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

Recreate the old-world charm of ancient Turkish tiles with ornate flower vase blocks in the beloved Baltimore Album style. Using easy fusible raw-edge applique, or any method you choose, you'll add sashing and borders to the 9-block sampler - a complex-looking design that comes together with ease! Learn techniques to position applique perfectly, plus get 8 ideas for using flower vase blocks to embroider, applique, or paint pillows, bags, and small gifts with international appeal.

• A book for experienced quilters inspired by Joyce’s Block of the Month with thread painting using raw edge applique • Shows each step for building the quilt and how to thread paint with various embellishments, ending with finishing the quilt to be flat and square • Features step-by-step instructions and coordinating photography to thread paint as you go and complete a thread painted quilt • Written by award-winning quilter, designer, teacher, and author of Creating Art Quilts with Panels, Joyce Hughes

Brighten Your Day with Playful New Designs from Piece O' Cake. Use just one block or all twenty to make pretty garden quilts. Have fun with these light-hearted designs. Includes ideas for using these blocks in other ways, such as a smaller twelve-block quilt, a purse, or a table topper. Patterns are great for solids and small prints in any color way. Blocks also look beautiful in bigger sizes and are easy to enlarge. Bring cheery flowers and cute, chirping birds indoors with Piece O' Cake's newest appliqué blocks. Mix and match up to twenty blocks to create unlimited quilt variations.

Celebrate any important event in life, from an anniversary or a birthday to a retirement or a memorial, with these 40 beautiful blocks and 7 customizable settings. Created to commemorate the author’s 40th anniversary of falling in love with her husband (and making her first quilt for him!), you can read the story behind each block, then make it personal by stitching in your own memories and using blank blocks for personal dedications. Piece and appliqué the stunning sampler quilt, or pick and choose your blocks and setting to suit your own needs and taste.

Quilters learn something new each month and improve their skills with this joyful tribute to the seasons. Twenty-four projects-two for each month of the year-introduce a variety of techniques, one step at a time. Quilters begin with a simple project that teaches a new technique, and then build their proficiency with a larger quilt project. These projects include wall hangings, table runners, door hangers, mantel toppers, pillows, and pillowcases. Quilt the Seasons teaches piecing, appliqué, trapunto, and embellishments.

11 quilt projects, each inspired by a quilter's garden; includes a variety of gardens and guilts: a cottage garden in the mountains, a quilter's garden wedding, a folk art garden deep in the woods, an Americana theme in a suburban garden, a garden in the city.