Sarah Ann Smith

A compendium of everything you need to know about that most essential of quilting notions thread! Sarah Ann Smith unravels the secrets behind how it's made, how to select the right thread for the right job, and how to use it to enhance your piecing, appliqué, and quilting. And not just thread! Learn about needles, machines, fabrics, stabilizers, marking tools, and more! Interspersed with the valuable nuts and bolts are small projects to put the information to work a needlekeeper and a thread tension sampler, to name just two. Sarah Ann's insights and tips will help you understand how and why certain tools and notions work best and when another option is a better choice.

Charlotte Ziebarth

Transform Your Digital Photos into Luminous Fabric Art

• Alter photos and use them to create beautiful, original works of fabric art - 11 exercises show you how
• Learn to alter images with Photoshop Elements®
• Use photos that really enhance your work (Hint: it's not always the best-looking shots!)
• Find inspiration in your own albums, from other artists, and in nature
• Make large-scale quilts with a standard-size inkjet printer

This accessible guide to creating fine fabric art with digital photos covers everything from the tools and equipment you'll need, to designing, finishing, and assembling your quilt.

Beth Wheeler

More Quilt-Art Adventures with Photos and Fabric

• Explore the amazing visual effects you can create with your own photos and Photoshop Elements software
• Build on the techniques for printing on fabric covered in Altered Photo Artistry
• Bonus CD with 17 free photographs, 12 custom graphics add-ons, and free trial version of Adobe Photoshop Elements 6

You've learned to print photos on fabric - now you're ready to explore the full artistic potential of altering images to create quilt art. Learn to transform ordinary photos in a dozen exciting ways with photo editing software. Bonus CD with Beth's original photos and graphics add-ons helps you alter photographs as never before!

Jean Wells

Adventures in art quilting. 11 creative exercises take your use of colour, design and piecing in dramatic new directions.

Lorraine Torrence & Jean B Mills

Stock Up Your Creative Toolbox With Indispensable Quilt Design Techniques

• Supercharge your creative spirit with 10 lessons in designing with fabrics-from basic design principles to finding new sources of inspiration
• Take an artistic journey through the creative processes of 8 real-life quilters and learn with them as they work through a series of design challenges
• Learn to experiment, evaluate results, and enhance your designs, working either by yourself or with a group
• Use critique groups to improve your work with other quilters' insights

The lessons you'll learn in this inspiring workshop will help you bring new creativity to any style of quilting or fiber arts, whether your tastes are traditional or contemporary. It's a must for anyone who loves to design with fabric.

Ann Johnston

A serious and accessible guide through design fundamentals. Includes start techniques and full-length projects.

Mary Ellen Kranz

In this all-new sequel Mary Ellen shows you the photography and printing tips she teaches in her popular workshops. No prior knowledge needed! All you need is a camera and an inkjet printer.

Katie Pasquini Masopust

Explore 10 approaches to designing art quilts with techniques for everyone, from beginner to advanced. Bring out your inner artist

Ricky Tims

Design companion Vol 1 to Ricky Tims' Rhapsody Quilts. Full-size freezer paper pattern with bonus applique designs and ideas.

Ruth B. McDowell

Everything you need to knwo about pieced design is here: working with focus, depth of field and scale, using geometry to adapt your images into quilt blocks and moving from sketches to pieced block diagrams.

Susan Carlson. Discover fun, creative fabric collage in easy-to-understand steps. A great book for anyone who wants to experiment with visual imagery

Judy Balchin. Art Nouveau designs - flowers, leaves, birds, animals, figures, borders, frames .....

Claudia Olson. Unlock the secrets of secondary patterns