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Ruth McDowells latest book Design Workshop

Ruth B. McDowell's Design Workshop

Ruth B. McDowell Newest Book!!! Transform images from nature or your own imagination into multifaceted works of art. Detailed design exercises, plus illustrated discussions on every step of the design process. Stunning photos of previously unpublished quilts.

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Simple Start Stunning Finish

15 hip, quick-to-make quilts that get dramatic results from simple shapes and large-scale prints. Color inspirations from tradional to trendy, soft to spicy. Learn from Valori's secrets of successful quiltmaking, color and fabric selection, design, piecing and applique techniques, and more..

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Points of View: Landscape Quilts to Stitch and Embellish

Step into your own gorgeous landscape scenes by using the incredible texture, color, and pattern that fabric provides. No tricky technical techniques in this book - simplicity is the goal in these artful, small-scale representations of nature's scenery. Nine step-by-step projects feature easy elements that focus on fabric. Embellish with beads, embroidery, applique, fabric paints, watercolor pencils, and more. Includes full size patterns, plus advice on mounting and framing.

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Caliente Quilts

Do colorful, hand-woven fabrics tempt you, but you can't figure out how to us them in your quilts? Look no further! Guatemalan quilt designer Priscilla Bianchi shares with you the secrets for using vibrant fabrics to create beautiful quilts bursting with life and color. The book includes: instructions for quilting with ethnic, hand woven fabrics as well as colorful commercial fabrics, instructions for creating 10 vibrant projects from wall hangings to bed quilts.

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Claire's cats Volume 2

For those of you who just can't get enough cats! Limited number of signed copies from the author available.

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Build It Up: A Quilter's Dollhouse

Paper piece your own dream house!! Blueprints come complete with 4 floors of paper pieced rooms and furnishings, attached garage, and sewing room. Customize each room with your favorite fabrics. This would make an adorable quilt for that special little girl in your life or in you.

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Plush-O-Rama

This book, which is subtitled "Curious Creatures for Immature Adults", has turned out to be one of our favorites. It teaches you how to make charming but strange toys from all kinds of fabrics. They are guaranteed to bring a smile even on your worst days.

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Anna Griffin's Elegant Stitching book has sewing patterns for beautiful quilts, decorative pillows and stylish handbags.

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Trish Burr's Long and Short Stitch Embroidery contains an exceptional array of embroidered flowers brought to life by the use of carefully
selected threads and an intuitive use of simple stitches. Comprehensive instructions carefully guide the reader so that these highly realistic floral displays can be mastered.

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Color for the Terrified Quilter will take the mystery out of color. Plain talk, simple lessons, and 11 projects are shown in this wonderful book. Find lighthearted text, clear illustrations, and beautiful photos to learn about color in easy-to-understand language.

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Ruth B. McDowell's newest book, Piecing Workshop has a step-by-step visual guide that teaches Ruth's unique piecing techniques that virtually guarantee the ability to piece almost anything.

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	The Impatient Patchworker is full of projects that are quick, clever, and elegant. Using patchwork patterns and techniques, you can create beautiful items for home and wardrobe. To see this book, a sample and for more details click here.
	This brand new book from Karen Eckmeier will help you build the village of your dreams! Let your imagination run wild as you explore the freedom of raw-edge fabric collage to create something truly unique. To see this book, Karen Eckmeier's sample and for more details click here.
	Make stunning quilts you never thought possible! Detailed instructions for perfect paper piecing are generously illustrated with how-to photos, allowing you to create complex-looking patterns that go together quickly and accurately. To see our books and a few more details click here.

	Even though this book is not exactly new, Judy Doenias’ fabulous sample made us take another look at it. The book contains 7 new projects from Piece O' Cake Designs, with up-to-date interpretations of favorite, classic quilts. To see our books and a few more details click here. To see Judy's sample for the "Every Day Best" class which is based on a quilt from this book, click here.
	Expand your quilting horizons with award-winning quiltmaker Vikke Pignatelli as she shows you how to apply improvisational methods that incorporate dimension & texture in your quilts. Patterns included to help you begin your quest for artistic freedom. To see our books and a few more details click here.
	Women have been piecing their fabric collections into quilts, using thousands of pieces, since the early 19th Century. This book combines primary and secondary source newspaper accounts of their industrious needlework with illustrations of these amazing quilts. To see our books and a few more details click here.

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