Author: Helen Moore Publisher: Creative House ISBN: 9781863432986 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 80
Book Description
Relive the Victorian Age in your own sewing room with this collection of 21 crazy patchwork projects. A comprehensive approach to the basics for beginners, including a section on color combinations, patching the base fabric, full color stitch guides showing five major stitches and illustrated step-by-step instructions for each project. Decorate for Christmas with one or all six of the quick and easy tree ornaments. Treat yourself with the lovely fringed evening bag. Black, beaded and elegant, it's sure to attract compliments. Full size patterns make this a real buy.
Author: Suzuko Koseki Publisher: Quarry Books ISBN: 9781589236059 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
In Playful Patchwork, author Suzuko Koseki takes readers through a variety of different uses for fun, creative patchwork. The book shows step-by-step instruction and photos for piecework, applique, and quilting to inspire a diverse range of projects. Koseki provides hundreds of interesting combinations of colors, shapes, and patterns and how to use them to make beautiful purses and bags, quilts and pillows, hats and book covers, and much more. With Playful Patchwork the possibilities are endless.
Author: Janet Haigh Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies ISBN: 9780844226644 Category : Embroidery, Machine Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
From pillows and throws to memory book covers and lampshades, Crazy Patchwork takes the theme of traditional crazy quilts and applies its principles to a whole range of ideas for gifts and for the home. Includes all the information a crafter needs to make exciting crazy quilt projects...in no time! All 20 projects can be easily machine-pieced or machine-embroidered and all use a range of brilliant colors, Many of the projects can be completed in just hours!
Author: Pat Pease Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc ISBN: 1617450669 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 116
Book Description
Are you ready to take the challenge? Embark on a creative journey to design the kind of quilts you’ve always wanted to make! Proving that two minds are better than one, experienced quilters Wendy Hill and Pat Pease take on 7 quilt challenges, including designing a new twist on an old block and quilting with unconventional materials. Sew alongside them—by yourself, with a friend, or in a group—as you nurture your own voice of self-expression. Learn new tools, tricks, and techniques, including two-sided binding for two-sided quilts and satin stitching that is sure to impress!
Author: Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader Publisher: Lark Books ISBN: 9781600590870 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 136
Book Description
Presents instructions, illustrations, lists of supplies, and patterns for twenty-three quilting projects by popular designers that feature beads, along with overviews on beads and quilting techniques.
Author: Terrie Kygar Publisher: Martingale ISBN: 1604686979 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 211
Book Description
It's time for new fun with an old favorite--crayons! Using the new Melt-n-Blend technique, anyone can create beautiful applique designs with a dimensional, hand-painted look that brings quilts to life. Learn to tint and shade luscious fruits, gorgeous blossoms, and more--using crayons, colored pencils, and markers Choose from seven inspiring projects of increasing complexity, with something for every skill level Make one-of-a-kind applique designs that can be used in any project--simply fuse them into place
Author: Laura Coia Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc ISBN: 1617459267 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 67
Book Description
Learn quilting basics from a YouTube sensation and practice your skills with 12 fun projects suitable for all skill levels. Her instructional videos have inspired thousands to start sewing. Now for the first time, sew-lebrity Laura Coia shares written patterns for the most loved video tutorials on her “Sew Very Easy” YouTube channel! Learn the basics of quilt making, from cutting and pressing to borders and finishing. Then practice your skills with a dozen beautiful projects—quilts you’ll come back to time and time again—all suitable for beginners and beyond.
Author: Diane Gilleland Publisher: Potter Craft ISBN: 077043410X Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 178
Book Description
Why do you love to quilt? Is it the finished quilt itself, or the experiences you had while making it? Do you find more joy in designing a beautiful pattern or in improvising as you go? Are you happiest when making quilts for yourself or for others? Whether it is delighting in the colors and textures of your materials to the sweet satisfaction of curling up under a handmade quilt, quilting holds infinite possibilities for exploring the many joys of creativity. In Quilting Happiness, you will find 20 timeless, adaptable quilting projects that will invite you to try a variety of design styles, as well as a wealth of tips and techniques, inspiring stories, and creative exercises to help you discover even more reasons to love quilting. Learn to make an inspiration board, create more meaningful quilts, or find lifelong quilting friends. Use this book again and again as a guide throughout your quilting life to spark your imagination on each rereading. Embrace new ideas on your quilting adventures and enjoy wherever they take you.
Author: Shizuko Kuroha Publisher: Tuttle Publishing ISBN: 1462920721 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 117
Book Description
Shizuko Kuroha's Japanese Patchwork Quilting Patterns infuses a cherished American craft with an exquisite Japanese sense of color, detail, and design. This book brings a fresh eye to classic patchwork patterns in a way that is delighting quilters all around the world today. Here, Kuroha shares her intricate hand-quilting techniques and a design sense that has been refined over her 40-year career as a celebrated book author and teacher. Her easy combinations of soft colors, detailed patterns, and bold stripes show how to achieve balance and flow in any type of patchwork project--from the simplest to the most complex. Step-by-step illustrations walk quilters through Kuroha's intricate hand-piecework process. The book includes 19 sampler blocks used to make hundreds of different combinations for all kinds of quilting projects. The photos and diagrams of the block assembly are so clear, you hardly need to read the steps! A handy printable pattern sheet at the back of the book takes the labor out of drawing the pieces used to build these blocks. Detailed instructions show you how to incorporate the blocks into projects large and small, including: Pincushions in round and square designs Drawstring bags and zippered pouches embellished with patchwork Quilted tote bags and a stylish backpack Table runners and wall hangings with gorgeous color schemes Full-sized quilts destined to become cherished heirlooms This book is an invaluable introduction to the basics of hand-stitched piecework. Practiced quilters will also love it for the way it broadens their horizons. Kuroha fans will be happy to see this popular book finally available in English--where it's sure to become a treasured reference for years to come!
Author: Helen Moore
Author: Liz Goodman
Author: Suzuko Koseki
Author: Janet Haigh
Author: Pat Pease
Author: Valerie Van Arsdale Shrader
Author: Terrie Kygar
Author: Laura Coia
Author: Diane Gilleland
Author: Shizuko Kuroha