The Help Quilt

The Help Quilt

Author: Deb Force

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2011-11-30

Total Pages: 113

ISBN-13: 1467062766

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The stories in this book will involve you in the drama of shelter adoptions that are sometimes nearly miraculous. You will read about the joy adoptions have brought to families, the tragedies that brought these animals to the shelter as well as the humor and surprise of animal life in adoption shelters.


Around the Quilt Frame

Around the Quilt Frame

Author: Kari Cornell

Publisher: Voyageur Press

Published: 2006-04-13

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1616738049

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DIVInspired by the sense of community forged by the millions of women who have gathered with friends to quilt throughout history, Around the Quilt Frame draws upon this common bond, connecting today’s quilters in a more symbolic way. This unique compilation of essays and stories about quilts and quilting blends light-hearted tales with more philosophical pieces. From a variety of well-known quilting writers, including Helen Kelley, Ami Simms, Lisa Boyer, Patricia Cox, Jean Ray Laury, and Sandra Dallas, these pieces expertly stitch together a mix of contemporary and vintage pieces to create a patchwork of treasured and timeless tales. /div


15 Two-Block Quilts

15 Two-Block Quilts

Author: Claudia Olson

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2005-09-05

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 160705728X

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If you’ve ever marveled at the deceptively complex effect of a two-block quilt, this is the book for you. The secondary design created by placing two blocks side by side adds up to much more than just the sum of its parts. 15 two-block quilt projects help you put the process into practice - choose from Churn Dash Memories, Kansas Windmill, Shoo Box, and more fun block combinations. Claudia’s detailed directions teach you the tricks of the technique so you can design your own two-block quilts. Learn which types of blocks work well together and why, for sensational secondary design effects. Includes instructions for extending blocks into borders. Easy rotary cutting and strip piecing.


Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers

Nebraska Quilts and Quiltmakers

Author: Patricia Cox Crews

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780803263468

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Features over one hundred quilts created from Nebraska's territorial period to the 1980s, with descriptions of the patterns, materials, and techniques and biographical sketches of the quiltmakers


Modern Machine Quilting

Modern Machine Quilting

Author: Catherine Redford

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2017-03-01

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1440246319

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A Fresh Approach to Fresh Quilting! Clean lines, bold colors, contemporary designs--quilting has gone modern! And this book is the ultimate guide for creating modern quilts at home, all on a standard sewing machine. From the start, award-winning quilter and teacher Catherine Redford guides you through every stage of planning, constructing, and finishing a quilt. Learn a multitude of crisp walking foot designs, including straight lines, matchstick, grids, serpentine, spirals, and more. Explore more than a dozen techniques and patterns for free-motion designs. You'll find inspiration in the gorgeous quilt gallery, while the simple projects provide the perfect canvases for fun and useful quilting practice. And as you go, you can take notes on the roomy, workbook-style pages to make this book your own perfect personalized resource for Modern Machine Quilting.


Magical Four-patch and Nine-patch Quilts

Magical Four-patch and Nine-patch Quilts

Author: Yvonne Porcella

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2001-01-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781571201577

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A guide to the most basic quilt block patterns, four-patches and nine-patches. It contains ten quilting projects for quilts which are constructed using simple strip piecing and foundation piecing. The author's Magical Numbering System is designed to help the reader to choose fabrics.


An Amish Quilting Bee

An Amish Quilting Bee

Author: Amy Clipston

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2021-12-07

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0310365864

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Three charming stories of cozy quilting circles and budding romance Patchwork Promises by Amy Clipston When Colin Zook and his beloved grandmother lose everything in a fire, their greatest loss is a beloved family heirloom quilt that helped keep her dementia at bay. When Joanne Lapp hears about the loss, she decides to re-create the quilt. Colin soon feels himself developing feelings for her, but he’s held back by the knowledge that a future with him would involve care of his grandmother and his farm. Will Joanne look past his list of responsibilities and see him for who he truly is? A Common Thread by Kathleen Fuller Susie Glick returns from a shopping trip laden with beautiful fabric for her quilting group. On the bus ride, Alex Lehman—her crush from three years ago—sits next to her. Alex left Middlefield to explore the country, and now he’s back and ready to join the church. Susie was just a kid when he left, but now she’s a woman—and she definitely has his interest. The women in her quilting circle aren’t as excited about Alex’s return, assuming that he’ll leave again in search of adventure. Susie is convinced they’re wrong, but just as they start dating, Alex tells Susie he has to leave. He says he’ll return, but Susie must decide whether or not she can trust the man she fears has captured her heart. Stitched Together by Shelley Shepard Gray Rosie’s joy is her yearly project for the Pinecraft Mennonite Quilt Sale, and she dreams of being the top earner. But she’s worried that she’s bitten off more than she can chew with her latest entry. To make things even more confusing, after coming to terms with her single state, she’s recently formed a friendship with Tim Christner. He’s only in town for a month, but he has Rosie wondering if she’s found love at last. Now all she has to do is figure out how to get the quilt done so she can concentrate on him. But with her once very organized life in total disarray, everything comes to a head just before the sale. Rosie is forced to reexamine her priorities before she loses not only her place in the quilt show but everything else she’s ever wanted. Sweet Amish novellas with happily-ever-afters Book length: 75,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs


An Elm Creek Quilts Album

An Elm Creek Quilts Album

Author: Jennifer Chiaverini

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2006-10-10

Total Pages: 769

ISBN-13: 0743296567

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This collection includes "The Runaway Quilt, The Quilter's Legacy," and "TheMaster Quilter."


The Wedding Quilt

The Wedding Quilt

Author: Jennifer Chiaverini

Publisher: Dutton

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 0452298490

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Meditating on the weddings she has attended in Elm Creek Manor throughout the years, Sarah McClure evaluates the symbolic features on a wedding quilt designed to display the signatures of beloved guests.


Get Addicted to Free-Motion Quilting

Get Addicted to Free-Motion Quilting

Author: Sheila Sinclair Snyder

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 1607057824

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Give your quilts the fancy finish they deserve with more than 60 lively continuous-line quilting designs from quilting pro Sheila Sinclair Snyder. Learn to stitch free-form spirals, feathers, flowers, bubbles, leaves, cables, and much more. Sheila shows you how to combine individual motifs into fluid designs for quilting blocks, borders, sashing, and all over the quilt. All designs work equally well on home sewing machines, mid-arm, and long-arm quilting machines, or for hand quilting. Try each motif in three versions: simple, more involved, and fabulously over the top! Also included is a bonus quilt project that¿s perfect for practicing new quilting designs.