Known for their lavish embellishment, bold colors, and refined composition, crazy quilts are Victoriana at its best. Crazy quilts are traditionally pieced and embellished with hand methods, but now you - regardless of your skill level - have an all-in-one resource for creating crazy quilts solely by machine or by combining hand and machine methods.
Accent curves in quilts with piping! Detailed instructions, illustrations, and photos will teach you to make perfect piping, add it to curved designs and avoid curved piecing. Use the Piping Hot Curves technique and this book's patterns or incorporate piping into your own curved designs with the author's tips for success.
Japanese-inspired textiles and fabrics are now more popular than ever, but their large-scale motifs can be challenging to use in quilts. Award-winning quiltmaker Kitty Pippen shares her expertise and enthusiasm for Japanese textiles with eight exquisite quilt designs and 40 glorious photos of quilts that showcase the beauty of these fine fabrics.
• Contains gorgeous patterns for quilters of all skill levels, from simple linked shapes and mosaics to Japanese octagonal designs and Crazy patchwork
• Get a comprehensive introduction to Japanese textiles, such as Indigo, Kasuri, Yukata, Shibori, and Aizome
• A special section on Sashiko quilting will add incredible richness to any pieced quilt
• Includes special adaptations for common quilting techniques, such as machine piecing, paper piecing, and appliqué
Anvisninger på nemme patchworkting: Harer, høns og kyllinger til påske, blomster og sommerfugle til sommertid og kurve, nisser, engle og stjerne til julepynt
Ausgefallene Stickereien und Patchwork-Ideen, kleine dekorative Nähobjekte, feinfühlige Bastelarbeiten aus Papier und ausgefallene Geschenkideen nach Illustrationen von Kerstin Heß erwarten Sie in dem neuen Buch von Ute Menze.Hier wird dekoriert und geschwelgt in sommerfrischem Ambiente. Anregungen für zauberhafte Sommerfeste, ein Picknick im Grünen, Nützliches für die Nähstube, Romantisches für Liebende, kleine Geschenke, modische Accessoires und Dekoratives für das Heim werden Sie begeistern.
Stitch picture-perfect heirlooms for holidays throughout the year with these fun-to-make, collage-style projects! Joanne Goldstein's fusible technique became popular in her first book, Fabric Collage Quilts. Now she shares even more inventive methods for creating beautifully embellished holiday scenes in fabric.
· Eight pictorial quilts capture the spirit of major holidays, such as Valentine's Day, the Fourth of July, Halloween, Christmas, and Hannukah
· Creative techniques are provided for couching threads, ribbons, and trims; beading fringe and lettering; and making padded-appliqué motifs
· Use the colorful holiday prints and seasonal fabrics available, or learn to create original holiday-themed fabrics with computer clip-art images
Con l’opera De Agostini “Facilissimo Patchwork!” è finalmente possibile scoprire tutti i segreti di questa tecnica particolarissima, che permette di realizzare coloratissime idee per la casa, di abbellire o rinnovare pezzi di abbigliamento, di confezionare originali regalo…
Quilting 101: Master Basic Skills and Techniques Easily through Step-by-Step Instruction
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Written with the absolute beginner in mind, this book teaches all the basics for machine quilting with step-by-step instructions and photographs. The introductory section covers all the basics of quilting-choosing fabric, quick cutting techniques, sewing seams, completing a quilt top, layering and basting, and both hand and machine quilting methods-making this the most comprehensive beginner's book available.