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Classic Quilts: With Precise Foundation Piecing

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I have enjoyed working with this book. The paper foundations included are much easier to work with than if they were just printed on the book's pages. I did the Double Wedding Ring and the results were teriffic! This is paper piecing for people who are committed to doing traditional work with new methods, and it makes sense to combine the techniques. I have recommended it to my advanced students. Not for beginners! I only wish I hadn't forgotten who I loaned this book to, as now I have to buy another copy!

I've been quilting for over 30 years and have an embarassing number of quilt books, but this one is a great addition to my collection. This book has me eager to make a number of the quilts inside.

As the title suggests, these are paper pieced quilts. Included are some pattern pages which may be photocopied to be the paper foundation for piecing. Patterns include Mariner's Compass, Log Cabin, Pickle Dish, Wedding Ring, Flying Geese and Fan, among others. With the advent of rotary cutting, this method seems unnecessary for something simple like the Log Cabin pattern, but using it for the other patterns greatly improves the accuracy of my piecing and using this for the Wedding Ring is truly innovative and something I am eager to try. In addition to the instructions which are clear and well-illustrated, there are over twenty full pages of color pictures which supply inspiration to go along wtih the information within these pages.

My only very small complaint is that there are several Mariner's Compass blocks in the Gallery section that go to a central point in the center of the square--a very engaging square, but the you won't find the instructions here. Instead you find compass blocks with the circle center, which in all fairness, is the square pictured most often in these pages.