Paper Piecing All Year Round

Paper-pieced projects to sew all year long Quilt your way through the calendar with Mary Hertel's cute and oh-so-easy paper-pieced blocks! Assemble 24 blocks, with a pair of pretty paper-pieced designs for every month of the year. Seasonal motifs like snowmen, gnomes, butterflies, and turkeys impress, along with some adorable dressed-up dogs and cats. Each paper-pieced 8” square block is scrap-friendly and worthy to be the centerpiece of 7 fun projects from mini quilts to hand towels and a baby bib. Sew seasonal gifts and holiday home decor that's anything but ordinary—even mixing and matching the blocks with project ideas from Mary's previous books to multiply your creativity! Paper-piece 24 blocks! Stitch 2 seasonal designs for each month of the calendar Mix-and-match themes in 7 creative projects—mini quilts, hand towels, a pillow, baby quilt, and baby bib Easy, cute, and fun paper-piecing that will delight Mary Hertel's fans

Make Christmas cuter this year with 8 simple sewing projects and 16 blocks to choose from, by the author of Paper Piecing All Year Round. Pick your project then pick your block: mix and match 8 super-easy projects with 16 adorable paper-pieced blocks just for Christmas. Simply follow Mary’s clearly illustrated instructions to create fun and fresh holiday blocks. Plus, use her time-saving technique for paper piecing with less waste to create custom winter decor ranging from tree skirts and table toppers to gift bags, mug rugs, potholders, and more. Sew by number and watch your image emerge! • Paper piecing can be easy! No need to precut your pieces—follow Mary’s instructions for working from scraps and cutting as you sew • Easily customize gifts for friends and family or your own personal style • Celebrate the season with whimsical yet modern designs, including place mats, stockings, table runners, and more Praise for Sew Yourself a Merry Little Christmas “If you aren’t comfortable with the paper foundation piecing technique, then this book offers plenty of guidance and tips to help make it easier for you. If you love to use the technique, you will really enjoy all the options given here. You can easily [customize] your own quilts, cushions and other items by adding a seasonal block, or followed the detailed instructions to make a complete item such as a tree skirt or Christmas stocking. The characters are so cute that you will be tempted to make them all.”—Down Under Quilts

Yes -- you can make a wonderful work of art -- and you don't have to be an experienced paper piecer to do it! Learn to push the easy technique of paper piecing in new directions with 12 lovely seasonal quilts.

Features one quilt setting, an on-point square-in-a-square for displaying interchangeable blocks

Paper-Piece Dozens of Blocks You Never Could Before. Revolutionary single-foundation technique makes those hard-to-piece blocks easy to assemble with perfect accuracy. Paper piece Attic Window and Jewel blocks with no Y-seams! Simplify your piecing on miniature and small-scale quilts. Get started right away with full-size foundations for 26 different blocks, each in 2 finished sizes: 2 1/4" and 6". Includes complete instructions for a beautiful Flip-Flop sampler quilt. If you're a paper piecer, you're used to flawless accuracy and crisp, sharp points. But what about all those blocks that give you headaches, like Ohio Star, Delectable Mountain, or Attic Window? This new, single-foundation technique is the answer. No more multiple foundations! No more Y-seams! Paper piecing is foolproof when you're a flip-flopper!

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

Mix and match a wide range of popular designs—everything from avocados to rainbows—to make perfect personalized quilts and quilted projects. This collection features one hundred fun quilt blocks from some of the best-known names in patchwork and quilting. All the blocks are made using foundation paper piecing (FPP) and all the templates are featured at full size with the seam allowance added so you can trace them off and get piecing straight away. There’s a comprehensive section showing you how to do FPP with step-by-step instructions and photos so even if you’ve never done it before you can get started. The motifs featured include everything from food and drink (strawberry milkshake and pizza anyone?), to designs for outdoor explorers (a canoe and campfire set the scene for adventure lovers); pets and wild animals (think raccoons to kittens) and everything in between. There is a block to suit everyone so you can make the perfect themed quilt for your nearest and dearest based on the things that they love the most. As well as instructions and patterns for the one hundred FPP blocks there are also instructions for 10 projects made using the blocks including a retro apron; a rainbow pouch bag; a tote with 1950s sunglasses motif; the perfect table runner and a cute, kitten pillow. So why not choose your favorite motifs and get started making perfect quilted gifts for your friends and family!

"Title Page" -- "Table of Contents" -- "Introduction" -- "Getting Started" -- "Equipment" -- "Paper Piecing" -- "Fabric Selection" -- "Projects" -- "Panda" -- "Monarch Butterfly" -- "Rhino" -- "Night Owl" -- "Peacock" -- "Highland Cow" -- "Tiger" -- "Clydesdale Horse" -- "Polar Bear" -- "Hunted" -- "Howl" -- "Swan" -- "General Techniques" -- "About the Author" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Suppliers" -- "Copyright