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Folk Art Quilts: A Fresh Look

Change your perspective on folk art quilts forever! Learn everything you need to know about folk art-- a style that affirms individual creativity and invites invention. Study the characteristics that make up a folk art quilt and design your own. 

Inside:
  • 18 original folk art quilt projects.
  • How to use appliques, embellishments, and other creative finishes to give your quilts a distinctive folk art look.
  • Ideas for conveying special messages in folk art quilts.
  • Methods for turning "mistakes" into opportunities to add character to your quilts.

Sandy is the author of eight additional books which are currently available through Amazon, eBay, and anywhere fine books are sold. The titles are listed below:

Patchwork Party: 10 Festive Quilts & the Recipes That Inspired Them
Mouth-Watering New Quilts and Dessert
• 10 pieced quilts with rich colors inspired by delicious desserts
• 10 finger-licking recipes to enjoy while you quilt
• Learn to create rich color combinations using the color wheel 
• Create a complex look with easy, basic blocks

The secret of this tempting collection of pieced quilts is combining easy blocks - rectangles, half-square and quarter-square triangles, and four-patch blocks-in original ways. To achieve total perfection, just add dessert!
Sweet Treats: 12 Delectable Quilts from 2 Easy Blocks
It's a Quilting Party in a Book!
• Create 12 intricate-looking but easy-to-make quilts from just 2 simple blocks
• 10 matching dessert recipes from Sandy's kitchen-choose from Lemon Chiffon Pie, Chocolate Decadence, Blueberry Cobbler, and other luscious treats
• Give your quilts a unique flavor using Sandy's secrets for working with color and value 

  You won't believe the tasty effects you can create with four-patch and half-square triangle blocks! Popular teacher Sandy Bonsib shows you how to combine the principles of color and value with 2 simple blocks to make quilts that look like you worked a lot harder than you did. As an added bonus, the quilt projects come with recipes for 10 decadent desserts. Sew, eat, and enjoy!
Tried and True: New Quilts from Favorite Blocks
Basic blocks, simple sewing, remarkable results—these fresh yet familiar designs will inspire you to start stitching today! Add creative flair to old favorites in this collection of tradition-with-a-twist patterns. Give new life to classic blocks with 10 quilt projects.  Choose from well-known, easy-to-make blocks such as Churn Dash, Flying Geese, and Bear's Paw.  Discover unexpected ways to arrange traditional blocks for a whole new look. ​
 Americana Quilts:
Celebrate the American Spirit with this fun collection of simple-to-stitch quilts!  Create ten projects with flags, stars and stripes, and patriotic critters.  Learn how to choose fabrics for a folk art-inspired color palette.  Discover tips for achieving a distinctive primitive look.
Quilting Your Memories: Inspirations for Designing With Image Transfers
Learn to transfer photographs, children’s drawings, and more onto fabric. Gather inspiration from 68 quilts.
Quilting More Memories: Creating Projects With Image Transfers
In this sequel to the top-selling Quilting Your Memories, you’ll learn how to use all the latest techniques to make your next photo-transfer project a smashing success. Includes 10 delightful quilt patterns and step-by-step instructions for using photo transfer paper with a laser color copier.
Quilting Your Memories: Inspirations for Designing With Image Transfers
​Learn to transfer photographs, children’s drawings, and more onto fabric. Gather inspiration from 68 quilts.
Flannel Quilts
Turn your next quilt into a cozy, comfy, homespun treasure with fun and versatile flannel fabrics! This step-by-step guide will show you how to create colorful quilts featuring all the latest flannels, from plaids and florals to baby prints, solids and stripes. These fresh ideas will put flannel fabrics among your quilting favorites.
Memory Quilts: 20 Heartwarming Projects with Special Techniques
​Memory Quilts presents original projects for remembering someone you have loved, celebrating milestones such as births and weddings, or capturing other memories from a sports teams big year to your grandmother's kitchen. Many special techniques for memory quilting are introduced such as how to attach heavy memorabilia, write on the quilt, and transfer photographs to cloth. each project includes step-by-step instructions, color photographs and diagrams, and ideas for adapting the design. Quilt your memories!