Ray Hemachandra

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Minnesota

Pretty Little + Mini Quilts = ONE BIG SUCCESS!

 

Right from the start, crafters embraced Lark's Pretty Little series--and they’ll love this exciting new entry, too. Acknowledging the widespread popularity of quilting today, Pretty Little Mini Quilts focuses specifically on this hot trend in stitchery.

Mini quilts are no larger than three feet in length or height, making them perfect for quilters in the mood for a smaller, quicker project.  These wonderful, modern designs--suitable for beginners and intermediates--are the creations of 25 leading artists, many of whom have a prominent online presence.

The featured techniques, all explained in the Basics section, include machine and hand quilting, piecing, embroidery, fusing, embellishing with beads and other materials, and trapunto.

Pretty Little Mini Quilts

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Nicki Trench

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

35 Step-By-step Patchwork and Quilting Projects to Stitch

With 35 eye-catching designs to sew, every stitcher will fall in love with the projects in A Passion for Quilting. With something for everyone, Nicki Trench employs quilting, appliqué, embroidery, and patchwork techniques to create items to make for the home, or to give as personal gifts to family and friends. Divided into four chapters, start by making Blankets and Quilts using colorful blocks and vintage fabrics. Take the picnic quilt out on a summer day or decorate your baby's crib with the cot quilt made with vintage fabrics. Carry Out is next, packed with projects for people who love bags. The glamour purse is covered with pretty yoyos while the beach bag is great for storing all your vacation essentials. Accessories and Gifts has book covers, needle cases, cushions, and more that are certain to put a smile on the face of the recipient. In the final chapter, Kitchen and Dining Room, there are trivets, tea towels, and chair seat covers to add color to your culinary spaces. At the back you will find a handy techniques section explaining all the stitches you'll need to complete the projects. With creative ideas to inspire both beginners and more experienced stitchers, you are sure to find the perfect project to feed your crafting addictions!

A Passion for Quilting

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Sally Southern

Sewing projects… scrap, small scale, thrifty chic

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Scrap Fabric Style, Small Scale Sewing, Thrifty Chic

A collection of sewing projects using tiny amounts of fabric and embellishments. It uses an eclectic blend of materials that includes felt, gingham, Liberty print, denim, ribbon, buttons, beads, wire and even decorative paper. It includes step-by-step instructions, needlecraft techniques and various tips.|Packed full of gorgeous, sewing projects this will be the answer to all your gifting problems. Use up your fabric scraps and button and bead collections with these pretty little sewing projects which make the perfect presents.The author uses an eclectic blend of materials including: felt, gingham, Liberty print, denim, ribbon, buttons, beads, wire and even decorative paper.Small hand and sewing machine projects are the ideal way to create quick gifts with lasting impact. Step-by-step instructions, needlecraft and embroidery stitch techniques are included throughout to make it fast and easy. Projects include: shabby chic hanging heart; patchwork hangings; floral felt jewellery and a cute cosmetic bag.

Fast Fabric Gifts

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Publications International Ltd. Staff

Craft books for kids.. perfect for teachers!

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Fun-Tastic Crafts for Kids is a four-book binder that puts all kinds of crafts right at a child's fingertips. The books inside this binder include Rainy Day Crafts, Holiday Crafts, After School Crafts, and Year-Round Crafts for Kids. Each book is filled with creative ideas (and easy-to-follow instructions!) that will kids crafting in no time. Kids will be making one-of-a-kind gifts, festive holiday decorations, wearable art, and so much more.

Activity Binder Crafts

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Meredith Books Staff

Gifts in a jar from the kitchen and the craft table

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Gifts in a Jar

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Kaye Wood

Join Kaye Wood as she shares her tips, techniques and templates for faster, easier quilting.

Everyone Can Quilt with Kaye Wood

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Craft book.. sewing projects in an afternoon.  Like new

Sewing Projects in an Afternoon

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Anne of Windy Poplars

Reading & Language Arts

Basic Goals in Reading

Munro Leaf

Presents the four things people must be in order to live together pleasantly: honest, fair, strong, and wise.

How to Behave and Why

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High Roads

Part of Houghton Mifflin reading series..1966

Bright Peaks

Rilla of Ingelside

Heidi

Vintage.. belonged to my mom
Copyright 1943

Anne of Green Gables

Jennifer Chiaverini

A Roaring Twenties tale of boom and bust unfolds as young bride Elizabeth Bergstrom Nelson sets off with her husband, Henry, from her family home of Elm Creek Manor in Pennsylvania to start a new life in the unfamiliar terrain of southern California. Expecting to assume ownership of Triumph Ranch, the couple instead learns that their deed is a fake, and that they must work for the rightful proprietors to earn their keep. Resourceful Elizabeth trades her trousseau—including the fine quilts stitched by her Bergstrom relatives—for the practical goods the Nelsons need to survive, and finds friendship with California native Rosa Diaz Barclay. When Elizabeth discovers a mysterious cache of quilts made by a member of the Diaz family that reveals a misplaced legacy of love, land, and ancestral ties, it becomes clear that only by stitching the rift between the past and the future can the inhabitants of Triumph Ranch hope to live in peace alongside history.

The Quilter's Homecoming

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Susan Wiggs

Linda Davis's local fabric shop is a place where women gather to share their creations: quilts commemorating important events in their lives. Wedding quilts, baby quilts, memorial quilts—each is bound tight with dreams, hopes and yearnings. Now, as her only child readies for college, Linda is torn between excitement for Molly and heartache for herself. Who will she be when she is no longer needed in her role as mom? What will become of her days? Of her marriage? Mother and daughter decide to share one last adventure together—a cross-country road trip to move Molly into her dorm. As they wend their way through the heart of the country, Linda stitches together the scraps that make up Molly's young life. And in the quilting of each bit of fabric—the hem of a christening gown, a snippet from a Halloween costume—Linda discovers that the memories of a shared journey can come together in a way that will keep them both warm in the years to come….

The Goodbye Quilt

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Facing radical changes in their roles and outlooks when the men in their lives join the Union forces, the women of Elm Creek Valley's quilting bee begin an agonizing period of waiting that is shaped by their husbands' military duties and their respective circumstances.

The Union Quilters

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Christy

The Master Quilter opens with the sound of wedding bells ringing in the ears of the Elm Creek Quilters. The close-knit group can hardly believe that their own Sylvia Compson planned her holiday wedding to sweetheart Andrew in complete secrecy, without the help of even one of her friends. Eager to honor the newlyweds, the Elm Creek Quilters hasten to stitch a bridal quilt for their favorite Master Quilter. Until the time comes to unveil the surprise gift, they reason, Sylvia will be the one in the dark.
Such little white lies seem harmless enough, especially in the service of future happiness. Yet Elm Creek Manor, and the quilting retreat established there by the Elm Creek Quilters, thrives on the strength of women sharing their creativity, their challenges, and their dreams. Somehow, in the race to commemorate in Sylvia's bridal quilt all that they hold dear about her wisdom, skill, and devotion, they forget to give honesty its pride of place.
As the quilt blocks accumulate, the Elm Creek Quilters celebrate the joy of new beginnings and the ongoing success of their business -- until forces conspire to threaten their happiness and prosperity. Two among them falter in their personal relationships, yet they are too proud to share their pain. The financial problems of another leave the quilt project vulnerable to a malicious act that may prevent its completion. And as two others weigh the comfort of the present against dreams of a future far from Elm Creek Manor, closely guarded secrets strain the bonds of friendship with those who may be left behind.
The Dallas Morning News has praised the Elm Creek Quilts series as "classics of their kind," and The Master Quilter is Chiaverini's latest gift to readers.

The Master Quilter

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In this heartwarming debut novel, Sarah, struggling to find a job and a sense of place in her new town, finds herself learning how to quilt from a cantankerous old woman who also teaches her about the deep love that can exist between friends. Reprint.

The Quilter's Apprentice

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An Elm Creek Quilts Novel

Elm Creek Quilts, the thriving artists' retreat at Elm Creek Manor, is a place that stakes its sterling reputation on the palpable creative energy and collective goodwill of its teachers and students. But when two of its founding members decide to leave the fold, the Elm Creek Quilters face untold changes not only in their personal lives but also in their business. As the news spreads, a single question emerges: Who can possibly take their place? An Elm Creek Quilter must not only possess mastery of quilting technique but teaching experience, a sense of humor, and that intangible quality that allows an individual to blend harmoniously into a group. With high hopes, Elm Creek Quilts posts an open call for applicants. Suddenly, quilters everywhere are vying to land the prestigious post. Among the candidates are Maggie, whose love of history shines through in all her projects; Anna, a quilter and a chef whose food-themed quilts are wonderfully innovative; Russ, the male quilter whose pathbreaking style could lend Elm Creek Quilts an intriguing aesthetic departure; Karen, a novice teacher whose preternatural gifts for language complement her deep understanding of the quilters' mission; and Gretchen, the soulful veteran with a legacy steeped in quilting tradition. "We must evaluate all of the applicants' qualities," advises Master Quilter Sylvia Compson. "Our choice will say as much about us and what we want for Elm Creek Quilts as it says about those we decide to hire." In the course of the members' careful deliberations, cherished memories resurface and inspiring visions for the future take shape. Only by understanding the meaning of what their own labors have wrought can they select the ones who have earned a place among the circle of quilters.

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Ray Hemachandra

Pretty Little Mini Quilts

Nicki Trench

A Passion for Quilting

Sally Southern

Fast Fabric Gifts

Publications International Ltd. Staff

Activity Binder Crafts

Meredith Books Staff

Gifts in a Jar

Kaye Wood

Everyone Can Quilt with Kaye Wood

Susan Mickey

Sewing Projects in an Afternoon

LM Montgomery

Anne of Windy Poplars

Kottmeyer and Ware

Basic Goals in Reading

Munro Leaf

How to Behave and Why

Paul McKee

High Roads

Paul McKee

Bright Peaks

L.M. Montgomery

Rilla of Ingelside

Johanna Spyri

Heidi

L.M. Montgomery

Anne of Green Gables

Jennifer Chiaverini

The Quilter's Homecoming

Susan Wiggs

The Goodbye Quilt

Jennifer Chiaverini

The Union Quilters

Catherine Marshall

Christy

Jennifer Chiaverini

The Master Quilter

Jennifer Chiaverini

The Quilter's Apprentice

Jennifer Chiaverini

Circle of Quilters

Barbara Groves and Mary Jacobson

Crazy for Baby

Julie Johnson

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