Modern Memory Quilts
Modern Memory Quilts

Author: Suzanne Paquette

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1617455660

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Learn to incorporate treasured clothing into heirloom quilts without sacrificing your modern aesthetic. Stitch memories together forever with 12 quilt projects that are as meaningful as they are stylish! Modern heirloom quilter Suzanne Paquette shares the emotional, creative, and technical aspects of memory quilting through colorful storytelling and photography. Practical projects inspired by real families’ stories will help you celebrate love, provide comfort, and honor your family’s heritage. Create modern heirloom quilts! 12 exciting designs for memory keeping, with the stories that inspired them Learn tips for sewing with clothing to preserve the past and celebrate the future Make gifts for children, honor a lost loved one, and celebrate your family’s legacy “Susanne Parquette shows today’s quilters how to mix Modern with sentimental . . . The twelve quilts in the book are actual commissioned memory quilts made by Paquette, who includes the people and stories behind each quilt . . . Paquette walks us through the process, beginning with Memory Keeping: remembering, documenting, and perspective.” —The Literate Quilter

Quilted Memories
Quilted Memories

Author: Mary Lou Weidman

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2010-11-05

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 1607050463

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Turn your life’s stories into a quilted journal that you, your children, and your grandchildren will cherish forever. May Lou Weidman’s story quilts are beloved by quilters everywhere, and now she shows you how to do it yourself. 9 easy projects teach you the techniques so you can apply them to your own story quilts. Dozens of Mary Lou’s bright, happy celebration quilts are sprinkled throughout the book, plus she shares a gallery of her students’ work to inspire you. Mary Lou covers each step of the creative process, from drawing the initial plans through choosing fabrics and putting it all together. Learn how to expand your imagination and turn your own stories into dazzling celebration quilts. More than just a quilting book - Mary Lou shares her insights for living a peaceful, creative, and productive life.

This Old Quilt
This Old Quilt

Author: Margret Aldrich

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9781610605526

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A collection of writings which pay tribute to quilts and quilting memories from different eras and authors.

Quilting Your Memories
Quilting Your Memories

Author: Sandy Bonsib

Publisher: That Patchwork Place

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9781564772510

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Rescue your photos from those tired, sterile photo-album pages -- feature them in a precious heirloom, whimsical storybook scene, or extraordinary work of art instead! Learn to transfer photographs, children's drawings, and more onto fabric. Then gather inspiration from more than 60 spectacular quilts and stitch up your own tribute to the meaningful people and events in your life.

The Patchwork Quilt
The Patchwork Quilt

Author: Valerie Flournoy

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1985-03-29

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0803700970

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Twenty years ago Valerie Flournoy and Jerry Pinkney created a warmhearted intergenerational story that became an award-winning perennial. Since then children from all sorts of family situations and configurations continue to be drawn to its portrait of those bonds that create the fabric of family life.

Patchwork Memories
Patchwork Memories

Author: Retta Warehime

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781564775139

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The beautiful, casual quilt projects in this book are inspired by the past but rely on simplified techniques for today's busy quilter. Full color.

Crazy-Quilted Memories
Crazy-Quilted Memories

Author: Brian Haggard

Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc

Published: 2011-07-01

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 160705230X

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Turn family photos and mementos into quilted scrapbooks with this crazy quilting guide featuring 10 projects and 24 embroidery stitches. In Crazy-Quilted Memories, quilt artist Brian Haggard shows readers how to turn treasured family keepsakes—including photo prints, buttons, beads, and other keepsakes—into meaningful quilt embellishments. He offers a fresh take on traditional crazy quilt techniques, as well as 24 basic and combination embroidery stitches to create never-before-seen motifs. Each of the 10 projects featured in this volume will tell a story about your life and family history in unique and creative ways. Lovingly stitched by hand, these small, portable projects are destined to become prized family heirlooms for generations to come.

Fan Quilt Memories
Fan Quilt Memories

Author: Jeanne Poore

Publisher: Kansas City Star Books

Published: 2001-11

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9780970913111

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The fan pattern found renewed interest among quilters familiar with The Kansas City Star's patterns. Contains complete and easy to follow instructions, templates and illustrations for various size quilts and numerous setting options.

Wise Craft Quilts
Wise Craft Quilts

Author: Blair Stocker

Publisher: Shambhala Publications

Published: 2017-03-14

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 1611803489

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Infuse your quilts with love--how to add your personal story and more meaning to your handmade quilts. In Wise Craft Quilts, celebrated quilt designer and crafter Blair Stocker shares ways to use cherished fabrics to make quilts with more meaning. Each of the twenty-one quilts featured here gathers a special collection of fabric, outlines a new technique, and spins a story. By using special fabrics as the starting point for each project—from a wedding dress to baby’s first clothes, worn denim, Tyvek race numbers, and more—the finished quilt is made even more special. Create quilts that have a story to tell and you’ll find a whole new level of appreciation for what they represent in your life and the lives of the ones you love.