Fabric + 1 Block = 1 Stunning Quilt! • Brand new technique is all about texture, movement, sparkle,…
and swirl! • Choose hexagons or octagons-you're the designer • Easy random cutting! No planning, no fussy cuts, no mess-ups • Simple piecing with NO Y-SEAMS! Amaze your friends! Maxine shows you exactly how to choose a large-scale print, figure yardage, cut and piece these drop-dead gorgeous quilts. Big pieces and clever short-cut methods make these quilts go together faster than you'd think. Choose one of two projects or use the techniques in any size quilt you can imagine.Mickey Lawler's SkyQuilts: 12 Painting Techniques, Create Dynamic Landscape Quilts
By Mickey Lawler. 2011
Create your own beautiful fabric landscapes • Master 12 different fabric painting techniques with detailed, step-by-step photos • Build your…
own stunning stash of fabrics with painted landscapes, water scenes, and dreamy skies • Learn Mickey's "design strip" technique to make dynamic quilts using large, uncut sections of your fabrics • Suitable for all skill levels; 3 projects included With Mickey Lawler, the best-selling author of SKYDYES, even beginners who have never picked up a brush can learn to paint striking scenes on fabric. She demonstrates how to paint every nuanced texture found in nature, from cloudy skies to rosy sunsets, blue water to green fields, and stone walls to wood grains. Includes a gallery of projects made with lush landscape fabrics that is sure to inspire.Level Up! Creative Cosplay: Costume Design & Creation, SFX Makeup, LED Basics & More
By Amanda Haas. 2022
Expand your costume-making skills and go from beginner to confident maker! Picking up where Creative Cosplay left off, this new…
volume prepares costume enthusiasts to create out-of-this-world effects from head to toe! Cosplayers of all experience levels have much to gain from Amanda’s expertise as a national cosplay competition winner and judge. Learn the basics of making an original costume pattern, using prosthetics and latex, and customizing fabric through dyeing and painting. Transform yourself into the character of your choice with Special Effects (SFX) makeup. SFX makeup uses prosthetics and smaller on-skin materials to create illusions — such as wounds, scars, deformities, or supernatural features — directly on the skin. Get the scoop on sergers, embroidery machines, and using a digital cutter Pick up industry secrets on the basics of LED work, body painting, and SFX makeup Create a DIY costume repair kit for conventions, and market yourself in the cosplay worldThe Tunic Bible: One Pattern, Interchangeable Pieces, Ready-to-Wear Results!
By Sarah Gunn, Julie Starr. 2016
The only tunic pattern you'll ever need! Sew the perfect tunic to express your style—from simple and modest to daring…
and chic! Mix and match collars, neck plackets, and sleeves for an endless variety of professional, store-quality results. Stitch up a sharp bodice pattern, designed to fit sizes XS to XXL, in assorted lengths, styles, and trims. Well respected in the sewing industry for their pattern reviews and online garment challenges, Sarah Gunn and Julie Starr make the tunic accessible and exciting for those with basic sewing skills and beyond. • Create chic, ready-to-wear tunics with a multi-length, graded pattern and expert construction tips • Choose your style—casual, preppy, boho, or glamorous—with interchangeable sleeves, neck plackets, and collars • Get advice on shopping for fabric and trims, guided by a huge gallery of inspiring tunic topsNew York Beauties & Flying Geese: 10 Dramatic Quilts, 27 Pillows, 31 Block Patterns
By Carl Hentsch. 2017
Dramatic curves and angles for today's adventurous quilter Become a skilled foundation piecer with New York Beauty blocks and arcs…
of Flying Geese that amaze! Carl Hentsch simplifies a technique loved by many with his straightforward approach to curved piecing, foundation piecing, and simple machine appliqué. Stitch your way through 31 architectural block patterns, ideal for advanced beginners and intermediate quilters. Then it's time to practice on 10 full-size quilts and 27 bonus pillow projects with lively color combinations to provide movement and drama. In a personal foreword, fabric designer Tula Pink discusses how she met Carl and came to collaborate with him on the color choices for his quilts. • Complex piecing made simple! Expand your skill set and learn new tips and techniques for curved and foundation piecing • Traditional blocks shine with the use of modern fabrics in rich color stories, with fabric selections by Tula Pink • Practice your newfound skills on a small project with stunning round pillows designed to accompany each quiltAnyone can quilt stunning scenery—from brand new art quilters to veteran artists looking to learn new tricks and techniques! Explore…
methods for transferring photographs to fabric, utilizing panels, free-motion quilting, and binding or framing your wall quilts like a pro. The book includes a gallery of landscape quilts and 50 tips for success from Joyce Becker and other featured designers—from avoiding pitfalls to professional secrets. How-to photos and complete instructions will guide you along the way, along with a half-dozen projects to get you started.The Crazy Quilt Handbook: 12 Updated Step-by-Step Projects—Illustrated Stitch Guide, Including Silk Ribbon Stitches
By Judith Baker Montano. 2014
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 moreCreate with Cork Fabric: Sew 17 Upscale Projects; Bags, Accessories & Home Decor
By Jessica Sallie Kapitanski. 2019
Elevate your sewing with a bagmaker’s secret—cork fabric, a leather-like, upscale version of the cork you used to know! Learn…
how easy it is to work with cork from Jessica Kapitanski, the innovative designer behind Sallie Tomato patterns. Using only your regular sewing tools, you’ll learn how to sew seventeen cork projects with clean lines and clever details. Have fun adding cork fabric to elegant purses, boxy pouches, gorgeous accessories, and home decor. Available in a rainbow of colors, cork is eco-friendly, maintenance-free, pliable, and hypoallergenic, making it an irresistible choice for all sorts of handmade gifts. Create luxury bags, trendy wall decor, and fashion accessories Learn all about getting started with cork fabric—no special sewing tools required Sew something unconventional with durable, eco-friendly, and fashion-forward cork fabricCosplayer's Ultimate Guide to EVA Foam: Level Up Your Costumes & Props
By Beverly Downen. 2022
Unlock the unlimited possibilities of EVA foam! Turn your wildest costume dreams into reality! Whether you are a master-level cosplayer…
or brand-new to making costumes and props, this is the ultimate reference guide to using different kinds of EVA foam and other up-to-date materials and to make epic costumes, props, accessories, and other projects out of this world! If you want to create your own high quality props, EVA foam is the way to go — it is a rubber-like thermoplastic that is both easy to work with, durable, and lightweight. You can build an entire costume with EVA foam — shields, armor, helmet, weapons — without getting weighed down. Knowledge at your fingertips! This comprehensive guidebook - take it with you to shop for materials, write notes and bookmark your favorite chapters, and use it right at your workstation Expand your cosplay skills with the latest industry techniques and materials, step-by-step tutorials, and 4 projects to get you started Create patterns for perfectly fitting costumes and accessories every time and use the patterns included to guide the wayDoodle Quilting: Over 120 Continuous-Line Machine-Quilting Designs
By Cheryl Malkowski. 2012
Learn to draw...with your sewing machine! In this beginner's guide to free-motion, continuous-line quilting designs, the focus is on selecting…
the right forms and lines that get you where you need to go...because sometimes the hardest part is figuring out where to quilt next! You'll gain confidence in your innate artistic ability to draw basic shapes, then you'll learn how to put them together into over a hundred different all-over quilting designs. • See how easy it can be to create interesting quilting designs by mastering your doodling skills • From squiggles and swirls to flowers and feathers, learn which shapes are best for confined spaces and which work better traveling across your quilt • Includes drawing exercises and tips for transferring your designs from paper to fabricFrench Braid Quilts: 14 Quick Quilts with Dramatic Results
By Jane Hardy Miller, Arlene Netten. 2010
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.Creative Cosplay: Selecting & Sewing Costumes Way Beyond Basic
By Amanda Haas. 2022
An inspirational guide to sewing cosplay Boldly enter the world of cosplay and gain the confidence to design the costume…
of your dreams! Award-winning cosplayer Amanda Haas helps you translate your ideas from fiction to reality as you research costumes, shop for fabrics, mash-up patterns, and present your cosplay at a competition. A gorgeous photo gallery will have you frantic to join the cosplay community, while the author’s seasoned advice will give you the courage to take the first step. Bonus project: Sew a bum bag to carry your keys and other essentials to a con. Learn the art of making and wearing designer-quality costumes that will transform your persona. Turn fiction into fashion! A step-by-step guide to designing your own cosplay Dive into the fun world of cosplay with the author’s trusted advice Step up your cosplay costumes with inspirational photos, techniques, and moreColor Play, Second Edition: Over 100 New Quilts—Transparency, Luminosity, Depth & More
By Joen Wolfrom. 2014
New and improved! The essential guide to the art of color Color. It has the power to set a mood,…
make a statement, bring a design vividly to life. Now Joen Wolfrom’s classic guide to creating with color has been completely updated to make it easier than ever 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 meanings of colors, their physical effects on people, and much more - all richly illustrated with photos of nature and of beautiful quilts. • A feast for the eyes - over 100 new quilt photos show how to use color effectively • A must-have reference; includes swatches of tints, shades, and tones for all 24 colors in the Ives Color Wheel • A spark for your imagination: Try out five different color schemes for each of the 24 colorsShadow Trapunto Quilts: Simple Steps, Remarkable Results, 30 Elegant Projects
By Geta Grama. 2012
A wonderful world of intricate beauty You'll be captivated by the elegance and grace of these elaborate shadow trapunto quilts-especially…
once you discover how easy they are to make! Create the old-world look of tatting or lace with a simple 3-step technique. Geta provides instructions and patterns for working with whole cloth, pieced, or appliqué backgrounds. A gorgeous gallery of her work is included. • 30 remarkable projects include wallhangings, pillows, tablerunners, and postcards • Achieve old-world style with this innovative technique • Patterns in the book can be enlarged; full-size patterns are on the enclosed CDMe & My Sewing Adventure: An Intermediate Guide
By Kate Haxell. 2014
Follow-up to the best seller Me & My Sewing Machine! • Advance your skills in garment, home dec, and accessory…
sewing with this practical teaching guide • Simple (foolproof!) instructions and helpful photographs make it easy to learn challenging techniques • Bonus! 6 projects put the lessons to work After learning the basics in Me & My Sewing Machine, it’s now time to graduate to more sophisticated techniques in this follow-up book, Me & My Sewing Adventure. With her characteristic clarity and easy-to-follow instructions, author Kate Haxell guides you through the challenges and nuances of professional finishes, fabric manipulation, specialty seams, pattern construction, and much more. Once you master these skills, you’ll approach any sewing endeavor with a newfound confidence and ease. The book also includes an inspiring historical overview of vintage machines to complete your sewing education.