From the bestselling authors of New Ways with Jelly Rolls, fifteen contemporary quilts, which are easy enough to piece in a weekend. Do you long to make beautiful quilts but have such a busy life you can never find the time? Imagine creating a quilt top, maybe even your first, in just a weekend! Jelly rolls are a fantastic shortcut to patchwork and quilting: you can avoid the hours of cutting and preparation required for making a quilt and go straight...

"This book contains the patterns for the 140 traditional blocks that make up the quilt, Sylvia's Bridal Sampler, that was featured in one of Ms. Chiaverini's previous novels"--Provided by publisher.

"Barbara Brackman's classic quilter's resource, the Encyclcopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, is fully modernized, updated with over 160 new blocks, and presented in full color for the first time in this third edition! All of the 4,000+ pieced quilt block patterns found in this book are illustrated with both a line drawing and sample color suggestions to ensure that you will never run out of inspiration! Quilters, quilt historians, and textile enthusiasts...

With paper templates to guide you, successful patchwork projects are just stitches away! Choose your shapes, cut paper templates, and attach the templates to pieces of fabric. Fold fabric edges over the templates and secure the shape with simple basting stitches. Lay out the patches in desired arrangement and stitch the seams together along connecting edges. Remove the basting stitches, pull out the paper, and admire your handiwork! Patchwork shapes...

An introduction to the process of quilt making, including a history of the craft, sample quilt patterns, and directions for creating a children's book authors and illustrators quilt.

Discover an easy new way to make fabulous round quilts, eight projects included. The vibrant round quilts highlighted in this book are not as difficult to create as they look! Colleen Granger provides a fast and easy power piecing method that will have quilters working confidently in no time. Make great fabric choices with this book as your guide to using high-contrast prints and hues for high-impact creations. Eight different projects use medallions...

Improv quilting, in which quilt designs emerge organically as fabric is cut and stitched, is simple, popular, and fun. In this book, expert quilter Patricia Belyea offers improv instruction and shares her appealing Quilt Manifesto of five simple rules. While providing quilters with a starting point, the fifth rule of the Manifesto, Break any rule you like,? opens the door to creative freedom. (However, the solid instructions allow even the rule-breakers...

Immerse yourself in the sumptuous world of Jelly Rolls with 17 exciting quilting projects… Turn gorgeous Jelly Rolls into fabulous quilts, each of which can be made from just one roll. Features unique advice on making the most of this fresh approach to fabric, as well as tips on adapting the quilts to your existing stashes. Step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams ensure that untying your beautifully rolled fabric will be the first...