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Master the art of wool appliqué with this step-by-step guide featuring a range of projects by some of today's top designers. From traditional pincushions to playful embellishments on a contemporary blue jean jacket, this delightful book offers something for everyone. The 16 featured projects present a full range of challenges for all skill levels, whether you want to try wool appliqué for the first time or you're an experienced wool fanatic. Projects...

Let your creativity take flight with eight whimsical projects inspired by the beautiful butterflies of the Amazon rainforest. Discover new quilting inspiration-from Ecuador's Tiputini Biodiversity Research Station in the Amazon rainforest, where designer Felicia Brenoe was, mesmerized by the sights that surrounded her, especially the butterflies. With this book, you can sew eight projects that capture nature's beauty, beginning with the magnificent...

Are you drawn to bold, graphic, large-scale prints, but you're not sure how to use them in a quilt? Discover just how easy it is to let fabric prints do the design work and sew wild, joyful, colorful quilts! These 10 original projects will teach you how to mix-andmatch your favorite large-scale prints, novelties, and panels with other colorful fabrics.

Transform ordinary artist canvas into an embroidered masterpiece! With easy-to-learn stitches, your embroidery needle becomes a paintbrush. Get your feet wet with small art pieces and step-by-step techniques for stitching on stretched canvas. Gather supplies to add appliqué, acrylic paint, fibers, beads, and even mirrors to your mixed-media pieces! Get tips on how to finish and display canvas embroidery art, with an extensive project gallery for...

Create 20 charming projects perfect for your lifestyle using patchwork, applique and embroidery techniques, all illustrated by pattern and fabric designer Verna Mosquera. -Publisher.

Does your appliqué need a little attitude adjustment? Becky Goldsmith and Linda Jenkins of Piece O' Cake Designs come to your rescue with creative new projects using bold stitching in contrasting colors of perle cotton thread. Mix & match full-size templates for bright, cheerful quilts and home décor. Give tradition a little twist and add a happy, carefree layer of color and texture to your work. Use this quick needleturn technique to add a touch...

Happy, bold, and whimsical! Sew house-themed quilts to welcome you home. Best-selling author Erica Kaprow shares three new medallion quilts with playful pieced backgrounds and perky applique. Using a mix of cotton and wool fabrics, you'll hand stitch houses, flowers, vines, and more. Basic applique instructions and full-size patterns are included. With each border, you'll fall more in love with the these textural quilts infused with colour!