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.
Fat quarters are a perennial favorite--why not have favorite quilt patterns to go with them? This all-new collection of fat-quarter-friendly designs takes the popular fabric cut in new directions. Try fresh spins on classic quilt blocks, such as Jacob’s Ladder, Churn Dash, and Pinwheel. Or, take a page from nature’s design book and turn fat quarters into fabric flower gardens or sparkling stars. Dive into a variety of fun techniques, including traditional piecing, English paper piecing, and fusible applique. With well-known designers leading the way--including best-selling authors Christa Watson and Katja Marek—it’s easier than ever to have fun with fat quarters! Patterns require as few as 16 or up to 39 fat quarters per project. 64 pages
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.
Express your individual style by adding a wink to your wardrobe or room with these beautiful blooms from Indygo Junction s Fabric Flowers. You ll find 25 quick and easy flower projects for wearing, decorating and sharing, with inspiring techniques for the novice to the more advanced creative enthusiast. Recycle your jeans, ties, sweaters and t-shirts, combine cotton prints into one-of-a-kind fashion statements, create painterly effects of needle felting, and play with felt, wools, and silks. 50 fabric variations to spark your creativity are included! From a simple rose created from re-purposed denim jeans to a full wedding bouquet of felted roses, the projects in this book teach traditional techniques and introduce you to flower making short-cut methods, featuring Clover Needlecrafts tools: needle felting tools, Kanzashi Flower Makers, Quick Yo-Yo Makers, Flower Frill Templates and more.
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.
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.
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.
Create beautiful dolls and accessories for winter using the latest Tilda fabrics. From pretty skating angels in warm fur coats to chalet girls with cosy knitted jumpers, these new Tilda designs celebrate the winter season in style. Transform pentagons and hexagons into mini patchwork balls and tablemats, or make a quilt or cushion with beautiful Tilda fabrics. Hanging santas, paper angels and Christmas stockings are perfect festive decorations for your home, and there are adorable polar bears to delight the little ones!
This colorful collection of summer craft projects is bursting with pretty accessories and unique gift ideas from Tilda craft designer and bestselling author Tone Finnanger. Choose from a selection of Tilda sewing and papercraft projects with something to suit everyone. Clear instructions and full-size templates make each project quick and easy to achieve. Create adorable Tilda angels, give them personality with facial details and then create dresses, dungarees and accessories from your favorite fabrics. Helpful instructions guide you through making toys, from tracing and cutting to stuffing and sewing. Make traditional Dala Horses for the kids to play with or cute fabric radishes for the kitchen, hang hearts embellished with ribbon trims from the mantelpiece and sew garlands to decorate windows all around the house. Beautiful cushions and bags make ideal gifts, but they're also perfect for keeping to yourself! Create your own notebooks and bookmarks or decorate items with decoupage for quick and easy presents. You can even create coordinating cards to match your gifts.
An illustrated guide to creating a one-of-a-kind wardrobe from six magic patterns. One magic pattern can be transformed into six different looks. The Skirt (pattern B) yields an A-line skirt, a maxi skirt, a pleated hem skirt, a pencil wrap skirt, a flared bias skirt and a ruffled mini. Up to 36 different looks can be made with these 6 magic patterns, The skill level is basic, and patterns are bundled onto a CD in an envelope in the back of the book. Paperback 320 pages
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.
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.
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.
100 block, 3 quilts: There is a ton of quilting potential injust one book. Make as many as you want and combine theblocks into an endless variety of quilt tops. Great for alllevels. Simple and clear instructions make piecing theseblocks much easier . Pub.May-2013;256pp
Capture the essence of Japanese style in your sewing with this collection of projects inspired by the wabi-sabi concept of 'perfect imperfection'. This collection of 20 sewing projects for home decor and accessories is based on the popular Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi which celebrates the beauty in the ordinary and imperfect.
The projects are grouped according to how we live, for example: living; sleeping; eating and exploring. Sewing and quilting expert and fabric designer, Karen Lewis, has used a limited palette of earthy tones and the best quality natural fabrics including linen, cotton, denim and wool to create a stunning collection of simple, sewn projects.
Try out some simple wabi-sabi style sewing techniques such as hand hand piecing, sashiko embroidery, big stitch quilting, and visible mending to create unique items for your home whether it's a full sized bed quilt, simple coasters for your favorite mug or a stunning scarf to wrap up in. Karen Lewis is quilt designer and tutor, a fabric designer for Robert Kaufman and an author--her previous title, Screen Printing at Home, was published in 2013. Karen travels widely to attend quilt shows and teach. She runs workshops at Quilt Con each year and regularly attends the Festival of Quilts in the UK. Karen is one of the founders of quilt retreat and pattern company, The Thread House, which she set up with two other prominent British quilt designers in 2016.
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
Sew kraft-tex Bags - 17 Projects, Tips & Techniques for Working with Kraft Paper
Kraft-tex is the perfect accent for wallets, totes, and purses. Betsy LaHonta and Gailen Runge teach you everything about sewing with kraft-tex, plus popular bag designers share 19 patterns.
Adventures In Paper Piecing & Design by Sarah Elizabeth Sharp
A Quilter's Guide
with Design Exercises, Step-by-Step Instructions, & Patterns to Get You Sewing
