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Make These Tiny Treasures in A Lot Less Time. Make 24 beautiful miniature quilts, each in a day or less, with techniques that dramatically speed up your paper piecing. Stitch a whole quilt with perfectly matched seams and points from a single foundation. Learn innovative methods that make paper piecing much faster and easier. Choose the right fabrics to make your miniature sparkle. Get started right away with 12 full-size foundations. Do you love miniature quilts, but not the hours and hours it takes to make them? Now you can make a gorgeous miniature-with perfect accuracy-in just a small fraction of the time it used to take. The secret is the paper piecing techniques, pioneered by Anita Grossman Solomon and updated here to bring miniatures within reach of even the most time-challenged quilter.
Lone Stars Made Easy - in Miniature! Make perfect miniature Lone Stars every time with this revolutionary new fold-and-sew paper piecing method. No need for fussy measuring, cutting, or sewing on bias edges. Learn on 7 vibrant quilts with full-size patterns. Raid your scrap collection and choose just the right fabrics for miniatures. Spangle your borders with diamonds and stars. If you've ever struggled to make a Lone Star quilt the old way, you're in for a pleasant surprise! These scrappy little Lone Stars come out with perfect points every time, and they're easier to make than traditional Lone Stars. Everything you need to succeed is covered here, from tools and supplies to binding and finishing your quilts. This accessible guide to creating fine fabric art with digital photos covers everything from the tools and equipment you'll need, to designing, finishing, and assembling your quilt.
Schwartz's storytelling gifts draw the reader achingly close to the characters, as their lives crisscross in and out of therapy. With humor and compassion, this deeply affecting novel shows that everyday life is often the true struggle and the ultimate triumph. A quiet celebration of the miraculous and the mundane.--Chicago Tribune.
“I wake up and remember,” begins Theodora Mapes, the narrator of Emily Hammond’s first novel. What follows is the story of Theo’s journey from Colorado to California in search of the truth about her past. Separated from her husband and newly pregnant, Theo has come back to California looking for answers, not only about herself, but also about her mother who committed suicide when Theo was a child. Answers that much include the circumstances of the mysterious death of an infant sister, Charlotte, so many years ago. In California, she reconnects with family members, her dotty and distant father, her Aunt Lyla, the sister of Theo’s dead mother, and Theo’s older brother, Corb, who is...
Master the precision and attention to detail needed for quilts—in sizes small, smaller, and smallest! In this book, author Donna Lynn Thomas teaches you the skills you need to create accurately pieced quilts in miniature. Choosing fabrics (with emphasis on print size), cutting (with emphasis on accuracy), sewing (with techniques for how to sew small pieces and tiny half-square triangles), pressing, and finishing are all covered in depth. Build your confidence and skills at your own pace with easy-to-follow instructions and a progression of twelve main projects, from easier to more challenging. Plus, each project comes in up to three sizes, so you can choose how small you want to go!
Craft your own comfort with these uplifting cross stitch projects featuring spirit-boosting quotes. Cross Stitch for the Soul is a collection of beautifully designed motivational and inspirational quotes rendered in easy cross-stitching techniques that will raise the spirits, both during the making process and beyond, as gifts for loved ones or as treasured pictures on the wall. Cross stitch is a wonderfully calming and mindful occupation, a chance to slow down, embrace the process, and create something beautiful. The twenty designs in this collection feature quotes that will resonate with anyone in need of a little boost. Designed by leading cross stitch designer Emma Congdon, aka Stitchrovia, whose modern styling appeals to crafters of all ages and abilities, these inspiring quotes will provide comfort, motivation, and an all-around positive spin on life, reminding us that we are brave, we are strong, and we have the power to make our own futures—one stitch at a time!
Revolutionary technique! Each block is pieced on one sheet of foundation paper-no sewing multiple units together to assemble one block 60 traditional 6" quilt blocks made easy-even blocks that have never been paper-pieced before Anita's fold & sew method is the secret to perfect blocks Paper-piecers love the accurate results.
Learn Tims’ innovative techniques step-by-step to create a stunning kaleidoscope quilt of your own. • An inspirational gallery of 26 student quilts • Like snowflakes, each quilt you make with this technique will be unique • Includes easy steps to enlarge or reduce the size of your quilt Create a spectacular kaleidoscope quilt with Ricky's unique strip-piecing method for making a multi-faceted pattern. You'll see impressive and intricate results from simple sets of strips; it’s foolproof with little need for pre-planning. The beauty lies in the unpredictability of how the fabric unfolds—just like a real kaleidoscope!
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Say goodbye to your seam ripper, backwards blocks, and mismatched seams with Easy Precision Piecing—the pathway to flawless patchwork. This comprehensive system starts with picking the right tools and prepping your fabric for the best results. Learn to get organized so you can easily set aside projects without losing your place. Practice your cutting, sewing, and pressing with foolproof Quilt Block Builder blueprints, then use your newfound skills to make 6 stunning quilt projects.