... NEWEST BOOK is HERE!!!!!
___ Liberated Quiltmaking II........... Published by AQS, 2010-
My new book Liberated Quiltmaking II came about because of the amount of mail AQS received asking for it. The book contains reviews of some of the ideas presented in the first book including an update on Liberated Stars which has become a very popular way to make Star blocks. The book also introduces liberated ideas for making baskets, working with odd sized triangles, medallions, samplers and more. It shows 7 quilts from the first book and 60 new ones.
---US$29.00 plus $3.00 postage
Patterns: The Gwen Marston Collection
___ Flowers in Blue Milk Pitcher: Full size templates and instructions for making a small wall quilt, a 4 block lap quilt, and a twin or full size quilt.
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___ Americana Eagle: 50" x 50". This is a bold and classic wall quilt in Traditional nineteenth-century Pennsylvania Dutch style.
- ---US$7.98 plus $1.50 postage
___ Gwenny's Flower Bouquet
Pattern has directions for one block, four block and nine block size quilts.
- ---US$7.98 plus $1.50
___ Flower Pot Parade
Pattern has directions for one block, four block and nine block size quilts.
- ---US$7.98 plus $1.50 postage
Books
___ Freddy and Gwen Collaborate Again........... Published by Sterling, 2009
- Freddy and Gwen Collaborate Again is a follow-up of our Collaborative Quilting (Sterling 2006). This second book follows the same format as the first book featuring full page color photographs of all the quilts, 40 individual quilts and 30 new collaborative quilts. Just as in the first book, we tell how all the parts that make up each quilt are made, and cross reference them with all the quilts that use that particular part. It makes the book easy to use and encourages quilters to make their own design choices. In this second book we focused on creating bold, modern interpretations of traditional quilts and we explain in detail how to go about it. This book has 192 eye-popping pages and we think it has something for everyone.
---US$25.00* plus $5.00 postage
___ Ideas and Inspirations, Abstract Quilts in Solids
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Gwen has written a new book and this one is especially designed for grownup quilters. It's a book for the many accomplished quilters who are not looking for yet another project book with pages of detailed elementary instructions on how to make someone else's quilt. Rather, it's intended for quilters who are seeking ideas and inspiration for their own work.
- This 67 page book begins with a seven page discussion about working with solids and Gwen's fresh approach to design concepts. The remaining pages are in full color showing full page photographs of 28 quilts with close-ups and captions of each on the opposite page. Gregory Case did the photography and it is first rate.
- Ordering information:
... Book is available from Gwen or Gwen Marston Storefront
---Price $25.00 plus $3.00 shipping and handling.
___ Collaborative Quilting........... Published by Sterling, 2006
- Special Note:
Collaborative Quilting Is in the gift shop at the Smithsonian!
- This book includes 256 pages of glorious, blazing color.
This is the book I did with Freddy Moran featuring 33 quilts we made together. Our goal was to bring the best of both of us together in a new body of work.. Freddy was the colorist and I was the designer. The book shows Freddy's studio and her quilts, and it shows my studio and my quilts. This book is a coffee table book showing full page color pictures of 96 quilts. It also has an innovative how-to section, with simple directions on how to make all the "parts" we used in our collaborative quilts.
---US$20.00* plus $5.00 postage
___ Lively Little Folk Art Quilts........... Published by C&T, 2006
- This 80 page book includes 28 quilts, 20 projects.
With over 400 small quilts to choose from, this book shows 28 of my favorites. My small quilts(about 18" X 20") are "easy-to-make, yet-ever-so delightful", if I do say so myself. The book includes clear instructions for making these little darlings. The projects include 8 pieced and 12 applique quilts.
Here is a fresh idea: what about instead of "block of the month", shops offered "quilt of the month." At the end of the year quilters could have a nifty little collection of 12 finished applique quilts!.
---US$25.00 plus $3.00 postage
___ Classic Four-Block Applique Quilts: A Back-to-Basics Approach
by Gwen Marston, Published by C&T, 2005
- Intuitive,informal, free-yourself-from-rules approach
- Full-size patterns for 5 projects
- Gwen shows you how to choose colors, borders, and quilting designs like a pro!
- Learn how our quilting ancestors made quilts - and how they used simple basic techniques for stunning results
- Gwen brings history to life with her entrancing narrative
- Use just one special block to create a stunning crib quilt
---US$27.00* plus $5.00 postage
___ Mary Schafer; American Quilt Maker
Marston,The University of Michigan Press, 2004
(Awarded a 2005 Notable Book Award by the Michigan Library Association)
- Here it is folks, a book I've been working on in one way or another for 25 years.
It's about Mary Schafer, the great Michigan quilt maker. In telling the Mary Schafer story, I also tell the story of quilt making in America over the past 50 years.
Here is what the University of Michigan Press says about it:
"Mary Schafer; American Quilt Maker is a must-have book for anyone passionate about American Quilting."
The book has 216 pages, 11 patterns and 120 photographs.
---Soft Cover: $25.00* plus $5.00 postage
---Limited Edition Hard Cover: $65.00* plus $5.00 postage
___ Fabric Picture Books, AQS, 2002
- From Gwen's new AQS book, Fabric Picture Books, 2002, comes a new
idea to create original fabric books. They are perfect first books
for children because the pages don't tear. Grownups love them too.
They are a delight to compose and make fabulous gifts for the
special people in your life. These charming books are constructed
using similar free-piecing techniques outlined in Gwen's book
Liberated Quiltmaking.
---US$16.00 plus $3.00 postage
The following books are not available through Gwen but are still available through the publishers who can be located on line.
- Twenty Little Patchwork Quilts, Dover Publications, 1990
Twenty Little Amish Quilts, Dover Publications, 1993
Twenty Little Log Cabin Quilts, Dover Press, 1995
Mary Schafer & Her Quilts, Michigan State University Press 1990
Q is for Quilt, MSU Press 1987
Please include appropriate postage/handling for each book and/or pattern.
The books indicated by an * are heavy so please include $5.00 postage for each book.
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Gwen Marston
Beaver Island Quilts
Box 155
Beaver Island, MI 49782
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