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Basic Quilt Books
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Quilter's Academy:
Vol. 1 Freshman Year
by Harriet Hargrave & Carrie Hargrave
This must-have course guides you step by step through the basics of quiltmaking, from setting up your sewing space to binding and finishing your first quilt. Classroom-tested lessons draw on best-selling author Harriet Hargrave's many years of teaching experience.
Product Details: Softcover, Color Illus and Photos, 112 pages.
47943 $27.95
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3rd Edition
Start Quilting
with Alex Anderson
Alex guides you every step of the way as you learn to plan, cut, piece, quilt, and bind your quilt. Get started with 8 easy, beautiful projects. Expanded edition includes new projects, more quilt sizes, and lots of helpful new tips and shortcuts.
Product Details: Softcover, Color Illus and Photos, 48 pages.
45084 $14.95
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2nd Edition
Start Quilting
with Alex Anderson
You want to make a quilt, but can't tell a rotary cutter from a seam ripper - until now, that is. With this newly updated classic, Alex Anderson, host of HGTV's "Simply Quilts", helps you ease into the world of quiltmaking, ensuring that your first quilt will be a success! 6 simple, rotary-cut projects to get you started - no templates, no fear! Alex teaches you the basics of fabric choices, equipment, and techniques, then walks you through each step of the cutting and piecing process. Lessons on batting, basting, quilting, and binding help you finish your quilt.Includes both right-handed and left-handed rotary cutting instructions, plus a liberal sprinkle of Alex's practical tips.
Product Details: Softcover, Color Illus and Photos, 40 pages.
73718 $12.95
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Quilting VISUAL Quick Tips
Quilting is an old but still very popular art. From Amish country to cutting-edge, quilts of various styles appeal to crafters of all different backgrounds. Quilting VISUAL Quick Tips is an excellent resource for beginners as well as experienced quilters, providing step-by-step instructions for a wide variety of quiltmaking techniques. Perfect to throw in a tote bag and take along to a quilting bee, this book's photo-intensive format makes complex tasks seem easy to accomplish.
Product Details: Softcover w/ Hidden Spiral Binding, 8" x 9", 210 pages.
45259 $14.99
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Teach Yourself VISUALLY Quilting
Concise two-page lessons show you all the steps to a skill and are ideal for quick review. It's amazing what you can do with two pieces of fabric and a layer of batting-the variety of quilts and quilting techniques is staggering. This guide introduces you to the essential skills you need to set off on your own quilting adventures. It walks you through everything from selecting fabrics to assembling blocks to binding the edges. Examples and patterns include both traditional and modern designs and use both hand-stitching and machine quilting so you can create unique quilts and quilted items that reflect your personal style.
Product Details: Softcover, 8" x 9", 285 pages.
39417 $24.99
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Caring for Your Quilts
Should you quilt that top you found at the estate sale? Is it possible to get that nasty stain out of your favorite quilt? Hallye Bone of St. Charles, Missouri, answers those questions and more. She packs a wealth of information on how to care for your beloved textiles in this handy little volume. Inside you'll find tips on storing, laundering, airing and displaying your quilts. Hallye tells how to make much-needed repairs on worn binding, applique and pieced areas, even on holes that go completely through the quilt. Whether you're a quilter or a collector, you'll want this book at your fingertips.
Product Details: Softcover, 6" x 9", 42 pages.
37235 $9.95
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Pat Sloan's Favorite Techniques
Quilt designer and popular workshop teacher Pat Sloan shares pointers and projects for her favorite techniques: Mock Hand Applique, Needleturn Applique, Running Stitch Applique, Utility Quilting (using big stitches), Trash Bag Quilts (using "new" fabrics made from scraps), Calendar Quilts (with strips or blocks representing memorable time periods), and Stamping on Labels. 9 projects: Owl and Honey Bee Quilt, Honey Bee and Dragonfly Table Runner, Pomegranate Crossing Quilt, Fresh for the Picking Wall Hanging, Quilters in Paradise Wall Hanging, Seashell Tote, Puppies on Parade Quilt, Beauty from Scraps Quilt, and A Year in Memories Quilt.
Product Details: Softcover, Color Photos/Illus, 8 1/2" x 11", 112 pages.
39715 $23.95
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Pat Sloan's I Can't Believe I'm Quilting Beyond the Basics
Ready to take your quilting skills to the next level and spark your creativity? Pat Sloan is the perfect guide in this book designed for quilters who have mastered the basics and are ready to explore new techniques. The popular designer and teacher introduces you to her easy methods for making Flying Geese, how to speed the quilt-making process with Chain Piecing, and the secrets to perfect Curved Piecing. You will also experience the fun of Paper-Piecing, give your quilt a different look by setting Blocks on Point, and much more! Each technique is presented in lesson form with a quick-to-finish companion project.
Product Details: Softcover, Color Photos/Illus, 8 1/2" x 11", 60 pages.
33284 $11.95
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Pat Sloan's I Can't Believe I'm Quilting
A Beginner's Complete Guide
by Pat Sloan
A Beginner's Complete Guide
Fast and fun! Easy to follow instructions guide you through a series of simple projects. You'll be quilting like a pro in no time!
Product Details: Softcover, Full Color, 60 pages.
86317 $11.95
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Quilting For Dummies, 2nd Edition
Get the know-how you need to create beautiful quilts and decorative quilted items. Quilting is a fun hobby -- but where do you begin? From selecting fabrics and designing a quilt to stitching by hand or machine, this friendly guide shows you how to put all the pieces together -- and create a wide variety of quilted keepsakes for your home. We'll have you in stitches in no time!
Product Details: Softcover, 7.5" x 9.25", 366 pages.
39414 $21.99
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The Quilter's Catalog
Meg Cox, a former reporter for The Wall Street Journal, is one of the obsessive new quilters, and in The Quilter's Catalog, she draws on all her skills as a journalist to write the essential resource for contemporary quilters. Here's the low-down on tools: computer-driven sewing machines, innovative rotary cutters, longarms. New and old techniques, from how to dye your own fabric to cutting-edge digital photo-transfer. Profiles of the twenty top quilting teachers- television's Alex Anderson, Esterita Austin and her award-winning landscape quilts, Ruth McDowell, known for her bravura technique. Who makes the best fabrics and how to find them. A complete resource guide to the best Web sites, online groups, books, patterns, stores, shows, challenges. And a look at the new world of quiltaholics: its sense of community, its opportunities for business, its controversies (hand-sewn vs. machine-sewn), its attractions-quilting is easy, portable, friendly, therapeutic, often profitable, and the perfect way to mark a milestone. The book includes 12 step-by-step projects from key teachers-a crib quilt, bed quilts, quilted ornaments-and instructions on how to hang, store, or ship a quilt.
Product Details: Softcover, 9" x 9" x 1 1/4", 598 pages.
35870 $18.95
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Better Homes and Gardens 1-2-3 Quilt
Want to make a quilt but puzzled about where to begin? Look no further than the inspiring ideas and in-depth how-to inside this book. You'll learn everything you need to know -- from choosing fabric for your project and proper rotary-cutting techniques to tips for sewing exact seams and how to finish your quilt with flair. Then practice your skills on these enticing projects: Easy Four-Patch Quilt; Hourglass Quilt; Fine Stripes Baby Quilt; Pillow Trio; Plaid Nine-Patch Throw; Star Wall Hanging; Bow-Tie Quilt; and Lazy Dayz Tote.
Product Details: Softcover, Full Color, 8 1/2" x 11", 48 pages.
33946 $10.95
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Hand & Machine Quilting Tips & Tricks Tool
by Harriet Hargrave and Alex Anderson
Two of America's best-known experts share their secrets for making your quilting look as beautiful as your quilt top. Sections for both hand and machine quilting, with lots of helpful charts and photos. Small enough to tuck in your purse and take anywhere. Essential companion to the Piecing Tips & Tricks Tool.
Product Details: Softcover w/ Hidden Spiral Binding, Color Photos/Illus, 5 3/4" x 9", 64 pages.
31815 $16.95
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The Quilter's Workbook
Finally, a workbook that offers quilters the organization they crave and the ability to personalize it in their own unique style. Features include: Quilt Reference Cards with color and fabric information, quilting basics, assembling and finishing, block gallery with exploded diagrams and size options, hand and machine applique techniques, quick-piecing and hand piecing tips, and more. Quick Reference Charts to help you see at a glance how to convert yardage to inches, standard measurements, diagonal block measurements, half- and quarter-square triangle size adjustments, plus more. Poly-vinyl Pouches for storing fabric swatches and organizing materials. Tabbed Dividers allow you to separate each in-progress. Graph Paper (1/4" and 1/8") for designings. Quilt Notes to jot down important fabric, thread and stitching notes.
Product Details: Hardcover, 3 Ring Binder, Color Photos/Illus, 7 1/2" x 9".
31464 $26.00
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Quick Hand Piecing Tricks plus Ruler
by Billie Lauder
Ruler included with book. Discover the "tricks" of sewing more than one unit at a time!!! And lots more.
Product Details: Softcover, B& W Photos/Illus, 5 1/4" x 8 1/2", 32 pages.
24761 $16.95
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Basic Guide to Rotary Quilts
Step-by-step lessons with color photos teach you the newest patchwork cutting and sewing techniques. You will learn how to make the Nine Patch, Farmer's Daughter, Tree, Star, House, Jack-in-the-Box, Weathervane, Mosaic, Sailboat, Wheels, and Pinwheel blocks - eleven blocks in all!
Product Details: Softcover, Color Photos/Illus, 8 1/2 x 11", 68 pages.
56266 $12.95
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The Quilter's Pocket Reference
by Peggy Scholley
All the information you need to determine the yardage for you next quilt plus more! Everything is presented in easy-to-use charts and instructions.
82923 $8.95
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