New Book Titles

by Valerie S. Goodwin

Publisher: C&T Publishing

Capture a Sense of Place with Fiber Collage—A Visual Guide

Your world, reimagined in visionary quilted maps

Transform the places you love—and places you’ve always imagined or wanted to see—into hypnotic art quilts. Award-winning artist Valerie Goodwin shows you how to make quilted maps with easy fabric collage techniques and innovative designs based on maps of your favorite places. Fully illustrated guide features a large photo gallery of quilt maps by Valerie and her students.

• Find inspiration in real and imaginary sites, in old maps, in poetry, and in memories
• Transform a place’s essential lines and shapes into quilt designs
• Make luminous textures with fabric layering, paints, stamps, stencils, drawing, and appliqué

by Carol Doak

• Stunning Blocks & Borders from a Single Unit • 32 Paper-Pieced Units • 8 Quilt Projects

Make those rectangle units do double-duty!

Carol Doak is back with something new and exciting for paper piecers! Learn how the same rectangular unit can work in dramatically different ways in the blocks and borders of your quilt. If you haven't tried paper-piecing yet, this book is for you, too. You'll discover how quickly and easily your quilt comes together with Carol's foundation piecing technique. She provides tips for tools and fabrics, plus plenty of inspiration.

• See how just one rectangle unit works beautifully in both blocks and borders with full-size paper-piecing patterns
• Try Carol’s inspiring quilt projects to learn how to work with unit placement, how to paper-piece, and how to choose your fabrics
• Get creative with your own unit combinations—patterns on CD give you flexibility to change the size of your quilt, or design your own pattern

by Barbara Jones

You'll love these yummy designs from QuiltSoup Pattern Company! Get ready to showcase your fabrics in delightful appliqué quilts. Create a summer cottage, flowerpots, birds, and many other charming motifs.

• Choose from nine quilts with fun patchwork and appealing appliqué--ideal for confident beginners to intermediate quilters
• Learn Barbara's tips for beautifully stitched needle-turn appliqué
• Achieve success with relatively large, easy-to-use appliqué shapes; full-sized template patterns are included

Sizes 1-14 Girls
Tissue Patterns Included