July 21, 2014 | Posted in:Library
TITLE: Textile adventures : mixed media and stitch
AUTHOR: Hall, Isobel
DESCRIPTION: Work in unusual ways with ‘scrimmy papers’, baby wipes, bubble wrap, weed suppressant and plain flour to make beautiful, exquisite useable, robust items.
LOCATION: Projects
TITLE: Quilting on the go
AUTHOR: Alexandrakis, Jessica
DESCRIPTION: Break free from the sewing machine! Imagine being able to quilt on vacation, at the beach, or virtually anywhere else you find yourself.
LOCATION: Paper piecing
TITLE: Marble your own quilt fabrics
AUTHOR: Fawcett, Kathy and Shoaf, Carol
DESCRIPTION: Create beautiful marbled fabrics for your quilts and other needlework projects.
LOCATION: Dyeing
TITLE: Quilting for the paws
AUTHOR: Duling, Karen
DESCRIPTION: Celebrate the joy of having a pet with one of these delightful projects!
LOCATION: Animals
TITLE: Modern neutrals : a fresh look at neutral quilt patterns
AUTHOR: Ellis, Amy
DESCRIPTION: With her spot-on design sense, Amy Ellis shows how to use neutrals – including large-scale prints, solids, and tonal fabrics – in stunning quilts.
LOCATION: Neutrals
TITLE: Shibori : designs & techniques
AUTHOR: Southan, Mandy
DESCRIPTION: Mandy Southan uses step by step photographs and clear instructions on dyeing different fabrics; a wide range of shibori techniques are explained; and eighteen beautiful projects with many variations are given.
LOCATION: Dyeing; Japanese
TITLE: Color essentials : crisp & vibrant quilts : 12 modern projects featuring precut solids
AUTHOR: Murphy, Amanda
DESCRIPTION: This book inspires you to experiment with solids to gain a deep understanding of how colour functions.
LOCATION: Modern quilts; Colour
TITLE: The farmer’s wife sampler quilt : letters from 1920s farm wives and the 111 blocks they inspired
AUTHOR: Hird, Laurie Aaron
DESCRIPTION: A members request. Laurie provides everything you need to be inspired and create your own sampler quilt. This includes 111 six-inch blocks with assembly diagrams for piecing; complete instructions for making a sampler quilt in any traditional size; a CD with easy-to-print full-sized templates for all 111 blocks; and 48 letters from the 1922 ‘Farmer’s Wife’ contest to give you a priceless glimpse into America’s past.
LOCATION: American; Blocks
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Gen Piaremor
July 24, 2014
Thanks for posting. This give me an idea whats next to read interesting books.
librarian
August 11, 2014
That’s great! My plan is to post monthly our new purchases