Piping Hot Curves: Accent Curves in Quilts with Piping
Accent curves in quilts with piping! Detailed instructions, illustrations, and photos will teach you to make perfect piping, add it to curved designs and avoid curved piecing. Use the Piping Hot Curves technique and this book's patterns or incorporate piping into your own curved designs with the author's tips for success. - 5 projects - Gallery of inspiration - 96 full-color pages
Foolproof Curves: Quilts with Bias Strips and Continuous Paper Piecing
Foolproof Curves makes sewing curves fun and easy with two different approaches. From traditional Drunkard's Path and Compass to bright, contemporary designs, there is definitely something for every quilter. Two quilt projects illustrate how to use foundation piecing to make accurate full-circle and freeform curved designs.
Woodworking for the Backyard: Projects for Relaxing, Cooking, Entertaining & Gardening
Nothing enhances the comfort and good looks of a backyard or deck more than well-made outdoor furniture. Home carpenters of every skill level will find projects here to fill every family need, from the Frame-style Sandbox, made entirely of 2 x 4s in a single day, to the Potting Bench, complete with rolling cart, water supply, and sink.
Discover the secrets of creating a fabric landscape accidentally using this topstitch/layering technique. These quilted scenes are surprisingly simple to create! The book contains over 30 new inspiring landscapes to guide you along the way. You'll learn how to capture the feeling of a scene in simple layers. Create a landscape based on a favorite photo or color palette. Adopt the same easy layering technique to create gorgeous curved borders. For ease and fun, Karen's topstitched layers beat out machine applique and curved piecing by a mile.
Learning to safely use a pair of scissors is an important part of preparing for school. This workbook is for children who have only just begun to use scissors. Children will advance from simple one-stroke cuts all the way to cutting complicated curved and zig-zagged lines and shapes.