Vintage Moments Quilt Pattern [Paperback] Review

I liked the clear step by step instructions.There are drawn to scale templates and even views on how to press the seams.There were no colour illustrations but plenty of clear diagrams.The materials list is on the back cover.

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Make this Feathered Star Medallion Quilt (Finished size: 90" x 90") The Feathered Star central panel is surrounded by 4 pieced borders: a Dogtooth border, a Le Moyne Star border containing sixteen 9" blocks, a Fan border containing forty-four 4-1/2" blocks (8 more Fan blocks are included in the central panel and outer border), and a Sawtooth border containing 212 two-triangle squares that are 1-1/2" finished. Three plain borders are also included in the design. Colors: A rainbow variety of assorted pastel 1930s reproduction prints are needed for colored areas. Buying fat quarter yards is a good way to get the variety of prints needed for this scrappy look. Quilting techniques used in this quilt are rotary cutting; machine pieced straight, set-in, partial and curved seams; bias-strip piecing; machine paper foundation piecing; and machine applique.

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Big Block Quilts: Using Layer Cakes, Sweet 16s, etc! [Paperback] Review

This book has hundreds of design possibilities, all shown in grayscale diagrams.There are photographs of some of them made up, but for most of them you'll have to do your own color choices and placement.These blocks could be made up into bed-sized quilts, starting with large squares as building blocks, or into blocks to go into a quilt, or as a single smaller block as a wallhanging or other small quilt project.This is not for someone who needs handholding and precise step-by-step directions.But if you're confident in your own taste and able to make decisions for yourself as you go along, and can look at a block diagram and see how it should be sewn together, this offers you lots of options.All the blocks are made from simple units -- squares, four patches, "rail fence" units (two rectangles), and half-square triangles.The author gives you lots of possible ways to combine those units into quilt blocks of any size you choose, determined only by the size of square you start with.This is a book I'll return to again and again.

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The latest trend in fabric is precut squares or rectangles. Layer Cakes from Moda are 10 inch squares. Sweet 16s from Maywood Studios are 9 inch x 11 inch rectangles. Marcus Brothers cuts their Spoonfuls into 8-1/2 inch squares. This book contains ideas for all these large squares. Or you can cut you own large squares. One Fat Quarter can be cut into four 8-1/2 inch squares. Making the designs even more flexible, these patterns will work for ANY SIZE SQUARE! The popular 5 inch charm packs will make a fun baby quilt size or table topper. Or maybe you have cut leftover fabrics from past projects into 4 inch or 6 inch squares (or any other uniform size). These patterns will work perfectly for those squares as well! You could even start with a 16 inch or 17 inch square and use one of these patterns to make a king size quilt. It just takes 36 squares of any size to make any or all of these quilts. This book contains instructions to make 238 quilts! All of the instructions are written for beginners. This book offers beginning quilters several benefits. The quilts are all made up of basic blocks. The fabric in the precut, prepackaged fabric bundles all match. The book describes several methods for organizing scrap quilts. Beginning quilters are introduced to the creative process of quilting. However, these quilts are not just for beginners. Experienced quilters can enjoy making a quick project as a gift or to experiment with new colors. This book takes quilters through four steps of basic quiltmaking. Step 1: Choose Your Pattern. Step 2: Organize Your Fabrics. Step 3: Sew Your Blocks Together. Step 4: Layout and Sew Your Quilt. Going through these steps involves quilters with the entire process of quilt making in a fun, simple way.Big Block Quilts contains patterns for 238 quilts with full color pictures of 21 of these patterns. See how similar patterns look in different colors, and see how the same fabrics look in different patterns. This book contains hundreds of ideas for using charm packs, layer cakes, sweet 16s, spoonfuls, fat quarters, and your personal stash!



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Double Pinwheel Quilt: An Easy Strip Method (Burns, Eleanor. Quilt in a Day Series.) [Paperback] Review

Eleanor Burns' "Quilt in a Day" series quilt books contain clear, easy to follow instructions with good pictures.With Eleanor's method you learn to create pinwheel blocks without ever cutting a single triangle!Yipeee!I had been quilting for 3 years at the time I bought this book and had 5 completed quilts under my belt.Initially, I was "put off" by this quilt pattern because I thought the one on the cover was too busy.However, I saw Eleanor Burns show how to make this quilt on the PBS series "Quilt in a Day" and came to appreciate it and the technique.I ended up buying the book and making a scrappy pinwheel quilt.Then, I made another one (this time with light green floral and med blue tone-on-tone pinwheels on a cream background).For this second quilt, I set the double pinwheel blocks with cream sashing and corner blocks in a coordinating color (Moda Marbles dk green).The finished quilt received rave reviews.As you can see, I approach this (and all) quilt book as a source of tips and tricks and ideas - a jumping off point.Definitely will keep this one in my library.

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The classic "double pinwheel" explained and simplified.

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Radiant Star Quilt (Burns, Eleanor. Quilt in a Day Series.) [Paperback] Review

over all a reasonabley thorough guide for this pattern which i also believe is called "the lone star". a few details are ambiguous and i did find a pointer in another book about how to keep the long stripes you are sewing together from forming a rainbow. thier guidance on picking colors is very helpful. all that aside this is a tough quilt to make. this is my fifth quilt and i think i may have bit off more than i can chew this early in my experience!

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Pineapple Quilt: A Piece of Cake [Paperback] Review

pineapple piece ofcake. This is a great book. Well written. Pattern easy to understand.

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This book has all the information needed to make a pineapple quilt. There are numerous illustrations throughout the book as well as easy to understand directions.Contents:'Introduction'The block, its overall pattern, & variations'Hints, suggestions'Materials, supplies, notions, etc.'Cutting strips'Get friendly with the square ruler'Quilt sizes & yardage charts'4 blocks, experimental or wall hanging size'16 blocks, baby or lap robe size'28 blocks, twin size'48 blocks, queen size'64 blocks, king size'Making the VIP center squares'Constructing the blocks'Sewing the blocks together'Adding the border'Machine quilting'Binding the quilt'Planning chart for special projects'Index

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