Folded Fabric Elegance

Add excitement and dimension to your quilting with these traditional three-dimensional Korean folding techniques. These beguiling designs are meticulously illustrated and exquisitely executed. Other fabric manipulation methods range from American smocking to harlequin tucks, pinwheels, and more. Put your newly gained skills to work making a number of the projects provided including a wallhanging, pillows, purses, totes, and chargers complete with finishing instructions. For additional inspiration, many of Rami's elegant and award-winning ensembles are pictured. You ll be eager to incorporate these techniques into your own clothing and quilting projects. OUT OF PRINT

A Bounty of Boxes to Fashion From Fabric & Paper. Quick and easy no-sew techniques for making beautiful origami boxes with our easy-to-follow how-to illustrations and photos. Make in a variety of sizes-and have fun embellishing them! There is no limit to the ways you can use these impressive boxes: pretty storage, home decor accents, gift boxes, party favors...Inspired by a traditional folded Japanese box (masu), the boxes can be funky, lavish, or elegant depending on the materials you choose. Perfect for fat quarters or those special papers you've been saving. Includes lots of embellishment ideas.

Add Asian flair and Rami Kim's distinctive elegance to your quilts, wearables, and home decor projects. Centuries of Asian art and culture provide the design inspiration for six one-of-a-kind fabric projects. From castle walls to roof tiles to lattice windows, what has been beautiful in Korean architecture is stunning when translated into pieced American quilts. Applique shapes are taken from paintings depicting nature-clouds, leaves, flowers, rocks, and mountains. Learn the symbolism of lotus blossoms and the ancient fabric arts of chopkey (folding), bojahgey (piecing) and weaving. Projects are worked in cotton, wool, or silk, the fibers reflecting both Eastern and Western reverence for all things natural.

If you always wanted to create a Baltimore Album quilt, you'll love Elly Sienkiewicz' new collection of smaller, less-complex blocks that are perfect for your first Baltimore Album. Or, enlarge the blocks for a larger work! More than two dozen block designs are also ideal for adding elegance to accessories and home dcor, or for creating a very special child's quilt. In-depth how-tos and Elly's skill-building lessons will have you creating block after block.

Theres a vast selection of goodies tucked within the pages of this Gift Bible; appropriate for all occasions. Bundle them up individually for a token or as groups to create a hamper for a slightly larger gesture, but above all else, get creative and see what you can make from what is in your home. Homemade, no matter how it turns out, is made with time and effort and most of all care and I know which Id rather receive, do you? Perfect for a Teacher, perfect for a Grandparent and perfect for all those friends that give up their weekends to spend with you and your family. Get creative, get inventive and give that personal touch to every gift.

Dress yourself in the trademark elegance of this award-winning designer. Rami brings her creative talents to this showcase of fabulous fashions. Fascinating fabric folding and exquisite embellishments combine in these 20 completely reversible wearable and home dÞcor projects. Go from daytime casual to nighttime dressy simply by turning each jacket, vest, and matching purse inside out] Traveling light has never been easier. Try Rami's techniques for home dÞcor with a reversible pillow or quilt. Display one side in the spring and summer, then flip to the fall/winter side for a different look. Winner of multiple prestigious awards including American Quilter s Society Quilt Show & Contest Best of Show garment and 12 other Best of Shows, Rami Kim is a DNA scientist who turned in her lab coat to become a fabric artist, quilter, and teacher. She has distinguished herself as an innovative and talented designer. Her distinctive use of three-dimensional textures, color, and traditional sewing techniques gives her work an exquisite and fascinating edge. When Rami s not traveling, she lives with her husband and two daughters in California. Computer requirements: Mac and Windows98, ME, NT,2000,& XP. OUT OF PRINT