Put a twist on a traditional quilt block and create an unlimited amount of possibilities. Linda walks you through her methods of creating this block with a wide variety of colorways that helps to keep the inspiration flowing for future projects. This book features three bonus designs and a resource guide. The four hourglass blocks create an unlimited amount of fun and creative quilt designs.

· Work with one magical block in various ways to create 10 beautiful quilts · Each quilting project includes step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions and helpful diagrams and illustrations · Use the versatile Country Crown block and play with color, rotate pieces, combine shapes, and add a sashing to produce an array of intricate quilts · Build your skills and practice different techniques with each quilt that increases in difficulty · Written by independent designer, Deborah G. Stanley, and award-winning quilting author Linda J. Hahn

Master the precision and attention to detail needed for quilts—in sizes small, smaller, and smallest! In this book, author Donna Lynn Thomas teaches you the skills you need to create accurately pieced quilts in miniature. Choosing fabrics (with emphasis on print size), cutting (with emphasis on accuracy), sewing (with techniques for how to sew small pieces and tiny half-square triangles), pressing, and finishing are all covered in depth. Build your confidence and skills at your own pace with easy-to-follow instructions and a progression of twelve main projects, from easier to more challenging. Plus, each project comes in up to three sizes, so you can choose how small you want to go!

• The perfect resource for quilters of every level to turn fat quarter bundles (a pre-assorted collection of coordinating fabric scraps) into gorgeous quilts • Contains 12 beautiful step-by-step projects and patterns all using convenient, color-coordinated bundles of fabric • Includes insightful details on how to choose fabrics and colors to use in your quilt projects, as well as essential quilting techniques • Stephanie Soebbing, author of the best-selling Super Simple Quilts for the Modern Home, is the owner of Quilt Addicts Anonymous and the Fat Quarter Shop where she provides a fat quarter subscription service for quilters

Celebrate blooms and more as these bestselling authors combine the love of gardening and quilting. Two versions of quilts are presented, plus many projects.

· On trend contemporary projects that modernize traditional blocks, embrace minimalism, and rely on bold colors and contrast · Contains 12 modern quilt patterns that are great for any level sewer · Build skills with step-by-step instruction and photography, and tips on piecing, hand or machine appliqué and quilting, and finishing · Color theory, fabric selection, and elements of design are all clearly explained · Author Stephanie Soebbing is a savvy social media marketer with an e-commerce site, weekly podcast, and 40,000+ online followers

Seven easy small quilts made from charm packs (pre-cut 5" fabric squares) and a minimum of additional yardage. Each quilt is sewn three times using different fabric collections.

Put yourself in a New York Beauty state of mind as you make these beautiful paper-pieced blocks with perfect points and flawless curves every time! Learn to make the fabulous New York Beauty block using ONE pin and NO stress! Linda shows how to paper piece the arc foundation, creating sharp points on each spire. When it comes to sewing curves, break out a single pin and sew a seam that stays wonderfully flat. Follow the simple directions for cutting and you will have made a flawless New York Beauty block! Make 36 blocks and piece together a quilt. Save the scraps, though, because Linda gives tips for taking the leftover fabric and making a Chunky Mini quilt as well. She also demonstrates how to sew the blocks together to make a flowing wave, a half sun, and a full sun. Following Linda's instructions, you'll be able to make this seemingly complicated block like an expert, giving you so many possibilities for making not only these two quilts, but so many others as well. New York Beauty Simplified DVD is the perfect solution for taking the class without having a computer, it makes a wonderful gift, and it is great to have on hand as a hard copy-even if you have taken or plan to take the online class. Run Time: 72 minutes

Gorgeous embellishments from the celebrated craft store inspire you to create your own projects—from a Button Charm Bracelet to an Opera Bag. French steel-cut beads, mother-of-pearl buttons, spools of vintage ribbons . . . This exquisite book showcases the decorative bits flea-market hunters dream of. Hundreds of photos reveal rare European notions from the craft community’s most beloved emporium, Tinsel Trading Company. With these vintage baubles as her inspiration, Kaari Meng shares projects that crafters can make with their own flea-market finds or with contemporary materials they have on hand: a button charm bracelet, whimsical petite prize medals, an heirloom-worthy memory book, shimmering handbags, and more. Kaari’s colorful inspiration boards lend design guidance, while her tips and resources help notion-lovers build up their stash of treasures.

Bring out the beauty of the Midwest through these inspired, traditional quilt designs. Learn to customize your quilts through color variations. Featured blocks include: Hourglass, Chain and Knot, Pineapple, and many more. Instructions on flying geese, foundation piecing, and half-square triangles provide a brush-up on basic techniques. The nine quilt designs vary in degree of difficulty, making this the perfect book for a beginner or experienced quilter. While known for years as an art quilter, Mickey Depre was secretly a dedicated piecer, at home making bed quilts for her family. If you look closely at her art quilts, you will see traditional piecing found its way into many of them in the form of backgrounds. Her books Pieced Hexies, Ring Around the Hexies, and Pieced Hexies Deux served as door openers to this latest book filled with half-scrappy, traditional pieced patterns. After all, it is Mickey's saying that there is enough fabric in the studio to make both art and traditional quilts.