Quilted Memories

Turn your life’s stories into a quilted journal that you, your children, and your grandchildren will cherish forever. May Lou Weidman’s story quilts are beloved by quilters everywhere, and now she shows you how to do it yourself. 9 easy projects teach you the techniques so you can apply them to your own story quilts. Dozens of Mary Lou’s bright, happy celebration quilts are sprinkled throughout the book, plus she shares a gallery of her students’ work to inspire you. Mary Lou covers each step of the creative process, from drawing the initial plans through choosing fabrics and putting it all together. Learn how to expand your imagination and turn your own stories into dazzling celebration quilts. More than just a quilting book - Mary Lou shares her insights for living a peaceful, creative, and productive life.

Turn family photos and mementos into quilted scrapbooks with this crazy quilting guide featuring 10 projects and 24 embroidery stitches. In Crazy-Quilted Memories, quilt artist Brian Haggard shows readers how to turn treasured family keepsakes—including photo prints, buttons, beads, and other keepsakes—into meaningful quilt embellishments. He offers a fresh take on traditional crazy quilt techniques, as well as 24 basic and combination embroidery stitches to create never-before-seen motifs. Each of the 10 projects featured in this volume will tell a story about your life and family history in unique and creative ways. Lovingly stitched by hand, these small, portable projects are destined to become prized family heirlooms for generations to come.

Scrapbooking and quilting are each two-billion-dollar industries: combine them and you have a collection that will fly off the shelves! A scrapbook gets put away; a quilt goes on display--perhaps framed and hung, or draped over the couch. These 24 original quilts incorporate the same treasured photos and memorabilia that normally go into a scrapbook, but in a unique format. They’re fun to make, too, thanks to the many innovative techniques that are easy for a beginner and refreshingly new to the experienced quilter. Direct-print favorite pictures onto fabric with an ink-jet printer. Tea-dye material to make it look antique, creating a perfect background for vintage photos. Extensive opening sections on art and design basics provide a plethora of invaluable tips.

Learn to incorporate treasured clothing into heirloom quilts without sacrificing your modern aesthetic. Stitch memories together forever with 12 quilt projects that are as meaningful as they are stylish! Modern heirloom quilter Suzanne Paquette shares the emotional, creative, and technical aspects of memory quilting through colorful storytelling and photography. Practical projects inspired by real families’ stories will help you celebrate love, provide comfort, and honor your family’s heritage. Create modern heirloom quilts! 12 exciting designs for memory keeping, with the stories that inspired them Learn tips for sewing with clothing to preserve the past and celebrate the future Make gifts for children, honor a lost loved one, and celebrate your family’s legacy “Susanne Parquette shows today’s quilters how to mix Modern with sentimental . . . The twelve quilts in the book are actual commissioned memory quilts made by Paquette, who includes the people and stories behind each quilt . . . Paquette walks us through the process, beginning with Memory Keeping: remembering, documenting, and perspective.” —The Literate Quilter

The fan pattern found renewed interest among quilters familiar with The Kansas City Star's patterns. Contains complete and easy to follow instructions, templates and illustrations for various size quilts and numerous setting options.

Name an illness, medical condition, or disease and you will find quiltmaking associated with it. From Alzheimer's to Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Lou Gehrig's Disease to Crigler-Najjar Syndrome, and for nearly every form of cancer, millions of quilts have been made in support of personal well-being, health education, patient advocacy, memorialization of victims, and fundraising. In Quilts and Health, Marsha MacDowell, Clare Luz, and Beth Donaldson explore the long historical connection between textiles and health and its continued and ever growing importance in contemporary society. This lavishly illustrated book brings together hundreds of health-related quilts—with imagery from abstract patterns to depictions of fibromyalgia to an ovarian cancer diary—and the stories behind the art, as told by makers, recipients, healthcare professionals, and many others. This incredible book speaks to the healing power of quilts and quiltmaking and to the deep connections between art and health.

Quilted images from the First World War, many created by descendants of the Newfoundland Regiment, are depicted in book form and for display to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of Beaumont Hamel. Each of the 260 quilt blocks is unique to the craft person who created it; accompanying each of them is a description of the artist's inspiration for taking part in the project. The blocks have been sewn into quilts, categorized by theme.

Freezer paper is a quilter's best friend! The fact that it has a shiny side that will adhere to fabric when ironed, then is easily removed, means that freezer paper has a multitude of wonderful possibilities. It makes applique easy. It eliminates the need to make all those paper patterns for foundation piecing. It makes hand piecing quicker and easier because there is no need to trace templates onto the fabric. Machine or hand quilting can be quicker and more precise. And wonder of wonders, freezer paper makes it really easy to transfer photos onto fabric. This book has all the basic instructions plus 29 fun projects: My Flower Garden, Framed Stars, Cruising to Alaska, Mini Quilt Greeting Cards, Log Cabin Zoo, Take-Along Ohio Stars, Irish Chain Revisited, Christmas Stars & Angels, Tulips in the Garden, Quilted Memories, Christmas Trees, My Angel the Pug, The Finishing Touch, Blazing Blossoms, and Baxter the Boxer.