Books Featuring Quilting Techniques
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Pieced Curves So Simple -The 6-Minute Circle and Other Time-Saving Delights by Dale Fleming

A fast, easy, painless technique that really works for machine-sewing curves and circles.
Try out the techniques on six great projects and learn design-as-you-go techniques bring out your creativity and make your own patterns....  80 pgs - #bk10400  - $24.95

Quilts Without Corners by Cheryl Phillips

New patterns for 10° & 9° Wedge Rulers. Just sew strips of fabric into sets. Cut wedges from these strip sets. Sew the wedges together. A WHOLE LOT EASIER THAN IT LOOKS! Add batting & backing: then quilt by hand or machine & you're finished. Six basic designs with 14 variations to choose from.
#BKpfa03- $16.95
10° ruler

Discover fascinating new Faux Chenille™ techniques, such as incorporating ribbons, trims, and fabric scraps for one-of-a-kind chenille fabrics.  Nine gorgeous Faux Chenille projects include wall quilts, pillows, rugs, and wearables.  Discover techniques for strip weaving, dyeing, and appliquéing cottons, muslin, and pre-quilted fabrics for unique textural effects. 112 pgs -
#bkb394 - $26.95

Combine easy strip piecing with clever cutting, rearranging, and sewing again......
kind of bargello and stack'n'whack all combined..... 5 really different projects with detailed (thank goodness!) directions and lots of pictures. 80 pages - #BK10309 - $23.95

The fuse, fold, and stitch method using fusible grid. makes this quick and fool-proof. Directions for choosing fabrics and cutting pieces as well as complete directions to make 13 scenic watercolor-style quilts. 111 pgs. #BKB393 - $26.95

Use your inkjet printer create your own printed fabrics, repair antique quilts, make custom quilt labels, and take full advantage of today’s technology.  12 quilt and accessory projects make the most of your photos and graphics. Complete, step-by-step instructions with lots of how-to photos make this easy enough for beginning computer users and quilters.  64 pgs
 #bk10381 - $17.95

Ricky Tims' Convergence Quilts
by Ricky Tims

 Convergence quilts feature two or more fabrics cut into strips, sewn together, then cut and pieced again. Nothing could be simpler - or more magical! Ricky Tim offers lots of creative guidelines but no hard-and-fast rules, so every Convergence quilt is a unique work of art. The book includes  4 projects to walk you through the steps of making Convergence quilts. These are really fast and easy - I actually use the simplest one to test how fabrics will play with each other. 80 pgs.... #bk10327 - $23.95

Flower Pounding - Quilt Projects for All Ages
by Ann Frischkorn & Amy Sandrin

Learn easy methods for transferring pigment from fresh flowers directly onto specially treated muslin.  Flower pounding is fun and easy for all age groups! There are  9 projects and a gallery of 40 inspiring quilts to spark your creativity. This is fun and interesting...... but a little hard to explain to the neighbours! 80 pgs
#bk10228 - $22.95

Strip•Easy
by Christiane Meunier

Streamline the cutting and piecing process while making the great quilts in this book. Strip-piecing makes it surprisingly easy to create a wide variety of designs composed of simple strips. But the real beauty of this technique is that great results don't rely on your scrutinizing every measurement. 32 pgs. #bkch100172 - $16.95

I love this stuff. You do the piecing and quilting one block at a time. No more quilt tops hanging around unfinished and haunting you... And the quilt on the back can be completely different than the one on the front. Good illustrations and explanations of the technique as well as directions for 10 projects. #BKB534 - $26.95

More Reversible Quilts by Sharon Pederson

Create an exciting design on the front and a completely different design on the back of quilts with all-new patterns and expanded techniques. Make twice the quilts in half the time with 10 projects that are quilted at the same time they are pieced. Join blocks with simple sashing strips-perfect for quilters short on time or space. #BKb668 - $24.95
 

I like tricks.... Make some simple nine patches..... cut them up, turn the pieces around and sew them together...... to get all kinds of new blocks very easily....Seven neat quilts to do this way.#BKASN4200 - $10.50

#BKAQS6207 - $16.95

This is the magic tiles or pointless wonder technique explained and expanded. Stack a bunch of fabrics, slice them into different shapes, shuffle them and sew them back together. Initially an easy way to do a crazy quilt but the book also explores them as borders or backgrounds. 17 projects and lots of ideas... #BK561 - $28.75 Cdn.
 

Four quilts, a vest, a bag and a pillow... all done by sewing layered fabric together then washing to get soft fuzzy chenille seams. The quilts in this book don't have batting which makes them ideal for denim or denim/flannel combinations.

#BKFC6106 - $18

I love seminole style piecing... . it's quick, easy, flashy yet classic. This book lays out the technique well and has directions for 36 Seminole band designs and 13 quilts to use them in....... 102 pages - #BKQD2647 - $32.25 Cdn.

This is a must have companion to the Lazy Angle Ruler (which I also consider a must have!). But even if you don't have the ruler.... templates are included...#BKLGD - 24.95
Order both and save - just $40 cdn.

This is the companion book for the Flying Geese x 4 No Math Ruler but will certainly work for flying geese units done by whatever method you prefer..... A step by step guide to 150 flying geese block designs..... A good block reference book.
#BKLGD801 - $23.95

Bargello Quilts
by Marge EdieThey look spectacular but are actually quite easy to do .... lots of strip piecing. The book will show you how... starting with a few really easy projects and working up to more challenging ones.

 #BKB194 -$19.95

Peeled-Back Patchwork- Curves Without Piecing
by Annette Ornelas

Learn how to add curves to your quilts the easy way by inserting folded pieces between seams, and gently peeling them back to reveal shaped secondary designs. The diverse quilt patterns are arranged in order of difficulty, so that quilters are gradually introduced to this new technique. You will be intrigued by bed and wall quilts such as Patriotic Stars, Beaded Primrose, and Enchanted Rose Garden. The techniques require no more than accurate cutting, some folding, and sewing 1/4 inch seams, so anyone can achieve attractive flowing design elements.  112 p - #bkaqs6516 - $21.95