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Free & Eazy Circles, Magic Ballz & Other Foundation Folies by Jan Mullen introduces the process of making magic ballz. This technique refers to piecing wedgez onto a circular foundation in a freeform manner. This method makes appliqueing by hand easier to understand and execute. This book will teach you how to play with fabric, and be creative with color and design. There are patterns for 7 projects.

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Free & Eazy Circles
Magic Ballz & Other Foundation Follies

Author: Jan Mullen
Pages: 96
Page size: 8 1/2" x 11"
Publisher: C&T Publishing
Cover: Soft
Item Code: 4C30450
Weight: 1.0 lbs.

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The Birdz and the BeezBack Cover Information

Jan's back with Ballz, Wedgez, & Spotz!
Relax! Creating these whimsical, free-form circles couldn't be simpler
7 projects use fun, free-hand cutting techniques
Stack, slice, and stitch your fabric for fast 1-2-3 results!
Appliqué the circles using any technique you like, including a speedy raw-edge technique
Finish your quilt with Jan's unique "borderz and edgez!"

About the Author

As a youngster, Jan Mullen's major ball interest lay with tennis and netballs. Years of working with fabric have narrowed her interest in balls to simply making representations of them.

Still , there are plenty of balls in her life. Husband Ben likes whacking golf balls. Sons Brodie and Keelan enjoy watching tough Aussie males kick their odd-shaped footballs. Daughter Miffy loves getting dressed up and going out to balls. Older dog Celeste spends much of her time curled up into a ball.

Queen of Balls in the Mullen household, though, is younger dog Rocket, who has a never-ending and varied supply of balls stashed all over the house and yard.

Jan has a ball in her business life, too. As a designer under the business name Stargazey Quilts, she designs free and eazy contemporary quilt blocks. She complements this pattern business by designing fabrics for Marcus Brothers. Traveling the world, teaching others how to relax and be creative with stitch and fabric, completes the current picture of the author...

Looking for My PrinceI See Spotz

Yellow Bloomz

Woolly BallzMaximum Magic

 

 

Table of Contents

Introducing Magic Ballz6Magic Centerz46
Essential Equipment and Techniques8Embellishments48
Basic Equipment9Making Your Own Buttons 48
The Foundation10Settings51
Wedgez11Block Shape and Proportion52
the "ish" Factor 12Pieced Backgrounds52
Piecing12Thinking Outside the Blcok53
Hand Applique12Magic Borderz55
The Basic Magic Ballz Process14Magic Endingz57
Making a "Normal" Magic Ballz Block15Backing58
Looking Into the Magic Ballz20Sandwiching and Pinning58
Ballz Size21Quilt With No Binding 58
Wedgez Size21Quilting58
Use of Color23Binding59
Hollow Ballz24Magic Endingz and Their Special Back Binding60
Prepieced Wedgez26Making Magic63
Slicing Ballz29Predictions of a Colorful Future 64
Shaped Wedgez Edges 29Looking for My Prince 68
Not a Ball at All 31I See Spotz72
Attaching the Magic Ballz33Woolly Ballz75
Applique by Machine34Maximum Magic78
Decorating by Hand 35Yellow Bloomz81
Edging With a Trim 36Grow Daizy Grow84
Backing the Ballz38The Birdz and the Beez87
Magic Edgez39Boudoir Ballz92
Hiding the Holez41About the Author94
What Shape? What Color? 42Index95
Hand Applique43  
Machine Applique45  
Yo-Yo's 45  

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Curves that Connect Templates
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Giant Diahlia
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Not So Giant Dahlia
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Peeled-Back Patchwork

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Rob Pete

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Snowball

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Drunkard's Path

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Drunkard's Path

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Drunkard's Path
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Drunkard's Path
Drunkards Path
Drunkards Path
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Wheel of Mystery
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Winding Ways Quilts

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Dresden Plate
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Easy Bias Curves

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Free & Eazy Circles
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Free Expressions
Free Expressions

by Robbi Joy Eklow
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Pieced Curves So Simple
Pieced Curves So Simple

by Dale Fleming
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Quilters Playtime
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Quilting by Improvisation
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Simply Stunning Woven Quilts
Simply Stunning Woven Quilts
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Let's Make Waves
Let's Make Waves

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Triangle Waves

by Lily Marie Amaru
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The Wave Lotus

by Lily Marie Amaru
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WaveEdge Place Mat/Napkins
Wave Edge Placemat/Napkin

by Lily Marie Amaru
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WaveEdge Rulers

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