All In One Rotary Cutting Magic With Omnigrid

Learn to cut 18 geometric shapes and achieve perfect accuracy with your rotary cutter. 36 bonus block designs!

Discover Endless Design Possibilities in Everything from Parks to Parking Lots! • Create city-inspired quilts by piecing together simple geometric shapes • Beginner-friendly project designs are inspired by modern urban architecture and landscapes • Learn how to achieve dramatic looks with more effective use of color, value, and placement • Work with traditional blocks like Flying Geese and Log Cabin in a new way Turn your love of urban cityscapes into beautiful quilts. In this book, you'll discover the secrets of minimalist design-how to find beauty in the basic elements of your environment. These projects deliver exciting, vivid results with solid color fabrics. City Quilts was named one of the Best Books of 2010 in the Fiber Crafts Category by Library Journal, and is a finalist in the 2010 Foreword Book of the Year Awards.

The internationally beloved quilting teacher and author of Invisible Machine Appliqué offers a practical guide to getting started as a quilter. In this handy guide to the fundamentals of quilting, Dawn Cameron-Dick explains everything from how to choose the right equipment and supplies to the best way to set up a sewing room. She answers questions ranging from "What should I look for in a sewing machine?" to "Why does my thread keep breaking?", "How often should I change needles?", and "How can I sew without getting a backache?" The Quilter’s Guide features information on needles, threads, sewing machines, batting, cotton fabric, piecing tools, and techniques. Packed with useful facts, tips, and rules of thumb, this comprehensive guide is laid out in a fully illustrated, easy-to-read format.

Features modern solid fabric quilt designs with a universal appeal. This title offers a collection of 12 projects that helps readers learn how to quilt with triangles as well as master a variety of innovative techniques.

Make Big, Beautiful Lone Stars Without Cutting or Piecing a Single Diamond! 14 elegant Lone Star blocks put a shine into any room-and you make them entirely from easy squares and rectangles! Each star pattern includes directions to make quilts of 4 different sizes, from wallhangings to king-size bed quilts. 4 elegant quilt settings to mix and match with any Lone Star block for a huge variety of looks. 2 quilting designs for each star give you detailed guidance for machine- or hand-quilting. 14 bonus wallhangings and instructions for 4 pieced backings make great use of the cutoff trimmings from your blocks. If you love Lone Star quilts, you'll find enough star blocks, settings, and bonus patterns here to keep you quilting for a long, long time. You won't believe how easy they are until you've tried Nancy's Diamond-Free® technique that turns squares and rectangles into stars with perfect points and no y-seams!

Make Any of These Blocks in One Hour or Less. Make a quilt in just a day with your choice of 23 full-size pattern shapes, plus 5 bonus leaf and stem patterns. 9 fusible projects are quick and fun, with minimal sewing and no waste! Inspiration gallery shows fusing ideas for wearables, home decor, and even scrapbooking. Basic instructions included for choosing fabrics and making templates for your designs. Learn Nancy's no fail secrets for fusing Create a variety of projects that reflect your individual style with easy fusible shapes. Make your own magic combinations with 28 different pattern shapes that work together beautifully in quilts, clothing, and more.

At last, rotary cutting is discussed in complete detail to help beginners and advanced quilters alike. Judy Martin's Ultimate Rotary Cutting Reference answers all your rotary cutting questions.