Margaret Miller offers a new perspective for settings using traditional blocks. You'll find hundreds of ideas for combining simple but unexpected designs, easy piecing, and a bit of fabric savvy.

Who says you have to be a genius to be creative? In Transitions, you'll discover strategies for freeing your creative spirit and improving your quilt designs. Then you'll learn secrets for developing each creative idea to its fullest: quiltmaking in a series. Color photographs of five series -- 27 quilts in all -- are included.

Rescue your photos from those tired, sterile photo-album pages -- feature them in a precious heirloom, whimsical storybook scene, or extraordinary work of art instead! Learn to transfer photographs, children's drawings, and more onto fabric. Then gather inspiration from more than 60 spectacular quilts and stitch up your own tribute to the meaningful people and events in your life.

Provides step-by-step instructions for using the three machine-applique techniques in six quilting projects.

Create beautiful borders that promise to be stress-free! Learn about diagonal settings and basic piecing methods, then adjust the designs to suit your own projects. Includes: -- Easy-to-follow instructions for creating Painless Borders from pieced, diagonally set central design blocks-- Quick techniques for constructing borders with quick-pieced squares, rectangles, or triangles-- Step-by-step directions for 10 traditional quilts that feature Painless Borders

Unlock the design potential of traditional quilt blocks by using simple principles of color and value placement. You'll be amazed at the incredible number of designs you can find hidden within a single block. Includes: -- 110 variations on 10 block designs, step-by-step quilt planning, and easy-to-use charts-- Plans for four basic quilt designs -- repeat block, alternate block, strippy, and medallion-- Advice on playing with values to dramatically change the look of your blocks-- A magic formula for determining fabric amounts without complicated math

Combine the luscious textures and colors of wool with applique and quilting techniques. These 9 quick-and-easy projects are perfect for both beginning and advanced quilters.

Use your Bias Stripper TM ruler (p. 26) to create 14 designs featuring striped squares, triangles, and rectangles (stripples) without charts or fancy math!

Learn how to use squares, rectangles, and triangle units to make designs appear to bend and twist across your quilts. Photos of more than 40 quilts offer inspiration.

Stitch up holiday projects to warm your home or give as gifts. You'll find 15 step-by-step projects, including a tree skirt, stocking, pillow, banner, bed quilt, and 10 festive wall hangings.