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Showing posts with label book recommendations. Show all posts

3/18/2011

Let's Quilt for Baby [Paperback] Review

Let's Quilt for Baby [Paperback]I purchased this book "USED" but it was just like new. It has some great patterns and I can't wait to make the Bear pattern.Anyone who quilts will enjoy this book. Easy instructions and greatCOLOR pictures

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11 colorful projects to stitch for baby.

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10/16/2010

Nickel Quilts: Great Designs from 5 Inch Scraps [Paperback] Review

Nickel Quilts: Great Designs from 5 Inch Scraps [Paperback]If you are like me, you have fabric pieces of all sizes, from tiny scraps to major yardage, stashed on shelves and in boxes and drawers all over your house. This book is perfect for people like us. The quilts are beautiful and surprisingly simple to construct, for the most part. The authors devote the first part of the book to a series of techniques for converting 5" squares into checkerboard blocks, half-square triangle blocks, quarter-square triangle blocks, and "picket fences" as efficiently as possible. These directions are very complete and well explained. They also suggest buying a little extra fabric each time you shop, and ctting off a five-inch strip right away. Plus they give great instructions on how to hold a 5-inch square swap, including how to keep track of everybody's contributions.
Then, in the second part, they give directions for a series of quilts from very easy to a little more complicated (though none of them are actually difficult). Even the easiest quilts are surprisingly complex-looking, and all of them are designed to be made in three sizes. The color scheme of most of the quilts shown is medium-to-dark traditional prints on cream, but there is no reason not to choose a completely different scheme. (I am thinking about oversize splashy prints on a black-and-white background for one of the simpler quilts, for example, or bright plaids on batik.) Now all I have to do is start cutting...

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Product Description:
Discover scrap quiltmaking at its best with an all-new system for making traditional quilts that sparkle! Start by cutting 5" squares from stash fabrics. Once you have a stack of squares, half the work--the cutting--is done.
· Choose from 20 big, beautiful patterns that each include directions for three different sizes
· Use just eight units to make every quilt in the book; then mix and match them into dozens of other creative settings
· Alternate unit sizes are provided for 4"and 6" squares for even more options
Transform stash fabrics into dazzling scrap quilts with this timesaving technique!

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8/06/2010

Facts and Fabrications: Unraveling the History of Quilts and Slavery: 8 Projects, 20 Blocks, First-Person Accounts [Paperback] Review

Facts and Fabrications: Unraveling the History of Quilts and Slavery: 8 Projects, 20 Blocks, First-Person Accounts [Paperback]This is a beautiful book of history on African-American quilt making and is chock full of photos, patterns, and basic American history as well.She pulls no punches, tells no lies or tales, and tells you what is an absolute FACT and what is questionable.If you are interested at all in the subject, you must have this book.It is way beyond the info in E.Burns Underground Railroad book.(Which is also a nice resource.)

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Product Description:
* Celebrate and continue an American quilt tradition
* Combines history and quilting
* Great for homeschoolers--includes curriculum!

Enslaved peoples in the American South preserved their memories with quilts. Today, In nine remarkable projects, quilt historian and artist Barbara Brackman guides readers through the stories they told--and lets crafters create quilts and samplers that capture their own memories. Mix and match historic blocks and Brackman's new designs to create timeless treasures.

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7/24/2010

Egg Money Quilts: 1930's Vintage Samplers [Spiral-bound] Review

Egg Money Quilts: 1930's Vintage Samplers [Spiral-bound]This delightful book is a unique keeper.It is a visual treat of reproduction fabric projects.The spiral bound design makes it special and so easy to read as the pages lie flat.The cardboard templates easily punch out and don't need to be cut.My first project will be the 1930's style Etta's apron which also includes a paper pattern.A nice touch is the appropriate quilting design or a chicken or rooster located at the page number.

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An "Eggstravaganza" of thirteen traditional patterns that gained popularity in the 1930's. In addition to two sampler quilt layouts, yardage charts are provided for five patterns in various quilt sizes. And to tempt your creativity, you will find a treasury of projects.

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