A complete guide to learning how to make a pieced quilt backing both with fabric scraps and yardage Features 30 back quilt designs organized by type of fabrics used – 15 designs use scraps of varying sizes and 15 designs use stash and yardage Also includes 18 downloadable quilt front patterns that coordinate with all 30 back designs Contains extensive finishing instructions, as well as overviews on the quilt back basics, basting, and more Author Kelly Young is the author of Scrappy Improv Quilting, as well as a pattern designer, quilt teacher, member of the Memphis Area Quilt Guild, and owner of My Quilt Infatuation

Infuse your quilts with love--how to add your personal story and more meaning to your handmade quilts. In Wise Craft Quilts, celebrated quilt designer and crafter Blair Stocker shares ways to use cherished fabrics to make quilts with more meaning. Each of the twenty-one quilts featured here gathers a special collection of fabric, outlines a new technique, and spins a story. By using special fabrics as the starting point for each project—from a wedding dress to baby’s first clothes, worn denim, Tyvek race numbers, and more—the finished quilt is made even more special. Create quilts that have a story to tell and you’ll find a whole new level of appreciation for what they represent in your life and the lives of the ones you love.

Discover an unexpected two-for-one twist in these beautiful quilts Create an exciting design on the front side and a completely different design on the back side. Plus, construction is quick and easy because these projects are quilted at the same time they are pieced. It's like making twice the quilt in half the time Choose from 10 gorgeous, two-sided quilts that are easy enough for beginners, yet flexible enough for lots of design possibilitiesQuilt projects in small segments and join with simple sashing strips--perfect if you're short on time or spaceUse this innovative technique with pieced and appliqued quilts

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 your own machine-pieced quilt masterpiece! Inspired by the stunning mosaic floors of the Truro Cathedral in England, Jean has developed piecing techniques for everyone to re-create those fabulous designs in fabric. Her clear, step-by-step instructions will guide the quiltmaker through the entire process. Starting with a simple star design, Jean shows you how to draft directly onto freezer paper and mark, number, and use the pattern to sew perfectly matched pieces. Nine stunning projects ranging from simple to detailed and from small to large are designed to appeal to quilters of all skill levels. Using Jean's meticulous freezer-paper piecing instructions will result in perfectly flat quilts. rfectly flat quilts. A CD of master patterns is included.

If you're one of those busy quilters with very little spare time for your favorite craft, this book is the solution! It contains nine gorgeous quilts you can make using 2&½" precut strips, so your project prep is quick and easy!It's not always easy to find the time to select fabric, do the cutting and then actually sit down and stitch the pieces together, and that's exactly why this book is so perfect: The precut-friendly patterns were all designed with busy quilters in mind.

Barbara Brackman's classic quilter's resource, the "Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns," is fully modernized, updated with over 160 new blocks, and presented in full color for the first time in this third edition! All of the 4,000+ pieced quilt block patterns found in this book are illustrated with both a line drawing and sample color suggestions to ensure that you will never run out of inspiration! Quilters, quilt historians, and textile enthusiasts will love the detailed information on pattern names and publication sources included with each block pattern.The book is easy to use in a multitude of ways: look up block designs by name to find a perfectly themed pattern, search by layout and construction information to find the name of the pattern in a historic quilt, or just browse the pages until your next quilting project catches your eye! Combine the book with "BlockBase" software (sold separately) to easily design and print custom templates, rotary charts, or foundation patterns for any of the blocks in the book.As a one-stop-shop for quilt pattern identification and ideas for your next quilting project, this fabulous book should be in every quilter's library!