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Quilts from Books

Big Book of Building Block Quilts
New designs added to a collection of classic favorites from Sara's earlier books makes this a truly BIG BOOK of three-dimensional blocks.

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Doubledipity: More Serendipity Quilts
Double the fun! More six-pointed star blocks and exciting layouts continue the serendipitous enjoyment of these gorgeous, yet easy works of art.

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Easy & Elegant (Out of Print)
An easy way to introduce yourself to some of the most exciting shapes in quiltmaking! Take them one at a time instead of all together. 60° quilts are among the all-time favorites of quilters. This book will give you a new direction for your quilting energies.

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Happy Halloween
Eight new blocks include pumpkins, ghosts, a witch and more. Hang a small quilt above the candy, or a big quilt to decorate for a party. Use single blocks on clothing, pillows, placemats, etc. Complete directions are given for six quilts. Great for the new Halloween fabrics! So easy and fast you can make them up just in time for trick-or-treat.

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Merry Christmas
Santa, his sleigh, and a Christmas tree with ornaments are given in different sizes so they can combine in lots of projects. Your favorite child (or child at heart) can have warm dreams under a special quilt, or add the glitz of holiday decorations with a quick wall hanging. Complete directions are given for seven quilts.

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Mock Applique
It looks like appliqué but you don't do any! Just pick up a rotary cutter and head for your sewing machine to produce "Iris", "Poison Ivy", "Pansies", "Cherries", and even "Grapes", and more. No painstaking hand-stitching! No curved seams! No templates! Strip piecing and sandwich piecing make many of these quilt designs even faster. Thirteen original designs and sixteen step-by-step quilt plans.

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New Labels
You can use fabric designs to inspire beautiful labels! Add easy lettering to the art that's already there, coloring and embellishing as desired. White-on-whites are great to color. Another new way to look at fabric! Or use a computer to quickly achieve stunning results. Use clip art, fonts and page layout software. Then trace a permanent washable label. Sara Nephew presents two new approaches to making labels for your beautiful quilts. Step-by-step instructions. Simple tools and equipment. Nine computer generated labels are included as examples, and for you to trace.

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Patchwork Zoo (Out of Print)
Four dozen fantastic new animal blocks to rotary cut and machine piece. Something for everybody! Work from complete directions given for 37 quilts, or mix and match to create your own designs. A sixteen page gallery of beautiful pictures is packed with ideas for fabric choices and color combinations. Add a country lodge look to your bedroom or fun to any part of the house. Use individual blocks for pockets, pillows, tote bags, place mats, etc.

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Quilted Adventures
Quilts of things we love to do! Adventures for all ages. Whether you love the ocean or the air, fast cars or hot-air balloons, there's a quilt for you. All rotary cut and machine pieced. The book includes clear cutting directions with hundreds of diagrams, and an eight-page quilt gallery in full color. Sixteen complete quilt patterns are given, from full-sized to baby quilts. Directions are given for 34+ quilt blocks, so you can mix and match your own favorites. A great addition to your quilt block library.

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Sensational 6-Pointed Star Quilts (Out of Print)
Pieced blocks and setting units combine to produce truly sensational new patterns. Two-block quilts from the 60° triangle!

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Serendipity Quilts
Combine stacked fabric-repeats with six-pointed star designs to produce rich, detailed works of art that are bold and fun to make.

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Special Times
Special Times features holidays and other events that can be celebrated with a unique quilt; Easter, 4th of July, Valentines Day, bedtime, birthdays. Get 11 fun new blocks to play with. Includes complete directions for eight quilts or wall hangings.

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Town & Country
Town & Country shows home, in the suburbs or on the farm. Nine new blocks include two houses and a barn, a tractor, turkey, sunflower, and more. Includes complete directions for seven quilts or wall hangings. Rotary cutting and easy machine piecing makes these projects so fast you'll want to make them all.

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Quilts by Students/Customers

Then there are some people who jump in with both feet, like Gail Clark of Loveland, CO. She took Marci's class and you can see the results...

In 2000, Gail took Marci's tumbling blocks class with the intent that it would be the one and only quilt that she would make. She made this one for her first quilt (WOW!) and she has made four others.

" Marci is such a great teacher. I learned so much more in the class than just the tumbling blocks. I couldn't stop with just one quilt!"
- Gail Clark - Loveland, CO

We're sharing her story not to say everyone can learn to quilt on a king size tumbling blocks, but to show that the technique is simple enough that even a beginner can make it.
We'd recommend just using three fat quarters to make all of the same block and create a doll quilt or table runner. Make something simple to see how easy, fast, and fun this design can be!

 

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