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Essential Guide to Modern Quilt Making Compiled by Susanne Woods
Pub: July 2014
Lucky Spool’s Essential Guide to Modern Quilt Making features ten popular quilt teachers each of whom shares their most requested workshop. This is a great way to enjoy TEN workshops in high demand with today’s quilters. Topics include: seeing color with a critical eye, thinking outside-ofthe-box in quilt design, breaking out of the traditional grid setting, a fresh look at paper piecing, improv piecing, and a gallery study of fifty compelling modern quilts.
Price: $28.95 US ISBN13: 978-1-940655-00-0 Format: 8.5 x 11, paperback with flaps Pages: 192 $28.95 U.S.
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Contributors include: Alissa Haight Carlton, Kari Vojtechovsty, Dan Rouse, Jacquie Gering, Denyse Schmidt, Heather Jones, Cheryl Arkison, Penny Layman, Angela Walters and the gallery curated by Heather Grant. Savor Each Stitch
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Lucky Spool Media, LLC and the compiler of six other best-selling sewing titles. Having worked within the book publishing industry for over fifteen years, she launched Lucky Spool in 2013 in order to publish beautiful books, made collaboratively. A serial entrepreneur, she opened and a retail furniture boutique in Northern California in 2005 that she runs with her husband. They live and raise their two young boys in a cozy (tiny) 1940s cottage.
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As the genre of modern quilt making has exploded in recent years, a handful of instructors have established themselves as the most in-demand teachers for modern quilters. While we each would love to attend their classes and lectures to connect and learn in person, our schedules can be far less obliging. Here, Lucky Spool presents a collection of the most frequently requested workshops from this powerhouse group of 10 modern quilting teachers:
Cheryl Arkison Jacquie Gering Alissa Haight-Carlton Heather Jones Penny Layman Daniel Rouse Denyse Schmidt Kari Vojtechovsky Angela Walters And a study of 50 modern quilts curated by
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Compiled by Susanne Woods
Organized by practice or design, and shown in elegant photographs throughout, these are the tutorials, projects, inspiration and techniques that are essential to every modern quilt maker. Sixteen piecing projects are designed to expand your skills by introducing paper piecing, curves, freemotion quilting, improvisational patchwork, alternate gridwork, and more.
Savor Each Stitch By Carolyn Friedlander
An exploration of how selecting different fabrics, weaves, and substrates combined with playing with the design concepts of line, contrast, scale, emphasis, color, volume and texture can impact the end result of the design. Popular fabric and pattern designer, Carolyn Friedlander, introduces readers to her unique approach to quilt making. Slow sewing techniques are also covered and include needle turn appliquĂŠ, big stitch embroidery, wholecloth quilting, as well as traditional piecing methods. Eight quilts, each with a multitude of color way options, illustrate how each design decision can impact the direction of a quilt. Projects range from table runners to full sized quilts each encouraging readers to play with design possibilities to create unique quilts of their own.
Pub: July 2014 Price: $27.95 US ISBN13: 978-1-940655-01-7 Format: 8 x 10, paperback with flaps Pages: 144 + pullout
Alison Glass Appliqué By Alison Glass AG text
Whether you want to work with jersey, cotton, or wool, with small or largescale shapes, with patchwork backgrounds and appliqués or with solids, with visible or invisible stitches or with raw-edge, reverse appliqué, or turned under shapes, Alison Glass Appliqué shows you how. Alison introduces each appliqué method with simple instructions and useful illustrations that let you begin using these techniques right away. Alison gets you drawing, cutting, snipping, turning, and stitching to express your own style through each fabulous layer. Explore Alison’s long-awaited first book includes two large pull-out pattern sheets that contain full sized templates for each of the 14 projects that complement her range of wool, quilting cotton, threads, embroidery floss and other quilt patterns to create a stunning sewing room collection for every Alison Glass enthusiast.
Pub: October 2014 Price: $28.95 US ISBN13: 978-1-940655-03-1 Format: 8 x 10, paperback with flaps Pages: 144 + 2 pullouts
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School of Sewing By Shea Henderson
Pub: October 2014
Award-winning School of Sewing allows you to follow in the footsteps of a group of real beginner sewists who shared one goal — to learn to use their sewing machines. This book is an engaging, detailed lesson plan packed with hundreds of color photos designed to guide you along that same journey, whether you are learning alone or as a group. Author Shea Henderson, walks you step-by-step through 12 projects that LEARN IT. TEACH IT. progress the ultra-beginner and SEWfrom TOGETHER. gradually increase in skill level to culminate in a half-square triangle quilt.
Price: US$24.95 ISBN13: 978-1-940655-02-4 Format: 8 x 10, paperback with flaps Pages: 160
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Scraps, Inc. Vol. 1 Compiled by Susanne Woods
Is your mountain of fabrics left over from other projects (your scraps) in danger of toppling? Now’s your chance to make fantastic quilts from your beloved fabric remnants of past projects. The new and inventive patterns will help you piece together your treasured scraps into a stunning new quilt.
Pub: November 2014
This project-based book features 15 unique quilt designs, all by wellknown designers, and is aimed at the experienced modern quilter. Save money as you piece by sewings using fabrics from your stash of scraps.
Pages: 128
Price: $26.95 US ISBN13: 978-1-940655-04-8 Format: 8 x 10, paperback
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Contributors include: Camille Roskelley, Lee Heinrich, Amy Smart, Allison Harris, Jeni Baker, Amy Friend, Amy Ellis, April Rosenthal, Faith Jones, Alex Ledgerwood, Beth Vassalo, Kati Spencer, Melissa Lunden, Sherri McConnell, and Susan Beal.
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Bedroom Style, Perfectly Pieced By April Rosenthal
Find the perfect style and the perfect pattern to adorn your master bedroom with quilts and linens from April’s first book. Included are 10 queen or king-sized patterns shown in five different fabric combinations created just for this book—that’s 50 quilt possibilities!
Pub: January 2015
First take April’s Style Quiz to identify the look you love based on the hottest trends in interior design: Coastal, Farmhouse, Vintage Retro, make it your style Minimalist Zen, and Global Eclectic. Then select your favorite pattern, grab some complementary fabrics and create your custom quilt.
Pages: 128
Price: $26.95 US ISBN13: 978-1-940655-05-5 Format: 8 x 10, paperback with flaps
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Simply Color Series By Vanessa Christenson Six Simply Color books, one color at a time. Collect them all! Play with fabric like it’s a box of crayons. In each Simply Color book, popular V&Co fabric and pattern designer Vanessa Christenson gives you four quilts and two smaller projects specifically designed to feature the colors in this series. Brush up on the color theory basics of each color in an inspiring look at classic combinations and then have fun using an assortment of hues that evoke the unique qualities of each color: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple.
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These cute little hardcovers are completely irresistible and aren’t just packed with original patterns that you can’t wait to make, but the entire Simply Color series will look great on your sewing room bookshelves too!
Pub: January, March, May, July, September, November 2015 Price: $16.95 US each Format: 8 x 8, Hardcover plc Pages: 96, 104 or 108
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For Keeps By Amy Gibson
The quilts and projects in this book are what memories are made of. These will be your family’s go-to quilts—the ones that get taken to bed, packed up for a day at the beach, or that are ready for a surprise picnic. Full of photos shot on-location with Amy’s own family, there is truly a project for everyone in her book. See her website (quiltforkeeps.com) to take the ‘Quilt For Keeps Pledge’. Featuring eleven playful quilts and five patchwork keepsakes your family will use and cherish with easyto-follow instructions and convenient full sized templates.
Pub: June 2015 Price: $26.95 US ISBN13: 978-1-940655-07-9 Format: 8 x 10, paperback with flaps Pages: 136
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Meaningful Patchwork for Every Day Living
AMY GIBSON
Bring back the meaning of why you love to make, sew and gift your quilts, and get inspired by Amy’s thoughtful and charming approach to quiltmaking (and life!). For you, your children and grandchildren, these will be the quilts that become reminders of life’s most meaningful moments.
Handmade Style By Anna Graham
Anna Graham, best known for her Noodlehead bag patterns, shows you how to use your favorite fabrics to expand your signature look into a lifestyle collection.
Pub: June 2015
Featuring a range of stitched projects for experienced sewists to wear, to carry and to use, Anna teaches you skills you will need to use the full-sized patterns included to express your personal style through clothing and totes and beyond, even into small furnishings for your living space.
Format: 8 x 10, paperback with flaps
Beautifully photographed in and around her Wisconsin home, see what inspired Anna to create not just a book of projects, but a collection of essentials that are intended to be used together. From simple 1-hour projects, to large quilts, you will join all of her fans of Handmade Style and say: ‘‘For the first time, I want to make each and every project in the book!’’
Price: $27.95 US ISBN13: 978-1-940655-06-2
Pages: 144 + 2 large pullouts
Patchwork Essentials: The Half-Square Triangle By Jeni Baker
The half-square triangle—or ‘HST’ for short— is possibly a quilter’s most versatile piecing shape, with a ton of design possibilities for a new look each time.
Pub: October 2015
As fellow patchwork lovers, you and Jeni use the 12 projects and 4 Workshops to apply color theory to make fabric combinations that pop, practice resizing any block, incorporate scraps and piecing into your HST blocks, and use the final 3 patterns to mix and match your favorite HST blocks into custom designs. The bonus is a gallery of 60 block variations where you’ll find new inspiration every time you pick up this book.
Format: 8 x 10, paperback with flaps
Ready to get started? Grab your colored pencils and inspiration fabrics, because Jeni includes a coloring book page to let you sketch out your own designs for all 12 patterns—it’s fun and inspiring HST patchwork for all tastes.
Price: $26.95 US ISBN13: 978-1-940655-16-1
Pages: 128
Beyond Cotton By Krista Fleckenstein
Pub: November 2015
Beyond Cotton will take modern crafters and sewists beyond the world of commercially available fabrics. Author, Krista Fleckenstein teaches readers how to create original fabrics to sew with, carve block-printing stamps, experiment with fabric paints and experiment with dyeing fabrics. Krista shows you how to sew with these made-by-you fabrics and introduces readers how to sew with industrial-grade felt, with leather and with bias tape too.
Price: $27.95 US ISBN13: 978-1-940655-15-4 Format: 8 x 10, paperback with flaps Pages: 144 7.9375 × 10 SPINE: 0.375
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Readers will fall in love with the designer-looking projects first, but then won’t be able to wait to try Krista’s beginner-friendly approach to mixed-media that will take all their sewing...beyond cotton.
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anchorage, alaska with her husband and four children. Her childhood was spent doodling, color sorting, and taking as many art classes as she could manage. as the daughter of a quilter, she grew up being influenced by piles of fabric and the hum of a sewing machine. she started her blog, spotted stones, in 2010 and became part of the growing online modern sewing movement. since then she has quilted, sewn, printed, and painted her way into a creative life that she loves. Krista believes that doing your own thing (and making a lot of mistakes in the process) is what being creative is all about. You can follow her on her website, www.spottedstone.com.
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Have fun with Krista’s skill-building techniques to create 19 sewing projects. Make a hand-stamped hashtag scarf, a beautiful dopp kitt made from leather, an adorable screen-printed pair of stuffies, a modern bias tape quilt, and more!
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Scraps Inc., Vol. 2 Compiled by Susanne Woods
It’s here! The highly anticipated follow-up to the best selling Scraps, Inc. Vol. 1. Looking for more ways to use your beloved fabric remnants in irresistible projects? Scraps, Inc. Vol. 2 delivers. 15 designers give you their unique patterns to use up your beloved fabric remnants of past projects. These quilts will get you eager to put away your wallet and shop from your scraps stash instead. Our well-known fabric and pattern designers each created an inspirational quilt: from curves, to triangles and from strips to squares, you’ll struggle to decide which one to make first. Contributors include: Alex Ledgerwood, Allison Harris, Amy Smart, Amy Friend, April Rosenthal, Dorie Schwarz, Erin Harris, Janice Ryan, John Adams, Kati Spencer, Kari Vojtechovsky, Katie Blakesley, Melissa Lunden, Nydia Kehnle and Sherri McConnell.
Pub: February 2016 Price: US$26.95 ISBN13: 978-1-940655-19-2 Format: 8 x 10, paperback Pages: 128
Intentional Piecing by Amy Friend
Calling all fabric lovers! This is the first book ever to focus on the addictive art of fussy cutting and show you how to work those precious cuts of fabric into modern, fun and sophisticated projects. Piecing with intention simply means taking the time to think about how to cut your fabrics based on where they will appear in the finished quilt. In each of Amy’s 7 quilts and 5 smaller projects, she also takes you beyond just fussy cutting. She shows you how to work with all those selvages you have been hoarding and even how to incorporate stripes and directional fabrics effectively to create beautiful results. From pin trays, to bags, to quilts, award-winning quilter, Amy Friend gives you all the fun of fussy cutting, adds the precision of paper piecing, applique and traditional piecing to inspire you to create 12 projects you can’t wait to make!
Pub: March 2016 Price: US$27.95 ISBN13: 978-1-940655-18-5 Format: 8 x 10, paperback with flaps Pages: 144
By the Bundle by Emma Jean Jansen
Do you love collecting fat quarter bundles, but don’t know what to do with them? Former quilt-shop owner turned fabric designer, Emma Jean Jansen, inspires quilters to create her 12 quilts specifically designed to showcase these fabulous cuts– whether they are from a single fabric collection or a custom bundle.
Pub: May 2016
No quilter can resist a stack of beautifully coordinated fat quarters all neatly folded into a bundle and tied with a bow–go ahead and buy that bundle! Each pattern is written specifically to accommodate these popular pre-cuts and provide irresistible quilt designs to help you finally put you collections to use.
Pages: 128
Photographed on location in her native Australia, Emma’s designs range from the beginner-friendly to the more complex and cross over beautifully between the modern and the new traditional quilt maker alike. So, go on–untie that ribbon, and break into your favorite bundle!
Price: US$26.95 ISBN13: 978-1-940655-17-8 Format: 9 x 9, paperback with flaps
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by Susanne Woods, who has produced best-selling craft books with various companies for many years, Lucky Spool nurtures a more meaningful and collaborative relationship between author, publisher and reader with a small talented group of artists and designers. We value the rich tradition of needle arts from our shared past and celebrate what each of us will bring to its future.
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