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Jane Brocket has a fun and informal tone that puts you at ease and inspires you to get creative. This book is wonderful for proficient sewers who might nonetheless be a little daunted by the prospect of quilting. Easy Living, April 2010
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"The Gentle Art of Quilt-Making" is a charming, inspirational and practical guide for would-be quilters. Leading author Jane Brocket presents over 15 quilt designs and weaves a narrative around each one. Each quilt story considers the sources of inspiration - including quilters, quilt styles, quilting communities, colours, patterns, films, places and painters. There's a Russian Shawl Quilt, inspired by Russian shawls, traditional motifs of Russian folk art constructed with ever-smaller nesting squares in blacks, golds, pinks, reds and emerald greens, a Floral Frocks Quilt inspired by summer dresses, flower gardens and herbaceous borders - exuberant colours and big florals pieced together in strips, and a Suits and Ties Quilt reusing sober woollen suiting contrasting with extravagant silk ties with geometric squares inspired by Gee's Bend work-wear quilts. Finally, a practical section covers all the practical knowledge you'll need - from hand-quilting and sandwiching to binding, storage and caring for your quilt. Confidently armed with all the design tools you need, you can embark on your own quilting journey and begin creating your own personal quilting masterpiece.
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64 of 68 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I absolutely adore this book. As a new but very keen quilter I have been paralysed with fear and doubt over my abilities and my lack of technical knowledge and sewing skills etc. This has held me back from creating quilts as I would like to, and I have been slavishly attempting to copy the complicated hand techniques that I have been told are the 'proper' way to quilt, with little success and much frustration! Jane Brocket blasts all these rules and regulations out of the water and encourages you to have FUN with quilting and not worry about the technicalities - it's so liberating! Can't do complicated hand quilting? Then just do running stitch - it looks lovely and takes half the time. Don't want to faff about with papers and hand piecing? Then it's perfectly fine to use your machine and still make beautiful and complex looking quilts. Worried about colour and pattern? Just choose the fabrics you like, trust your instincts and get on with it! Jane has taken all the fear and mythology out of the art of quiltmaking and has transformed it into an easy, exciting, and most of all, FUN, activity that anyone can do, regardless of your skill level or perceived creative abilities. The quilts featured are all absolutely beautiful and the instructions are so simple that a child could happily follow them. Coupled with the gorgeous photos and lovely, encouraging and insightful text that accompanies each section, this is a book to inspire you and to equip you with the knowledge and confidence needed to make lovely items for your own use and help you stop worrying about doing everything the 'right' way. Highly recommended for people who just want to make a quilt and not a stitch perfect competition entry for the Festival of Quilts!
22 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The pictures and the explanations of how Jane Brocket arrived at her designs are inspirational. Beautiful small photos highlight the details of stitching, and all the quilts are shown in full at the back of the book. However, if you want to learn how to do such things as mitre a corner, bind an edge or fix a hanging sleeve the only instructions are to look on the Internet; since the book refers to the "art" of quilt-making, I think the emphasis can be justified. A lovely addition to a quilt-maker's bookshelf, but don't rely on it for method.
31 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is a real pleasure to read - I'm a pushover for quilting books anyway and each tends to have its own particular strength. This book is good for beginner quilters. Its encouragement to explore different fabrics and have confidence in your own taste and preferences is refreshing and good for experienced quilters too. I liked the accessible writing and clear descriptions of techniques. I enjoyed it so much that I have abandoned (temporarily) a complex quilt to make a simpler design using my favourite fabrics.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
An inspirational feast of colour
This is the book that started me on quiltmaking after I had been put off by what seemed fearsomely complicated rules and techniques. Read more
Published 21 days ago by SJR
My favourite Quilting book
This is very different from most quilt books I have looked at, as it doesn't get bogged down in complicated piecing; Jane uses simple shapes and makes her quilts really beautiful... Read more
Published 1 month ago by bookworm
A trully inspirational book
This is a beautiful book, full of pretty pictures and inspiration. It also covers the technical aspects of the art of quilt making. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ines
The gentle art of quilt making
It is a very nice book with lots of ideas for quilting.
I would have liked more information on finishing instead of being refered to another web site.
I would have liked more information on finishing instead of being refered to another web site.
Published 5 months ago by mountain
My Favourite Quilting book!
I have admired Jane Brocket's online blog which has featured her quilts that she has made and uses around her home. Read more
Published 7 months ago by J. Ballard
Beautiful book!
This book is beautiful on the outside and very informative about quilt making on the inside:-) I love this book!
Published 7 months ago by Ann1235
Stop fussing and enjoy your quilting!
I am sure that many quilters are just like me. I have a huge collection of fabric - every time my main supplier had a special offer I just had to buy something - I just love... Read more
Published 9 months ago by S. Penelope
Relaxing quilt book
I purchased this book after borrowing a copy from the library. It is inspiring and also a relaxing read for a summer day in the garden!
Published 10 months ago by jubilate
Wonderful book
What a fabulous book, its beautifully laid out and the photo's are so georgeous you could just use it as a 'coffee table' book as a thing of beauty. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Tracey Davies
Beautiful inspiring book
This was the book that finally got me quilting, I've looked at quilting books before but none inspired me the way this one did. Read more
Published 12 months ago by sam7992
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