Fast-Forward Your Quilting: A New Approach to Quick Piecing (That Patchwork Place) [Paperback]

Dina Pappas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2004 | Series: That Patchwork Place

Readers of this progressive book learn how to achieve the look of traditional quilts without time-consuming traditional techniques. Full color.

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From the Author

Speed up quiltmaking steps with techniques that made "Quick Watercolor Quilts" a best seller. Learn the fuse, fold, and stitch method to join traditional-style quilt block units into quilt tops. -Get the look of classic quilts without time-consuming chain piecing -Increase accuracy and reduce seams by up to 85% with gridded fusible interfacing -A dozen quilt projects, each in three sizes, jump from pieced units to finished quilt tops in a snap.

Ideas for alternate settings, design options, and how to calculate interfacing yardages for any fast forward quilt. Tips for quick no math on-point settings, using sashing with your blocks, and quick cutting and construction basics are covered in the book.

You will quickly begin to rethink those traditional blocks and realize how to use fusible interfacing to speed up your piecing.

About the Author

Dina Pappas is an award-winning designer and bestselling author whose quilts have been published in McCall's Quilting and seen on HGTV's Simply Quilts. This is her third book. She lives in Eagle River, Alaska and where she owns her own quilt shop, "Dina's Cozy Cabin Quilts."

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Martingale and Company (January 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564775089
• ISBN-13: 978-1564775085
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #944,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great ideas for using gridded fusible interfacing, February 22, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Fast-Forward Your Quilting: A New Approach to Quick Piecing (That Patchwork Place) (Paperback)

I just got the book last week and made my first project using the gridded fusible interfacing for traditional quilt blocks. I was able to lay out all the blocks, make sure they were in the proper position, iron them down, and sew them together without my usual get-some-in-the-wrong-order problem. (I hate ripping out seams!) Lots of great quilt projects to try...I can hardly wait to do the one with all the Fossil Fern colors.

The instructions are well written and easy to follow. There are accurate materials lists and cutting tables for 3 sizes of each quilt shown. The clear illustrations and the general 'How to quilt' instructions will let even beginning quilters succeed. Experienced quilters can learn a great way to speed up their traditional block piecing. This is a fitting sequel to Dina's two popular Watercolor books.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extra care and details are evident, October 10, 2007

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brnbear (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fast-Forward Your Quilting: A New Approach to Quick Piecing (That Patchwork Place) (Paperback)

Taking light-weight interfacing with grids, you iron on your pieces with the raw sides next to one another. Then you iron the pieces down, fold where the grids are, and sew your scant 1/4" seam. Your quilts will look fabulous! Dina explains what to do beautifully. Another reason I really like this book are the details and extra instructions for other blocks. For example, instructions for flying geese (a different approach you don't see too often) is explained, how to make inset-triangle unit pieces, and folded-square unit pieces, which I've never seen explained in any other quilting book. There are charts for how much fabric you need for each project, depending on the size of quilt you're making. There is lots of extra care put into this book, something I don't see too often. Highly recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New Ways For Traditional Techniques, July 4, 2006

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This review is from: Fast-Forward Your Quilting: A New Approach to Quick Piecing (That Patchwork Place) (Paperback)

Efficient ways of creating inset squares and triangles and flying geese units. Helpful cutting charts for lap, twin and queen size quilts.