Customer Reviews
As A Complete Novice I AM So Glad I Bought This Book - By: Emma Thomsen, 29 May 2007 
Many books profess to being Encylopedia or Bible of this & that but few live up to the impressive title. I'm pleased to say this book does that by the bucket load. The book goes through the basic equipment, techniques, blocks & rotary cutting - with simple instructions & clear colour photographs. Slowly graduating to special effects, applique, quilting types (Italian, Sashiko, Trapunto, which I can only dream of aspiring to) & finshing with, appropriately, finishing. At the very end of the book are themes with fabulous examples of quilts designed & made by the 'great & good'in the quilting world, some of which can only be described as breath taking. Definitely a book for the beginner with inspiration for the 'graduate quilter' to try out.
A Must Have Book............ - By: , 13 May 2003 Fantastic, great, wonderful....these are the words you'll say once you've bought this book, it's an absolute must have for beginners & experienced quilters & patchworkers alike. It is well illustrated & extremely easy to follow. If your like me & very new to quilting it explains everythingin easy terms, no jargon! The pictures are easy to follow too. There were lots of question I had & wondered about many things to do with quilting & this book helped with both. In essence, I would say if I could only own one book about quilting, this would be it. It offers everything you need & want to know. I would highly reccommend this book to anyone who has an interestin this subject.
Great Book! - By: , 29 Jan 2003 This is an excellent reference book, & one I refer to again & again! Very clear instructions, explanations & illustrations.
Excellent for beginners and useful for internediate quilters - By: , 16 Jan 2002 This is an excellent introduction to the craft of patchwork & quilting. It is the first book I
ever read on the subject & it's one I keep going back to time & time again.
For absolute beginners just starting out on this absorbing hobby, basic terminology is
explained & the section on equipment to buy contains lots of useful advice. The step by
step account on how to design your own quilt & estimate the amount of fabric required is also very helpful.
Lots of different patchwork & quilting techniques are detailedin the book & the text is accompanied by many precise photographs & illustrations. The easy to follow instructions are most encouraging & you'll want to try out each new technique as soon as you turn the pages.
The more advanced patchworker will also find plenty of interestin this book, as special effects such as piping, prairiepoints, folded patchwork & much more is discussed.
Numerous types of applique eg stained glass, shadow, Hawaiin etc. are presented & instructions for different types of quilting, rotary cutting & speed piecing are also included.
The latter part of the book consists of a magnificent gallery of quiltsin different styles. Each photograph is accompanied by the quilter's name, quilt size nd name & also a brief description of the piece. The gallery is a marvellous source of inspiration for any quilter.
I thoroughly recommend this book to both beginners & intermediate quilters.
Excellent for beginnners: useful for advanced quilters. - By: , 16 Jan 2002 This is an excellent introduction to the craft of patchwork & quilting. It is the first book I
ever read on the subject & it's one I go back to time & time again.
For absolute beginners just starting out on this absorbing hobby, basic terminology is explained & the section on equipment to buy contains lots of useful advice. The step by step account of how to design your own quilt & estimate the amount of fabric required is also very helpful.
Lots of different patchwork & quilting techniques are detailedin the book & the text is accompanied by many photographs & illustrations. The easy to follow instructions are most encouraging & you'll want to try out each new technique as soon as you turn the pages.
The more advanced patchworker will also find plenty of interestin this book, as special effects such as piping, prairie points, folded patchwork & much more is discussed. Numerous types of applique eg stained glass, shadow, Hawaiin etc. are presented & instructions for different types of quilting, rotary cutting & speed piecing are also included.
The latter part of the book consists of amagnificent gallery of quiltsin different styles. Each photograph is accompanied by tquilter's name, quilt size & name & also a brief description of the piece. The gallery is a marvellous source of inspiration for anquilter. I thoroughly recommend this book to both beginners & intermediate quilters.
