East-Meets-West Quilts: Explore Improv with Japanese-Inspired Designs embroidery or prayer shawls

or prayer shawls

And the stunning color photos by Debbie Patterson will inspire you to get going on your first project when you see the artful beauty in each and every piece

empowering

Easy patterns for charity knitting projects from blankets to bears

swanky carryalls

East-Meets-West Quilts: Explore Improv with Japanese-Inspired Designs embroidery or prayer shawlsImprov quilting, in which quilt designs emerge organically as fabric is cut and stitched, is simple, popular, and fun. In this book, expert quilter Patricia Belyea offers improv instruction and shares her appealing Quilt Manifesto of five simple rules. While providing quilters with a starting point, the fifth rule of the Manifesto, Break any rule you like, opens the door to creative freedom. (However, the solid instructions allow even the rule