Borders The basics & beyond [Hardcover-spiral]

Jill Reber (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2009

This is a complete guide to border techniques with dozens of designs to mix and match. Borders can do so much more than just add to the overall size of a quilt top - they can frame the center, drawing the viewer's eye around the edge and then back to the focal design of the quilt. "Borders - The Basics & Beyond" teaches quilters everything they need to know about the basics of good border design, as well as step-by-step border techniques for dozens of different styles in a variety of sizes - all accompanied by easy-to-follow, full-color illustrations. This title features: more than 20 borders; dozens of mix & match options; and, hundreds of full color photos, diagrams & illustrations.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A hardcover book with a spiral binding enabling it to lay float for]] easy reference Borders The basics & beyond ]]is the latest in the award-winning "basics & beyond" series. ]]focuses on border designs and how to create borders with eye-catching color and contrast. Featuring twelve projects and dozens of suggested border designs ]] is a superb mix-and-match resource for quilters of all skill and experience levels. Full-color photography of each of the step-by-step instructions makes (it) extremely easy and helpful to use. Highly recommended. -- James Cox "The Midwest Book Review"

About the Author

Jill Reber and her husband own Master Piece Rulers, Static Stickers and companion quilting products. A prolific designer and quilter with over 150 quilts in the past 15 years, Jill's quilt designs were the monthly feature in American Patchwork and Quilting during the year 2000. As co-author of the bestselling book Beautiful Borders Backings and Bindings, this is Jill's 3rd book with Landauer Publishing.

Product Details

• Hardcover-spiral: 128 pages
• Publisher: Landauer Corporation; Spi edition (January 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0980068894
• ISBN-13: 978-0980068894
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #678,761 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Borders The basics & beyond, January 9, 2009

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This review is from: Borders The basics & beyond (Hardcover-spiral)

This book is well presented and has great photos on how to put blocks together. I think this would be a good book for beginners, but I was expecting to see somthing more and something new and was disapointed to find the standard type of borders I have seen before.
Had I seen the book prior to purchasing I probably would have passed.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Basic blocks as borders, February 11, 2009

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Barbara Rhoades "Jackie of all Trades" (O'Fallon, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Borders The basics & beyond (Hardcover-spiral)

I was very excited when I saw this book. I am always looking for suggestions for borders. The four chapters provide a lot of great information but I found some of the information to be repeated several times over which was disappointing. I felt that once it was stated, it didn't need to be restated twice more in later chapters. If I wanted to review that information, I could look back.

Chapter one goes over the basic tools and contains large photos of the items described. Things like tools, appliqués, making corners and a vocabulary list are included. Chapter two jumps right in and let's you start creating a border. It also describes sixteen types of blocks you can use to create borders.

Chapter three is where it becomes repetitious. The first half of this chapter has new information and even three wall hangings to create. Then it repeats itself with describing the same sixteen borders and how to put them onto a quilt. In all fairness, it describes the size block to make to place on a particular sized top but since there is a Size Chart on page 90 and 91, all you would need to do is the math to figure out the block size for the border you need. All the appliqués talked about in the book are given at full size which is very nice since you don't have to run out to the copy shop to enlarge them to correct size.

The final chapter is almost the best part because that is where you will find four wonderful projects that you can create to practice your new border techniques. One quilt and three table runners let you use the borders/blocks you learned about to make gifts or home decoration.

The best part of the book is that it is spiral bound so you don't have to weigh down the pages or lose your place because the book closes when you walk away to sew. In my opinion, all sewing books should be bound in this fashion.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely easy and helpful to use, February 11, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Borders The basics & beyond (Hardcover-spiral)

A hardcover book with a spiral binding enabling it to lay flat for easy reference, Borders: The Basics & Beyond is the latest in the award-winning "basics & beyond" series. Borders: The Basics & Beyond focuses on border designs, and how to create borders with eye-catching color and contrast. Featuring twelve projects and dozens of suggested border designs, Borders: The Basics & Beyond is a superb mix-and-match resource for quilters of all skill and experience levels. Full-color photography of each of the step-by-step instructions makes Borders: The Basics & Beyond extremely easy and helpful to use. Highly recommended.