Expand the possibilities of quick quilting with positive-negative blocks, layers of pattern, straight seams and curved line designs.

Meditating on the weddings she has attended in Elm Creek Manor throughout the years on the morning of her daughter's wedding day, Sarah McClure evaluates the symbolic features on a wedding quilt designed to display the signatures of beloved guests.

Offers ten methods for piecing; shares techniques for dyeing, painting, stamping, and printing on a variety of fabrics; and describes how to finish and embellish the quilts.

"This is a Christmas novella about a Christmas quilt"-- "Christmas should be celebrated with family, but for Vera Swanson, that's not an option this year. Widowed and recently relocated, she is lonely in her condo-for-one--until little Fiona Albright knocks on her door needing help. With her mother seriously ill and her father out of town Fiona enlists Vera's aid, and when she finds out her new neighbor is a quilter, she has special request--a Christmas...

Poems about the four seasons, as reflected in the natural world, are accompanied by photographs of quilts made by the author.