Clever Quilts: Making the Most of Panels, Borders, and Theme Prints [Paperback]

Susan Teegarden Dissmore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 23, 2011

Panels, borders, and theme fabrics showcase everything from intricate artwork to whimsical novelty motifs. Now quilters can do even more with these fabrics than they are "preprinted" to do! This book is filled with smart ideas for setting images into quilts that pop. Ten projects show how to build quilts around both large and small fabric images. Includes wall quilts, lap quilts, and a table runner, plus projects that use seasonal prints. Learn how to selectively cut, frame, and finish fabric motifs.

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About the Author

Designer Susan Teegarden Dissmore has owned and operated Sue’s Rags Quilt Shop in Federal Way, Washington, since 1994. This is her first book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 82 pages
• Publisher: Martingale & Company (March 23, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564774465
• ISBN-13: 978-1564774460
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #531,123 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Want to know what to do with that theme fabric you bought?, January 9, 2004

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Ada "quiltsintexas" (TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clever Quilts: Making the Most of Panels, Borders, and Theme Prints (Paperback)

Susan's book will give you great ideas for using that theme print in beautiful quilts. It's one of those "why didn't I think of that?" books with plenty of instructions and color ideas. Her second book MORE CLEVER QUILTS gives you more and different quilts, well worth the purchase.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a neat book!, December 26, 2006

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This review is from: Clever Quilts: Making the Most of Panels, Borders, and Theme Prints (Paperback)

Have you ever been to a fabric store, spotted a panel print of a favorite subject, brought it home, then wondered what on earth to do with it? This book helps the quilter who wants to explore quilting using fabrics with, for example, panel pictures, large-scale prints, or border prints. The author goes way beyond simply quilting up the panel as it was cut from the bolt. She shows you ways to explore cutting, setting, and quilting your panel fabrics in ways that enhance and preserve the original artwork of the fabric. I especially enjoyed seeing one quilting pattern completed with two different fabrics. Her instructions are clear, concise, and utilize color so that even the beginner quilter can successfully complete a quilt using those great panel fabrics. You'll never shop for fabric the same way again!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars quilting with panels, March 16, 2006

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M. E. Thompson (Camberley Surrey U.K.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Clever Quilts: Making the Most of Panels, Borders, and Theme Prints (Paperback)

This is a good guide for quilting printed panels and borders as it offers different ideas on how to make up the panels for a variety of projects.It is the only book I have seen that deals solely with printed panels.