The Calico Cat - Quilting Books

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A~Z of Quilting Book

A complete manual for the beginner through to the advanced quilter.

At last, the book every quilter has been waiting for! Whether you have never held a needle or have been creating heirlooms for decades, this remarkable book has something for you. It is filled with almost 900 full-color step-by-step photographs that cover every aspect of creating a beautiful and unique quilt.

- How to prepare your fabric and transfer your designs.
- How to create the quilt top with a vast array of different techniques to choose from, such as piecing, patchwork, appliqué, embroidery, beading tucking ruching and slashing.
- How to assemble a quilt top.
- How to quilt by hand and by machine as well as specialty techniques such as trapunto, echo quilting, corded quilting and tufting.
- How to make binding and bind your quilt with a variety of different methods and looks.

$ 27.99

Strip-Favorites

by Suzanne McNeill

8 Easy Quilts

You probably have an extensive library of quilt books, magazines, and patterns. So why do you need this one? Because it's stuffed with irresistable, innovative, gotta-have designs and it offers something for everybody!

A quick look at the index reveals six new houses, snowmen that will melt your heart, everyone's favorite flowers, and innovative treatments for block borders. Update the traditional checkerboard with wonderful surrounds, glitz up yours use of half-square triangles with a trio of new border treatments and create a holiday poinsettia quilt that blossoms with cheer.

$ 18.99

Big Blocks, Big Quilts

by Suzanne McNeill

11 Easy Quilts with 'Layer Cake' 10" x 10" Squares

Quilts designed with these big blocks make up quickly!

The colors are always beautiful together and create the handmade scrappy look that is so popular today.

$ 18.99

You Did What??
With My T-Shirts!

by Judy Bobbitt and Katie Reed

In an age when every event is commemorated with at T-shirt, it is only fitting that they be cherished and saved for years. What do you do with them when you no longer want to wear them but just cannot throw them away? Well, one way is to make these wonderful pieces of the past into a quilt. Whether you have a few or a bunch, we hope these patterns will inspire you to dig those long forgotten T-shirts from your wardrobe and give them a fitting place in your very own T-shirt quilt.

$ 20.99

The Quilter's Edge

by Darlene Zimmerman

Borders, Bindings and Finishing Touches.

This book will become your favorite reference tool as you create a quilt collection that will impress your family, friends and fellow quilters. Trust Darlene's solutions to resolve your quilting quandaries about borders, sashes, block settings and bindings.

- More than 150 full-color photos and illustrations.
- Clear step-by-step instructions.
- Techniques to determine block size and setting options.
- Easy edge how-to's to create perfect prairie points, curves, notches and scallops.
- A bias binding table to determine yardage at a glance.

$ 22.99

My Red Sofa

by Atkinson Designs

Five simple fat quarter projects that are perfect for every season and any mood. And guess what? They all look great with my Red Sofa!

$ 13.99

The Quilters Ultimate Visual Guide

by Ellen Pahl

From A to Z - hundreds of tips and techniques for successful quiltmaking. Basic techniques, hard to find information on specialized techniques, reviews of tools and supplies, basic quilt types explained and illustrated, definitions of terms, creativity and inspiration.

$ 19.95

Welsh Quilting Pattern & Design Handbook
by Marjorie Horton

$ 24.95

Borders & Finishing Touches 2

by Bonnie K. Browning

A variety of designs and techniques take your quilt from ordinary to prizewinner!

- No math, no measuring. An easy paper-folding technique makes your pieced, appliquéd, or quilted borders fit your quilt perfectly! Use the "calculators" for cutting butted and mitered borders and try a clever marking method for perfect mitered corners every time!
- 18 border patterns in an assortment of designs are a worthy sequel to the first book. Novelty bindings, scalloped edges, and continuous Prairie Points will help make a grand finale for your quilt.
- Over 175 how-to photographs provide a valuable reference for every level of quilter. Contains step-by-step illustrations that walk you through every detail of many different types of borders and finishing touches.
- Windmill twisted log cabin pattern. Enjoy the full-size quilt pattern for this popular quilt design originally seen on HGTV's Simply Quilts.

$ 22.95

Borders, Bindings & Edges

by Sally Collins

- Advice on planning, cutting, stitching, and attaching pieced, appliquéd, and whole-fabric borders.
- Learn to make bias binding, piped finishes, scalloped edges, and more.

$ 27.95

Creative Serging Book

by Pati Palmer, Gail Brown, Sue Green

The complete handbook for decorative overlock sewing.

Creative Serging takes you beyond the basics. Tensions can be adjusted for decorative edges, heavy threads, yarns and ribbons. Learn to create the look of bound edges and rolled edge for scarves and napkins. Color block with flatlocked seams. And heirloom sewing is no longer a time-consuming, nearly-lost art. This new Third Edition has been revised and updated to incorporate the latest in decorative serging options.

$ 11.95

Start Quilting with Alex Anderson

by Alex Anderson

Six projects for first time quilters.

$ 12.95

The Quilter's Pocket Reference Book
by Peggy Scholley
An easy guide to yardage and more! This book is filled with all the information you need to determine the yardage for your next quilt plus more! Everything is presented in easy-to-use charts and instructions. A life saver!
$ 9.29

Quick-Look Guide
Caring for Fabric & Quilts

by Harriet Hargrave

This leaflet covers laundry care, needle/thread reference chart, thread count, lightfastness, crocking, chlorinefastness, alkali, shrinkage colorfastness, prewashing, etc. Alot of good useful information in here.

$ 7.95