Grandmother's Garden Quilt (Quilt in a Day) [Spiral-bound]

Patricia Knoechel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999

In Grandmother's Garden Quilt Eleanor Burns updates a stunning 1928 Nancy Page quilt design with easy applique methods, and introduces her new "Anniversary Floral" fabric line from Benartex. Patterns include a twenty block basket quilt with applique flowers, five wallhanging designs, and a pansy pin. Finishing instructions include lattice and solid block techniques.Patterns include:Crocus, Fuchsia, Rose, Harebell, Poppy, Pansy,Trillium, Bleeding Heart, Tiger Lily, Japanese Balloon Flower, Canterbury Bells, Shooting Star, Jonquil, Bluet, Morning Glory, Tulip, Zinnia, One Block Wallhanging, Four Easy Baskets Wallhanging, Small Basket Wallhanging, Salvage Sally Wallhanging, French Bouquest Wallhanging, Patty's Flowers Pot Wallhanging.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Twenty nine years ago Eleanor Burns introduced her first Quilt in a Day book, cultivating a quiltmaking revolution. She presented her unique style, a diverse combination of cutting and sewing applications, creating new techniques altogether. Her concise step by step directions are easy to grasp, allowing the possibility for anyone to be successful at making a quilt. Eleanor Burns gave quiltmakers techniques that compacted months into merely a day, a quilt in a day, spreading her vibrant enthusiasm within everyone. She has motivated thousands of want-to-be quilters with needed confidence and assurance. Altogether, the impact of her influences opened the door to a renewal. Her efforts sowed the seeds that have grown into many techniques that are commonly used today. Since 1978 when she self-published her first book "Make a Quilt in a Day: Log Cabin Pattern," she has authored over seventy five additional books. Throughout the world today, there are thousands of inst!ructors teaching her quiltmaking methods. Her first Quilt in a Day TV series began airing on PBS in 1990 and is still broadcast nationwide and abroad and now her shows can be seen on the world wide web on QNN and Quilters TV.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 224 pages
• Publisher: Quilt In A Day (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0922705976
• ISBN-13: 978-0922705979
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #347,707 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Twenty-nine years ago Eleanor Burns introduced her first Quilt in a Day book, cultivating a quiltmaking revolution. She presented her unique style, a diverse combination of cutting and sewing applications, creating new techniques altogether. Her concise step by step directions are easy to grasp, allowing the possibility for anyone to be successful at making a quilt. Eleanor Burns gave quiltmakers techniques that compacted months into merely a day, a quilt in a day, spreading her vibrant enthusiasm within everyone. She has motivated thousands of want-to-be quilters with needed confidence and assurance. Altogether, the impact of her influences opened the door to a renewal. Her efforts sowed the seeds that have grown into many techniques that are commonly used today. Since 1978 when she self-published her first book Make a Quilt in a Day: Log Cabin Pattern, she has authored over seventy-five additional books. Throughout the world today, there are thousands of instructors teaching her quiltmaking methods. Her first Quilt in a Day TV series began airing on PBS in 1990 and is still broadcast nationwide and abroad and now her shows can be seen on the world wide Web on QNN and Quilters TV.

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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They make it easy, April 7, 2001

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Donna P. Witbrod (Salem, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grandmother's Garden Quilt (Quilt in a Day) (Spiral-bound)

I was delighted to find this book. for years I have admired quilts made with 3-D flowers, but feared that they were too difficult of a challenge to take on. Burns and Knoechel have provided me with an easy-to-follow guide to constructing these flowers--and, yes, I have been able to actually make several of them (as samples) in a short time.

Besides the pattern for the main quilt, the book provides detailed instructions for two other projects and photos of others that provide inspiration to use the included patterns as a springboard for original applications of their designs. I found all of the instructions to be very thorough...and very easy to follow. The authors have kindly provided color photographs to "show" as well as "tell" through the applique process.

I would recommend this book to any quilter, from beginner to advanced, for its combination of technical instruction, quilt history and imagination stimulation.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never enough Time, August 9, 2005

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Lorrie Riley "Baskets of Books" (Christopher, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grandmother's Garden Quilt (Quilt in a Day) (Spiral-bound)

This quilt book is so much fun and so interesting to read, you can pick it up and just enjoy it without sewing a stitch.

Her directions and pictures are very good. It is like potatoe chips can't do just one block to try it, you keep wanting to do more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grandmothers Garden Quilt, February 11, 2008

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Margaret M. Hibbard "quickquilts" (Quartzsite) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grandmother's Garden Quilt (Quilt in a Day) (Spiral-bound)

A beautiful book, well worth the price. I purchased this book for my Mother's Mothers Day Gift. I know she will be very Pleased.