A collection of sweet and sentimental embroidery designs awaits your needle and thread! From the author of the bestseller Stitches from the Garden comes 15 all-new embroidery projects inspired by the warm colors and welcoming textures of autumn. Stitch jaunty squirrels, whimsical birds, and a bevy of fall fruit and leaves to bedeck elegant little projects, including a pillow, tote bag, table runner, needle book, pincushion, and more. Clear instructions, helpful tips, and beautiful original artwork make Stitches from the Harvest a source of inspiration you'll turn to again and again. 80 pages
Indulge in the sentimental pleasures of stitcheries with wistful vintage artistry. Inspired by nature and stitched with the gentle romance of days gone by, noted artist Kathy Schmitz creates designs that use simple embroidery to create thoughtful keepsakes.
Select from a variety of elegant embroidery projects, including a pillow, pincushion, wall decoration, tote bag, and more
Find success with each design--clear illustrations demonstrate how to master every featured embroidery stitch
Revel in Kathy Schmitz's original artwork, gracefully presented throughout the book.
Publish Date: 6/21/2016
80 pages
The Simple Simon Guide to Patchwork Quilting book is your sophisticated beginner guide to falling in love with quilting and sewing. Learn from the history of 7 traditional blocks, as you learn to make and use each block in quilts and quilt projects.
Making your own custom accessories is a great way to add color, texture and comfort to your life - and it can be fun, too. Sew It Yourself Home Accessories offers 21 simple and beautiful projects to create with natural cotton. Using easy to learn sewing methods and bright fresh fabrics, this book shows you how to make a range of useful items, from cushions, aprons and oven mitts to a laptop case, table linens and even a doorstop. Each project can be compelted in just one weekend. Clear step by step instruactions and color photogrpahs make process srtaighforward and simple, even for absolute beginners. A basics section at the front of the book introcdues you to all the tools, materials and techniques you will need to know.
It's Sew Emma Patterns is proud to introduce their first book! Simply Fat Quarters features ten exceptional quilts using fat quarters. All ten patterns are written with four size options from crib to king.
The designs in this book are carefully written and beautifully illustrated in full color. Step by step directions take you through the construction of each block and the assembly of the quilt top.
Quilting rulers have long been used by longarm quilters to make uniform shapes, but now, with the advent of the domestic ruler foot, domestic quilters can join in on the fun, too! Amanda starts with how to use 6 basic shapes of machine quilting ruler to lay a foundation for your quilting, then moves on to executing 59 different designs. Finish up by following Amanda's suggestions for filling in background space with free-motion quilting.
Quilting On The Go: English Paper Piecing - Softcover
This book will guide crafters through all the steps of English Paper Piecing, starting with the basics. Readers will work their way from through the humble hexagon, stars, curves, and more. The author shares her tips, techniques, and her preferred products to help quilters achieve great results and identify what to look for when choosing fabrics to fussy cut. The book has a range of patterns from simple smaller projects through to baby and full-sized quilts, offering something for all levels of experience.
Play of Color Quilting, 24 Designs to Inspire Freehand Color Play
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Play of Color Quilting 24 Designs to Inspire Freehand Color Play
The energy, bold accents, and contrasts speak for themselves in these 24 projects. In the friendly, you-can-do-it tone that is her trademark, German quilt designer Bernadette Mayr offers you new ways to think about freestyle color piecing. These new designs offer you very colorful, playful, wild, and geometric quilts to make, or to make your own by experimenting with color. A few smaller projects, like pillows and a silk evening bag, focus color play into a smaller piece. This guide also serves as a complete resource for new quilters, offering 14 lessons on the important basic quilting skills like cutting shapes, freehand machine embroidery, and quilt assembly.
Best-selling author Gail Pan returns with another collection of designs that are a delight to see and a dream to embroider. Inspired by Gail’s daily walks, sweet motifs include bees and bunnies, houses and hearts, and her signature bird, leaf, and vine motifs. Never tried embroidery? Learn just eight simple stitches to create any project in the book, including a pillow, pouch, pincushion, and tote, plus wall hangings, table toppers, and sewing-related items. Gail’s marriage of patchwork and embroidery results in pretty and practical projects for decorating, gift giving, or simply enjoying at home. 14 small projects are easy to start and quick to finish.
Ever said, "I wish I had time to make that" With this fun project book, quilters can slide in time to sew every day. Llittle by little during their lunch hour! Perfectly portable projects can be completed in as little as an hour or over just a few lunch hours during the week. Choose from pillows, small quilts, cute bags, and more. All beginner friendly, simple to start, and fast to finish. Whether lunchtime is spent at the office, on the road, or right at home, break up each busy day with some sublime stitching time! 15 cute designs are easy to start and quick to finish. Perfect for crafters who are time crunched and budget strapped. 80 pages.
Go back to school with Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnets fourth book!
Spelling Bee includes instructions for 100 letter, number, punctuation and picture blocks in two sizes PLUS 18 quilt projects. Over 190 pages of full color instructions.
Welcome to the artful world of Japanese master embroiderer Reiko Mori, a place where embroidery embodies charm, grace, and true elegance. Choose from more than 40 picturesque motifs, many grouped into enchanting vignettes to mix and match; then use the motifs in 11 projects, including totes, fabric-covered boxes, and more. Learn 16 embroidery stitches to create designs for holidays (a wreath and tiny ornaments); seasons (chubby bees buzzing around dimensional daisies); and everyday occasions (an antique sewing machine and scissors). Themed chapters include flower, marine, and Christmas collections, as well as an assortment of Ms. Mori’s signature black-on-linen designs. Embroidery
enthusiasts will love re-creating this utterly distinctive and captivating collection of jaw-dropping designs.
A little bit retro with a tasteful blend of trendy and traditional, these 13 designs from popular Moda Fabrics designer Bonnie Olaveson of Cotton Way are presented together for the first time in a curated collection of all-time favorites. Styled photos showcase lap-sized to bed-sized projects featuring classic blocks in traditional settings. Fill your home with fresh and light patchwork that will never go out of style! 80 pages
Whether you're moving into a new home, launching a home makeover, or just sprucing up a room, this book, At Home With Modern June, by Kelly McCants, provides plenty of ideas on how to infuse individuality into every room in the house. The 27 budget-friendly projects have a retro style and use materials such as oilcloth, laminated cotton, and chalk cloth in addition to quilter's cotton. Easy-to-follow instructions and helpful photographs guide you to success. You'll make drapes, bed skirts, floor mats, and much more. All that's required is a bit of ingenuity, a little time, and some basic skills.
