Kansas Connections [Paperback]

Mary E. Hopkins (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 49 pages
• Publisher: Me Pubns (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929950216
• ISBN-13: 978-0929950211
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,669,246 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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63 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What a disappointment..., October 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Kansas Connections (Paperback)

if you ordered this book after seeing Ms Hopkins recently on "Simply Quilts" and seeing her demonstrate the "Kansas Dugout" block and the "Mississippi" block and quilt (supposedly based on the Dugout block and this book). The book came today, and guess what? No pattern, picture, or diagram of the block or quilt "Mississippi"! There are plenty of colored diagrams of her designs, but (as is true of many of her other books) woefully little in the way of instructions, sizes, yardages, etc. This is mainly a 47 page combination coloring book for her designs...and a "new" design for "Barn Raising". It is not, I believe, worth the price.

36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One pattern, so many quilts!, March 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Kansas Connections (Paperback)

This is another excellent "how to," easy to follow guide for the beginner who has made at least one block, and a seasoned quilter looking for inspiration. It's full of color graphs, encouragement, and innumerable variations on one quilt block pattern. You are limited only by your own imagination. One reviewer mentioned the block "Mississippi," also known as the "Friendship Star." It's shown on page 22. (The pattern appears also in Hopkins' earlier work, "It's Okay If You Sit On My Quilt," as graph No. 194, page 61.) I'm a self-taught quilter of over 20 years and still learning. Mary Ellen Hopkins is one of my favorites - she can make the basics seem new. And I like her attitude!

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!, May 20, 2001

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Missie Cullop - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kansas Connections (Paperback)

Get ready quilters because this pattern is addictive. There is so much you can do with it. Mary Ellen's instructions are very easy to follow and just by twisting and turning one square you can have several different turn-outs. She also shows ways to make the prettiest stars by using the Kansas Dugouts. I don't think anyone should be without this book in their collection. It's an adventure every time you open the book.