Sewing with precut strips makes quilting a snap!

Master the use of 2 1/2˝-wide precut strips with these delightful blocks, all featuring Jelly Rolls. Precut strips are perfect for beginners because they're incredibly easy to work with and versatile. If you're new to quilting, start here, and you'll be amazed at what you can do with just one roll! This book contains 20 quilt blocks and patterns with accompanying quilts!

• Go beyond the Jelly Roll Race! Make dynamic and fun blocks with 2 1/2˝-wide strips

• 20 blocks ideal for Jelly Roll, Rolie Polies, and Bali Pops hand-selected by the precut experts at Missouri Star Quilt Company

• 20 quilts for 20 blocks! Each block as an accompanying quilt; yardage and instructions included

Step-by-step quilting instructions and personal stories to inspire both seasoned pros and new quilters alike.

America's quilter, Jenny Doan, has always believed that quilts are more than fabric and stitches. They become keepers of memories, milestones, and stories; creating profound connections across generations.

By alternating personal stories with detailed step-by-step guidance on how you can make quilts for all of life's milestones--from new births, to marriages, to loss and grief--Jenny comes alongside you to share the joy and transformative power of quilting in her passionate and innovative way.

With beautiful, full-color images and easy-to-follow diagrams to help you with your own projects, Quilting Through Life is a creative and authentic guidebook to the art of quilting. It's an art designed to be shared with family and friends, crafted from the scraps of memories, laughter, and tears. It's an art that allows us to express how we feel, create something beautiful, and extend the warmth in our hearts to wrap around those we love.

From choosing your fabrics and selecting a pattern to creating mitered corners, Quilting Through Life will walk you through how to stitch a legacy of love for every stage of life.

Faith, family, hard work, and second chances are at the core of every great American story, and Jenny Doan's story is just that.

In her new memoir, How to Stitch an American Dream, readers will discover the behind-the-scenes success story of the Missouri Star Quilt Company and Jenny's remarkable journey to overcome hardship, claim the abundance of family, and ignite the power of giving--all while revitalizing a small town along the way.

Over the last decade, the Doan family business, the Missouri Star Quilt Company in tiny Hamilton, Missouri, has grown from Jenny's corner shop--with one quilting machine and two bolts of fabric for sale in the back--to become the largest supplier of pre-cut quilting fabric in the headquarters of Jenny's world-famous YouTube tutorial videos.

Jenny is now giving her fans, the business world, and moms of all ages (and grandmas too!) what they've been asking for: the full story of her journey, from her humble beginnings as a homeschooling mom, to founding MSQC in her fifties, through the remarkable success and inspiration she's so well-known for today. In this book, you'll learn:

• How she and her beloved husband, Ron, raised seven children on a shoestring budget--and had fun doing it;
• How, after a string of bad luck, the family made a prayer-based decision to leave California behind and start over again in rural Missouri, even though they had no place to live, no jobs lined up, and no idea how they were going to make it;
• How Jenny, Ron and their children worked side-by-side to patch together a family home out of a crumbling shell of a farmhouse;
• And how their faith, hard work, and generosity not only carried them through the hard times, but led directly to the success of the Missouri Star Quilt Company.

How to Stitch an American Dream will make you laugh, cry, say bless your heart.

Faith, family, hard work, and second chances are at the core of every great American story. Jenny Doan has one of those great American stories.

Over the last decade, the Doan family business has grown from Jenny's corner shop to become the largest supplier of pre-cut quilting fabric. In this memoir, Jenny reveals the full the behind-the-scenes story, from her humble beginnings as a homeschooling mom, to the remarkable success she's so well-known for today: the Missouri Star Quilt Company.

In her heart-warming style, she invites you on her remarkable journey to overcome hardship and ignite the power of giving--all while revitalizing a small town along the way. You're about to find out:

• How she and her husband, Ron, raised seven children on a shoestring budget--and had fun doing it.
• How Jenny, Ron and their children worked side-by-side to patch together a family home out of a crumbling shell of a farmhouse.
• How their faith, hard work, and generosity not only carried them through the hard times, but led directly to the success of the Missouri Star Quilt Company.

How to Stitch an American Dream will make you laugh, cry, and say, bless your heart, as Jenny Doan invites you into her own American dream.

Learn to breathe better and watch your creativity expand and your health improve. Being able to live fully and feel engaged in our lives requires that our physical bodies be well. Often as Quilters, Artists, and Creatives we are sitting or standing for long periods of time, which can definitely have ill effects on all of the systems of our bodies day-after-day.The way you breathe and move directly affects your quality of life - physically, emotionally, and mentally. This simple, easy-to-read guide will give you the tools to understand how to breathe better and to move in ways that will increase your potential for health. Increase your energy levels, improve your respiratory capacity, decrease discomfort and pain, elevate your immune system and enhance feelings of well-being and ease. For breath is life, so if you breathe well you will live long on earth.- Sanskrit proverb

Over the last decade, the Doan family business, the Missouri Star Quilt Company in tiny Hamilton, Missouri, has grown from Jenny's corner shop -- with one quilting machine and two bolts of fabric for sale in the back -- to become the largest supplier of pre-cut quilting fabric in the U.S. and the headquarters of Jenny's world-famous YouTube tutorial videos.