Baby Patchwork: Small Quilts & Other Gifts [Hardcover]

Gianna Valli Berti (Author)

Book Description

Every baby should receive a special gift, handmade with love. With these simple and innovative quilting techniques -- some using tracing paper as an easy guide -- you can create beautiful, cozy blankets with adorable yellow ducklings, blue bunnies, plaid pinwheels, flowers and lace, little houses and trees, carriages and toys. One even has a small pouch where a tiny teddy bear can fit snugly! There's more than just coverlets: stitched up a baby carrier that can be in gingham to keep a little one snug on an outing; a pouch with embroidered kittens for bottles and diapers; bibs featuring a red rocking horse or holiday designs; a pretty-in-pink dress; and a special "first" table setting that's sure to make feeding time fun pillows, floor mats, and garlands to brighten up baby's room. And if you need the basics, all the necessary techniques from measuring to cutting to sewing to pressing are covered.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Fresh designs and enchanting colors make this title, originally published in Italy (R.C.S. Libri, 1996), stand out from the current crowd of "quilting-for-baby" books. Projects include a number of small crib quilts along with ideas for using crib quilt motifs to make other projects such as pajama holders, pillows, bags, wall hangings, etc. Fully one-third of the book is devoted to quilting techniques and design "how-to." An excellent source of ideas for the intermediate quilter.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc (April 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806999519
• ISBN-13: 978-0806999517
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,172,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars baby patchwork, May 25, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Baby Patchwork: Small Quilts & Other Gifts (Paperback)

This is a great book, in every page i found something special i want to do as soon as i can. Theres not only baby work, also awsome projects for kids, and why not, for myself. My friends always ask me to lend them this book, i really loved it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quilted Wreaths and Quilted Birthday Cakes, May 21, 2008

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Ana Mardoll (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby Patchwork: Small Quilts & Other Gifts (Paperback)

Baby Patchwork / 0-8069-9933-0

I own quiet a few quilting books, and they tend to all cover a lot of the same common ground - use rotary tools for cutting, sewing machines are nifty, thimbles prevent massive internal bleeding, and so on. This book is no different in that regard, so I'll just note that this one covers the basics well, before moving on to what sets it apart from all the other quilting books.

First of all, the book is very pretty and modern. The page backgrounds exude a crisp, clean, shiny white and there's not very much of the "country quilting" motif here. Definitely, the editors were going for a "not your grandmother's quilting resource" here, so if you like "modern" quilting books, this one will definitely catch your eye.

Second, there's a surprising amount of new ideas here. The quilted braided wreaths are great, and provide a new way to display your craft on the wall besides the standard "quilt on a wall" design. (And they're a great way to make something cool with very little material needed.) There's some decent gift bags here, and plenty of small quilts, and believe it or not there's a quilted "cake" to trot out on birthday occasions. I'm not really sure who would prefer a quilted "cake" to a yummy, messy confection, but it's cute and different.

I recommend this book if you can get it at a decent price. It's got some new ideas in it, and the presentation is certainly very clean and crisp.

~ Ana Mardoll

5.0 out of 5 stars Baby Patchwork, June 8, 2006

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Mary A. Markowski (Jarrettsville, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baby Patchwork: Small Quilts & Other Gifts (Paperback)

This book has fabulous project directions for babies. I found it easy to understand and not only does it give directions for baby quilts it has other projects as well--pillows, carrying bags, etc. I would recommend this book to everybody.