~ QUILTING BOOKS ~

Flying Colors
By Gail Garber

• Gail teaches you step-by-step techniques to create your own unique quilt designs, or to make any of the 5 bonus projects
• Draft shapes such as Flying Geese, triangles, and diamonds to fill strips of fabric that weave in and out of your design
• Easy paper-piecing instructions help you make all your designs more accurate, from landscapes to radiating sunlight to flowing ribbons
• Full-size foundation patterns included, plus a gallery of quilts made by Gail and her students

64 pages, color, soft cover.

$27.95 [Add to Cart]

From Spain with Love
By Roberta Cardew

Take A Captivating Trip Through Southern Spain
• 11 simple yet stunning quilt projects-perfect for any quilter, even beginners
• See Spanish life through Roberta's eyes, as she tells the stories behind each quilt with lush photography
• Projects are inspired by the flowers, foods, and colors of Spain's vibrant landscapes
• Includes 6 delicious Spanish-inspired recipes

80 pages, color, soft cover.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

Star Struck Quilts
By Barbara Cline

Mix and Match Blocks and Center Stars for up to 27 Different Quilts
• Create 9 shimmering star quilts to adorn the walls of your home
• Build your star-making skills-start out with simple patterns and move to more complex patterns as you learn
• Create delightful stars out of diamonds
• Create different designs by simply changing the color and/or size of the diamonds

96 pages, color, soft cover.

$27.95 [Add to Cart]

Karen K. Stone Quilts

128 pages, color, soft cover,
from The Electric Quilt Company.
Karen Stone teaches you how to make exciting color choices for your quilts, put unexpected color combinations together for maximum eye-appeal, and understand what makes a successful quilt. Includes patterns for 11 of her most popular quilts - Pine Burr, Unusual Lone Star, Rattlesnake, Mississippi Wheel of Fortune, and Cinco De Mayo.

$29.95 [Add to Cart]

Kaleidoscope Quilts - The Workbook
By Paula Nadelstern

• From the award-winning and best-selling author, Paula Nadelstern
• Twelve projects-each one makes an artistic 20" square kaleidoscope block
• Intoducing 22.5° wedges (her narrowest wedges yet!) to increase the beauty and intricacy of each kaleidoscopic pattern

80 pages, color, soft cover.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

A Passion for Piecing by Claudia Clark Myers

79 pages, color, soft cover,
from C&T Books
16 glorious quilts variety of quilts for skill levels from intermediate to advanced that use Pineapples, LeMoyne Stars, Mariner's Compass, and Fan blocks in ways you've never seen before. Includes full-size paper piecing patterns, and photo galleries of 22 award-winning quilts.

$28.95 [Add to Cart]

Quilter's Favorites

111 pages, color, soft cover,
from C&T Books
21 pieced and appliqué quilts for all skill levels, chosen by the editors of C&T Publishing. Includes quilts from Jean Wells, Alex Anderson, Piece O' Cake Designs, Diana McClun and Laura Nownes, and many more.
Showcases a wide variety of techniques and sizes, and styles from traditional to contemporary.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

Ideas and Inspirations: Abstract Quilts in Solids
By Gwen Marston

67 pages, soft cover, full color,
from MoCa Press
In this book, you will find a seven page discussion about working with solids and Gwen's fresh approach to design concepts. The remaining pages are in full color, showing full page photographs of 28 quilts with close-ups and captions of each on the opposite page. Photography by Gregory Case.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

Liberated Quiltmaking II
By Gwen Marston

127 pages, soft cover, full color,
from AQS
In this updated version of Gwen's classic book, you will find nine clearly illustrated "Liberated Quiltmaking" processes with step-by-step instructions, pieced samples, and loads of example quilts. Gwen's way of working without templates or set patterns results in truly original quilts which engage the quilter's intuition and emotions.

$28.95 [Add to Cart]

Freddy & Gwen
Collaborate Again
By Gwen Marston
& Freddy Moran

192 pages, soft cover, full color,
from Lark Books
Follow the further adventures of Freddy Moran and Gwen Marston as they quilt their way through the "Parts Department!" This time they focus on form and design, while bringing their unique styles together. Includes examples of over 40 individual and 30 collaborative quilts that you can.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

Hand Appliquéd Quilts
by Tonye Phillips

Soft cover, 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. Detailed directions are accompanied by many large, beautiful photos.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

The Quilts of Gee's Bend

Hardcover, Oversized,
from Tinwood Books.
The genius of a group of exceptional women who, for well over a century, have created distinctive works of art for their homes and families. Hailing from one small rural black community in Alabama with a population of about 700 hundred, these women have produced hundreds of quilt masterpieces. They have created a body of art so rich in its content and so remarkable in its execution that it now enhances dramatically the American cultural landscape.

$50.00 [Add to Cart]

William Morris in Applique
by Michele Hill

117 pages, color, soft cover,
from C&T
Past meets present in this amazing collection of unique applique quilts by Michele Hill. Inspired by the genius of William Morris, each magnificent quilt captures the beauty and richness of nature so exquisitely interpreted by Morris.

$29.95 [Add to Cart]

Dear Jane Book
by Brenda Manges Papadakis

160 pages, color, soft cover,
from EZ Quilter by Wrights
Brenda has loving recreated the two hundred twenty-five patterns from the 1863 by the celebrated Jane A. Blakely Stickle quilt.

Book: $25.95 [Add to Cart]

Tool: $15.00 [Add to Cart]

Add-An-Eighth Ruler : $6.50
[Add to Cart]

The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt Book w/CD
by Laurie Aaron Hird

256 pages, color, soft cover.
In 1922, The Farmer's Wife magazine held a contest asking a simple question: "Would you want your daughter to marry a farmer?" Author Laurie Hird has excerpted 55 letters, and using these as inspiration, she created 111 traditional 6" quilt blocks and a tribute quilt. Each fully illustrated block comes with complete cutting templates on the bonus CD. Includes complete quiltmaking instructions for the queen-sized sampler quilt with all 111 blocks, as well as instruction on converting the quilt to other sizes.

$27.99 [Add to Cart]

French General: Handmade Soirees
by Kaari Meng

166 pages, color, hard cover,
from Chronicle Books
Enjoy effortlessly chic entertaining with these 24 table and decorating projects from tastemaker Kaari Meng. Kaari also shares the secrets of hosting, including how to set an elegant table, collect and care for vintage dishes and textiles, arrange flowers, and much more. The patterns, how-to illustrations, and step-by-step instructions ensure that beginning and seasoned crafters alike will find it simple to achieve polished results.

$29.95[Add to Cart]

French General: Home Sewn
by Kaari Meng

176 pages, color, hard cover,
from Chronicle Books
This charming book sure to be coveted by crafters, Francophiles, and home decorators. Kaari offers 30 simple sewing patterns for French-inspired projects—a scalloped tablecloth, piles of pillows and bedding, a festive party garland, totes, and more. Lay-flat spiral binding, ready-to-use pattern sheets and embroidery transfers, plus step-by-step directions, gorgeous photographs, and helpful illustrations make it easy to bring traditional French living into any home.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

Country Threads
Goes to Charm School
By Mary Tendall Etherington,
Connie Tesene

80 pages, color, soft cover.
• Choose from 19 terrific quilts with traditional appeal—find something for everyone from confident beginners to experts • Make clever use of low-cost fabric packs • Finish these small quilts in a jiffy for a last-minute gift or a spot in need of decorating

$24.99[Add to Cart]

Quilting Designs from the Past
by Jenny Carr Kinney

125 pages, color, soft cover,
from C&T
Make your quilts look like antiques with authentic period quilting designs. Over 300 historically accurate quilting designs, organized into 4 time periods, to make it easy to find the right designs for your quilt. Designs for all skill levels, and for hand or machine quilting.

$29.95 [Add to Cart]

One Line at a Time
by Charlotte Warr Andersen

71 pages, color, soft cover,
from C&T
Create beautiful machine quilting with almost no marking. An elegant alternative to stippling or meandering for all over quilting--or give your quilt the look of Sashiko without the hand sewing. Scalable patterns are easy to resize to fit even odd shaped spaces.

$21.95 [Add to Cart]

Machine Quilting,
A Primer of Techniques
by Sue Nickels

112 pages, color, soft cover, from AQS
All aspects of beginning machine quilting are covered in this must-have book. Straight line and free-motion quilting techniques are covered, and a unique "trace & practice" section provides several patterns to help you perfect your quilting. Three projects and full sized quilting patterns allow you to explore cable, feathers, no-mark designs, and more.

Machine Quilting,
A Primer of Techniques Book: $24.95
[Add to Cart]

Art Quilt Workbook
by Jane Davila
& Elin Waterston

Soft cover, 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]

Collage Fusion Book
by Alma de la Melena Cox

127 pages, color, soft cover,
from North Light Books
Alma de la Melena Cox developed the term "telamadera" to express the fusion of vibrantly colored materials, merging wood with collage and fabric.

$22.99 [Add to Cart]

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

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]

Innovative Fabric Imagery for Quilts - A Must-Have Guide to Transforming & Printing Your Favorite Images on Fabric
by Cyndy Lyle Rymer
With Lynn Koolish

Soft cover, 96 pages, from C&T
Learn how to take images from your digital camera, scanner, or the internet; and then edit and modify them in Photoshop Elements to create fun and interesting effects. She shows methods to get the images onto fabric, and you all the things you can do with them once they're printed onto it. Includes instructions for 13 Quilt Projects and a gallery with more than 40 images of some truly amazing art quilts.

$27.95 [Add to Cart]

Kaleidoscope ABCs
by Marti Michell

80 pages, color, soft cover, from Marti Michell Marketing, Inc.
Using this book and Marti's Kaleido-Ruler (sold separately), you can easily make 14 different Kaleidoscope quilts. Marti has simple step-by step instructions to make these quilts as well as other simple blocks. Several different styles of quilts included--from the classic two-color kaleidoscope quilt to more contemporary variations.

Book: $20.95 [Add to Cart]

Large Kaleido-Ruler: $16.00
[Add to Cart]

More Reversible Quilts
11 New Projects
By Sharon Pederson

96 pages, soft cover, full color,
from Martingale.
Double your quilting fun! Sharon has new patterns and techniques to show you how to create completely different designs on both sides of your quilts.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

One Block Wonders
By Maxine Rosenthal
72 pages, soft cover, color, from C&T
One Fabric, One Shape,
One-Of-A-Kind Quilts!

This book shows you how to combine kaleidoscope blocks--either eight or six sided--together to make stunning quilts with No Y seams! Directions for several project variations, as well as instructions on what to look for in your focus fabric are included.

$23.95 [Add to Cart]

One Block Wonders Encore
By Maxine Rosenthal

79 pages, soft cover, color,
from C&T
A bold new spin on one-block quilts: New projects, more fabrics, new effects. This book shows you how to combine six sided kaleidoscope blocks together to make stunning quilts. Still no Y seams! Create dramatic new design effects: hollow cubes, cubes sliced open, and blocks tumbling into the borders.

$24.95 [Add to Cart]

Stack A New Deck Book
by Karla Alexander

Soft cover, 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]

New Cuts for New Quilts Book
by Karla Alexander

Soft cover, 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]

Color Shuffle
by Karla Alexander

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]

Sensational Sashiko
Japanese Quilting
and Applique by Machine
By Sharon Pederson

112 pages, soft cover, full color,
from That Patchwork Place
Combine two traditions --sashiko and Japanese family crests--in gorgeous quilts, all with the ease of your sewing machine!

$27.95 [Add to Cart]