Just Treats, No Tricks: Bewitching Quilts and More to Celebrate Autumn

by Betsy Chutchian

Overview

Learn to create these quilts and crafts to decorate your home in its finest for fall.

A colorful patch of pumpkins, a fanciful bat make-do pincushion, and more cast a bewitching spell in this celebration of autumn joys. Whether you love fall for its warm palette of hues or its festive celebration of Halloween, you will find the perfect project to warm your home throughout the season. 

Inspired by her longtime love of Halloween, quilt designer Betsy Chutchian has assembled a diverse array of creative treats, ranging from quilts big and small to a striking orange-and-black diamond table runner and whimsical wool appliqué chair pads. Bonus projects include antique quilts in Betsy’s collection that inspired some of the featured projects as well as a charming pumpkin handbag, a simple yet striking fabric-covered journal, and a clever pincushion crafted from an antique matchbook holder. Betsy also shares her time-tested tips for decking the halls in fall flair.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617453878
Publisher:	C & T Publishing
Publication date:	08/04/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	96
File size:	42 MB
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About the Author

Betsy Chutchian developed a passionate interest in fabric, quilts, sewing and history as a child. Learning to sew on her grandmothers’ treadle sewing machines and her Aunt Sissy’s 1940s Singer paved the way to quiltmaking. In 1980, Betsy earned a B.A. in History from the University of Texas in Arlington and taught herself to quilt after receiving a quilt top made by a great aunt and great grandmother.A former quilt shop owner, Betsy has taught quiltmaking at a number of quilt shops since 1990, and she has traveled across Texas, sharing her love of 19thcentury quilts through lectures, trunk shows and workshops since 2004. She leads a monthly club at Lone Star House of Quilts in Arlington, Texas. Betsy co-founded the 19th-Century Patchwork Divas, whose quilts have been featured at Houston’s International Quilt Festival in 2004 and 2008. She has also designed four lines of fabric for Blue Hill Fabrics and written three books with The Kansas City Star—Gone to Texas: Quilts from a Pioneer Woman’s Journal, Lizzie’s Legacy, and History Repeated: Block Exchange Quilts by the 19th Century Patchwork Divas, which she co-authored with Carol Staehle.