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AIDS has devastated communities across southern Africa. In Lesotho, a quarter of adults are infected. In Infected Kin, Block and McGrath argue that AIDS is fundamentally a kinship disease, examining the ways it transcends infected individuals and seeps into kin relations and networks of care.
A New Look at a Beloved Block Book! Give your quilts an "art-school graduate look" using simple and fast methods. Mary Ellen breaks down complex piecing into simple units. Tons of tips cover fabrics, supplies, cutting, pressing, piecing and more. Learn to make perfect pieced triangles the hassle-free way. Lots of setting options for all your blocks. If you've ever looked at a complex pieced block and wondered if you could make it, this is the book for you. Mary Ellen deconstructs all kinds of blocks into easy-to-piece units: from Rail Fence to 18-Patch blocks, all you'll need is squares and triangles! First issued over fifteen years ago, this volume has been updated extensively.
If you love vintage quilts and admire how they contain an incredible variety of fabrics, this book is for you. Gather your quilting friends and create your own Quilt Club. Together you can make super scrappy quilts the easy way! Sharing quilt blocks with friends is like adding extra helpings of scrappiness and happiness to your next project. Paula Barnes and Mary Ellen Robinson, owners of the pattern company Red Crinoline Quilts, are known for their stunning quilts that often replicate patterns from the 1800s. Their instructions are geared toward today's quilters, tools, and methods, so you can easily re-create the vintage look. Gain expert tips on setting up a block exchange so you and your friends can take advantage of everyone's fabric stashes. Make quilts with the help of your friends, or sew on your own. Instructions are suited to both options! Get ready to fill your home with spectacular scrap quilts reminiscent of days gone by.
An unknown sniper is systematically killing the prominent men of Franklin, Illinois. No one knows who will be next. Sheriff Marcus Dixon and Detective Mary Ellen Selvedge must catch the killer, and they must do it with little help from the local police or from anyone outside. Its 1936 in the heart of the Great Depression. Th ere are plenty of potential suspects- -men who have lost their jobs, had their homes foreclosed, are broke, or who are just plain angry and desperate. Th en, there are the communists, anarchists, and fascists, all of whom are becoming more active in the Depression. Marcus and Mary Ellen are in love, but they must put their marriage plans on hold until they can catch the killer. Th eir investigations take them from the homes of the rich and powerful in Franklin to a miserable shack in shantytown, even to a training camp for the German American Bund. Every new shooting by the sniper raises the levels of fear and panic in the people of Franklin, and Marcus and Mary Ellen must bring the killer to justice before the town comes apart.
Triangle Perfection • Welcome to the 3rd volume in the Hargrave's popular quiltmaking series that takes you from the basics to complete mastery! • Add 8 new methods to your repetoire for creating precise, half-square triangles • Learn how to make three-triangle unit squares, quarter-square triangles, as well as the Flying Geese and Feathered Stars blocks • Discover new “internal frame” border ideas to make your quilt designs even more dynamic Bonus 16 projects! You studied the fundamentals in Volume 1, then you built your design skills and worked with diagonal sets in Volume 2. Now you'll learn how to make a variety of triangle blocks with accuracy, precision and ease. Harriet and Carrie also share creative quilting ideas so you can beautifully complete your quilts.
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Expert quilt instructor Kathy Delaney offers beginning quiltmaking stepbystep instructions in this technique book. Includes a main quilt and additional projects.
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