Quilt first, add color later! This remarkable process will have quilters making wholecloth quilts in an entirely new way. The vibrant and exquisite coloration of these quilts is stunning. Amazingly, it takes only simple tools and easily mastered techniques to achieve the same results for yourself. Everything needed for this colorful process is clearly explained. Start with plain cloth, free-motion quilt your designs, then color and shade the motifs and background areas for a breathtaking new look. You'll love the unique quilts you can make with Irena's guidance!

Helps quilters to choose colors that work well together.

Forget the dry color theory! This guide is fun, conversational, practical, and beautifully inspiring. The one-of-a-kind resource for modern quilters includes hands-on exercises with a true workbook approach to help evaluate color choices. A 150-color swatch card is included.

What do a quilter, a homeless veteran and the stage mother of a riding student have in common? They all want a disabled lecherous riding teacher dead. The Miller Hill Equestrian Center is the last place Harriet Truman and the Loose Threads want to spend the cold months of winter but when the Center’s manager asks them to sew decorative quilted saddle blankets for an upcoming show, they can’t refuse. They soon find themselves in the middle of the mix and once more trying to unstitch a murder

Did you know that the biggest struggle for quilters of all types is color selection? Unlock the secrets to winning color combinations from best-selling author Becky Goldsmith of Piece O’ Cake Designs. Learn how every quilt has a foreground and a background, how to use clear versus gray colors—plus other essentials that will shake up your design process. Quilters of all skill levels will appreciate Becky’s practical, easy-to-understand advice. Put your newfound knowledge to the test with 10 pieced and appliquéd projects designed to focus on specific aspects of color. Includes visual examples to explain all color topics.

Karla Alexander is back with exciting new designs to delight her many fans! Now you can broaden your quilting repertoire by combining Karla's stacking and shuffling methods with even more techniques. Choose from 16 projects in a wide range of styles, from "Blue Moon" and "Window Box" to "Somersault." Make the most of today's fabrics with these contemporary quilts--the stunning designs look far more complicated than they actually are.

Learn Tims’ innovative techniques step-by-step to create a stunning kaleidoscope quilt of your own. • An inspirational gallery of 26 student quilts • Like snowflakes, each quilt you make with this technique will be unique • Includes easy steps to enlarge or reduce the size of your quilt Create a spectacular kaleidoscope quilt with Ricky's unique strip-piecing method for making a multi-faceted pattern. You'll see impressive and intricate results from simple sets of strips; it’s foolproof with little need for pre-planning. The beauty lies in the unpredictability of how the fabric unfolds—just like a real kaleidoscope!

This guide, from the team that wrote the bestselling "Last-Minute Knitted Gifts," features 30 patchwork and quilted projects organized according to the amount of time it takes to complete them.

Use color and thread to create the quilting of your dreams! With Color, Thread, & Free-motion Quilting, author Teri Lucas, a world-renowned master machine quilter, shares her brilliance and guidance to hone your machine quilting skills in a helpful, comprehensive, and understandable way. Quilters talk about building their fabric stashes but what about building their thread stashes, which is equally important? This book is a beautiful, well-guided and helpful resource for choosing threads––considering color, kind, and weight; choosing aids to help you quilt successfully; improving your free-motion quilting skills; and ultimately making free-motion quilting FUN! There are also lots of tips and tricks to help make your quilting enjoyable, playful, and frustration-free! Color, Thread & Free-motion Quilting is a comprehensive, go-to book that will be a staple resource in any quilter’s stash; I know it will be in mine!” ~ Pokey Bolton Thready or not! Learn how color, thread, and motif come together in machine quilting Compare actual quilted color wheels on a rainbow of various background fabrics Make your quilting a design element with solid quilting tips and color fundamentals

Introduces the Master Palette system for quilters who want to develop colour confidence quickly and easily - without studying frmal colour theory