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Freddy invites you to stop by her house — a delightful place full of color, collections, and quilts! “10 colors don’t work, but 100 do!” is Freddy’s motto. |
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With 120 rotary-cut blocks, each finishing at 9 inches, every quilter's creativity will be greatly enhanced when she mixes and matches the blocks in more than 15 settings. Each project features complete directions, sewing hints, and quilting suggestions, and quilters can choose their favorite blocks to feature in the quilt. McCloskey offers tips for laying out blocks, planning fabric placement, and choosing borders. There are also step-by-step assembly diagrams for each block and quick-and-easy rotary-cutting dimensions along with traditional templates |
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Have you always wanted to try your hand at making kaleidoscope, pinwheel, and star designs? Marvel at this simple method for rotary cutting these versatile blocks. The kaleidoscope effects occur spontaneously, thanks to the ingenious Stack-n-Whack techniques. More than 200 how-to illustrations and dozens of color plates detail the process fully. In addition to covering fabric selection, the chapters provide step-by-step cutting and piecing directions for seven different blocks, and yardage and assembly directions for 14 projects ranging from small wall quilts to queen-sized bed quilts. A chapter on quilting includes designs and strategies to bring out all the beauty of these magical quilts. |
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Magic of Crazy Quilting : A Complete Resource for Embellished Quilting by J. Marsha Michler Krause Publications ISBN: 0873416228 Michler guides the creation of a crazy quilt from start to finish. Book buyers will get a close look at an outstanding collection of over 15 embellishment techniques, four piecing methods, 1,000 embroidery stitch variations, and plenty of combinations and patterns for pieced fan embroideries. 150 color photos & 250 illustrations. |
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This amazing study ranks at the top of any quilt historians booklist, along with "The Quilters" and "A People and Their Quilts". I highly recommend it. The first national survey of African-American quiltmakers, this book is both a cultural record and a source of heritage. According to Publishers Weekly, "the 300 photographs in this marvelously resonant book bear out Freeman's contention, as does the text." With full color photographs A Communion of Spirits: African-American Quilters, Preservers, and Their Stories is a visual delight, and with captivating stories about the quilts and their makers, it is a historical joy. It is "a striking book that belongs under the Christmas tree (or at the Kwanzaa celebration) of anyone who cares about black culture," says the Washington Post. A Communion of Spirits begins with author Ronald Freeman's childhood explaining how the young boy once warmed by quilts became the man intrigued and then impassioned with the character of quilts, quiltmakers, and their life stories. Freeman is a highly regarded photodocumentarian whose work has been exhibited worldwide. Over a twenty-year period Freeman traveled across America meeting quilters, mostly women, who include writers Alice Walker, Maya Angelou and Sonia Sanchez, civil-rights activist Rosa Parks and artist Faith Ringgold. And the result is this wonderfully visual book of their quilts and inspiring stories that record African-American heritage. |
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If you own only one compendium of traditional quilting patterns, this is the one it should be! Barbara Brackman, long regarded as the authority on American patchwork patterns, has compiled a definitive encyclopedia, which is efficiently organized. This book, which contains over 4000 patterns, is a result of 20 years of research by Ms. Brackman, and is a must for any serious quilter's library. |
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Using the color wheel as a starting point, quilters can explore color relationships to create show-stopping quilts. Just a few simple guidelines and techniques help quilters choose and use colors effectively. More than 800 fabrics plus 24 color wheel relationships work like formulas for combining colors for more than 250 quilt blocks. 200 illustrations. 275 color photos. Two award-winning quiltmakers take the uncertainty out of picking colors and fabrics for quilting projects with more than 250 color photos of quilt blocks using exciting color and fabric. Includes 12 quilting projects. |
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The most important, comprehensive, and sumptuously illustrated addition to the literature of quilting since Orlofsky's Quilts in America. Most of the book's 250 stunning full-color quilts have never before been published. With them as a reference, Kiracofe shows us how to read a vocabulary of fabrics, dyes, patterns, and other clues to put quilts in their social and cultural context. Full-color photographs. Enables readers to see in patchwork quilts the history of our nation--and reflections of the women whose lives have too often remained in history's shadow. Kiracofe was seen on PBS's The Great American Quilt.
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Spirits
of the Cloth : Contemporary African American Quiltsby Carolyn Mazloomi, with Preface by Faith Ringgold and foreword by Cuesta Ray Benberry Clarkson Potter ISBN: 0609600915 Contemporary African American quilters create richly narrative quilts because we are a people with many stories to tell," says Carolyn Mazloomi, author of Spirits Of The Cloth. Her stunning book celebrates these stories in images and words, showcasing 150 of the most beautiful contemporary African American quilts, with brilliant full-color photographs and insightful text. Although the African American quilting tradition dates back to colonial times, contemporary pieces by black quilters are highly valued because of their astonishingly vibrant creativity. The quilts made today in the African American community are as diverse as the people themselves, encompassing a variety of techniques and drawing upon imagery that ranges from vivid African-inspired patterns to sweet childhood memories, from searing social and political issues to the improvisational poetry of jazz. Mazloomi, a renowned fiber artist herself, has captured the intimate power of these works of art, interviewing their makers to gather the personal narratives behind each piece. This remarkable collection also includes a preface by award-winning author and artist Faith Ringgold and a thoughtful foreward by quilt expert Cuesta Benberry. An extraordinarily important and beautiful book, Spirits Of The Cloth reveals the talent and ingenuity of African American women and men today, as they piece together fabric to create the stories of their lives.
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 Dating
Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960by Eileen Jahnke Trestain American Quilters Society ISBN: 0891458840 (This is a new book and may not yet be in stock. Amazon will ship it as soon as it is available.) Eileen Trestain's new book is a welcome addition to the library of anyon interested in dating old fabrics and quilts, as well as quilt collectors and historians. Thoughtfully arranged by color groups and period dates, you can research a fabric by it is now, as well as the color it used to be! Historical background of each period, as well as a thorough glossary and bibliography, make this a must-have for any serious quilter or collector, as it is the first book of its kind that actually shows detailed, actual sized swatches of thousands of fabrics from all periods! Eileen, known to many of us as "Falcon", has spent many years researching this book , and her homework has definitely paid off, as Dating Fabrics is bound to become a classic on the bookshelves of all serious quilters.
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Stuff for Quilters on the InternetC & T Publishing ISBN: 1571200541 (October 1998) (Note: This book may not yet be available. Amazon will ship it as soon as it is in stock.) The Internet is bringing together quilters and their imaginations at the speed of fiber optics! This book includes an up-to-date list of quilting-related sites that offer the best free stuff, such as patterns, advice, discussions and more. Learn how to explore the Web and find the things that interest you. There are quilt patterns, galleries of quits, articles on quilting, quilter's E-mail, and more quilting advice than you could read in a lifetime. This book is the perfect guide to the Web's infinite possibilities! (Be sure to look for glowing mentions of QAF! <G>) Judy Heim writes a regular column for PC World magazine. She has written articles for many books as well as quilting, computing and general interest magazines. She is the author of five other books on needlecrafting and the Internet. Judy Heim lives in Madion, WI. Gloria Hansen, a long time online quilter and friend of QAF, has won awards for many of her quilts, most of which were designed on a Macintosh computer. She is a frequent contributor to Art/Quilt Magazine and write the "High-Tech Quilting" column for The Professional Quilting. She has self-published quilt patterns and her work has appeared in many books, magazines and exhibits. Gloria Hansen lives in Hightstown, NJ. Judy and Gloria also co-authored The Quilter's Computer Companion. |
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Art &
Inspirationsby Michael James C&T Publishing May, 1998 ASIN: 1571200401 From his beginnings with traditional quilt designs to his most recent creations, Michael James' contemporary style is instantly recognizable and respected in both the quilt world and the art world. This volume in C&T's Art & Inspirations series includes a retrospective of Michael's career and his newest quilts. His current approach to color, composition and fabric selection represents a radical shift from his past work. Explore the many facets of this well-known artist who uses quilts as his medium of expression - sometimes controversial, always straightforward, one of quiltmaking's true mavericks. |
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 ScrapMania;
More Quick-Pieced Scrap QuiltsSally Schneider That Patchwork Place June 1998 ISBN 1-56477-050-8 If you have a rotary cutter and a sewing machine, just add ScrapMania as the final ingredient for creating beautiful quilts with your stash of fabric scraps! Donıt miss out on 17 Template-Free quilt patterns for quiltmakers of all skill levels a variety of popular quilt-block designs, including Log Cabin, Spinning Star, and Pyramids and timesaving rotary-cutting and machine-piecing techniques. Take an inventory of your fabric scraps, then put those cherished leftovers to use with ScrapMania! |
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Quilts with Painless Bordersby Sally Schneider and Barbara J. Eikmeier That Patchwork Place ISBN: 1564772039 Stitch
a beautiful traditional quilt with a complex-looking pieced border
that isn't made like a typical border at all! Painless Borders are
made from pieced, diagonally set blocks that are added around diagonally
set central design blocks. Each border block is constructed of quick-pieced
squares, rectangles, or triangles, making them a breeze to create--and
eliminating all of those complicated calculations and border-fitting
headaches. Learn about basic piecing methods and diagonal settings,
then adjust the designs to suit your own projects. A thorough
explanation of the techniques, step-by-step instructions for 10 quilts
that feature Painless Borders, and tips on adapting the designs are
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 Curves
in Motion: Quilt Designs & Techniquesby Judy B. Dales C&T Publishing ISBN: 1571200525 Quiltmaker
Judy B. Dales teaches you her methods for creating free-form curved
designs to use in quilts. You'll learn how to create designs and patterns
matched to your own skill level. Judy takes readers step-by-step through
making the master pattern and templates, with special techniques that
utilize registration and intersection marks to ensure perfecly flat
pieced tops. Learn how to create contrasts by manipulating color,
value, and texture, Judy helps plan the sewing order so that you don't
"sew yourself into a corner!" Four projects raning from
intermediate skill level to advanced are included. Working with curves
opens the door to a world of immense beauty, excitement and grace
in quilts. |
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© 2006 Mary Evans
Passing
on the Comfort:
The War the
Quilts and the
Women who made
a difference
Freddy's
House: Brilliant Color in Quilts
Marsha
McCloskey's Block Party : 
Magic
Stack-N-Whack Quilts
A
Communion of the Spirits : 
Encyclopedia
of Pieced Quilt Patterns
Colors
and Fabrics to Create Quilts You'll Love
The
American Quilt : A History of Cloth and Comfort 1750-1950