Fabric Shopping with Alex Anderson: Seven Projects to Help You: ¥ Make Successful Choices ¥ Build Your Confidence ¥ Add to Your Fabric Stash [Paperback]

Alex Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Quilting Basics | Publication Date: March 15, 2000

Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned expert, selecting fabrics for a quilting project can be overwhelming. This handbook presents Alex Anderson's simple methods for choosing fabrics, along with instructions for seven projects. It covers how to group fabrics, which fabrics should be in every quilter's stash, and how to recognize fabric character and make the most of colour and value. There are guidelines for how much fabric you should buy.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Today's quiltmaker has so many choices of fabric at her fingertips that fabric shopping can be intimidating, especially for the beginner. Anderson, the host of HGTV's Simply Quilts, here takes the reader on a virtual shopping tour, discussing grouping fabrics by type, estimating how much fabric to purchase, and combining fabrics with attention to value, print character, and color family. Seven illustrative quilting projects are included. This is the fourth title in Anderson's "Quilting Basics" series. Not an essential purchase, but public libraries will want to considerDespecially if other volumes in the series have circulated well.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Alex Anderson hosts "Simply Quilts" on Home & Garden Television, reaching millions of viewers weekly. Winner of top prizes in her field and author of many best-selling needlecraft books, she lives in Livermore, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 50 pages
• Publisher: C&T Publishing (March 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571200894
• ISBN-13: 978-1571200891
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #627,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

Alex Anderson's love affair with quiltmaking began in 1978, when she completed her Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt as part of her work toward a degree in art at San Francisco State University. Over the years, her focus has rested on understanding fabric relationships and on an intense appreciation for traditional quilting surface design and star quilts. Alex's mission is to educate, inspire, entertain, and grow today's quilting community. With this mission in mind, she has had the privilege and pleasure of ushering tens of thousands of new people into the world of quilting. For eleven years, she hosted television's premier quilt show, Simply Quilts, and she is currently the co-host and an executive producer of The Quilt Show with Ricky Tims (www.thequiltshow.com), an interactive website that features full production videos and is connecting quilters worldwide. When Alex is not traveling, she resides in Northern California with her husband and a new kitty, and daily faces the challenges of feeding various forms of wildlife in her backyard. Visit her website at alexandersonquilts.com.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

44 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quilter Expertise Pays Off, April 3, 2000

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Quiltlover in CA (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fabric Shopping with Alex Anderson: Seven Projects to Help You: ¥ Make Successful Choices ¥ Build Your Confidence ¥ Add to Your Fabric Stash (Paperback)

I have seen Alex on "Simply Quilts" and she is the perfect host. Fun, charming and friendly, her shows are informative because of her vast quilting knowledge. Choosing fabric almost always means spending hours and extra dollars on too many yards of unnecessary colors. Alex's advice is clear and concise. Her tips are helpful and keep me under budget (for a change). Thanks Alex. Waiting for the next book!

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really Helpful, January 16, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Fabric Shopping with Alex Anderson: Seven Projects to Help You: ¥ Make Successful Choices ¥ Build Your Confidence ¥ Add to Your Fabric Stash (Paperback)

I have been quilting for many years and have never found a book as helpful as this in choosing fabric. It can be very intimidating going into a fabric store and seeing thousands of bolts of fabric. Alex's book gives great advise on picking out a focus fabric and going from there. I would recommend this book to beginners and experienced quilters alike.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Relax and LISTEN to Alex..., October 28, 2001

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quietlyonce (Ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fabric Shopping with Alex Anderson: Seven Projects to Help You: ¥ Make Successful Choices ¥ Build Your Confidence ¥ Add to Your Fabric Stash (Paperback)

We all start out life as little artists. All parents have at least one wall with crayon to testify to this. Yes somewhere along the way that little artist gets lost. The joy of getting 64 crayons is too much, so when faced with a fabric store of 1000's of colors, people need to reconnect with their love of colors and that is where this book succeeds.