Stitch a scrap-friendly quilt and pillow inspired by Jennifer Sampou’s travels to Thailand. Pair paper-pieced and appliquéd motifs with a background of easy-to-sew strips. Gender-neutral and customizable, this artistically modern design is a definite showpiece. The full-size pattern includes complete instructions to make a quilt and a matching pillow. Proceeds from the sale of this pattern will be donated to Elephant Nature Park in Thailand whose mission is to provide a rescue and rehabilitation center for elephants.

Go beyond basic scrap quilts with this guide to turning fabric bits snips into striking modern art quilts—featuring 8 quick and easy projects. In Scrappy Bits Applique, fabric designer and quilt artist Shannon Brinkley shares her secrets to putting sewing room scraps to use. With her easy stitching and collage techniques, she shows how simplicity can produce dramatic results. Shannon’s “scrappy” approach to quilting uses a fast raw-edged technique. With step-by-step instructions, she teaches you how to intuitively choose, cut, and sew bits of fabric to create a collage of unique images and textures. Included are eight engaging quilt projects to try out your new skills.

More than 28,000 quilters have sewn along with the Splendid Sampler community online. Now Pat Sloan and Jane Davidson return with 100 all-new block patterns to inspire quilters all over the world, all over again! Choose blocks designed by Pat and Jane plus superstar quilters Lissa Alexander, Carrie Nelson, Jenny Doan, Susan Ache, Betsy Chutchian, and many more. Blocks made with patchwork, applique, embroidery, and paper piecing provide plenty of opportunities to try new techniques. You'll discover fun ideas for arranging your blocks in a gallery of sampler quilts. Share your progress online and experience the joys of quilting with this "Splendid" community of quilters!

Sew modern quilts that illuminate your life with the help of gorgeous ombré fabrics. In this book, designer Jennifer Sampou shows you how to make ombré fabric work for you, with six brilliant quilt projects featuring her Sky Collection fabric. Easy large-scale piecing shows the entire ombré gradation, while smaller-pieced quilts let colors dance and glow in hundreds of hues, tints, and tones! With a single fabric containing subtle shifts from pale to dark, color feels exciting and new again. Take advantage of digitally-printed yardage that’s now widely available, with hundreds of colors printed on a single yard.

Let your favorite fabrics take center stage on this trendy, one-block raw-edge appliqué quilt. Best-selling fabric designer Jennifer Sampou’s eye-catching pattern includes complete instructions and tips for adding your own signature style. Learn new techniques as you expertly piece an eight-pointed star and skinny border. Fuse the giant LeMoyne Star to a pieced pinwheel background for a dramatic finish.

Bring some good luck along with a little bit of whimsy to your home or that of a loved one with these fun projects featuring gnomes. Find playful designs for all rooms of the house including projects for the kitchen, sewing room, holidays, or a special gift.

Create and customize fun, stylish bags with these projects using paper piecing, from the author of Sew Magical. With all they do for us, don’t purses deserve to have a little fun? Sew 6 easy bags for your everyday life, each featuring an adorable 8? paper-pieced block. Add an airplane pocket to your travel bag or a fancy fox to your drawstring tote—just sew by number and have fun watching the images appear! Use any block with any bag, and save some extra blocks for fun quilts, pillows, or potholders—you’ll make an endless array of personalized gifts for friends and family. Paper piece with less waste thanks to the author’s time-saving tips! • Pick your bag and pick your block for playful totes with paper-pieced blocks in 96 combinations • Bags so cute, you can’t make just one! Sew 6 versatile projects from a market tote to a messenger bag • Personalize your bags with 16 crazy-cute paper-pieced blocks—each with full-size templates