Quilting teacher Shaw (Stunning Stitches for Crazy Quilts) shares her knowledge of needle arts with this crafty little book of “dazzling diamonds.” Her crazy quilts are modern: they still comprise ...
A Victorian-era quilt is already chockablock with many different rich fabrics. Look closer and see more layers of decoration. There are embroidered booties, birds, flowers, anchors, bucks and a spider ...
Allie Aller and Valerie Bothell. C&T Publishing, $29.95 trade paper (128p) ISBN 978-1-60705-771-0 Aller (Allie Aller’s Crazy Quilting), a Washington state quilter, and Bothell, a Kansas crazy-quilting ...
Q While cleaning out an aunt’s estate, we found a box full of fancy embroidered robes and quilts. My great-grandmother taught in China in about 1915 or 1920 so we guessed that these were things she ...
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16 patch quilt block (using strips)

16 patch quilt blocks are a fun way to display a wide array of fabrics. Sewing together 16 individual squares may seem daunting. So learn to make them using strips with this easy method. Bonus: Using ...
Q While cleaning out an aunt’s estate, we found a box full of fancy embroidered robes and quilts. My great-grandmother taught in China in about 1915 or 1920 so we guessed that these were things she ...