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I have an Exclusive Amazon Shop where I display my favorite sewing and quilting products. Everything is on one page and easy to find!
EQ8 Quilting Software
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EQ8 Lessons for Beginners
This step-by-step lesson book is the best starter book for learning EQ8 software. The lessons are easy to follow and cover the basics of each of the three main worktables of EQ8. You will design quilts, draw blocks, import fabric scans, print patterns and calculate yardage estimates.
Even if you’ve owned earlier versions of EQ, this book will introduce new features, while refreshing and energizing your approach to quilt design.
This 128-page fully illustrated color book has a convenient spiral binding that allows pages to rotate 360 degrees and lay flat.
EQ8 Designing Quilts Book
This book will teach you to design quilts with the most popular tools and features in EQ8 software! Learn EQ8 quilt-design secrets directly from EQ experts. Each step-by-step lesson is like taking a class in your home.
Perfect for EQ8 users at any learning stage—beginning, intermediate, or advanced. Increase your knowledge of the tools and features, discover new tricks to help make your creativity a reality, and then use all of this information as inspiration to plan and design your own amazing quilts!
This 136-page fully illustrated book has a convenient spiral binding that allows pages to rotate 360 degrees and lie flat. Written for EQ8 Windows and Mac users.
Note: Back by popular demand! This customer-favorite lesson book has been re-released! If you own this book from the first release, you do not need to repurchase.
This book is the perfect resource for identifying quilt blocks and getting inspiration for your quilts!
You’ll find line drawings and colored versions of 4,000+ blocks, plus their names and publishing information!
Sewing patterns are not included.
BlockBase+ Software
From the pages of Barbara Brackman’s Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns book, BlockBase+ brings over 4,000 quilt blocks to your computer screen.
Barbara’s decades of research is available to you in this organized and user-friendly software for Windows and Mac computers.
Packed with complete publication information for each block, robust search features, exporting and printing capabilities — it’s the perfect quilting tool for all skill levels!
This software is a perfect companion to the Encyclopedia book!
(BlockBase+ is a stand-alone software for Windows and Mac operating systems. EQ software not required.)
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Triangles, hexagons, diamonds, and more!
Learn to measure, rotary cut, and machine piece 60° shapes with ease.
Sew 15 interesting angular quilts with no templates, no y-seams, and no paper piecing!
Any 60° triangle ruler or straight ruler with a 60° mark works with these patterns.
Arrange blocks in straight rows or kaleidoscope layouts for wildly different looks.
After learning triangle grid basics, you’ll be able to design your own angled blocks and quilts.
Whether you are sewing clothes for children and adults, making home decor, or doing alterations, master every hand-sewing and machine-sewing technique for everything from darts, tucks, and pleats to hems, fasteners, and mending, with close-up photographs and clear instructions to demystify even the trickiest techniques.
Over 300 techniques that show you how to sew absolutely everything–from clothes to home decor–plus 10 stylish new projects and updated information on more than 100 tools and 50 fabrics, with a glossary of sewing terminology.
Choose from 15 fresh, stylish projects to practice your skills, explore in-depth coverage of more than 100 tools and 250 techniques, and browse a visual directory of more than 50 fabrics in The Sewing Book–the ultimate bible for beginners and seasoned stitchers alike.
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Learn how to make beautiful quilts with this comprehensive guide to patchwork and quilting for beginners. Covers all aspects of quilting from piecing and applique to quilting and binding.
Choose from 16 simple projects, each focusing on a different technique, from bags and cushions to table mats, wall hangings and bed quilts.
Clear illustrations and step-by-step instructions accompany each project, making them all suitable for even a complete novice.
The book also includes a quilting glossary explaining common quilting and sewing terms.
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Expert teacher and quilt designer Pat Sloan guides you through each and every step as you make your first quilt.
Pat’s easy-to-follow instructions and more than 140 clear how-to photos make it fun to start, stitch, and finish nine classic blocks and nine simple quilt projects–even if you’re an absolute beginner.
Learn the basics, from selecting notions and cutting fabric to machine sewing to quilting and binding, all from a skilled instructor with a warm, patient teaching style.
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Learn the Basics of Walking Foot and Free-Motion Quilting
Popular teacher, designer, and online radio host Pat Sloan teaches all you need to know to machine quilt successfully. In this third book of her beginner-friendly “Teach Me” series, Pat guides you step by step through walking-foot and free-motion quilting techniques.
First-time quilters will be confidently quilting in no time, and experienced stitchers will discover the joy of finishing their quilts themselves.
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Is it possible? Fusible appliquE that’s soft and drapey–and easy? Yes it is, and Pat Sloan shows you how.
An extremely popular teacher and designer with a huge online radio show following, Pat shares her fusible techniques for machine-stitched quilts that are as delightful to touch as they are pleasing to the eye.
You’ll love what you’re about to create!
Projects range from wall hangings to banners to bed quilts, all with Pat’s fresh and cheery style.
Gain confidence and get all your questions answered–Pat shares loads of tips throughout.
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Stay hands-free and organized with a backpack you sew yourself.
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With more than one million books sold, the author who taught the world to quilt is back again!
Internet and television personality Alex Anderson’s all-in-one “big book” includes essential quilting tools, binding basics, and a visual guide to piecing and appliqué.
Master both hand and machine quilting, and learn professional touches to become a confident, lifelong quilter.
No matter your experience level, this must-have guide will find a permanent home next to your sewing machine!
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Put charm squares to the test with 18 quilts using precut 5″ x 5″ squares.
Start with fresh, beginner-friendly patterns and build your skills to sew snowballs, stars, flying geese, and more.
Using precuts from your stash or your own charms cut from scraps or yardage, you’ll learn tips to take the guesswork out of piecing.
Modern and traditional quilters alike will fall in love with these quick, clever, and clean designs!
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Have you ever bought the perfect stack of fat quarters, only to see that same bundle decorating your shelf two years later?
Give stashed fabrics new life with 13 quilt patterns to make the most of your precuts! Authors Kate Carlson Colleran and Elizabeth Veit Balderrama show you the basics of how to quilt from your stash, with a special focus on color, print, and scale.
Vibrant and versatile quilt patterns are tailored to precut fabric strips, squares, and fat quarters. Learn how to add additional yardage, mix different fabric lines, and design a stunning quilt from fabric you already have on hand.
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