Bust your stash with 12 strip quilts, perfect for those larger pieces of leftover fabric that you aren't quite sure how to use. Learn how to cut, sort, store, and sew 2 1/2" strips to make a variety of quilts in two or more sizes. Confidently pair fabric prints, using three no-fail strategies: controlled colorway, distinct blocks, or scrap crazies! Whatever your approach, you'll love stripping along with the popular pattern and fabric designer behind...

"Move beyond common circle-quilt designs to tackle curved piecing with ease. Add stripes to curved piecing and use color to add depth for a simple way to make complex quilts. Piece block-based layouts and improv designs ranging from simple to advanced."--from cover.

"For Heather Jones, inspiration can be anywhere. For her debut book, Quilt Local, she designed a collection of 20 quilts, each inspired by objects and places close to home--country roads, cityscapes, street signs--the landscape of her existence. Then, in a fascinating exercise in color theory and design play, she reworked each one in a second palette to show what a striking difference just a few basic changes can make. Pattern by pattern, Jones takes...

Discover how to add beauty, texture, and special meaning to your quilt projects with this wonderful collection of continuous-line quilting designs. Laura is back with another collection of brand new continuous-line quilting designs that are sure to please! These creative, continuous-line designs are perfect for all machines-domestic, mid-arm, and longarm. Mix and match Laura Lee Fritz's unique images to personalize your quilts. People, animals, nature,...

"Skill-building: The Handmade Quilt features a 21-block sampler that starts with the easiest techniques and progresses to more challenging skills--with no need for a sewing machine! Comprehensive: this book is a complete learning experience for a new quilter and a stunning sampler project for experienced stitchers. Unique: no other book available today covers the how-to of hand-stitching blocks in such a thorough manner. Portable: you can hand-stitch...

Offers a fresh interpretation of classic quilting blocks in twelve projects simple enough for beginners.

"Featured inside are 98 innovative and fresh quilting designs that provide a vast array of texture and rhythm to the quilt top as they range from geometric to graphically-inspired. These designs are equally appealing to both free-motion quilters and quilters who prefer computerized quilting"--

From wall hangings to full-size bed quilts, these 14 fun stash-busting projects take string quilts in a new direction. The author uses strips and scraps of fabric to reimagine traditional and beloved quilt blocks as string blocks.

"This book shows great ways (18 projects) to use a single charm pack with an additional fabric and a background fabric to make a quilt"--

Cross traditional crazy quilting with favorite pieced quilt patterns and today's machine quilting methods, and what do you get? Crazy fun for all kinds of quilters, even those who don't like handwork. Allie Aller and Valerie Bothell's guide offers an exuberant mixture of vintage and modern, hand and machine work, and clever ways to make traditional quilts a little crazy. Includes 10 projects in sizes from small wall hangings to bed quilts; photo instructions...