Divide & Conquer: Quilt It Your Way [Paperback]

Nancy Smith (Author), Lynda Milligan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2000

Divide your quilt into small, more workable sections and Conquer the daunting task of machine or hand quilting a full-sized bed quilt! We'll show you four innovative techniques for assembling 17 original quilts.

By assembling and quilting your project in two or more pieces, you will alleviate the problems associated with quilting bulky bed quilts. The sections are lighter, can fit through the opening of your sewing machine, and are easily maneuverable for decorative quilting.

Each of the quilts is at least twin-sized, although the patterns are easily adaptable to smaller wall quilts. We've also added one of our famous Toppers as an option! With the combination of pieced and appliqued quilts, you are sure to find one to become the centerpiece of any decor.

Not only are these techniques easily applied to almost any quilt that you are making, but also each quilt top can be made in one piece for hand, machine or long-arm machine quilting. We'll provide lots of options and advice so you can quilt it your way!

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Possibilities (September 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880972433
• ISBN-13: 978-1880972434
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #775,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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123 of 123 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Godsend!, January 20, 2004

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Serene (Marina, CA, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Divide & Conquer: Quilt It Your Way (Paperback)

I'm an intermediate quilter who has been struggling to make larger bed-sized quilts for over a year. This book makes it SO much easier to quilt large sized projects! I highly recommend this book! In particular, the method described for the "Vanilla Ice Cream" quilt is a method I intend to use over and over!

I had two peeves with this book which are minor, but worth mentioning. One: the format. Quilt instructions and photos are spread throughout willy-nilly. I HATE books where I must page through text to find the picture and back again to the instructions. I much prefer the photos of the finished result to be near the instructions. Second, the quilts aren't photographed well so that you can see the final result. In particular, the vanilla ice cream quilt is photographed draped over a chair, and it is very difficult to see the end result. I prefer quilting instruction books to have photos so that the finished quilt is clearly visible

Overall, however, this book is worth ten other books on machine quilting which tell you how 'easy' it is to run a queen-sized quilt sandwich through your sewing machine! The instuctions on how to back your quilt are worth the cost of the book alone!

95 of 97 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you think you can't machine quilt a large quilt, February 27, 2003

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

This review is from: Divide & Conquer: Quilt It Your Way (Paperback)

Think again. With the methods in this book you divide your quilt into parts, quilt the smaller parts and put the quilt together. It takes much of the strain and tension out of machine quilting large quilts.

63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast and beautiful, April 6, 2005

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Diane Yaghoobian (Stowe, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Divide & Conquer: Quilt It Your Way (Paperback)

Using the simple techniques in this book I have made up huge quilts for Christmas and wedding gifts, start to finish, so fast it's incredible. I have done quilt-as-you-go before buying the book, using two of the three methods included, but the third method which so far I have done in some dazzling strip quilts (REVERSIBLE!) is wonderful. Quilt-as-you-go invariably has a lot of hand sewing - almost as much work as hand quilting. With a little thought (and ironing) you can machine sew this whole thing. Since the large (king) quilt is joined diagonally, you always have the buik of the quilt to your left as you join the sections. I love this book!