The Calico Cat - Quilting Books

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Strippin' Time
Project of the Month

by J. Jane Mitchell and Patsy Padgett

Do you long for small projects that are easy to accomplish and look fabulous when finished?

Quilters love to make practical things that spruce up their sewing areas. This book is chock-full of great projects ... place mats, aprons table runner, wall hangings and carry-alls. There is even a colorful cover for your ironing board. With a nifty project for every month of the year, your creativity will keep on flowing.

Travel to you next quilter's retreat in style with a convenient OTT-LITE carry bag that shows off your love for strip piecing. Un-clutter your work space with brightly colored fabric containers. You will even find a wearable "Jey Roll" pin.

At home set an inviting table with place mats and coaster that celebrate the holidays. Enjoy the freshness of Spring with a flower basket wall hanging and complement your winter decor with a merry mantle topper.

So, rev up your sewing machine and enjoy the energy that flows from these fabulous projects.

Check out our pages with Jelly Rolls and Charm Packs!

$ 19.99

Artful Blogging Magazine
Spring 2008 Edition

Visually Inspiring Online Journals

Immerse yourself in some of the most artistically composed weblogs around, overflowing with heartfelt journaling enhanced by beautiful photography, colorful graphics, poetry, and more! Whether you are new to blogging or manage your own blogs already, you are sure to find inspiration in the beauty, reality and perspectives shared from the pages of these creative blogs.

$ 14.99

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Make Your First Quilt

with M'Liss Rae Hawley

Get started quilting FAST with this handy portable guide.

- Beginner's Step-by-Step Guide
- 9 Fabulous Blocks
- Tips & Techniques

- Learning to quilt is easy with this handy reference guide full of M'Liss' tips and time-saving techniques.
- Lots of helpful how-to photos you'll refer to again and again
- Portable, purse-sized book opens flat so it's easy to use while you work
- Make 9 easy blocks, each one a traditional favorite, then turn the blocks into a charming sampler quilt (Bonus! Make a matching pillow or a quick 4-block quilt)
- Detailed shopping list includes all the materials you need to complete the quilt, including basic quilting supplies and the specific fabrics.

~~$ 16.95~~

$ 13.59 Special

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You're Invited
Quilts and Homes to Inspire

by Barb Adams & Alma Allen

You are invited into three very special homes. Step inside with us, into places that celebrate art, collections and creativity. The authors have designed and gathered quilts and projects that borrow from the wealth of ideas that their three friends share. You are sure to be inspired with new ways of thinking about home and art.

$ 25.95

$ 19.99 Special

Quilts Through the Camera's Eye

by Terry Clothier Thompson

Terry Clothier Thompson combines her passion for historical quilts with her talent for recreating those quilts with today's fabrics and time saving sewing methods. This time her inspiration comes from a collection of vintage c.1900-1930 photographs from the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, in Springdale, Arkansas... wonderful images of people posing for the camera with their special quilt as a frame.

From these photos, Terry has recreated six vintage quilts with reproduction fabric and modern sewing techniques for contemporary quilters. Five pieced and one appliquéd, these quilts were family treasures, worthy of being preserved with a photograph.

$ 16.95

Midwest Modern

by Amy Butler

A complete lifestyle book, encompassing fashion, interiors, and gardens

Attention, design and style mavens! There’s a lot more to America than just the east and west coasts. Today, innovative American design—in clothing, home decor, even gardening—is emerging from the Midwest. So lay your bicoastal biases aside, and let Amy Butler show you what’s happening in the heartland.

Helping her fans jumpstart their own creative spark is Butler’s fashion credo, and her approach has won her a huge following. Her “Mid Mod” philosophy—neither homespun nor haute couture—is as up to the minute as it is firmly rooted in Midwest tradition. Emphasizing simplicity and integrity of craft, Butler is passionate about recycling materials, reinventing vintage looks, and taking joy in the homemade. Her approach—drawing its inspiration from the natural world and the lives of real people—is organic in every sense of the word.

Amy Butler’s Midwest Modern brings the many aspects of its author’s vision into focus, from re-imagining the home as a retreat for relaxation and dreaming, to picturing the body as a canvas for creating one’s personal style, to looking to nature as a “sketchbook” for design ideas. Vibrantly illustrated, the book underscores design’s practical side, with information on budgeting money and time, a shopping resources list, and “how-to” projects in every chapter.

$ 35.00

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The Sewing Stitch & Textile Bible

by Lorna Knight

An invaluable resource for sewers of all abilities, this guide offers practical help with all of the essential hand and machine sewing techniques, from stitches and fastenings to fabrics and seams.

- Beginners will find instruction in basic skills, guided by clear photographs and diagrams. Advanced sewers will find new applications for their sewing skills.
- A comprehensive Stitch Directory features functional and decorative stitches created by hand, sewing machine, and serger.
- A Textile Directory provides information on working with over 70 fabrics, from delicate chiffon and lace to heavy-duty denim, and tips on suitable stitches and spplications.

$ 29.99

It's Hip to be Square
Becoming a Confident Quilter

by Debbie Caffrey

Taking the mystery out of great quilts!

Provides complete understanding of the specific topic and skills described within each one, and show you how to apply what you learn. By teaching the processes of quilting, Debbie hopes to create a new class of confident, enthusiastic quilters. Her desire is to teach you to quilt and give you confidence to make the quilts you want to make, not just how to read a pattern and duplicate a quilt that someone else has designed. Take control of your quilts!

$ 15.99

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Happy Villages

by Karen Eckmeirer

Step into a Fabric Collage Adventure! Build the Village of your dreams!

Let your imagination run wild as you explore the freedom of raw-edge fabric collage! No seams to sew, no points to match.

Fabrics are lightly glue-basted then machine-stitched with a layer of tulle. Step-by-step, your village will magically come to life.

- A 16" x 16" project you can create in a day.
- 12 variations offered - Seasonal, International, Whimsical, etc.
- Steps + Rooftops + Windows = Village
- Experience the spontaneity of fabric collage
- Be inspired by real-life villages or create your dreamworld village
- Use cottons, silks, rayons, ployesters, gold lame, etc.
- Ten colors will determine the personality of your village
- Each village is a one of a kind creation

$ 16.95

$ 13.59 Special

Come to the Fair

by Edie McGinnis

Quilts that Celebrate State Fair Traditions

It's feasts on a stick, bleating sheep, carnival barkers and butter heads. It's city folks face-to-face with doe-eyed cows, country kids showing off their pet projects, grandstand pageantry and, best of all, a showcase of quilting talent. Come to the Fair celebrates fairtime with nine quilts that capture the heart and cotton-candy soul of some of the Midwest's favorite fairs - pus advice from fair quilt judges to help you sew a blue-ribbon winner of your own!

$ 25.95