Kate's love for teaching, sewing and writing come together beautifully in her books. These detailed, beautifully photographed step-by-step guides are designed to give new sewers and quilters a solid foundation, and a springboard for their own creativity.

It's all about fun, fashion, color, and even a bit of creative recycling! Fifteen fast projects to sew by machine. Pattern-Free Fashions & Accessories encourages young machine-sewers to express their creativity by making simple clothes, accessories, and room accents. The early chapters provide those all-important basics skills they'll need. The step-by-step instructions for the projects that follow help readers to apply and master each skill, building a solid foundation, and the confidence to learn more. Projects include cosmetic bags and throw pillows to belts, embroidered jeans, and a sassy, two-tiered skirt. There's even a chapter on "changing" an old garment into something new and spectacular!

Spiral-bound: 112 pages
ISBN-10: 1589233123
ISBN-13: 978-1589233126

Give a fun and practical makeover to the clothes you don't wear anymore, but can't possibly part with either. Quilting is a great way to recycle T-shirts, blue jeans, neckties, linens, even prom dresses! Working with fabrics you already love, you'll learn classic quilting techniques to make fifteen projects with special meaning. You'll become familiar with such techniques as patchwork piecing, foundation piecing, and appliqué. Learn to "deconstruct" your favorite garments, reconstruct them into blocks, and stitch them together to form a quilt.

Late also teaches basic quilting and embellishment methods, decorative stitching, stippling and other free-motion techniques. Plus, you'll learn assembly methods including joining blocks, sashing, binding and
labeling.

Paperback: 112 pages
ISBN-10: 1589233905
ISBN-13: 978-1589233904