The masterminds behind Blue Underground Studios bring you 10 colorful new quilts that are perfect for your cherished scraps, a new collection of fat quarters, or just a wild mash-up of your favorite prints and batiks! Each project includes the yardage requirements and cutting instructions for multiple quilt sizes. Play with color and size with these easy-to-construct modern quilts.
“Not only are the projects cheerful and lovely, but the author spends time explaining how to save and tame all those wonderful leftovers.” —Down Under Quilts Learn to rescue fabric leftovers with twelve colorful quilt patterns for scrap lovers. Judy Gauthier teaches you her indispensable system for cutting from “real,” oddly shaped scraps, not just strips or precuts! Cut scraps into 3 1/2” 4 1/2”, and 5 1/2” squares—a magical combination for all skill levels—using traditional rotary cutting or Judy’s fast2cut Simple Square Templates. Clever organizing and quilt-assembly tips will help you uncover hidden treasures from your stash. “Author Judy Gauthier guides readers through cutting, sorting, and organizing scraps into twelve colorful rainbow quilts. Using simple shapes, these patterns are perfect for quilters looking to use their odd-shape scraps and reduce their stash size.” —American Patchwork & Quilting “Bright and cheerful ways to use up your scraps to make beautiful quilts. twelve projects from easy squares make sensational quilts . . . Recommended.” —yarnsandfabrics.co.uk
Great for beginners, perfect for quilters in a hurry, here are 20 quick step-by-step quilt projects in a kaleidoscope of colors. Ranging from wall hangings to throws to bedcovers, each is made with simple shapes, easy piecing, and fast finishing techniques.
Explore the patchwork style and scrappy flair of 58 history-rich quilts inspired by patterns and fabrics from the 1800s. Showcase the traditional color combinations of reproduction fabrics and popular Civil War-era blocks that quilters love in patterns for mini-quilts, lap quilts, and large bed-size projects. Use your favorite reproduction fabrics--including scraps and precuts--in quilts ranging from simple to intricate, all created by expert designers.
Portraits in Appliqué that Practically Sit Up and Say Woof. Show off 24 dog breeds at their most appealing with these charming little appliqué portrait quilts. Save steps with Carol's easy light box appliqué technique. Give your canine friends added depth and dimension with relaxed, random quilting designs. Each pattern includes full-size appliqué templates. From the basset hound's mournful sincerity to the corgi's lively alertness, Carol Armstrong's designs capture that certain something that gives each breed its characteristic look. Now you can immortalize your own canine companion with her easy appliqué and quilting techniques.
In this newest edition of Pat Sloan's School House series, you'll gain the know-how to comfortably create colorful quilts without stressing over your fabric choices! Believing that a stunning piece of fabric is art in itself, Pat walks you through the design process to show how you can boldly use color in fabric to paint fabulous quilts. Chapters include Everyone Can Make Great Color Choices; How to Find Your Personal Color Style; So, What Color Do I Make My Quilt?; and Selecting Fabric for Your Quilt. Projects include 7 quilts, each shown in multiple colorways: Love That Print, Whig Rose, Basket Sampler, Courthouse Steps, Double Nine Dominos, Antique Fern, and Summer Rental.
Creative Guide to Color and Fabric (Rodale's Successful Quilting Library) Edited by Jane Townswick Achieve color success in every quilt you make! This book will give you the know-how and the confidence to make just the right choices for your very next quilt, with more than 250 color photographs and expert advice from the pros. You'll discover how to do more with a favorite palette, and you'll be challenged to try something completely new and exciting. Here's a sampling of what you'll learn: * How to make one-of-a-kind quilts and add texture with novel fabrics * Ways to convey emotion and mood with color * Why value can often be more important than color * Ideas that will change the way you make scrap quilts forever * Fun and easy techniques to design your own fabrics * Trade secrets for decorating with quilts And so much more! The perfect book for fabric lovers!
This gloriously colorful book is packed with inspiration--and 15 projects for beginners (or more experienced quilters looking for a manageable weekend undertaking). Veteran quiltmaker and teacher Rosemary Wilkinson, and her quilting friends, give all the information a beginner hopes for--from basic background (how to select fabrics with different tonal values, which hoops and frames work best, what equipment is essential, and so on) to each step through a quilt (proper cutting techniques, chain-piecing, adding borders, and more). The friendly pages are full of diagrams, eliminating all fear of confusion and uncertainty. And all fabric yardages are clearly stated. The 15 projects are divided into three sections: "Fresh Colors," "Vivid Colors," and "Bright Colors." In keeping with the book's promise to be colorful, each quilt pattern includes four alternative color schemes to the fully completed, featured one. There is no end to the inspiration this irresistibly inviting book offers. In addition, dozens of Tips and Notes from these quilting experts are scattered throughout the book, making this a treasure all quilters should have in their libraries.
Make any destination materialise on this one-of-a-kind quilting journey. Find a fresh mix of colours, fabrics and techniques, all based on the author's real and imagined travels around the world.
