Fabulous Feathers & Fillers

Fabulous Feathers & Fillers
Author: Sue Nickels
Publisher: American Quilter's Society
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Feathers in art
ISBN: 9781604600605

If facing a blank quilt sends you running for the security of a boring allover quilting pattern, this book will cure you. Sue comprehensively addresses supplies for designing, marking, basting, and free-motion quilting. Then she covers designing and quilting several types of feathers: Simple feathers, feathers to fit border, feathers with curved spines, motif-style feathers, feathers for wholecloth. After discussing fillers such as stippling, she describes how to machine quilt on a home machine and concludes with practice exercises and 9 projects to build skills and experience. OUT OF PRINT

Feathers that Fly

Feathers that Fly
Author: Lee Cleland
Publisher: That Patchwork Place
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Machine quilting
ISBN: 9781564774552

Take the intimidation out of machine quilting classic feather motifs with this easy-to-follow handbook! Discover a new technique in each chapter, along with projects for practice.Choose from 14 projects that show you how to quilt straight-spine feathers, plus wreaths, curves, and cablesLearn to draw motifs or use the designs providedSee how different quilting designs can change the look of a qui

Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters

Free-Motion Quilting with Angela Walters
Author: Angela Walters
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607055368

Popular machine quilter Angela Walters will motivate you to try something new! Learn to stitch her fresh continuous-line designs on your longarm or domestic machine. Includes step-by-step instructions for continuous-line swirls, circles, squares, vines, arcs, and points. Using basic free-motion skills you already have, discover how to approach quilting a modern quilt by working with bold fabrics and negative space, uniting a variety of shapes, and blending designs. Draw inspiration from striking pictures of 20 modern quilts showing Angela’s designs. You’ll love her practical advice for choosing the perfect pattern to give your modern quilt maximum impact.

Beginner’s Guide to Free-Motion Quilting

Beginner’s Guide to Free-Motion Quilting
Author: Natalia Bonner
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607055384

Photo tutorials show stitching in action for 50+ free-motion quilting designs to create modern quilts with classic style! Popular blogger and designer, Natalia Bonner, illustrates her instructions with detailed photos that make it easier to get beautiful results on your home sewing machine. Learn how to quilt all-over, as filler, on borders, and on individual blocks…using loops and swirls, feathers and flames, flowers and vines, pebbles and more! Includes tips for choosing batting and thread, layering and basting, starting and stopping, and prepping your machine are included. After you’ve practiced, show off your new skills with six geometric quilt projects.

Quilting Is My Therapy

Quilting Is My Therapy
Author: Angela Walters
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2016-10-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617455172

Take an in-depth look at the artistry of Angela Walters, a true visionary in the modern quilting movement. This hardcover coffee table book delves into her free-motion quilting journey in gorgeous detail. The best-selling author gives insight into her design process, with full-page photography of her own work and commissioned quilting. Learn the secrets behind Angela's stitching - how she sketches with grand details and lavish texture to complement each quilt's specific design.

Fine Feathers

Fine Feathers
Author: Marianne Fons
Publisher: C & T Pub
Total Pages: 55
Release: 1988-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780914881100

Martin Dressler

Martin Dressler
Author: Steven Millhauser
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2010-09-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307763862

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • The author of Voices in the Night reveals the mesmerizing journey of an American dreamer as he walks a haunted line between fantasy and reality, madness and ambition, art and industry. “This wonderful, wonder-full book is a fable and phantasmagoria of the sources of our century.” —The New York Times Book Review Young Martin Dressler begins his career as an industrious helper in his father's cigar store. In the course of his restless young manhood, he makes a swift and eventful rise to the top, accompanied by two sisters--one a dreamlike shadow, the other a worldly business partner. As the eponymous Martin's vision becomes bolder and bolder, a sense of doom builds piece-by-hypnotic piece until this mesmerizing journey reaches its bitter-sweet conclusion.

Little Stars

Little Stars
Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2016-07-28
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 0552569941

Hetty Feather has begun a new chapter in her life story. Escaping from Tanglefield's Travelling Circus with her friend Diamond, Hetty is determined to find them positions as music-hall artistes. The pair quickly become the Little Stars of Mrs Ruby's show at the Cavalcade, alongside many colourful acts - including a friend from Hetty's past, Flirty Bertie. But the music hall is both thrilling and dangerous, and Hetty must fight to protect her darling Diamond, who longs for a normal childhood. Meanwhile, Hetty struggles with her feelings for Bertie - and for Jem, whom she has never forgotten. Hetty dreams of a glittering future for herself and Diamond. The bright lgihts of London beckon - will Hetty become a true star?

Fabulous Painted Projects for the Home

Fabulous Painted Projects for the Home
Author: Plaid
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781402717512

An introduction to decorative painting that covers materials and supplies, surfaces and colors, brush strokes, antiquing, and other specialty techniques, and step-by-step instructions for a number of home decorating projects.

Hetty Feather's Christmas

Hetty Feather's Christmas
Author: Jacqueline Wilson
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2017-10-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1448198518

Cosy up for Christmas with this brand-new festive story, starring everyone's favourite Victorian foundling, Hetty Feather! "Let me tell you about Christmas 1888, when I was twelve . . ." An unexpected gift leads to trouble for Hetty on Christmas Day at the Foundling Hospital, and the dreaded Matron Bottomly is delighted to have an excuse to exclude Hetty from the festive celebrations. Poor Hetty is distraught - but just when it seems that all is lost, a dear friend arrives to whisk her away for a Christmas unlike any other . . . Full of friendship, fun and festive cheer, this beautifully-packaged hardback is complete with stunning illustrations by Nick Sharratt. The perfect stocking-filler for every Jacqueline Wilson fan. A festive treat! - lovereading4kids.co.uk