Paper piece gnomes, animals, flowers, and other nature motifs with best-selling author Mary Hertel's new collection of 17 paper pieced blocks. Mix and match the new blocks into quilts, table runners, pillows, and more projects for the home. Fans of Mary Hertel admire her easy-to-follow instruction for paper piecing and the ability to mix and match blocks and projects across all of the books in Mary's bestselling series. Mary's signature style shows readers that paper piecing is fun and easy. Her approach is like sewing by number - you follow the illustrated steps and have fun watching your image emerge. Create 17 bestselling blocks and seven projects featuring gnomes, animals, and a flower. Beginner quilters will learn an easy way to paper piece, and more experienced quilters will take away techniques to improve their skills. Decorate your home with whimsical, fun projects or gift your paper-pieced creations

Mix and match a wide range of popular designs—everything from avocados to rainbows—to make perfect personalized quilts and quilted projects. This collection features one hundred fun quilt blocks from some of the best-known names in patchwork and quilting. All the blocks are made using foundation paper piecing (FPP) and all the templates are featured at full size with the seam allowance added so you can trace them off and get piecing straight away. There’s a comprehensive section showing you how to do FPP with step-by-step instructions and photos so even if you’ve never done it before you can get started. The motifs featured include everything from food and drink (strawberry milkshake and pizza anyone?), to designs for outdoor explorers (a canoe and campfire set the scene for adventure lovers); pets and wild animals (think raccoons to kittens) and everything in between. There is a block to suit everyone so you can make the perfect themed quilt for your nearest and dearest based on the things that they love the most. As well as instructions and patterns for the one hundred FPP blocks there are also instructions for 10 projects made using the blocks including a retro apron; a rainbow pouch bag; a tote with 1950s sunglasses motif; the perfect table runner and a cute, kitten pillow. So why not choose your favorite motifs and get started making perfect quilted gifts for your friends and family!

An easy method to faster quilt-making, and incredible patterns to make use of your scrap stash. What if you could piece quilts even faster, work on more than one quilt simultaneously and save money, fabric and thread all at the same time? Bonnie K. Hunter will show you how to put the concept of Leaders & Enders to work quickly and easily, expanding your creativity, and upping your productivity all at the same time. If you have ever found yourself paralyzed by your stash, overwhelmed by scraps you just can't bear to toss out, arm yourself with a new rotary blade for your cutter, make yourself a cup of tea and start reading. This book is not only full of beautiful scrap quilts that can be made in between the lines of other sewing, but also contains many ideas for getting your ever burgeoning scrap stash under control, into useable sized pieces that work well with one another, and ready to be sewn into quilts you've always wanted to make. Bonnie K. Hunter has done it again!

Stitch a piece of history with patterns for making your own quilt inspired by the New York Times–bestselling series! Inspired by Jennifer Chiaverini’s bestselling novel The Union Quilters, this sampler quilt offers a treasure trove of traditional blocks sewn by the women of Elm Creek Valley to support their troops during the American Civil War. The book includes historical notes on the novel and photos of nine Loyal Union Samplers made by Jennifer and other Elm Creek Quilts lovers from around the world. These blocks can be mixed and matched with blocks from Jennifer’s wildly popular Elm Creek Quilts sampler, Sylvia's Bridal Sampler. ·121 traditional 6” quilt blocks ·Links to full-sized patterns for every block, plus instructions for assembling the quilt ·Start an Elm Creek Quilt club and feature a different block at each meeting

Give your home that Jillily look! Known for designs that are pretty and fresh, Jill Finley, owner of Jillily Studio, presents a terrific assortment of 12 all-new quilt patterns for the whole house. Gift ideas abound! Create everything from an inviting table runner to dish towels, lap quilts, queen-size quilts, and pillows Get beautiful results as you combine cotton or wool appliqué with traditional patchwork quilts Explore a range of projects easy enough for confident beginners and appealing enough for experts

There is no end to scrapbooking as a craft, or to the popularity of Marina du Plessis’s scrapbook piecing. Back with a fourth collection of scrapbook layouts in Creative Scrapbook Piecing 4 with Marina du Plessis, the author provides designs for a host of special occasions and reasons to preserve memories of family and friends. Using mostly paper, each of the 42 full-colour layouts includes easy-to-understand instructions and templates for making the frames, letters, titles, tags, envelopes and the three-dimensional figurines. Elements may be mixed and matched, or adapted, to personalise your own layouts. There are themes to suit boys and girls (from babies to adults) and these include birthdays, weddings, special festivals and events, weddings, memories, pets and good times. Projects are suitable for advanced and beginner scrappers.

Describes and illustrates the gadgets, machines, and instruments available to the 19th century homemaker, and recalls some of the hardships endured by people in "the good old days."