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Sunday morning quilts : 16 modern scrap projects : sort, store, and use every last bit of your treasured fabrics / Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lafayette, CA : Stash Books, c2012.Description: 143 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 1607054272 (pbk.)
  • 9781607054276 (pbk.)
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Define Modern -- What Is Modern? -- Design -- Large Scale -- Clean and Simple -- No Borders -- Negative Space -- How It's Made -- Wonkiness/Wabi Sabi -- Improvisation -- By Hand -- Minimal Fusing -- Fabric at Play -- The Celebrity Designer -- Return to Solids -- Single-Fabric-Line Quilts -- Novelty, Large-Scale, and Graphic Prints -- Color in Action -- Clear, Bright Colors -- Gray Is Not Ignored -- Forget the Jewel Tones and Earth Tones -- What Color Wheel? -- Scrap Basics -- What Defines a Scrap? -- From Stash to Scraps -- Buying Fabric -- Prewashing or Not -- Cutting Fabric -- Using Leftovers -- Acquiring Scraps -- Scrap Sorting and Storage -- Why Sort? -- Our Spaces -- Amanda Jean -- Cheryl -- Sorting Your Scraps -- Sort by Color -- Determine Your Storage Requirements -- Put Away the Fabric -- Snippets, Strings, Selvages, and More -- Going Forward -- Storage Ideas -- Quilt Construction Basics -- Before You Start Sewing -- Fabric -- Size -- Tools -- Cutting -- The Hum of the Machine -- Piecing (1/4" seams) -- Pressing -- Trimming -- Sewing a Slab of Fabric -- Turning the Pieced Top into a Quilt -- Backing -- Quilt Sandwich -- Basting -- Quilting -- Cleaning Up -- Binding Basics -- Finishing Touches -- Washing -- Blocking -- The Projects -- Quilted Storage Box -- Daydreams -- Splash -- Grass -- Scrapper's Delight -- Candy Coated -- Nap Like an Egyptian -- Sunday Morning -- The Missing U -- Fortune Teller -- Leaves and Vine -- High Five -- Gumdrops -- Checkerboard -- Up, Up, and Away -- The Original Ticker Tape.
Summary: Presents sixteen quilting projects using leftover fabric scraps that feature piecing, appliqué, and improvisational work, in a book that also includes tips for cutting, storing, and organizing fabric scraps.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 746.46 N993 Available 33111006993360
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Are scrap piles wreaking havoc in your sewing space? Not sure what to do with all those tiny bits of gorgeous prints you hate to part with? Modern quilters Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison share a passion for scraps, and they're here to help you get creative with 16 scrappy quilt projects that include piecing, appliqué, and improvisational work. This book has ideas on how to adapt patterns for your own personal "Sunday morning" style, plus tips for effectively cutting, storing, and organizing your scraps. Your Sunday mornings just got a whole lot cozier!

Machine generated contents note: Define Modern -- What Is Modern? -- Design -- Large Scale -- Clean and Simple -- No Borders -- Negative Space -- How It's Made -- Wonkiness/Wabi Sabi -- Improvisation -- By Hand -- Minimal Fusing -- Fabric at Play -- The Celebrity Designer -- Return to Solids -- Single-Fabric-Line Quilts -- Novelty, Large-Scale, and Graphic Prints -- Color in Action -- Clear, Bright Colors -- Gray Is Not Ignored -- Forget the Jewel Tones and Earth Tones -- What Color Wheel? -- Scrap Basics -- What Defines a Scrap? -- From Stash to Scraps -- Buying Fabric -- Prewashing or Not -- Cutting Fabric -- Using Leftovers -- Acquiring Scraps -- Scrap Sorting and Storage -- Why Sort? -- Our Spaces -- Amanda Jean -- Cheryl -- Sorting Your Scraps -- Sort by Color -- Determine Your Storage Requirements -- Put Away the Fabric -- Snippets, Strings, Selvages, and More -- Going Forward -- Storage Ideas -- Quilt Construction Basics -- Before You Start Sewing -- Fabric -- Size -- Tools -- Cutting -- The Hum of the Machine -- Piecing (1/4" seams) -- Pressing -- Trimming -- Sewing a Slab of Fabric -- Turning the Pieced Top into a Quilt -- Backing -- Quilt Sandwich -- Basting -- Quilting -- Cleaning Up -- Binding Basics -- Finishing Touches -- Washing -- Blocking -- The Projects -- Quilted Storage Box -- Daydreams -- Splash -- Grass -- Scrapper's Delight -- Candy Coated -- Nap Like an Egyptian -- Sunday Morning -- The Missing U -- Fortune Teller -- Leaves and Vine -- High Five -- Gumdrops -- Checkerboard -- Up, Up, and Away -- The Original Ticker Tape.

Presents sixteen quilting projects using leftover fabric scraps that feature piecing, appliqué, and improvisational work, in a book that also includes tips for cutting, storing, and organizing fabric scraps.

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