Combine your love of quilting with the precision of machine embroidery. Turn your embroidery machine into a block-piecing machine! With Larisa's designs, you can piece in the hoop(TM)! All you have to do is add fabric and flip-the embroidery machine does all the sewing for you. This method results in fast, precise blocks every time! With Piece in the Hoop(TM), you'll get: * Step-by-step instructions for creating 20 projects from the 6 most-cherished quilt blocks *40 design files for the embroidery machine in 9 of the most commonly used formats * Great bonus tips and advice throughout the book from sewing expert Nancy Zieman, as well as an exclusive DVD hosted by Nancy showing you Larisa's Piece in the Hoop(TM) techniques in action! Combining quilting and machine embroidery, this fourth book in the "Create with Nancy" series will help you get the most out of that embroidery machine!

Author Biography

Larissa Bland has been digitising embroidery designs for seven years and since has discovered a technique for digitising quilt blocks. She has a successful web site on which she sells designs using her technique. Nancy Zieman has written numerous books, including those in the popular "Confidence" series.