6 quilt projects teach easy but impressive-looking techniques.
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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.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
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Like having an experienced friend at your elbow,
By Esther Schindler (Scottsdale, AZ USA) - See all my reviews (VINE VOICE) (TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Finish It with Alex Anderson: 6 Quilt Projects Choose the Perfect Border Options for Edges (Paperback)
Whenever you begin to learn a new skill -- whether it's cooking, quilting, or computer programming -- the best asset to have is a friend standing next to you, showing you the details. ("No, move it more to the left!" or "The dough should feel like _this_.") Alas, we don't always have someone to call upon, so we turn to books written by experts. Often, they know their skill... but are imperfect at getting the point across.
That's not a problem here. "Finish It With Alex Anderson" is very much like having a friend standing at your side. While it includes 6 full quilt projects (they're nice, but not astonishing), the primary emphasis of this book is on -- as promised -- the steps in finishing a quilt, making good design choices for borders and other "edgy" issues. I'm a rank beginner at quilting, and I've gotten confused over the stupidest things. For example, I know that it's easy to miter corners on the binding... once you know how. Most books give an arm wave to what's involved, as if you've seen it done and simply need a reminder. Alex Anderson's shows several different ways to bind a quilt, with so many pictures that I can't do it wrong. And, in fact, I didn't; my binding looks great, and I finally understand what I'd missed before. Great book. This one won't get far from the sewing machine.
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This review is from: Finish It with Alex Anderson: 6 Quilt Projects Choose the Perfect Border Options for Edges (Paperback)
I use this book every time I work on a quilt. The descriptions are easy to understand and the results are great. With this book I learned how to miter my borders as well as the binding and this technique has given my quilts a more sophisticated look. I consider myself a beginner-intermediate quilter so if I can uderstand this book anyone can!
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Helped me think "out-of-the-box",
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This review is from: Finish It with Alex Anderson: 6 Quilt Projects Choose the Perfect Border Options for Edges (Paperback)
A very good friend recommended this book to me when I was wanting ideas on how to finish a quilt. I found it very informative and helpful.
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I love making quilts, all the way from the first spark of an idea to placing my signature on the back. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cake Stand, Rail Fence, Amish Baskets, Irish Nine-Patch, Partial-Seam Borders, Quilt Top Assembly, Scrappy Triangles, Double Nine-Patch, Fabric Requirements Fabric, Repeat Step, Unknown Star, Stitching Borders New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
I love making quilts, all the way from the first spark of an idea to placing my signature on the back. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cake Stand, Rail Fence, Amish Baskets, Irish Nine-Patch, Partial-Seam Borders, Quilt Top Assembly, Scrappy Triangles, Double Nine-Patch, Fabric Requirements Fabric, Repeat Step, Unknown Star, Stitching Borders New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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