Quilts/Quilting from Blue & Grey Book Shoppe

From back cover: "What do you get when you cross a Lone Star with a Pineapple? - Dazzling Pineapple Stars that anyone can piece!, Create large, dynamic stars with plain, print, or mix-and-match fabrics." Flexibility - 6 size options, Paperpieced means all diamonds are perfect, workbook, large open areas to show off quilting. Near Fine condition. Almost like new, but there is… Read more about this item

From back cover: "These terrific projects are simpler and quicker to make than full-size quilts - especially with the easy-to-follow patterns and step-by-step instructions." "Making a wearable quilt does not require a great deal of expense. Materials in the home such as outdated clothing and remnants from previous sewing projects are ideal for the piecing of the quilt." "Bonus: You get instructions… Read more about this item

From the back cover: "Dress your home in cheery holly, sporty Santas, darling angels, and folksy favorites this Christmas! Mix and match applique designs to fit your holiday spirit.. Wrap up your home with adorable quilts, tree skirts, table runners, and other holiday accessories." "...they're quick and easy in fusible applique, simple piecing, and other speedy techniques. 17 projects,… Read more about this item

From the back cover: "Dress your home in cheery holly, sporty Santas, darling angels, and folksy favorites this Christmas! Mix and match applique designs to fit your holiday spirit.. Wrap up your home with adorable quilts, tree skirts, table runners, and other holiday accessories." "...they're quick and easy in fusible applique, simple piecing, and other speedy techniques. 17 projects,… Read more about this item

From back cover: "If you can sew a straight line, you can make these fun, reversible foundation-pieced quilts, clothing, and accessories. Work with two color schemes or use coordinating fabrics to create a big surprise for your family and friends - a second, different version on the flip side." 7 complete projects. Technique can be applied to any foundation-pieced pattern. Near… Read more about this item

From back cover: "It's like making twice the quilt in half the time!" "Discover an unexpected 'two-for-one' twist in these beautiful quilts! Create an exciting design on the front side and a completely different design on the back side. Plus, construction is quick and easy because these projects are quilted at the same time they are pieced." 10 gorgeous, two-sided quilts… Read more about this item

This book is a good source for machine quilters. It covers free-motion, resizing patterns, marking patterns, has practice sets, allover designs, pantographs, quilting frame, borders, corners, sashing sets, and more. Fine condition. However, there are a couple tiny bumps to the front cover, but really, it could pass for new. Clean. Tight. Please use photos as part of the description. 111 pages.

From front dust jacket flap: First Georgia Bonesteel introduced us to portable quilting, then she showed us quick and easy piecing techniques that saved us hours at our sewing machines. Now, she brings us exciting new techniques and over 50 new designs for lap quilting. There are lots of colorful step-by-step photographs. She takes the bulky layers out of applique.… Read more about this item

From the Acknowledgement: "Mrs. Anna Ahrens of Batesville, Indiana, was using some of these designs well before the turn of the century. She was from a family of quilters who loved to quilt, and who quilted for pleasure as well as out of necessity." This is a book of quilting designs and has fold-out patterns. Very Good- condition. This book has a… Read more about this item

From back cover: "No more templates, No pinning, 8 quilt patterns, 19 plans for quilts, Tips for machine quilting. There is a center section of color photographs. Very Good condition. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Back cover does have some soft "thumb creases" Please use photos as part of the description. 96 pages.

From back cover: "From tips on choosing the perfect fabrics to using today's hottest embellishments, Barbara's take on crazy quilting brings this age-old art out of the Victorian era and into today's world. She walks you through the basics, teaches you how to design your own handbags and shares easy-to-follow bag basics that will have you making eye-popping purses in… Read more about this item

From back cover: "Internationally know designers...share their secrets for creating a variety of homespun Little Quilts. With an appealing folk-art style recognized by collectors worldwide, these 'Georgia Gals' have created qilts that are easy to make and quick to assemble so you can bring a touch of country warmth to your home." 18 quilt projects and companion pillows, techniques, hints for… Read more about this item

From back cover: "Traditional, cozy and relaxed - it's the look you love to live with. Designed by Lynette Jensen, these projects make it easy to introduce the signature Thimbleberries style into your own home decor. 22 quick and easy projects include bed and wall quilts, table accessories, pillows, a shower curtain, and moreDesigns for a variety of seasons and… Read more about this item

From back cover: "Learn how to: Make Blocks without sewing on the paper...No paper to rip off and you can reuse the patterns!Cut fabric patches the correct size and shape...Every time! Sew fabric patches correctly - the first time...No seam ripping!Press seams in any direction...No bulky seam intersections!" "Use Painless Paper-Piecing with the twelve new blocks and twenty projects in this book or… Read more about this item

From back cover: "Deck the halls with festive quilts, stockings, a coordinated table ensemble, pillows, a tree skirt, ornaments and much, much more." There are "handcrafted gifts to make - even for those "impossible-to-make-for" people on your list, like fathers, uncles and husbands!" Special features: creative packaging ideas, super tips, charts make rotary cutting a breeze, Country Quilter's Holiday… Read more about this item

From the front dust jacket flap: "Nothing warms the heart more than a handmade country Christmas. Imagine your home transformed by the beauty of patchwork, the color and charm of calico, and the soft detail of hand quilting. Here in one book is a collection of inspiring new designs with a traditional flavor, projects that are fun to make and… Read more about this item

From the Foreword: "Favorite of the Peruvians, Wind Power of the Osages, Chinese 10,000 Perfections, Pure Symbol of the Right Doctrine, Battle Ax of Thor, Catch Me If You Can, Heart's Seal, Mound Builders - all names for one quilt pattern; scraps of folk poetry for the pieced-work folk art that, nurtured by necessity, flourished in pre-industrial America." "Quilt… Read more about this item

From front Dust Jacket flap: "Traditionally recognized as a craft, quiltmaking is today being seen as a new and exciting art form. Whatever the intention of the quiltmaker, the creation of a quilt provides an opportunity to design with color and fabric. While many quilts are still made purely as bed coverings, quilted works may also be made into clothing,… Read more about this item

From back cover: "Applique is painting with fabric. Your needle and thread become your brush, and the fabric becomes your paint." - Kathy Delaney. This book is a definitive guide to doing hand applique. It covers instruction, tools, and proper stitch, then offers hints for creating the blocks. Lots of instructional photographs. All of the patterns are flowers… Read more about this item

From the front Dust Jacket Flap: "...best book on the contemporary adaptation of the old craft of quilting." It is a basic instructional book with Coty-Award-winning designs created by Dorothy Weatherford for the Mountain Artisans. It also tells the story of the Mountain Artisans and how the West Virginia cooperative was started by a group of idealistic young women. The how-to… Read more about this item