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Feedsacks, flour sacks, sugar sacks ??? have been popular for creating quilts, garments and sewn household items from the 1800s through the 1960s. Made of strong, durable 200 thread count cotton, the sacks came in a variety of colors and patterns. Today, fabric manufacturers are offering reproduction fabrics true to vintage sack material designs. Sugar Sack Quilts contains a comprehensive overview of feed sacks produced between 1930 and 1960. Hailey also offers 12 modern designs for coordinating projects, from bed quilts to wall hangings, using fat quarters/ fat eighths of original or reproduction feed sack fabrics. Contains a fascinating combination of historic information and quilting projects for a great value. EMAIL FOR PRICE

Fat quarters were a revolution in quilting—buying a bundle of pre-mixed colors and patterns made quilting so easy. All you had to do was fall in love with a stack. You already knew how the colors would play together. Jelly Rolls are taking that idea and running with it. Like fat quarters, jelly rolls are offered in a pre-mixed assortment of color-coordinated fabrics, but this time around the fabric is cut into 2˝" strips and all rolled up in a colorful disc. This book introduces you to the jelly roll, then takes you through 17 projects specifically designed to make the most of these strips, from simple square designs to stars and log cabins and more. It’s time to roll with it! Color photos. Softcover. $13.90

We can’t think of anyone better to teach you to quilt than the star of the extremely popular PBS® show Sewing With Nancy, sewing authority extraordinare Nancy Zieman! Even if the idea of sewing a quilt seems out of reach, Nancy will have you stitching up a storm in no time flat. From setting up your workspace, selecting your tools and choosing your colors to working with strips and strata to quickly create an impressive selection of blocks, Nancy lays out all the skills you need to know to quilt with confidence—all within the first 40 pages of this book. The rest is icing on the cake! In the same friendly, straightforward manner for which she’s known and loved, Nancy goes on to demonstrate quick techniques for piecing log cabin quilts and easy ways to work with triangles to create stars and bowties. From there she shows you how to put it all together with clever ways to work your blocks into designs, simple sashing, borders and binding. With everything you’ve learned you’ll be ready to tackle the eight step-by-step projects (from placemats to a full-sized quilt) designed to put your skills to the test with ease. Thanks, Nancy! Color photos. Softcover. $13.90

Cozy up with breathtaking quilts inspired by Lavender Hill Farm all year round! Each of these 12 projects (one for every month of the year) is filled with country charm, including: • January’s clean and crisp “frosty morning” quilt • May’s “lavender gathering baskets” wall hanging featuring fanciful embroidered designs • July’s “Old Glory”quilt celebrating the lazy days of summer • November’s festive appliquéd “autumn splendor” table runner and so much more. And with beautiful photographs of each of the quilts set against the picturesque landscape of Oregon’s Willamette Valley or inside a lovely farmhouse, this book is as fun to look at as it is to use. A full quilting primer rounds out this inspirational guide. Softcover. $12.90

QUILT A COLORFUL CHRISTMAS.
Edited by J. Stauffer & S.L. Hatch.
Includes gifts for everyone--bed quilts, wall quilts, throws, stockings, gift bags, table runners, and much more. Well illustrated in color. 176 pages. Size 7ľ x 10ľ inches. Published by House of White Birches. $6.90

MERRY CHRISTMAS QUILTS.
Edited by Tina Cook.
Deck the hall and the rest of your holiday home with one of these eleven festive projects, from bed and wall quilts to a banner and tree skirt. All instructions are included along with the quilting basics. Illustrated in color. 80 pages. Size 8 x 11 inches. Published by That Patchwork Place. $6.90

GARDEN PARTY: Applique Quilts That Bloom.
By Cynthia Tomaszewski.
Includes patterns and instructions for appliqueing blossoms, vines, and hearts to your quilts. Color illustrations. 128 pages. Size 8Ľ x 11 inches. Published by Martingale & Company. $6.90