French Braid Quilts: 14 Quick Quilts with Dramatic Results [Paperback]

Jane Hardy (Author), Arlene Netten (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2006

Braid a variety of fabrics into an eye-catching quilt.

Editorial Reviews

Review

You'd think this project would be complicated, but easy piecing and quick quilt construction techniques promise easy duplication of complex-looking designs. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

About the Author

Jane Hardy Miller practiced law before turning her attention to quilting. She puts her thirty years of quilting experience to good use working and teaching in a local quilt shop. She enjoys creating new techniques and effects in her work.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: C&T Publishing (April 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1571203265
• ISBN-13: 978-1571203267
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,534 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jane Hardy Miller was born and raised in California, where she eventually attended college and law school. Her mother, a home economics teacher, taught her to sew by hand and machine, beginning at age five. Jane made her first quilt in 1968, and for the next ten years, she made about one per year, inventing techniques as she went along. She practiced law briefly in Hawaii and California before moving to Miami in 1979, where she married, had two children, and finally took a beginning quilting class. She has been working and teaching in a local quilt shop since 1987.

Customer Reviews

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68 of 68 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous and Easy, June 26, 2006

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Anne L. Watson (Friday Harbor, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: French Braid Quilts: 14 Quick Quilts with Dramatic Results (Paperback)

The quilts in this book are beautiful and impressive. Easy to make, too. Choosing fabrics that will carry out the subtle shadings is probably the most difficult part of the whole project.

I did give a little more attention to matching points than the author seemed to suggest, but I'm a bit of a perfectionist about that.

I think the book would be great for someone with moderate quilting skills, or for a beginner who has someone to go to with questions (and maybe to take along when fabric shopping).

44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book, but ..., May 12, 2007

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Fairy Fingers (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: French Braid Quilts: 14 Quick Quilts with Dramatic Results (Paperback)

I have made one quilt (Big Red)from this book and will probably make more. The quilts are beautiful and the photos are excellent, which was fortunate because I found the instructions very difficult to follow. You are constantly being referred to other pages and it's difficult to determine where the instructions for "your" quilt end and the next one begins. I also think they made a mountain out of a molehill because many of the instructions seemed unnecessary. I ignored many of them and did what made sense to me, with the help of the excellent photography. Having said that I would like to add that the quilt went together beautifully. It truly is not difficult once you figure out what is going on. I gave it 4 stars because, to me, it was worth the aggravation and I am extremely happy with the quilt.

57 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, gorgeous quilts, June 9, 2006

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MaraMiami "booknut" (miami, florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: French Braid Quilts: 14 Quick Quilts with Dramatic Results (Paperback)

This is a highly readable, beautifully printed book about how to make a knockout "French Braid" quilt. The quilt can be long or short, wide or narrow. The quilt takes its character from the strong diagonals and from the imaginative choice of fabrics. It's a Wow.