Encyclopedia Of Classic Quilt Patterns [Paperback]

Oxmoor House Editors (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2001

This is truly the reference guide to quilting filled with useful information and guidance for traditional and quick piecing, applique, rotary cutting, and more. Includes 101 projects with time-honored patterns and dozens of fun variations. Also includes step-by-step instructions with updated labor-saving techniques, beautiful color photos and illustrations, extensive how-to workshop, and classic patchwork and applique designs. Softcover: 368 pages.

Product Details

• Paperback: 367 pages
• Publisher: Leisure Arts (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0848724747
• ISBN-13: 978-0848724740
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 0.7 x 10.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,932 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #26 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing > Sewing > Sewing Tools > Patterns & Templates

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57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for every quilter, December 29, 2003

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KB "kristy-dawn" (Poway, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encyclopedia Of Classic Quilt Patterns (Paperback)

This is by far the best quilting book in my collection. It features gorgeous patterns, and excellent instructions. This book also features outlines of the cutting templates you will need. This book is so detailed that you can pick up this book and complete the quilt without requiring outside references. The only difficult thing about this book is picking the pattern you will make as they are all so beautiful. An excellent blend of piece quilting and applique quilting patterns.

64 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Useful book- but watch for shrinkage during prewashing., January 5, 2006

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Lauren (Tempe, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encyclopedia Of Classic Quilt Patterns (Paperback)

This is an amazing quilt book, and by far the most used in my collection. The patterns are beautiful and the instructions are clear. I spend a lot of time simply looking at all of the beautiful full page color photos! I've also learned a lot from the general tips at the beginning of the book. This is a wonderful resource for beginning and intermediate quilters, who don't know how to do things like sew set-in seams and make large amounts of bias binding.

One thing to note about this book- the fabric measurements don't account for shrinkage during prewashing. This has been an issue on some of the quilts that require a lot of fat quarters, where I've found myself an inch or two short for that last row of shapes during cutting. When making any pattern from this book, buy an extra quarter yard of large amounts and a few extra fat quarters for scrap quilts.

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best addition to my library, February 21, 2005

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Stephanie Rosenbaum (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Encyclopedia Of Classic Quilt Patterns (Paperback)

This is the best quilting book I have purchased. The pictures are fabulous and easy to see. There are complete and easy to understand instructions for each pattern. There are so many of these quilts that I'd like to make, I'll be busy for years. I would highly recommend this book to any quilter.