Gwen Marston Libri

Here's an exceptional book that provides needleworkers with eye-catching patchwork projects that work up fast and easy. Veteran quilt designers and teachers Gwen Marston and Joe Cunningham have created 20 attractive little quilts that are perfect for experimenting with color and design. Considerably less intimidating than full-size quilts, these "quiltlets" — ranging in size from 13½ x 17½ inches to 18 x 22 inches — make ideal doll bed covers of lovely wall hangings. The 35 full-size templates help create a variety of captivating designs, including Tree Everlasting, Dutchman's Puzzle, Propeller, Broken Dishes, Houses, Bow Tie, Jacob's Ladder, The Girls, Gwen's Tulip, Sugar Bowl, and ten other charming patterns.Complete step-by-step instructions, amply enhanced with approximately 95 black-and-white illustrations, enable quilters at all levels to create a variety of colorful items that will be a pleasure to make and a joy to use.

Join Gwen Marston as she leads you through her intuitive process for designing minimal quilts with maximum impact. Learn elements of design, art, color, and history via page after page of unique quilts. Although this book includes basic instructions, no patterns are needed for this minimalist quiltmaking approach.

Authentic Amish quilting patterns are among the most sough-after quilting styles today. Elegant and graceful, these eye-catching designs are widely recognized as a unique art form. Now with this useful guide, prepared by two noted quilt designers and teachers, needleworkers at all levels of expertise can re-create many popular Amish motifs passed down from generation to generation.Over 50 full-size, ready-to-use templates provide attractive designs for feathers, flowers, pinwheels, tulips, cables, pumpkin seeds, a star, and much more. Easy-to-follow instructions and numerous diagrams allow beginning as well as advanced quilters to undertake a variety of projects, while an informative introduction points out the differences between Lancaster County and Midwestern Amish styles.Useful for creating repeating borders, centers, corners, and overall patterns for full-size bedcovers, these classic designs can also be used individually to embellish pillows, cushions, and countless other domestic items.

Amish quilts, known for their beautiful color combinations and varied motifs, are extremely popular among quilt makers. This easy-to-follow guidebook shows quilters how to create these lovely classics in miniature — with patterns that work up quickly and easily. Just the right size for use as doll bedcovers or lovely wall hangings, these eye-catching quilts are perfect for experimenting with a variety of colors and are considerably less intimidating to work up than full-size quilts.Complete step-by-step instructions and full-size templates show needlecrafters how to make 20 "quiltlets" ranging in size from about 21" x 21" for the largest to 15 1/2" x 18 1/2" for the smallest. Over 100 illustrations help create such perennially popular designs as Four Patch, Zig Zag, Baskets, Sunshine and Shadow, Triangles, Monkey Wrench, Diamond in a Square, Shoo Fly, Log Cabin, Evening Star, and 10 other classic patterns.

Mary Schafer is cited as being largely responsible for the rescue of the quintessential American folk art of quilt making. Gwen Marston presents Schafer as an unassuming scholar, devoted to historical accuracy and determined to make quilting available to as many people as possible.

This self-curated collection of quilts by artist and master quiltmaker Gwen Marston represents more than 40 years of artistic output by a a legendary stitcher.