Fabulous Fat Quarter Bags/Layer Cake, Jelly Roll And Charm Quilts

Fabulous Fat Quarter Bags

Whoever said it takes pain to stitch stylish patchwork bags never tried Susan Briscoe’s quick and simple quilting techniques. If you like working with fat quarters and experimenting with color, if you want to sew something that is both simple to construct and simply lovely, then you’ll love her designs for these fabulous fat quarter bags.
Put your favorite fat quarters to their most beautiful use with seven complimentary pairs of projects (one smaller, one larger)—for a total of 14 bags in all. Each pair of projects requires the same skills, so if the techniques are new to you, you can start with the smallest project then move on up to the main project once you’re ready. These purses, totes and carryalls run the gamut from a shabby chic swag bag with a curvy coin purse that perfectly mirrors the swag bag’s shape to an everyday satchel with a sturdy over-the-shoulder strap and a handy matching book cover bag.
Briscoe’s step-by-step instructions and templates (where needed) make these 14 designs a snap to complete, and her great ideas for using alternate fabric choices and embellishments to change the look and feel of these bags are sure to spark plenty of creative ideas for your own bags.

Layer Cake, Jelly Roll and Charm Quilts

Layer cakes take center stage in the first book ever to focus on the oh-so-versatile bundles of 10" squares of fabric that every quilter craves! Quilters still haven’t had their fill of the long, 2.5" wide strips of fabric known as jelly rolls or the cute collections of 5" fabric squares called charm packs. Add layer cakes to the mix, and you’ve got the recipe for quilts that are impossible to resist!
Pam Lintott and her daughter Nicky, authors of the bestselling Jelly Roll Quilts, are back with 17 pretty projects that beautifully mix and match these popular pre-cut bundles of fabric: each quilt is constructed out of one jelly roll, layer cake or charm pack or a combination of the three—and designed to minimize waste. From an English Garden pillow to an array of lap- and full-sized quilts, these designs go way beyond squares and stripes with stars, triangles and machine-pieced hexagons.
As always, the Lintotts’ step-by-step instructions make assembly easy, and their suggestions for changing the look of a quilt with different colorways are gorgeous and inspiring, but what’s really great is that they provide brand names, so you can make quilts that look exactly like the ones in this book!

Fabulous Fat Quarter Bags

Softcover: 128 pages

Publisher: David & Charles Publishers ( April 01, 2009 )

Item #: 535867

ISBN: 9780715329788

Product Dimensions: 8.25 x 10.75 x 0.0 inches

Product Weight: 18.0 ounces ( View shipping rates and policies )

Layer Cake, Jelly Roll and Charm Quilts

Softcover: 128 pages

Publisher: David & Charles Publishers ( May 01, 2009 )

Item #: 735869

ISBN: 9780715332085

Product Dimensions: 8.25 x 8.75 x 0.0 inches

Product Weight: 18.0 ounces ( View shipping rates and policies )