Drafting and Design Simplified (Quilting Library) [Hardcover]

Sarah Sacks Dunn (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 5, 2002 | Series: Quilting Library

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Drafting & Design Simplified

Declare your independence and find out how to draft and design your own quilts! A dream team of quiltmaking experts shares the latest and greatest techniques. There's no need to be a whiz at numbers! With clear, step-by-step directions and more than 350 photos and illustrations, you'll quickly learn the tricks, from resizing blocks to creating an original-- and wonderful-- quilt design.

Discover how to:
* Put design principles to work for you
* Take inspiration from photos or pictures to design original pictorial quilts
* Make your computer your favorite quilt design tool
* Create perfect circles, diamonds, hexagons, octagons, apple cores, clamshells, and kites
* Play with an image, adding, repeating, stretching, skewing, or curving it for a whole new look
* Draft dozens of patterns such as Stars, Mariner's Compass, Pineapples, Curved Flying Geese, Fans, Orange Peel, and many more

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Your Step-by-Step Guide to Drafting & Design Simplified

Declare your independence and find out how to draft and design your own quilts! A dream team of quiltmaking experts shares the latest and greatest techniques. There's no need to be a whiz at numbers! With clear, step-by-step directions and more than 350 photos and illustrations, you'll quickly learn the tricks, from resizing blocks to creating an original-- and wonderful-- quilt design.

Discover how to:
* Put design principles to work for you
* Take inspiration from photos or pictures to design original pictorial quilts
* Make your computer your favorite quilt design tool
* Create perfect circles, diamonds, hexagons, octagons, apple cores, clamshells, and kites
* Play with an image, adding, repeating, stretching, skewing, or curving it for a whole new look
* Draft dozens of patterns such as Stars, Mariner's Compass, Pineapples, Curved Flying Geese, Fans, Orange Peel, and many more

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books (July 5, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579545033
• ISBN-13: 978-1579545031
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,523 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you desire to be original, get this book!, February 26, 2008

By 

Robin Gillett "biirrd" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drafting and Design Simplified (Quilting Library) (Hardcover)

I'm new to quilting, but am already growing restless with just creating quilts with established block patterns. I read about this book in one of the quilting magazines I get (it was mentioned in an article) and while it doesn't seem to be available as a "new" book directly from Amazon, I did find several used book sellars that had copies. I haven't been able to clear my head of all the ideas that I have now! Don't let the title intimadate you! There is no complicated math involved in altering block designs to make them "you". Some graph paper and a ruler and your imagination and you're off and running. You'll be amazed at how different you can make an old block design look with just moving a few lines. Be adventurous! Get this book and have some fun!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very practical guide, April 2, 2010

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Darlene B. (Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Drafting and Design Simplified (Quilting Library) (Hardcover)

I was trying to create a five-pointed star and this had great instructions. Lots of other good design techniques, too.

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Find, June 5, 2011

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Diane M. Moffett (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Drafting and Design Simplified (Quilting Library) (Hardcover)

This is a very nice book for quilters who wish to
begin drafting or learn more if they already have done some
drafting. I love it and think the price was right!
Highly recommend.