Winter, spring, summer, fall—who's the coziest of them all? Make your home warm and inviting with pretty quilts for all four seasons! Sew twenty projects from quilts and table runners to wallhangings and pillows. With a suite of patterns for each season, you'll combine colorful cottons, luscious wool appliqué, and simple hand stitching. A variety of techniques from patchwork to paper piecing and raw-edge appliqué will keep you inspired to sew all year long.
“The book offers plenty of inspiration . . . There are a variety of projects for each season, including clothing, pillows, quilts and decorations.” —Oregon Live From autumn’s bursts of orange and red to spring’s lush greens, summer’s long-lasting golden light and winter’s cool whites and grays, the changing seasons provide endless artistic inspiration. In Sewing for All Seasons, author Susan Beal offers twenty-four beautiful projects imbued with the spirit of each season. Home sewists will enjoy stitching a cozy patchwork throw for autumn, a bright gardening apron to welcome spring, a colorful picnic quilt for summer, and soft woolen slippers for those chilly winter nights. With how-to illustrations, helpful templates and patterns, tons of color, and eye-catching photography, this book will leap off shelves and inspire crafters all year long. “Pretty close to perfect when it comes to hitting a balance of what I look for in a crafty book: lots of inspiration, modernity, realistic skill requirements and desirability of finished projects.” —Apartment Therapy “Appealing versions of classic, relatively simple sewing ideas . . . Practical, livable designs.” —Publishers Weekly
23 seasonal sewing and craft projects Sandi Henderson's readers love her look, her patterns, and her descriptions of home, family life, and holidays. Her fans respond equally enthusiastically to her anecdotes of picking cherries with her family as they do to her new fabric collections or her recipe for Creme Brulee French toast. This brand-new offering gives readers the best of what they crave from Sandi—and builds on the excitement of both her first book and her work as a fabric designer. Sewing the Seasons is a collection of 23 sewing patterns for adult and children's wear, home decor, and accessories, all beautifully paired with the ideal season for use. From a vintage cloche to a scallop scarf, from a farmers' market tote to a poinsettia stocking, the sewing and craft projects presented here celebrate the best of nature's seasons and the holidays. In addition to gorgeous project to sew, Sandi offers up her favorite recipes for each season and beautiful photography that captures the essence of each passing season. Complemented with full-color photos and a beautiful interior design Full patterns are conveniently located online, where they can be printed as needed and will never be lost Sandi offers up the best of the season around her with gorgeous lifestyle photos of her and her family as they celebrate the seasons, seasonally appropriate favorite recipes, and anecdotes Includes low-sew/no-sew crafts that add a special sparkle to each season Beginning to intermediate seamstresses and fans of Sandi's fabric and pattern lines will be drawn to this year-round collection of patterns, recipes, and inspiration.
Whimsical, beautiful embroidery motifs created by an avid gardener—stitch roses, bees, or whole garden scenes. Kazuko Aoki has a unique talent for translating the beauty of the garden with needle and thread. By offering forty motifs, Aoki invites us to explore her gardens through embroidery. The forty motifs explore the roses and wildflowers that appear season to season, as well as the bees and butterflies that enjoy their nectar. The designs here are exquisite, detailed, and artfullly rendered. Beyond the motifs themselves, Aoki also presents projects that feature the embroidery: brooches, notebook covers, pin cushions, and pouches. For those new to embroidery, detailed how-to illustrations are included.
Bestselling author Kim Diehl is back with an all-new collection of quilts--plus her very own homestyle recipes--inspired by the seasons. Bring the special meaning of each season alive in your home with Kim's signature tradition-with-a-twist style. Thirteen projects with a seasonal flair include bed, lap, and wall quilts, plus a doll quilt and table runner Simple patchwork and applique designs feature spring tulips, summer gardens, autumn jack-o'-lanterns, and winter mittens Over a dozen tried-and-true recipes spotlight Kim's homestyle approach to cooking--find hearty salads, soups, and breads, plus luscious desserts
All the basics of silk ribbon embroidery with innovative techniques and 20 contemporary designs. Beginners and experts stitchers alike will learn to create beautiful embroideries inspired by the seasons, from luxuriant flowers to whimsical owls Silk ribbon embroidery enthusiasts all over the world have been discovering the work of renowned Ukrainian embroiderer, Tatiana Popova. Here she teaches all the basic techniques and provides a thorough traditional stitch dictionary with clear instructions and images, giving embroiderers - even beginners to silk ribbon - the perfect grounding. Tatiana then shares her own innovative techniques for achieving easier, quicker and more efficient stitching. There are excellent sections on using colour and on applying paint to silk ribbons after stitching. Twenty beautiful projects then follow: traditional favourites such as roses, along with a wealth of contemporary designs for embroiderers of all skill levels. The distinct colour palettes of the seasons have inspired Tatiana's luxuriant embroideries, and as well as a host of flowers, there are delightful whimsical designs such as owls. Ten of the designs feature full-size images to scan and print on fabric before embroidering.
Capture the aura of yesteryear in these 12 cross stitch designs inspired by patchwork quilts. Adapted from the watercolor paintings of Paula Vaughan, there's a nostalgic design to reflect the special beauty of each month of the year.
This exciting collection of more than 1000 cross stitch motifs is inspired by the seasons and the many events that make up a year. Individual months offer inspiration for portraying an astonishing range of subjects in stitches - from the weather, customs and festivities, to national holidays, fauna and family days out. From the snowdrop to the rose there's a flower for every time of year. Comprehensive advice is given on materials and equipment, on how to stitch the motifs, and with step-by-step instructions on how to create a personal sampler to record the year's events. Superb colour charts are provided throughout.
