Traditional Patchwork Quilt Patterns With Plastic Templates

No more scaling up of blocks. No more tracing patterns. No more gluing designs onto sandpaper or cardboard. Patchwork quilting has never been easier, thanks to the special feature of this volume ? permanent plastic templates. From the four easy-to-use templates provided, needleworkers can create 27 of the most popular patchwork patterns, using traditional handsewing techniques or the sewing machine. Choose from such authentic favorites as Windmill, Susannah, Road to Oklahoma, Stars and Stripes, Puss-in-the-Corner, Ohio Star, Dutchman's Puzzle, Martha Washington's Star, and others. Selected for their relative simplicity, the motifs are still intriguing enough to provide challenges for both beginners and experts. Use the blocks together to create stunning sample quilts, or repeat a single block over and over again for a striking one-design quilt. Many of these blocks produce wonderful optical illusions when an entire quilt is made of the same block. For equally eye-catching results, try repeating two or three different blocks in one quilt. The number of quilts you can make with this volume is virtually limitless! Colors have not been specified for the quilt blocks, but noted needlecraft designer Rita Weiss has indicated light, bright, medium, and dark fabrics as guideposts. Let your imagination dictate your own color scheme and achieve beautiful one-of-a-kind quilts that reflect your unique personality and creativity. You'll find 59 helpful illustrations, plus complete instructions for using the templates, material selection, cutting, sewing ? everything needed for successful quilt-making. Traditional Patchwork Quilt Patterns with Plastic Templates will inspire needleworkers at all levels of expertise. Now you can produce inexpensive, toasty warm, colorful bed coverings that will add distinctive period charm to every bedroom in the house.

Fresh, original, and exciting new quilt designs in various sizes, based on equilateral triangles: Rose's Star, Spider Web, Night Sky, In the Clover, 7 more. Designs suitable for beginners and more advanced quilters. Over 160 illustrations, including 17 in full color, enhance the text.

Inspirational guidebook offers clearly worded instructions and reusable patterns for 10 pairs of exciting patchwork designs. Beginners and advanced quilters can create such colorful motifs as Cat and Mice, Snail Trail, Air Castle, and Broken Dishes simply by repositioning patches of color.

Guides the beginner through the basic planning and techniques of quilting while providing designs and ideas for the experienced quilt maker

Photographs accompany directions for more than two hundred and fifty folk designs including the popular Fair Isle and Fisherman patterns

Stars in every possible configuration are featured: Stars and Squares, Pierced Star, Octagonal Star, Missouri Star, Arabian Star, Pinwheel Star, Blazing Star, and 20 more. Includes five permanent plastic templates. Complete, detailed instructions, helpful illustrations for each block.

Familiar patterns take on a dazzling new look through unusual color and placement schemes. Color photos of 37 multiblock quilts, scores of suggestions for obtaining similarly vibrant results, 38 diagrams, 7 full-size templates. "

A wealth of information on pieced and appliqué crib quilts: their history, 156 full-color photos of 19th- and early-20th-century creations, patterns and instructions for 13 charming covers, more.

Demonstrates how to use a few basic tools to create patchwork designs, and discusses block and set variations, complementary borders, templates, and quilt construction

Syvejledning med patchwork-mønstret double wedding ring som motiv

Analyzes Lawrence's major novels, short stories, and lesser works, reviews the course of his life, and assesses his place in world literature

Learn how to make gorgeous quilting, patchwork, applique, and sewing projects with help from the bestselling author and fabric designer. Lynette’s country cottage garden provides the inspiration for this collection of fifteen beautiful projects, from quick-to-stitch applique designs that make ideal gifts to larger wall hangings and bed-sized quilt patterns. The stunning designs combine charming hand embroidery with traditional patchwork and quilting techniques. Beautiful fabrics, warm colors, and a homely feel are enhanced by a book design that captures Lynette’s heartwarming, quirky style. Inside Country Cottage Quilting are fifteen projects for you to make at home—including quilts, cushions, wall hangings, scissor keepers, and sewing cases—plus all the sewing, patchwork, and applique techniques you need to know to make the projects. In this book, you will learn about sewing seams, pressing work, needle-turn applique, English paper piecing, how to make yo-yos, how to quilt, and more. You will also find a comprehensive guide to all of the embroidery stitches that Lynette uses.

12 unusually attractive Amish quilts include "Sunshine and Shadow," "Monkey Wrench," "Crown of Thorns," "Jacob's Ladder," and 8 more.

“A renowned quilt historian . . . present[s] what she considers to be an accurate assessment of slavery, quilts and the Underground Railroad.” —Time Recall an unforgettable phase of our nation’s history with America’s leading quilt historian. Barbara Brackman presents the most current research on the role of quilts during the time of slavery, emancipation, and the Underground Railroad. Nine quilt projects combine historic blocks with Barbara’s own designs. Did quilts really lead the way to freedom? What role did quilts play? Barbara explores the stories surrounding the Underground Railroad. Read about the people who were there! First-person accounts, newspaper and military records, and surviving quilts all add clues. YOU decide how to interpret the stories and history, fabrication and facts as you learn about this fascinating time in history. Excellent resource for elementary through high school learners—curriculum included! “Quilters interested in African American slavery and quilting will find many historically accurate, teachable moments within these pages. The first-personal accounts by slaves of their quilt making, quilt parties, and stolen quilts make emotional reading. A must-have book for your quilting library!” —Kyra Hicks, author of Black Threads “Brackman skillfully assembles accurate historical evidence along with beautiful quilt examples infused with slave-era symbolism.” —Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, author of Threads of Faith “Many of persons featured or quoted are women with a connection to the ‘peculiar institution’: slaves, escaped slaves, freed slaves, plantation owners, abolitionists, and so forth . . . teaches history through quilting and offers fun projects for history-minded quilters . . . the stories offer good starting points for one’s own research and the projects are beautiful.” —Beth’s Bobbins

Inspired by fat quarters--those irresistible little bundles of color--the quilting experts at That Patchwork Place® have created 17 enticing new quilt patterns. Showcase everything from batiks to Japanese taupes, reproduction prints, and modern prints and solids Count on expert instructions and clear, step-by-step illustrations Get helpful tips throughout this follow-up to the best-selling books A Baker's Dozen and Jelly Babies

Patterns for quickly worked "quiltlets" (about 16 inches by 20 inches): Drunkard's Path, Gwen's Tulip, London Stairs, more. Ideal doll bed covers, lovely wall hangings.

This hardcover book with internal wire-o binding is 6.5in x 8in, a perfect size for readers to keep handy and reference often. The stylish design of this book, along with the interior photographs, illustrations and diagrams, make the learning process simple and fun for beginners and provides useful tips for more advanced readers. Just like the Knitting Stitch Bible and the Crochet Handbook Stitch Guide, this book contains illustrations and specific instructions for everything ranging from the most basic quilting techniques to the more complicated multi-patterned projects. For novices and experts, the advice in this book includes samples and precise instruction charts. The essential quilter's companion, packed with practical information; hints and tips on tools, batting, and fabric; technical advice on construction and stitching; and dozens of inspirational designs. Details on sashing or lattice strips, blocks, borders, backing, and materials like stencils, hoops and frames.

Quilting is as old as the hills, and for many, has that wonderful combination of domestic necessity, social cohesion, and craftwork and commemoration. Quilting methods don’t vary enormously throughout the world, but the designs are largely specific to a country, or a society, although the traditional American patchwork designs have become loved world wide. It is wonderful to have such a craft, which is a means of handing down traditions amongst womenfolk mainly, and which has an end product that can both look beautiful, and keep you warm at night. An exception to this is of course the Hawaiian quilting tradition, which began under the tutelage of the missionaries, and evolved into a means of recording the Hawaiian beliefs and lives. Their quilts talk of their gods, their departed spirits, the new members of their society yet to be born, and the main historical and cultural events of their society. Their use of the beautiful flowers and the love of their culture give Hawaiian quilting a truly magical and precious quality. In colder climates, the quilting circle was an opportunity for the women to come together, to talk over the major matters of the day and to provide invaluable support for each other.