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RECENTLY RELEASED | 15 ISBN 978-0-7643-6925-4 Kawaii Appliqué Quilts from Japan How One Country’s Love of All Things Tiny Powers Today’s Most Intricate Quilts (with 5 Projects from Top Designers) By Naomi Ichikawa & Teresa Duryea Wong The story behind the amazing, extremely detailed quilts rising in popularity today, including five kawaii projects to make. Understand how Japan’s beloved kawaii style began centuries ago, the world’s fascination with it, and its connection to the kawaii quilting phenomenon: appliqué quilts made with tiny pieces, typically tens of thousands of carefully manipulated bits of fabric in one quilt. • Meet master quilters Yoko Sekita, Aki Sakai, Reiko Kato, Akiko Yoshimizu, Megumi Mizuno, and Hiroko Akita, who share with readers their techniques, studios, and masterpieces. • Hundreds of colorful photos allow close-up appreciation of Japan’s kawaii culture and, of course, the contemporary quilts that express it. • To allow readers to experiment with kawaii style, five step-by-step projects exclusive to this book are featured, designed by these master quilters. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6925-4 Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (216 x 279 mm) Pages: 208 Price: $34.99 USD, £31.99, 46.99 CAD Illustrations: 200 color photos & 50 b/w diagrams Binding: hardcover BISAC: CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Quilts & Quilting Practical Pottery A Complete Guide to Getting Started in Making Beautiful & Functional Bowls, Plates, Vases & More on the Wheel By Sus Borgbjerg & Susan Liebe An accessible step-by-step guide for anyone who wants to create fine, useful things on the wheel. Here’s everything you need to know about making pottery on the wheel, including • shape and design; • the necessary tools and types of clay; • throwing, kneading, and turning; and • finishing processes—drying, glazing, and firing. As you master the basics, you’ll apply them to creating a series of progressively more difficult items—cups, bowls, plates, pitchers, vases, and platters. You’ll learn to add features like spouts and handles and explore modifying shapes, designs, and colors to design your own pottery. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6938-4 Size: 8 1/2" x 11" (216 x 279 mm) Pages: 192 Price: $29.99 USD, £27.99, 42.99 CAD Illustrations: 170+ color photos Binding: hardcover BISAC: CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Pottery & Ceramics ISBN 978-0-7643-6938-4 About the Authors Naomi Ichikawa , publisher of Quilt Diary Japan magazine, also served for 20 years as editor in chief of Japan’s first quilt magazine, Patchwork Tsushin . She was the curator of international exhibitions for International Quilt Week Yokohama for two decades. She lives in Tokyo. @qd_quiltdiary Teresa Duryea Wong , author, lecturer, and quilt historian, serves on the International Advisory Board of the International Quilt Museum and on the board of the Quilt Alliance. She’s a contributing writer for Quiltfolk and the author of many books. She lives in Houston, Texas. TeresaDuryeaWong.com About the Authors Sus Borgbjerg is a 2000 graduate of the Danish School of Design. She and her partner, Jette Tosti Ibfelt, founded JE;SU Graphic Design for web design, art direction, illustration, packaging, and other graphic design disciplines. She is based in Copenhagen. www.jesu.dk . Susan Liebe graduated as a ceramicist from the Danish Design School in 1999. She has designed products for the home with a focus on ceramics. In 2008, she started the Liebe store in Kompagnistræde, producing collections of ceramic objects. She is based in Copenhagen. www.liebeshop.dk