A comprehensive book on tactics for streamers, including new approaches for trout, steelhead, muskie, and bass. Features over 450 detailed photos and illustrations of casting and presenting streamers.

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!

Designer Susan Purney Mark makes brilliant use of strip sets and angled cuts in nine appealing projects, opening up exciting new design possibilities. Insert bold accent strips to achieve a refreshingly different look Use blocks in a variety of ways--in borders, quilt centers, repeat-block quilts, and more Enhance your design with raw-edge applique

Use big prints to make quick quilts! • 5 quilt patterns that can be pieced in a weekend • Tips for working with a variety of large-print fabrics • Quilts range in size from twin-size up to queen

Discover how to reproduce the time-honored treasures of the past with authenticity and ease. Create your own versions of antique designs from a stunning collection of history-rich quilts spanning the late 1800s through the 1930s. Get the historic look you love with detailed instructions for constructing your reproduction from start to finish, with a special focus on the types of quilting designs popular through the years. Use your modern quilting tools and skills to re-create antique quilts for daily use or display An essential resource, brimming with possibilities for antique-quilt lovers Close-up photos and detailed construction tips make it easy to understand how antique quilts were finished

Dressing like your doll has never been so much fun! Make stylish coordinates, modern accessories, and cozy quilts for little girls and the dolls they love. Each project comes in a standard 18” doll size and a child’s size (with the clothing in sizes 6–12), so you can customize the perfect pairing! Get the best possible fit for garments by learning to self-draft some of the patterns—a helpful skill to learn as your children grow.

This information-packed book of tips and techniques is a must-have resource for new quilters And a handy refresher for not-so-new quilters. Author, teacher, and piecing expert Donna Lynn Thomas covers all the basics in this easy-to-use guide to successful quiltmaking. Have concise info at your fingertips in a low-cost format an excellent value Understand the importance of careful pressing, why you should care, and what effect it has on your piecing Find tips for fabric preparation, accurate and efficient rotary cutting, block construction, machine piecing, and more

Create delightfully scrappy quilts featuring classic quilt blocks--and get to the finish line fast using time-saving precut fabrics. No need for stockpiles of scraps; precut bundles include small cuts of many different fabrics, so getting a scrappy look is a snap. Simply pick your favorite precut! * Layer Cakes: Tasty 10" squares made for slicing up quickly * Jelly Rolls: scrumptious 2 1/2" x 44" strips to cut and sew * Fat quarters: yummy 18" x 22" chunks of fabric fun--a quiltmaking favorite Just one or two precut bundles plus a background fabric are all you need to make these beauties. And you know if it's from Sue, it's economical too! She'll help you make the most of any precut bundle you buy.

Princess Ai of Ai-Land: The Comic Strip Collection features story by D. J. Milky and art by Pauro Izaki. Long before her adventures in the original manga trilogy, Princess Ai had to cope with the pressure of becoming a teen! Take a madcap journey with the young Ai as she navigates a ruthless teenage landscape of majestic pageants, home school study halls, crash diets and volunteer service. But just give our young Princess Ai a guitar, and she'll be sure to rock the party! She's got an overprotective king for a dad, a hyperactive Dougen for a pet and a tutor who's also her best friend - and a great role model until she turns into the Groupie from Hell at their first rock concert... For the first time ever, gathered here - uncut and in full color - is the entire first year of the Princess Ai of Ai-Land Sunday comic strip feature. This collection also includes daily color strips that have never before been seen in print!