Celebrate The Seasons With Quilts

Greet each season with beloved designer Pat Sloan leading the way! Pat's clear instructions and encouraging "You can do it!" attitude make this collection of seasonal projects a snap to create. Choose from 14 simple patchwork and applique projects for: -- Spring: stitch a bouquet of scrap-happy tulips -- Summer: make a pillow in sky blues and sunny yellows -- Fall: harvest a fun pumpkin wall quilt -- Winter: get cozy with a Nordic-style snowflake quilt Each season offers something special to celebrate--and Pat's easy-to-make projects will help you to welcome each turn of the calendar page. She'll be cheering you on every step of the way!

Savor the beauty of spring, summer, autumn, and winter with holiday lap quilts worthy to display on the wall. This festive pattern collection was created by popular designer Cherry Guidry of Cherry Blossoms. Appliqué your way through four elegant yet whimsical projects over the course of the year, as you look forward to Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. All four quilts feature the same background block layout, with a unique holiday scene setting each season. Use the full-size patterns and your favorite paper-backed fusible for easy raw-edge appliqué. With fresh colors and appliqué motifs tailored to the seasons, you'll be inspired all year long!

Come join the fun as Pat Sloan takes you on a joyful journey through a year's worth of celebrations. You'll find easy patchwork and fusible-appliqué; projects for Valentine's Day, Easter, the Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Stitch welcoming lap quilts and table toppers, plump and pretty pillows, trick-or-treat totes, cozy Christmas stockings, and more. Keep your home decor looking fresh and cheery as the seasons change, and always have the perfect pattern on hand for a housewarming or holiday gift. With inspiring photos, easy-to-follow instructions, and 17 terrific designs at your fingertips, you're on your way to a great year!

Celebrate Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall & Holidays!

For all the seasons of the year, for all the seasons of life, quilts make the perfect keepsakes. Celebrate each season with twenty-three quilt and craft projects just right for decorating your home and making special occasions.

Pat Sloan loves to quilt a little joy into every season of the year--and just look at all the fun she has with fabric! Why not join Pat in celebrating the abundance of color and themes each month brings? Quilted table runners, wall hangings, lap quilts, and bed-size quilts are yours to create with piecing and appliqué. Projects include Jester Snowman Quilt; Lady Slippers Quilt; Spring Table Runner; Wild Rose Quilt; Wreath Quilt; Scrappy Hearts Quilt; Ocean Waves Quilt; Prairie Flowers Quilt; Sunflower Wall Hanging; Cornucopia Wall Hanging; Scrappy Fall Stars; Snowflake Quilt; and Snowflake Basket Wall Hanging. Quilt the Seasons, Book 2 (Leisure Arts #4738)

Pat Sloan's 9 folksy quilts and a whimsical penny rug work up quickly with machine appliqué and easy embroidery. This charming collection, featuring spring florals, an Easter Bunny, watermelon slices for summer, an American Flag, fall pumpkins, Christmas gingerbread, and joyful angels, will make every day of the year special! Quilt the Seasons with Pat Sloan (Leisure Arts #3574)

Decorate your home throughout the snowy season with 10 folk-art quilts and accessories! Choose from lap quilts, wall quilts, pillows, and table runners, all featuring favorite wintertime motifs. With easy projects and step-by-step instructions--and a little fun with giant rickrack--you'll be finished before the first holiday party! Projects feature fusible applique and easy wool applique stitched by hand or machine Themes include stockings, stars, trees, holly, and even reindeer Decorating tips throughout the book offer fresh ideas for your home

These new Christmas designs come from Japan's leading quilt publication, 'Nihon Vogue'. There are 15 projects, featuring a range of traditional techniques, from paper piecing to applique.