Traditional Quilts with a Twist

(Krause Publications, 2006)

128 pages, ISBN: 0-89689-273-5

Breathe new life into your favorite traditional blocks. Take the Ohio Star, Trip Around the World and Bear's Paw blocks from "been there and done that" to fresh and fabulous new heights with Traditional Quilts with a Twist.

Author Maggie Ball gives these blocks a modern makeover and teaches you how to tweak the designs with the right colors, fabric choices, value placements and settings to bring a spotlight-grabbing twist to your favorite blocks. The book gives you:

• Comprehensive instructions for quilting basics

• Patterns that progress from easy to challenging

• 20 projects in various types and sizes, ranging from tote bags to queen-size quilts

• Clear, concise instructions accompanied by full-color photos and illustrations

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Patchwork and Quilting with Kids

(Krause Publications,2003)

128 pages, ISBN: 0-87349-570-5.

If you've been looking for ways to interest children and students in quilting, Patchwork & Quilting with Kids is your best bet!  Inside you'll find more than 40 machine projects for beginning quilters of all ages, including easy projects like tote bags and little quilts. You and your children will learn easily and quickly from author Maggie Ball, who has been quilting for nearly 20 years.  With her easy-to-follow techniques and photos, you can learn how to strip piece, make fast triangles, crazy patchwork, and many more quilting techniques.

• Over 40 fun projects, including pillows, tote bags, preemie baby blankets, and lap quilts.

• Clear, easy step-by-step directions.

• Design grids to color and create new patterns.

• Suitable for beginning quilters of all ages.

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Creative Quilting with Kids

(Krause Publications, 2001)

142 pages, ISBN: 0-87349-231-5.

Children’s enthusiasm for quilting will delight you. Teach individuals to sew by hand or machine, or use their imaginative artwork to make unique quilts for school fundraisers, teacher and family gifts, or to give to community outreach programs.

Benefit from my experience in teaching over 50 projects with more than 800 children. The book will guide you through the entire creative process, from planning and choosing appropriate techniques to detailed piecing and completion instructions for the children’s quilts.

More than 40 quilts featured with full directions and photographs to illustrate the techniques.

• Individual, small group, and classroom projects for a variety of ages and skill levels, from quick and easy to more challenging

• Templates for more than 25 traditional quilt blocks

• All projects tried and tested by kids

• Metric measurements provided

To see some of the quilts featured in the book, click on Project Examples from the Book.

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The contents of this website are copyrighted (2006).  No material may be reproduced without the permission of Maggie Ball.