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~ QUILTER'S AFFAIR BOOKS ~

Updated for 2010
(We will continue to post new items as they arrive.)

Books are listed in alphabetical order by the teacher's name.
(Books that are required for classes are noted below.
Not all items are required for this year's Quilter's Affair. )

Patterns & Rulers for Quilter's Affair are listed on this page:
http://stitchinpost.com/QA_patterns.html

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Color Shuffle
by Karla Alexander

Suggested for QA Classes 107-507

Softcover, 96 pages, color,
from That Patchwork Place.

Karla is back with exciting new designs to delight her many fans! Now you can broaden your quilting repertoire by combining Karla's stacking and shuffling methods with even more techniques. Choose from 16 projects in a wide range of styles.

$26.99 [Add to Cart]

New Cuts for New Quilts
by Karla Alexander

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

Softcover, 96 pages, color,
from That Patchwork Place.
More ways to stack the deck!
17 new projects for this popular technique. Includes instructions to the original "Stack the Deck" technique--stack, slice, shuffle, and sew.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

Stack A New Deck
by Karla Alexander

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

Softcover, 96 pages, color,
from That Patchwork Place.
More great quilts in 4 easy steps. 18 new quilts feature a wide range of styles, but start from simple squares.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

Start Quilting With Alex Anderson
by Alex Anderson

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

3rd Edition - Softcover, 48 pages, color, from C&T Publishing

Make your first quilt a success! Alex will gude you every step of the way as you learn to plan, cut, piece, quilt, and bind your quilt. Get started with 8 easy projects, most of them with 4 size options. Expanded 3rd edition includes new projects, more quilt sizes, and lots of helpful new tips & shortcuts.

$14.95 [Add to Cart]

Hand & Machine Appliqué
by Alex Anderson

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

Softcover, 64 pages plus pull-out section, color, from C&T Publishing

Fall in Love with applique! Learn to add beautiful applique to anty quilt by hand or by machine. Alex will guide you through 3 hand applique techniques: needle-turn, raw-edge, and reverse applique; and 3 machine applique techniques: Invisible, raw-edge, and free-motion applique. Includes complete insturctions for 7 charming quilt projects.

$19.95 [Add to Cart]

Paper Piecing With Alex Anderson
by Alex Anderson

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

Softcover, 48 pages, color,
from C&T Publishing

Learn to paper piece with everyone's favorite quiltmaker! Machine piecing on paper foundations guarantees virtually perfect results. 6 projects, including 5 traditional blocks and a sampler quilt. Blocks range from a simple Square-in-a-Square to and impressive New York Beauty.

$14.95 [Add to Cart]

Beatuifully Quilted -
How to Choose or Create
The Best Designs for Your Quilt
by Alex Anderson

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

Softcover, 56 pages plus pull-out section, color, from C&T Publishing

Are you stumped about the right quilting design for your latest masterpiece? Let Alex teach you how to decide on the best quilting design for each individual quilt; with full-size, ready-to-trace patterns and traditional quilting motifs, and step-by-step insturctions for drafting your own designs.

$16.95 [Add to Cart]

Collage Fusion
by Alma de la Melena Cox

127 pages, color, soft cover,
from North Light Books

Alma de la Melena Cox developed the term "telamedera" to express the fusion of vibrantly colored materials using wood with collage and fabric. With the help of step-by-step photos, you will learn to use a wood-burning tool to add lines and details to your base. Several mixed-media techniques such as stencil-work, dimensional paint, fabric, & beads will help you bring the art to life. The twenty techniques are accompanied by a finished piece of inspirational art and 10 additional fully stepped-out projects which draw on a number of art techniques.

$22.99 [Add to Cart]

Borders & Finishing Touches 2
by Bonnie Browning

Optional for QA #529 -
Ruth Ingham

112 pages, soft cover, full color,
from AQS Publishing

Bonnie is back with another book to guide you through the final stages of your quilts! In this book, she includes basic information on borders and how to get them to fit the edges of your quilts (you don't even need a ruler!); tips for successful mitered corners; "finishing touches" such as binding, piping, prairie points, rick-rack insertions, scalloped edges and more; as well as a pattern setion with 18 border patterns, and several pieced and appliqued quilts with their quilting.

$22.95 [Add to Cart]

Scrap-Basket Surprises
by Kim Brackett

Required for QA #213 - Jan & Lou

80 pages, color, softcover,
from That Patchwork Place

Get scrap happy with 18 projects designed for 2 1/2" strips! You can cut strips from your stash, or use convenient pre-cut Jelly Rolls. The projects feature easy trangle-free piecing in a variety of fabrics, with projects for quilters of all skil levels, including beginners.

$24.99 [Add to Cart]

FibreArt Montage Book
by Judith Baker Montano

266 pages, color, hard cover, coil bound, from Dragon Threads

This is a graphically dynamic book on mixed media techniques--combining quilting, embroidery, & photography with embellishment. A long-time photographer, Judith takes her own images, works her computer magic and then blends them with crazy quilting, silk ribbon embroidery, dyeing, and painting in her own unique style.
Known as the queen of crazy quilting and silk ribbon embroidery, Judith's work has evolved throughout her long and celebrated career and it's the newest incarnation of her work that is featured in this book. Includes instruction on silk ribbon embroidery, crazy quilting, silk dyeing, photography, land/seascapes from photos, underwater fantasy scenes, embellishing, and an embroidery stitch guide.

FibreArt Montage Book : $35.95
[Add to Cart]

Design Explorations
for the Creative Quilter -
Easy-To-Follow Lessons
For Dynamic Art Quilts
By Katie Pasquini Masopust

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

80 pages, soft cover, full color,
from C&T Publishing

Explore 10 approaches to designing art quilts with techniques that work for everyone, from beginning to advanced. Learn the basic elements of successful composition in a fun, easy, and painless manner - Katie's clearly and simply explained approach to abstract design can make even the most novice art quilter feel confident and inspired.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

Color & Composition
for the Creative Quilter -
Improve Any Quilt with Easy-To-Follow Lessons
By Katie Pasquini Masopust
& Brett Barker

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

80 pages, soft cover, full color, from C&T Publishing

Discover the easy "nine-patches" of composition, learn color theory, and build a color wheel with these quick, no-sew design lessons using fusing, paper crafts, and more. This book is filled with photos, paintings, & quilts which illustrate the exercises and projects.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

Hand Appliquéd Quilts
by Tonye Phillips

Suggested for QA #s 224-524

Softcover, 96 pages, color,
from C&T.
Whether you are new to quilting, or are interested in learning to hand applique, this wonderful guide will get you started. Learn how to create templates and cut shapes, make half square triangle units and a sawtooth border. Master quilting basics such as such as marking, layering, and binding. The detailed directions are accompanied by many large, beautiful photos.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

Art Quilt Workbook
by Jane Davila
& Elin Waterston

Optional: QA #317 - Kathy Shaker

Softcover, 96 pages, color,
from C&T.

Develop the Quilt Artist within you! Explore fabric collage, thread painting, innovative piecing, and photo imagery on fabric. Learn the basics of good design with simple step-by-step exercises then add your own personal style.

$27.95 [Add to Cart]

Art Quilts At Play
by Jane Davila
& Elin Waterston

Optional: QA #217 - Kathy Shaker

Softcover, 112 pages, color,
from C&T.

Have more fun with your art quilting--expand your artistic horizons and learn exciting new ways to play with surface design techniques and materials. Explore 22 different techniques and creative design effects and be inspired by photo galleries of work created by other artists at play.

$29.95 [Add to Cart]

Greta Needle Roll
by Sue Spargo

Required for QA# 104

Size: 5 1/2” x 8" closed
(16 1/2” x 8” when open)

Sue designed this needle case for a class that she taught at Primitives of the Midwest in Missouri. It is made from hand-dyed wool, velvet, dupioni silk, and a Japanese polka dot fabric. On the inside is a velvet bird pincushion, needle case, two zipper pockets, a thread holder, and a scissor holder. It is embellished with ribbons, beads, buttons, wool roving balls, and finished with a hand stamped label.

Pattern: $10.50
[Add to Cart]

Urban Sacs Book
by Sue Spargo

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

Book: $22.95 [Add to Cart]

Magnolia
by Sue Spargo

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

Finished quilt size: 64" x 61"

Book: $25.95 [Add to Cart]

Red Clover
by Sue Spargo

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

Finished quilt size: 26" x 27"

Pattern: $10.50 [Add to Cart]

Ginger Grove Book
by Sue Spargo

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

Softcover, 56 pages, color cover with black & white inside pages.

Sue originally developed this folk-art quilt as a block of the month. 11 smaller projects of felted wool mixed with some quilting cottons can be combined to create the whole quilt. Beads and embroidered embellishments are used to add detail and texture.

$23.95 [Add to Cart]

Mercer Lane Book
by Sue Spargo

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

Softcover, 36 pages, color cover with black & white inside pages.

Sue originally developed this colorful folk-art quilt as a block of the month.Iit is made from felted wool mixed with some quilting cottons. Beads and embroidered embellishments are used to add detail and texture.

$22.95 [Add to Cart]

Convergence Quilts
by Ricky Tims

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

80 pages, softcover, full color,
from C&T Publishing.
Convergence quilts feature two or more fabrics cut into strips, sewn together, then cut and placed again. Nothing could be simpler--or magical! Every convergence quilt is a work of art! Ricky includes four different quilt projects to help you learn the different styles of Convergence quilts. Includes a gallery of phenomenal quilts to inspire you!

$23.95 [Add to Cart]

Ricky Tims' Rhapsody Quilts

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

95 pages, color, soft cover, from C&T
Make one of a kind contemporary quilts. Learn to design, choose fabrics, and make templates for these one of a kind beauties. Start with 5 ready made design outlines, then expand the possibilities by composing your own rhapsody quilts.

Rhapsody Quilts: $27.95
[Add to Cart]

Ricky Tims' Feathers & Urns Rhapsody Quilts

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

Design companion Vol. 1 to Ricky Tims Rhapsody quilts. Full size freezer paper pattern, Bonus applique designs and ideas.

Feathers & Urns: $19.95
[Add to Cart]

Ricky Tims' Baskets & Flowers Rhapsody Quilts

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

Design companion Vol. 2 to Ricky Tims Rhapsody quilts. Includes oversized ready to use freezer paper pattern, Bonus applique designs and ideas.

Baskets & Flowers: $19.95
[Add to Cart]

Ricky Tims' Celtic Fantasy Rhapsody Quilts

(Not Required for Any Classes.)

Design companion Vol. 3 to Ricky Tims Rhapsody quilts. Includes oversized ready to use freezer paper pattern, Bonus applique designs and ideas.

Celtic Fantasy: $19.95
[Add to Cart]