How Not to Make a Prize-Winning Quilt [Paperback]

Ami Simms (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Mallery Press; 1 edition (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0943079055
• ISBN-13: 978-0943079059
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,708,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Attention New Quilters!, February 2, 2000

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This review is from: How Not to Make a Prize-Winning Quilt (Paperback)

This is an awesome book! Any person who appreciates quilting will have fun reading this book! Every new quilter MUST READ this book before they run to the fabric store. I only wish that I'd read it years ago. I laughed so hard at Ami Simms' vivid descriptions of "How NOT to Make a Prize-Winning Quilt" that I could hardly contain myself. She verbalized every thought new quilters may have had about their own quilting experiences. I am NOT a great quilter and after reading her book, I've come to appreciate my first (utility) quilt because I had quilted it for the love of it and not it's technique. Now she's given me inspiration to work on my technique.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT PIECE OF WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!, October 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: How Not to Make a Prize-Winning Quilt (Paperback)

I absolutely LOVED this book. Ami Simms writes with such honesty about how she got started and makes you realize that you have to start somewhere and to not give up if your first quilt doesn't turn out quite like you expected. She makes you laugh and I will read and reread this book til it falls apart, and I will keep on quilting. Thanks Ami.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh out loud at Ami and yourself!, February 17, 1999

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Cynthia E. Ramming (Bakersfield, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How Not to Make a Prize-Winning Quilt (Paperback)

Three cheers to Ami Simms for "coming clean" with the truth about quilting! And what is that truth? It's a journey, one to be enjoyed and cherished along the way. Every step doesn't have to be perfect. Thanks, Ami, for brightening my day with your quilt catastrophe confessions!