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Floorquilts by Ellen Highsmith Silver features Fabric decoupaged floorcloths for no-sew fun! 12 projects with instructions to turn your favorite fabrics into durable walkable art.

1000+ Books & Magazines Index

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Floorquilts
Fabric Decoupaged Floorcloths—No-Sew Fun

Author: Ellen Highsmith Silver
Pages: 80
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher:C&T Publishing
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4Q0242
Weight: 0.9 lb

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The Floor's the Limit!

Raid your stash! Turn your favorite fabrics and quilt patterns into durable, walkable are
12 projects with step-by-step instructions and dozens of how-to tips
Make floorcloths, placemats, coasters, luggage tags, trivets, bookmarks, and more
A new place to show off your favorite quilt designs when your house is full of quilts

About the Author

Since the ubiquitous textile design experience of weaving pot holders on a square metal loom using stretchy cotton loops, Ellen has been hooked on the broad medium of textiles. Working on or with fabrics has always had a gravitational pull on her life. Girl Scouts in her small, southern hometown provided useful skills, such as righting a flipped canoe, pitching a tent, making s'mores (of course), and especially needlework.

Ellen has studied and designed professionally in many branches of needlework, from needlepoint to appliqué to embroidery and quilting. She has a textile radar that just about affects her heart rate when she sees a wonderful piece of art or craft created with fabric. Whether going to London and studying exquisite crewelwork at the Victoria an Albert Museum or sitting in church behind Virginia Avery and studying her joyous wearable art, Ellen is inspired and happy to see art and skill combined in a medium that speaks her language.

Ellen created the idea of floorquilts to solve a problem. The question was how her love of wee-designed textiles on the floor could coexist with her love of dogs in various stages of development (chewing rug corners being one of the stages). Floorquilts became the solution.

When she's not giving lessons at the Quilt Cottage in Momaroneck, Ellen lives in Rye, New York, with her husband, Mitch, and their two dogs, Broadway and Charlie. Ellen and her family, human and otherwise, hope that making and living with floorquilts will give you and your family many reasons to smile.

Table of Contents
Introduction	5
Floorquilt Fundamentals	6
Basic Tools & Materials	7
Selecting Fabrics	8
Preparing Fabrics	8
Preparing Canvas	10
Central Design	10
Applying Borders	11
Applying Protective Coatings & Backing	14
Time to Make a Floorquilt	15
Squares Dancing	16
Project: Handkerchief Corners	17
Project: Mitered Squares	20
Inspiration: Turnabout is Square Play	22
Inspiration: Circles Within Squares	23
Project: Four-Patch With Scalloped Leaves	24
Inspiration: Folk Flowers	27
Scrap Happy	28
Project: Penny Rug	29
Inspiration: Hanging Diamonds	32
Inspiration: Horizontal Strips/Vertical Bars	34
For the Love of Fabric	36
Inspiration: Marbled Diamonds	37
Inspiration: Bush Banana	37
Be a Cutup	38
Project: Trellis & Toile	39
Inspiration: Flowering Irish Chain	42
Inspiration: Butterflies & Vines	43
Whimsey Underfoot	45
Project: Boo!	46
Project: Dog Bone Dish Mat	51
Project: Good Kitty Cat Mat	55
Off-the-Floorquilts	61
Project: Reversible Coasters	62
Project: Trivets	63
Inspiration: Serving Trays	64
Project: Reversible Placemats	65
Project: "That's My Bag!" Tags	68
Inspiration: Bookmarks	70
Gallery	71
About the Author	77
Sources	78

Instruction Page

That's My Bag Tag!

Sewing Trays

Whimsey Underfoot

Butterflies and Vines

Flowering Irish Chain

Folk Flowers

Be A Cutup and Scrap Happy

Hanging Diamonds Turnabout in Square Play

Hanging Diamonds and Turnabout is Square Play

1000+ Books & Magazines Index

Home Decor & Organization
Quilts, quilts blocks, fat quarters, fibers, embellished & more

Sewing Room Design & Organization	BlockButler Design Wall	Dream Sewing Spaces by Lynette Ranney Black	The Color Scheme Bible by Anna Starmer	Creating Your Perfect Quilting Space by Lois L. Hallock
Pincushions by Carmen Daumer	Quilters Get Oranized 8 Projects to Give Your Work Area a Pick-Me-Up With Style by Pattie Donham	Take-Along Totes by Marilynn Bilyeu	Cloth, Paper, Scissors Special Edition 2008

Table Top Organization	Porta-Trace Light Table two sizes	The Projector enlarge photos or drawing	Tidy Table Organizer	Pop Top Carry all case
	Quilter's 3-Way Sandboard by Collins

Table Top Ironing Surfaces

Some with cutting mats

The FoldAway
3 sizes
by Omnigrid

June Tailor Cut 'n Press
3 Sizes

Quilter's Creative Station by June Tailor
Quilter's Creative Station
Cutting & Pressing Mat
by June Tailor

Fold or Roll
Fons & Porter Portable Ironing Pad

Fons & Porter™
Portable Ironing Pad for Pressing

3-D Home Decor

Alternative Materials for creating Home Decor Projects	Simply Soldered by Carrie Edelmann Avery
Fabric Bowls & Boxes, Vases, Balls, Clocks Use Interfacing Stabilizers to hold shape (see below)	Fabric Boxes & Bowls by Yvonne Perez-Collins	Fabric Paper Party by Michael Miller Memories	Fast, Fun & Easy Creative Fabric Clocks by Lynn Koolish	Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Bowls by Linda Johansen
Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Boxes by Linda Johansen	Fast, Fun & Easy Fabric Vases by Linda Johansen	Fast, Fun and Easy Fabric Flowers by Karen Flamme	Fast, Fun, and Easy Irresist-A-Bowls by Linda Johansen	Fast, Fun, and Easy Thread Bowls by Wendy Hill
Fresh Felt Flowers by Lynne Farris	Quilted Art Vases by Fran Morgan	Patchwork Puzzle Balls	Templates Patchwork Puzzle Ball Templates Set of 5	Treasured Star by Cheryl Phillips & Brooke Jeschke

Stabilizer Interfacing good for Bowls, Vases, Boxes, Placemats & more

Fast 2 Fuse Interfacing
Standard Weight

Fast2Fuse Interfacing
Heavy Weight

Heavier Stabilizer
Timtex

Timtex Interfacing
Heavy Weight
WITHOUT Fusing
by Yard or Package

Coaster Gift Packs
&
Books

Quilter's Coasters
Collection II
Mfg: That Patchwork Place

Quilter's Coasters
Collection III
Mfg: That Patchwork Place

Quick-to-Quilt Coasters
by House of White Birches

Table Runners, Table Toppers & Napkins Some are Seasonal	Banquet of Quilts by Pam Bono	Festive Table Toppers by House of White Birches	A Fresh Look at Seasonal Quilts by Julie Popa	Simply Napkins Fast Folds, Finishes & Festive Flourishes by Gail Bown & Mary Mulari
	Simple-Shapes Table Toppers by Pat Campbell	Skinny Quilts & Table Runners From Today's Top Designers	Table Toppers by Jean & Valori Wells	Table Toppers By Debbie Field
	Thimbleberries Four Seasons of Calendar Table Toppers by Lynette Jensen & Marilyn Ginsburg	Top It With a Runner by Elaine Waldschmitt of the Quilted Closet	Pattern Booklet Toppers for the Seasons by Prairie's Edge Patworks

Brenda Henning's Books & CD: Table Runners & Mariner Compass Series

Book &/or CD
Mariner's Compass Quilts Reach for the Stars

Mariner's Compass Quilts
Reach for the Stars
by Brenda Henning

Triangulations 2.0
Half Square and Quarter Square Triangles
Prints using Adobe Acrobat on MAC or PC

The Exquiste Table
Stain Glass Table Runner
by Brenda Henning

Triangulation™
Table Runners
A Second Helping
by Brenda Henning

Triangulation™
Table Runners
A Quilter's Dozen
by Brenda Henning

Pet Pillows

Quilted for Dogs & Cats
by Tricia Boerens

Pillows & Throws	Beautiful Quiltagami by Mary Jo Hiney	Fast-Folded Flower Quilts and Bags by Laura Farson	Fat Quarters are Beautiful Trading Cards, Home Decor & Accents by Barbara Finwall, Nancy Javier & Jerilyn Clements	Joined at the Heart Quilting for Family and Friends by Anne Moscicki and Linda Wyckoff-Hickey
Magic Pillow, Hidden Quilts by Karin Hellaby	Oh Sew Easy Pillows by Jean & Valori Wells	Pillows by Christopher Nejman	Pillow Party! by Pamela Lindquist	Pillows, Cushions and Tuffets by Carol Zentgraf
Pillows with Personality by Linda Causee	Pillow Talk by Nancy Halvorsen	Quilting Through the Seasons by Sharon V. Rotz	Sew Sensational Pillows by Linda Lee	Sew Vintage by Jennie Archer Atwood

Rugs

Hooked & Decopagued Rugs and Projects

The Americana Collection
Hooked Rugs
by Molly Minick

Floorquilts
by Ellen Highsmith Silver

Hooked on Wool
Edited by Karen Costello Soltys

Warm Up To Wool
by favorite designers

Kitchen & Dining Room Quilts In A Row Paper Pieced Teacups & Saucers Patterns	101 Fun-to-Quilt Pot Holders by Trice Boerens	Granny Quilt Decor by Darlene Zimmerman	Quick-to-Quilt Coasters House of White Birches	Quilts in a Row Tea Time by Billie Lauder
			Out of Print 101 Patchwork Potholders by Linda Causee	Out of Print 100 Quick-to-Quilt Pot Holders by House of White Birches

Mixed selections for Kitchen, Bedroom, Livingroom, Other	African Accents by Lisa Shepard	Altered 104 Everything by Beth Cote	Beautiful Quiltagami by Mary Jo Hiney	Color Your World by Princess Mirah
	Duvet Covers & Curtains by Jean and Valori Wells	Fabulous Fabric No-Sew Decorating in a Snap! Edited by Laura Scott & Vicki Blizzard	Fast Fun & Easy Fabric Critter Bags by Mary Link	Flower Origami by Kumiko Sudo
	It's Not Just Another Cover-Up! by Pam Bono Designs	Embellishing with Felted Wool Beads, Buttons & Embroidery by Mary Stori	Joined at the Heart Quilting for Family and Friends by Anne Moscicki and Linda Wyckoff-Hickey	Little Things Mean A Lot! by Pam Bono Designs
	Machine Embroidery Room by Room by Carol Zentgraf	Ribbons, Buttons, & Beads Projects for a Romantic Home by Mary Jo Hiney	Ribbons! by D&C Publishing	Serge Smart Edited by Julie Johnson
Sewing Edges & Corners Decorative Techniques for Your Home and Wardrobe by Linda Lee	Small Quilts with Vintage Charm by Jo Morton	Home Decor & Quilts Strippin Time: Project of the Month by J.Jane Mitchell and Patsy Padgett	Wackeroo Quilts by Kathy Wesley	Your Space by Shannon Mullen

Art to Heart Series by Nancy Halvorsen: Appliqué Fusible	Alphabet Garden by Nancy Halvorsen	Be Attitudes by Nancy Halvorsen	Cottage Charms by Nancy Halvorsen	In My Berry Patch by Nancy Halvorsen
Love Is Nancy Halvorsen	Many Thanks by Nancy Halvorsen	Pillow Talk by Nancy Halvorsen	True Friends by Nancy Halvorsen & Friends	Winsome Baby by Nancy Halvorsen

Appliqué Fusible

Christmas

Art to Heart

Angels Among Us, Art to Heart
by Nancy Halvorsen

Easy Does It for Christmas
by Nancy Halvorsen

Glad Tidings
by Nancy Halvorsen

Here Comes Santa
by Nancy Halvorsen

Peppermint and Holly Berries
by Nancy Halvorsen

The Night Before Christmas
by Nancy Halvorsen

Star of Wonder
Art to Heart
Nancy Halvorsen

Santa's Coming
by Art to Heat

Such An Angel
by Nancy Halvorsen

Appliqué Fusible Seasonal Home Decor Art to Heart Easy Does It	Easy Does It for Spring by Nancy Halvorsen	Easy Does It for Summer by Nancy Halvorsen	Easy Does It for Autumn by Nancy Halvorsen	Easy Does it for Winter by Nancy Halvorsen
Appliqué Fusible More Seasonal & Holiday Art to Heart Books	Acorn Hollow, Art to Heart By Nancy Halvorsen	Angels Among Us, Art to Heart by Nancy Halvorsen	Calendar Quilts & Stitcheries by Nancy Halvorsen	Easy Does It Patriotic by Nancy Halvorsen
Happy Holidays To You by Nancy Halvorsen	A Harvest Melody by Nancy Halvorsen	Heartfelt Holidays Too by Nancy Halvorsen	In Season by Nancy Halvorsen	Such An Angel by Nancy Halvorsen
Through theYear by Nancy Halvorsen