What do a quilter, a homeless veteran and the stage mother of a riding student have in common? They all want a disabled lecherous riding teacher dead. The Miller Hill Equestrian Center is the last place Harriet Truman and the Loose Threads want to spend the cold months of winter but when the Center’s manager asks them to sew decorative quilted saddle blankets for an upcoming show, they can’t refuse. They soon find themselves in the middle of the mix and once more trying to unstitch a murder

Quilt first, add color later! This remarkable process will have quilters making wholecloth quilts in an entirely new way. The vibrant and exquisite coloration of these quilts is stunning. Amazingly, it takes only simple tools and easily mastered techniques to achieve the same results for yourself. Everything needed for this colorful process is clearly explained. Start with plain cloth, free-motion quilt your designs, then color and shade the motifs and background areas for a breathtaking new look. You'll love the unique quilts you can make with Irena's guidance!

Helps quilters to choose colors that work well together.

Forget the dry color theory! This guide is fun, conversational, practical, and beautifully inspiring. The one-of-a-kind resource for modern quilters includes hands-on exercises with a true workbook approach to help evaluate color choices. A 150-color swatch card is included.

Karla Alexander is back with exciting new designs to delight her many fans! Now you can broaden your quilting repertoire by combining Karla's stacking and shuffling methods with even more techniques. Choose from 16 projects in a wide range of styles, from "Blue Moon" and "Window Box" to "Somersault." Make the most of today's fabrics with these contemporary quilts--the stunning designs look far more complicated than they actually are.

Contains lessons designed to help quilters use unrelated fabrics in one quilt, enrich a two-color quilt by using other colors and hues, design a quilt inspired by a favorite photo, painting, or decorative object, create an abstract quilt based on a memory picture.

This guide, from the team that wrote the bestselling "Last-Minute Knitted Gifts," features 30 patchwork and quilted projects organized according to the amount of time it takes to complete them.