Enjoy an entertaining look at the history of the Featherweight sewing machine. Expanded third edition updated with the latest research. Packed with photos, stories, and handy information. Learn to date and troubleshoot your machine. A fun read for quilters, Featherweight owners, and history buffs.

    Each page is a treasure to be studied and then studied again.' -The Flying Needle, Council of American Embroiderers

    Her designs in books and magazines brought these fanciful children into homes around the country. It was another artist, Bertha Corbett, who christened them with the name Sunbonnet, and declared that it wasn’t necessary to show the face when displaying emotions. She illustrated the book, Sunbonnet Babies, which became the basis for the idea that quiltmakers now recognize.

    This book provides practice exercises to help crafters combine colors, and includes eight quilt patterns and templates.

    Twenty step-by-step block patterns plus a dozen dimensional techniques to apply to all of your applique projects. Four companion border designs to mix and match. Eight exquisite finished quilts featured in a full-color gallery to inspire you!

    Step-by-step "how-to" details technique. 100 full-color photographs illustrated finished items.

    Focusing also on proper storage techniques and environmental control, contributors offer information on emergency planning, disaster management, and identifying damages that may require professional treatment.

    

    Shows how to make a quilt using the "flying geese" pattern

    This book is printed individually on uncoated (non-glossy) paper with the best quality printers available. The printing quality of this copy will vary from the original offset printing edition and may look more saturated. The information presented in this version is the same as the latest edition. Any pattern pullouts have been separated and presented as single pages. If the pullout patterns are missing, please contact c&t publishing.

    Here are fine examples of the quiltmaker's art, culled from the finest pieces brought to statewide quilt-search days sponsored by the Museum of American Folk Art. 210 photographs.

    Work with complete step-by-step instructions to make any of the 10 great quilts in this exciting book. Printed in 2 colors for ease in piecing.

    Many quilters are devoted homemakers who enjoy cooking almost as much as quilting. Many other quilters develop recipes and invent shortcuts to decrease food preparation time, freeing themselves to spend more time by their quilt frames and sewing machines. This easy-to-use cookbook is packed with their simple and elegant recipes. Also includes more than 100 anecdotes about cooking and quilting from the lives of these remarkable women and men. "More than 900 homestyle recipes plus some reminiscing here and there makes this cookbook seem like a round-robin exchange with old friends." --Quilters Newsletter Magazine.

    Make the basic Strips that Sizzle blocks, using quick-and-easy rotary cutting and strip-piecing techniques. Use the blocks to explore design possibilities following Margaret's clearly illustrated, full-color design exercises. Look for design and color inspiration in the 40+ quilts pictured throughout the book. Step-by-step instructions for four featured quilts are included.

    Clear instructions show how to create original fabric using a simple no-steam method for dye-painting silk, cotton, and rayon. Photos.