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Sew-licious Little Things
By Kate Haxell
Old Quilts, New Life
By Choly Knight
by Sarah Fielke
Bring color and style to your home with this
beautiful collection of over 35 zakka sewing
projects to make life more beautiful. Simple,
and practical yet very attractive projects are
easy to make and a great way to add color
to your living space and you’ll admire them
every day. Includes a technique section,
step-by-step artwork and all the templates
you’ll need.
Creating your own unique handmade quilt
is one of the most satisfying and rewarding
sewing activities you will ever experience.
This ultimate beginner’s guide shows you
everything you need to know, with eight
simple projects that let you quilt as you
learn. Both “quilt-as-you-go” and traditional
methods are covered, with easy-to-follow
lessons in basic techniques.
Sarah has selected 10 beautiful quilts from
The American Folk Art Museum and created
two designs inspired by each quilt - the first,
a sympathetic interpretation of the original
piece and the second, a more contemporary
creation. The book takes you through the history of the quilting tradition and explores the
techniques and styles employed by quilters
over the centuries. Features 20 stunning quilts!
144 Pages, Hardcover, ISBN 978-1-78249-190-3
Cico Books
www.thomasallen.ca
136 Pages, ISBN 978-1-57421-902-9
Fox Chapel Publishing
www.thomasallen.ca
160 Pages, ISBN 978-1-78249-239-9
Cico Books
www.thomasallen.ca
Kaffe Fassett's Heritage Quilts
Scraps, Inc. (vol.1)
15 Block-Based Designs for the Modern
Quilter
When Bad Things Happen to Good Quilters
Survival guide for fixing and finishing any
quilting project
If you have a mountain of scraps from projects-past, the new and inventive patterns in
Scraps, Inc. will help you piece together your
treasured scraps into a stunning new quilt. This
project-based book features 15 unique quilt
designs and their well-known designers (many
are also best-selling quilt-making authors).
Most quilters present their finished quilts as
gifts, and all that remains of your artistry is extra fabric scraps that you just can’t bear to toss
out. Because these patterns will inspire you to
tackle your stack of scraps, you can now make
a quilt to keep that’s a loving reminder of all
the other quilts you have gifted over the years.
We all start our quilting projects with the best intentions, but a difficult technique, mismatched fabrics,
or a mistake in the pattern can bring the project to a
screeching halt. Joan Ford’s can-do advice and practical problem solving approach is exactly the help
needed to get your projects back on track. You’ll turn
to this guide again and again because it is…
20 Designs from Rowan for Patchwork and
Quilting
You, too, can create the 20 remarkable, historic quilts recreated by Fassett. In addition
to 100 rich photographs of the quilts themselves, which you will pore over again and
again, Kaffe Fassett’s Heritage Quilts contains
full step-by-step piecing instructions, 80
detailed diagrams, and patchwork how-to
tips to refresh techniques or build new ones.
Each project is an individual master class
featuring vivid photos of the original quilt as
well as the new finished project, a materials
list, plus detailed instruction including
useful tips, color diagrams, and templates for
piecing the quilt together.
152 Pages, ISBN 978-1-63186-155-0
Taunton Press
www.thomasallen.ca
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Quilting Simplified
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Compiled by Susanne Woods
128 Pages, ISBN 978-1-940655-04-8
Lucky Spool
www.thomasallen.ca
by Joan Ford
It’s a comprehensive, emergency quilting instruction
guide and perfect for first-time quilters, skilled quilters, and anyone who needs help when a quilting
project has stalled.
140 Pages, ISBN 978-1-62710-393-0
Taunton Press
www.thomasallen.ca