Paper Piecing
My local quilt guild recently offered a paper-piecing class with Penny Layman (author of The Paper-Pieced Home) and I was thrilled to be able to attend. Look what I made! One of the class's organizers expressed surprise that I…
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My local quilt guild recently offered a paper-piecing class with Penny Layman (author of The Paper-Pieced Home) and I was thrilled to be able to attend. Look what I made! One of the class's organizers expressed surprise that I…
I've been waiting with bated breath to show these quilts to you! This is Moments It's made from some of my favorite Teagan White prints and I couldn't love it more. It's a reverse appliqué pattern, meaning that the…
I could not be more excited to share this new book with you all today! It was written by my friend and fellow member of the Ann Arbor Modern Quilt Guild, Debbie Grifka (AKA Esch House Quilts). I knew Debbie was…
I want to take a moment to point you guys towards one of my favorite books: Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon [affiliate link] This is a book filled with solid advice…
A few books I've been excited about have shown up on Amazon.com for pre-order, so I wanted to bring them to your attention! (1) My dear friend Lynn wrote a book on scrap quilting called Every Last Piece. It's available for…
It's really no secret that I admire Lucie Summers's quilts, as I've mentioned them as inspirations for my Painted Pebbles Quilt and included her book in my list of wish-worthy quilting books for 2013. Her publishers must have picked up…
Today's review is of Geared for Guys by Emily Herrick of Crazy Old Ladies. Even if you're not aware of Emily's patterns, you may have seen her fun new fabric line: Technicolor. Image swiped from the Michael Miller website; hopefully they don't…
Today's review is of Quilting Modern: Techniques and Projects for Improvisational Quilters by Jacquie Gering and Katie Pederson What it is: A review of seven techniques used by improvisational quilters, showing several quilts using each technique. Basic breakdown of the book’s contents: (1)…
What it is: A collection of 19 quilts made by bloggers with piecing instructions for each quilt and a “bio” of each designer, written by the designer. Basic breakdown of the book's contents: (1) Introduction (1 page) 1% of the…
I'm going to start reviewing books here on a regular basis. There seems to be a need for information-rich, serious reviews of quilting books. Since I'm a major bookworm and happy to make distinctions, I've volunteered myself for the job.…