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Blended Quilts From In The Beginning

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This is a sumptuous book. I would buy it just for the photographs and quality of printing. I would categorize it as both a quilt history lover's book and a how to book. The patterns and projects included relate to English frame quilting, and American quilting of the late 18th century and early 19th. But the book is also very liberating in that it shows how to break away from what we have learned about color and contrast to achieve a very different look which can be traditional or very modern indeed. The introduction is well worth rereading and the entire book will evoke a great deal of thought. If you love fabric, buy the book soon as some of the fabrics shown are still in the shops.

This book is for anyone in love with turn of the century quilts, and turn of the century fabric. McClosky and Yenter have great patterns, but also give tips on what types of blocks and what types of fabric make beautiful blended quilts, and that is what really is important to those of us who like to be inspiried and then design our own quilts. This book is great for beginners (easy patterns, and the fabric choices help hide seams that don't match perfectly) and experienced quilters alike.

Even if you never make the quilts in this book, this needs to be in your library. Beautiful pictures, beautiful quilts in fantastic settings. Wonderful information to make quilts that blend. Isn't it wonderful to see "pretty" quilts? One of my favorite books when I need some inspiration or a lift in my life.

i bought this book for a quilting class, and i really like the authors' concepts.

i love, and am making, quilts with the familiar high contrast graphic traditional block patterns. but seeing the quilts in this book has been an inspiration. i am looking at the fabrics in my stash with a new eye, and also thinking of using the authors' ideas for clothing, some of which is shown in a photograph of one of the authors and her granddaughter.

this book is going to be useful for many, many years. i recommend it to any quilter or anyone who makes clothes.

I got my book promptly, and it was in excellent condition - just as described by the vendor. I would definitely use this vendor again.

I love this quilt book! I have already made two of the quilts for which pictures and directions are provided in the book and plan to make more. This type of quilt, with subtle color changes, leaves me with a restful over-all feeling. Picking harmonious fabrics is very important to the final subtle effect in one of these quilts and helps improve the quilter's ability in choosing blending color and pattern fabric. The out-of-sync fabric screams wrong! The quilt pictures help train the eye to making these choices.