Quiltmaking, Patchwork & Applique
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Heirloom Quilt Designs for Today
Schiffer£22.99| /Over 210 beautiful color images display, and text describes, traditional quilt designs and their contemporary counterparts, all produced on modern ...
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HERstory Quilts
Schiffer£31.99| /A long-overdue tribute to a selection of women who have shaped history through herstory, this rich collection of 108 mixed-media fiber art pieces c...
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Hmong Story Cloths
Schiffer£31.99| /Hmong story cloths provide a visual documentation of the historical and cultural legacy of the Hmong people from the country of Laos. The Hmong fir...
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Inspiration Kantha
Schiffer£22.99| /Kanthas, embroidered fabrics traditionally created by the women of northern India and Bangladesh, capture culture, history, and stitching creativit...
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Inspired by Elvis
Schiffer£27.99| /Fiber artists honor Elvis Presley in a collection that is as unique as the King of Rock and Roll himself. The art quilts celebrate his songs, movie...
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Inspired by Endangered Species
Schiffer£31.99| /Lively, colorful, and skillfully made fabric portraits of 182 endangered species bring them to real, vibrant life. Each portrait features fascinati...
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Inspired by the Beatles
Schiffer£27.99| /To commemorate the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles first visit to the United States, 150 artists chose a different Beatles song to portray as a 24"...
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Inspired by the National Parks
Schiffer£31.99| /A colorful celebration of the 59 US National Parks, this collection of 177 original art quilts depicts the widely varying landscapes, flora, and fa...
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Japanese Contemporary Quilts and Quilters
Schiffer£31.99| /Discover how quilting came to be a favorite pastime for an estimated 3 million quilters in Japan today, as well as a multimillion-dollar business. ...
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Let's Get Creative With Quilt Labels
Schiffer£18.99| /Every quilt has a story: Who made it and why? When was it made? What inspired the quilt? A well-designed label answers those questions and enhances...
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Magic & Memories
Schiffer£27.99| /Once a year, tens of thousands undergo a pilgrimage to Houston, Texas, for the International Quilt Festival—an enormous confluence of exhibitions, ...
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Making the Lancaster Diamond Sampler
Schiffer£36.99| /The Lancaster Diamond Sampler was made by one anonymous person, referred to as "Fanny's friend." Fanny S. Bucher and her friend were sharing fabric...
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Mary's Garden Quilt
Schiffer£22.99| /Plants have had symbolic as well as utilitarian meanings since the beginning of civilization. Mary's Garden was a place of beauty and pleasure, dat...
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New Directions
Schiffer£20.99| /This high-powered mix for all who make and appreciate contemporary art quilting begins the creativity-inspiring series Exploring Art Quilts with SA...
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New Quilts
Schiffer£13.99| /This features full color images and explanatory captions for the 82 quilts juried into Quilt National '89, the sixth in a series of biennial intern...
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OURstory Quilts
Schiffer£31.99| /Today’s renewed interest in our basic rights has become part of popular culture and breaking news, and this colorful new way to approach human righ...
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Peace by Piece
Boulder Publications£23.99| /Quilted images from the First World War, many created by descendants of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, are depicted in book form and for display ...
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Pennsylvania Patchwork Pillowcases & Other Small Treasures
Schiffer£27.99| /The German immigrants to Southeastern Pennsylvania developed a rich and very colorful quilting heritage after they arrived in America. This book fo...
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Play-of-Color Quilting
Schiffer£22.99| /The energy, bold accents, and contrasts speak for themselves in these 24 projects. In the friendly, you-can-do-it tone that is her trademark, Germa...
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Quilted Leather
Schiffer£27.99| /Using her award-winning art, Cathy Wiggins takes you step by step through the fundamentals of creating with leather on any sewing machine. Whether ...
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Quilting News of Yesteryear
Schiffer£23.99| /Since the early nineteenth century women have been using their fabric collections to make quilts, often using thousands of pieces in a single quilt...
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Quilting News of Yesteryear
Schiffer£23.99| /From the early 1880s through the second quarter of the twentieth century, American women made crazy quilts in colossal numbers. The velvets, satins...
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Quilting Traditions
Schiffer£27.99| /Quilts are bold and beautiful, treasured by family members, valued by museums and collectors, and exciting to view. Exceptional quilts were produce...
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Quilting with Doilies
Schiffer£15.99| /Beautiful vintage doilies are given new life in contemporary quilts and sewing projects. Beginning with an explanation of the various types of doil...
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Quiltings, Frolicks, & Bees
Schiffer£27.99| /Historically, societies of women gathering together for the purpose of quiltmaking have been referred to as quiltings, frolicks, and bees. This boo...
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Quilts
Schiffer£27.99| /Quilting history encompasses much more than the final product--it is also the story of the people (women, men, girls, and boys) who lovingly stitch...
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Quilts and Quiltmakers Covering Connecticut
Schiffer£27.99| /As one of the thirteen original colonies, Connecticut made unique contributions to the development of America's textile industry. Until now, howeve...
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Quilts in Everyday Life, 1855-1955
Schiffer£31.99| /The history of quilts, their makers, and usage is an important part of our country's heritage presented here in full detail through 330 vintage pho...
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Quilts of Chestnut Ridge: Autumn at the Courthouse
Schiffer£18.99| /Push the envelope of your quilting skills and learn how to combine two traditional patterns, Autumn Leaf and Courthouse Steps, using non-traditiona...
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Quilts of Cumberland County
Schiffer£31.99| /View 170 quilts that were in homes and collections in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and learn about the county's role as a crossroads in our nat...
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Quilts of the Oregon Trail
Schiffer£27.99| /Between 1840 and 1870, thousands of women arrived in the Pacific Northwest by way of the Oregon Trail. This migration or "leave taking" was a life-...
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Quilts of Valor
Schiffer£22.99| /When the Quilts of Valor Foundation was founded in 2003, its mission was to cover our nation's military touched by war—that is, to cover them with ...
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Quilts of Virginia 1607-1899
Schiffer£27.99| /This new book anticipates Virginia’s 400th anniversary in 2007 by presenting over 270 beautiful historic quilts and ephemera in over 430 color and ...
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Quilts Presidential and Patriotic
Schiffer£36.99| /Throughout our country's history, quiltmakers have honored America's presidents in their quiltmaking. Featuring more than 330 images with insightfu...
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Ralli Quilts
Schiffer£27.99| /This book tells the story of a fascinating quilting tradition found in southern Pakistan and neighboring western India. These quilts, called ralli,...
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Recycled Hexie Quilts
Schiffer£18.99| /More than 140 color images, with both traditional and contemporary designs, show how vintage hexagon textile fragments can be repurposed and fashio...
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Scrap Happy Quilts from Georgia Bonesteel
Schiffer£27.99| /Get inspired with the Grande Dame of American quilting! Georgia Bonesteel, the creator and host of PBS's Lap Quilting, shares updated methods for m...
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Southern Quilts
Schiffer£27.99| /In more than 270 color images, hundreds of quilts, juxtaposed for the first time, celebrate and explore the South's rich quilting history. Quilt ex...
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The Fiona Quilt Block
Schiffer£18.99| /Two rectangles,14 projects, endless possibilities. The Fiona block, named for the author's granddaughter, is the basis for creating a virtually inf...
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The History of the Patchwork Quilt
Schiffer£15.99| /The origins, traditions and symbolism of patchwork in clothing and quilts are explored from multi-national examples over the past 500 years. This c...
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The Quilt
Schiffer£9.99| /The Quilt presents a comprehensive and stimulating look at the best in contemporary quilting through 84 color plates of quilts selected for the Qui...
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The Quilting Experience
Schiffer Craft£36.99| /12 quilt block designs to craft your personal story quilt, plus shared quilter stories and more quilting projects, in this community-themed quiltin...
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Trip Around the World: A Country Quilt Block Travelogue
Schiffer£22.99| /Inspired by their work for the Centennial Olympic Games, Georgia's quiltmakers, under the auspices of the Georgia Quilt Project, have created vibra...
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Twisted
Schiffer£18.99| /This full-color description of the creation of 22 quilts gives contemporary quilters fresh ideas for injecting their works with energy from repurpo...
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Visioning Human Rights in the New Millennium
Schiffer£31.99| /A powerful way to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, this book reminds us of its impact and each of its...
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World War I Quilts
Schiffer£36.99| /Quiltmaking in the 1910s can be best described as the convergence of the quilt styles of the late nineteenth century with the new innovations of th...
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