Discover streamlined ways to cut, swap, mix, and match oodles of fabrics in spectacular scrap quilts! Watch these designs become dramatically different from one to the next, depending on the settings and scraps you choose. The twenty gorgeous quilts all start with just one scrap size - a 5 1/2" X 20" strip. You can produce the perfect scrappy quilt with dozens of tips on color, value, design walls, and more, as well as use groups of scraps to make several blocks at a time; then shuffle blocks for one-of-a-kind designs.
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Since she won a Singer dressmaking contest at the age of 10, Lynn Roddy Brown has been sewing, quilting, and designing. This is her first book.
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By Barbara Rhoades
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Format:Paperback
This is a good book for any beginning scrap quilter and it's Fat Quarter friendly as well. It has the same ideas for scrap quilts as most other books on scrap quilting and didn't provide me with any new ones which I had hoped for.
21 pages of quilting tips, fabric collecting and understanding scrap quilts are where the book starts. After that, the projects are listed and many of them use the same block; it is just the placement of the block that makes the quilts different. If you can make blocks like a four-patch, Puss in the Corner, Hourglass, Spools, Bowtie, half square triangle, whole squares and strips, you can create the quilts in this book.
The 14 quilts each show a color photo with a blurb about the quilt. In a colored square, the finished block and quilt size is given along with skill levels or piecing experience and the ability to select fabric. The materials and cutting lists are clearly written and the assembly section has graphics to help you along. No quilting designs are provided.
Pinwheels, stars and snowballs will show up as you put your quilts together. Or use your own creativity and move the blocks around to create your own patterns.
21 pages of quilting tips, fabric collecting and understanding scrap quilts are where the book starts. After that, the projects are listed and many of them use the same block; it is just the placement of the block that makes the quilts different. If you can make blocks like a four-patch, Puss in the Corner, Hourglass, Spools, Bowtie, half square triangle, whole squares and strips, you can create the quilts in this book.
The 14 quilts each show a color photo with a blurb about the quilt. In a colored square, the finished block and quilt size is given along with skill levels or piecing experience and the ability to select fabric. The materials and cutting lists are clearly written and the assembly section has graphics to help you along. No quilting designs are provided.
Pinwheels, stars and snowballs will show up as you put your quilts together. Or use your own creativity and move the blocks around to create your own patterns.
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Practical advice that's simple to understand
18 Feb 2007
By Patty
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Format:Paperback
I've been a quilter for a long time, and I have the fabric collection to prove it. This book offers hope that I will be able to transform my stash into beautiful quilts, not random ones that don't really work. I liked the fact that there is just enough color theory to get me started, but not so much that I feel I need an art degree to understand it. The quilts shown are true examples and are tied to the lessons. Incidental tips, such as basting with binder clips and sewing a striped border, are worth the price of the book. My favorite line - "Everyone knows that stash quilts are free."
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun for a novice or seasoned quilter
1 Oct 2007
By N. N. Fallone
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Format:Paperback
Lynn Roddy Brown's book is excellent for the beginning scrap quilter or for those who have been mystified by how to use their ever-growing stash. For the experienced quilter, it serves as a great reference and jumping-off point. The author introduces the color theories of several well-known quilters and explains different approaches, but lets the reader choose her own way. Her method of starting with one size strip of each fabric speeds up the cutting process while her sewing and trimming techniques lead to accurate blocks. Clear, well-written instructions along with the author's tips on fabric collecting and necessary tools make this book a wonderful resource.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Use up those scraps!
28 Feb 2008
By Barbara A. Moretich
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This little book may have simple patterns, but the quilts end up to be simply beautiful! You won't have to go out and buy a lot of fabric to make the quilts. The title is descriptive and I have enjoyed making the quilt pictured on the cover from my scraps. The pattern required very little of one piece of fabric and I have plenty to choose from. I am very pleased and look forward to choosing another pattern in the book for my next quilt.
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