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An invaluable reference for anyone who sews, Sew Any Fabric provides practical, clear information for novices and inspiration for more experienced sewers who are looking for new ideas and techniques.

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Have you ever wished you could call an expert and ask for a five-minute explanation on the particulars of a fabric you are sewing? Claire Shaeffer provides this key information for 88 of today's most popular fabrics. In this handy, easy-to-follow reference, she guides you through all the basics while providing hints, tips, and suggestions based on her 20-plus years as a college instructor, pattern designer, and author.

In each concise chapter, Claire shares fabric facts, design idea, workroom secrets, and her sewing checklist, as well as her sewability classification to advise you on the difficulty of sewing each fabric. Color photographs offer further ideas. The succeeding sections offer sewing techniques and advice on needles, threads, stabilizers, and interfacings. Claire's unique fabric/fiber dictionary cross-references over 600 additional fabrics.

An invaluable reference for anyone who sews, Sew Any Fabric provides practical, clear information for novices and inspiration for more experienced sewers who are looking for new ideas and techniques.

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Batik: How-to

Crafter's Pick Batik-Ez Resist Medium

Bk & CD w/ 120+ Patterns Batik Patterns by Pepin Press

Creative Batik by Rosi Rosbinson

Introduction to Batik by Heather Griffin & Margaret Hone

Batik Fabrics in Quilts	Batik Gems by Laurie Shifrin	Batiks Inspired by Bali by Suzanne McNeill	Bold Batik Quilts by Heidi Pridemore	Color Your World with Princess Mirah Batiks
		Focus on Batiks by Jan Bode Smiley	Instruction to Dye + Quilt Projects Hand-Dyed Fabric by Marquetta Bell-Johnson

Multi-Colors	Hoffman Batik Watercolor Wraps in a Tube: 1895WW Collection 7" x 7" charm squares (40 pieces) 20 color variations per package
Blue 1	Green	Blue Green	Red	Lilac

1920s to 1960's Fabric Influenced & Feedsack Quilts & Projects	1930's Applique Quilt Revival Updated Patterns from the 30's by Nancy Mahoney	Feed-Sacks by Edie McGinniss	1940's Fat 8ths and Friends by Marsha McCloskey	1930's Granny Quilt Decor by Darlene Zimmerman
Hard Times Splendid Quilts by Carolyn Cullinan McCormick	Link to the '30s Making the Quilts We Didn't Inherit by Kay Connors and Karen Earlywine	Miss Bunny's Show and Tell Six Little Fat Quarter Quilts by Tricia Cribbs	Miss Rosie's Quilt Collection by Carrie Nelson	Protecting Your Quilts by American Quilter's Society. Appraisal Certification Committee
1930's Quilt Revival by Nancy Mahoney 1930's	Sew Vintage by Jennie Archer Atwood	Sizzlin' Sixties by Heather Muler Peterson	1930's Those Fabulous '30s by Gwen Hurlburt

African Accents by Lisa Shepard

Bold Improvisation by Scott Heffley

Facts & Fabrications Unraveling the History of Quilts & Slavery by Barbara Brackman

Quilt the Beloved Country by Jenny Williamson, Pat Parker

Signs & Symbols by Maude Southwell Wahlman

Fabric Textures like Circles, Dots, Overall	Black & White Quilts by Design by Kay M. Capps Cross	Black and White Garden by Kay M. Capps Cross	Color Crazy Quilts by Linda Lum DeBono	Fabric Fandango by Gail Simpson
	Hot! Bright Quilting Designs by Kate Laucomer	Happy Days Quilts by Tammy Tadd	Out of Print Polka-Dot Kids Quilts by Jean Van Bockel	Out of Print Follow the Dots to Dazzling Quilts By Joan Sena & Jayme Crow

Large Scale Prints	Big Print Quilts by Karen Snyder	CopyCat Quilts by Dawn E Navarro	Fussy Cut Mariner's Compass by Ann Lainhart	Book OR EQ CD Karen Stone Quilts 11 popular designs + 2 new New York Beauty
Fast & Furious Quilting as you go by Gudrun Erla	Modern Art With Fabric by Debbie Maddy	One-Block Wonders Encore! by Maxine Rosenthal & Joy Pelzmann	One-Block Wonders by Maxine Rosenthal	Purely Provence Designs by Renee Nanneman
Puzzle Quilts by Paula Nadelstern	Quilt it Fab by Linda Sullivan	Rectangle Pizzazz by Judy Sisneros	Simple Stained Glass Quilts by Daphne Grei, Purney Susan Mark	Wonderful 1 Fabric Quilts by Kay Nickols

Large Scale Prints How to Use by Pamela Mostek

Dazzling Quilts by Pamela Mostek

Just Can't Cut It! Quilts from Fabulous Fabric by Pamela Mostek

Limited Stock Out of Print Scatter Garden Quilts by Pamela Mostek

Large Scale & Floral Prints Watercolor Quilts	9-Patch Pizzaz by Judy Sisneros	Diamond Quilts & Beyond by Jan Krentz	Focus on Florals by Terry Martin	Watercolor Landscape Quilts by Cathy Geier
	Fabric Swatch Box 13 7/8" x 8 3/4" x 2" (4) 2" Rows with 20 movable dividers to vary compartment section sizes for Watercolor & Quilted Photography Series	Out of Print Colorwash Bargello Quilts by Beth Ann Williams	Out of Print Impressionist Palette by Gae Perry	Out of Print Watercolor Quilts by Pat Maixner & Donna Ingram Slusser

Books on how to Piece with Fusible Interfacing

Watercolor Quilts by Dina Pappas Use with Fusible Interfacing

More Quick Watercolor Quilts by Dina Pappas

Quilt-Fuse 2" Grids

Quilter's Grid 1" on-point & fusible

Out of Print Quick Watercolor Quilts by Dina Pappas

Velvet & Leather

Learn to Quilt with Leather by Patricia Converse

Voluptuous Velvet Book 2 by Jan Beaney and Jean Littlejohn

Silk Fabric Silk Painting Create Silk Fiber/Paper	A Complete Guide to Silk Painting by Susanne Hahn	Beginner's Guide to Silk Painting by Mandy Southan	24 Colorways Silk Adaptation 7 Pieces 6" x 11" per collection Mary Jo Hiney Designs	Glass Painter's and Silk Painter's Pattern Book by Search Press
Handmade Silk Paper by Kath Russon	OUT OF PRINT Painting Flowers on Silk by Mandy Southan	Silk Paper Creations for the Fibre Artist by Judith Pinnell	Simply Silk by Mary Jo Hiney

Fabric Panels

9-Patch Pizzaz by Judy Sisneros

Out of Print Clever Quilts Making the Most of Panels, Borders, and Theme Prints by Susan Teegarden Dissmore

Out of Print Clever Quilts Encore by Susan Teegarden Dissmore

Out of Print Illustrated Guide to Panel Magic by Sandra L. Hatch & Sue Harvey

Quilts & Home Decor	Asian Elegance by Kitty Pippen and Sylvia Pippen	Easy Japanese Quilt Style by Julia Davis & Anne Muxworthy	Quilting with Japanese Fabrics by Kitty Pippin	Japanese Quilt Blocks to Mix and Match by Susan Briscoe
Japanese Embellishement Techniques	Beautiful Braiding Made Easy by Helen Deighan	Japanese Braiding, The Art of Kumihimo by Jacqui Carey

The Kimono

Kimono as Art by Dale Carolyn Gluckman and Hollis Goodall

Making Kimono and Japanese Clothes by Jenni Dobson

The Fine Art of Kimono Embroidery by Shizuka Kusano

Kaffe Fassett's Fabrics & Quilts	Out of Print Kaffe Fassett's Caravan of Quilts by Kaffe Fassett	Kaffe Fassett's Kaleidoscope of Quilts	Kaffe Fassett's Museum Quilts Inspired by the Victoria and Albert Museum	Passionate Patchwork by Kaffe Fassett with Liza Prior Lucy
	Kaffe Fassett's Quilts in the Sun by Kaffe Fassett	Kaffe Fassett's Quilt Road

90 Minute Quilts by Meryl Ann Butler	Contemporary Classics in Plaids and Stripes by Becky Goldsmith & Linda Jenkins applique, piecing & paper-piecing	Mad about Plaid! by Debbie Bacon	Quilts From the Selvage Edge by Karen Griska	Scraps & Shirttails, Reuse, Re-Purpose, Recycle! by Bonnie Hunter
Stripes and Plaids Desgins by Sandra L. Hatch and Sue Harvey

Wool Appliqué & Wool Folk Art Also See Needle Felting

Embellishing with Felted Wool Beads, Buttons & Embroidery by Mary Stori

Fabric Samplers by Carmen Daumer

Pretty Little Felts by Julie Collings

Wow! Wool-on-Wool Folk-Art Quilts by Janet Carija Brandt

Art Girlz Wool Felt Shapes & Squares Page 4 of 11 Embellishments

Felt Squares

Felt Hearts

Felt Flowers

Felt Dresses

Quilts based on Antique Quilts from the past Most Include Historical Accounts of Quilt	Antique Quilts & Textiles by Bobbie Aug and Gerald Roy	Celebrate Great Quilts by Karey Patterson Bresenhan & Nancy O'Bryant	Making History Quilts & Fabric From 1890-1970 by Barbara Brackman	Nearly Insane by Liz Lois
	Quilting with Jodie in Cotton Country by Jodie Davis and Jayne Davis	Quilts from the Henry Ford by Marianne Fons and Liz Porter	Quilts of the Oregon Trail by Mary Bywater Cross	Quilts in Red and Green and the women who made them by Nancy Hornback & Terry Clothier Thompson includes applique patterns
	Remembering Adelia Quilts Inspired by Her Diary Kathleen Tracy	William Morris in Appliqué 6 Stunning Projects by Michele Hill

Appliqué Primitive Pieces Patterns More Primitive Pieces Patterns

Pattern Holy Matchimony Thing

Pattern Ring Around the Posie

Pattern A Tisket a Tasket

Pattern Wild Things

Pieced: Primitive Pieces Patterns	Pattern Aunt Maggie's Dancin Shoes	Pattern Aunt Ree's Raspberry Jam	Pattern Big Dipper	Pattern Boogey Bears
Pattern Cranbrook Christmas	Pattern Fiddlin Around	Pattern Forever Friends	Pattern Gramma's Vegetable Soup	Pattern The Hat Ladies
Pattern Horse Feathers	Pattern Jeepers Creepers	Pattern Last Wrung On The Ladder	Pattern Night Flight	Pattern Auntie Bean Stalk
Pattern The Old Nag	Pattern One Ringy Dingy	Pattern Old Ben's Bonnet	Pattern Pinny's Posies	Pattern Praire Christmas Star
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