Knockout Blocks and Sampler Quilts [Paperback]

Judy Martin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 22, 2004

Knockout Blocks and Sampler Quilts is a new kind of block book from the inventive mind of Judy Martin. With just 3 simple shapes - the square, the rectangle, and the most basic triangle (half-square or quarter-square) - Judy has created a book's worth of brand-new blocks that will keep you making quilts for years!

Every block is presented in at least 3 colorings to help you see all their many possibilities. 9 samplers and 34 quilt suggestions give you great ideas for how to use each block. Every block is presented in at least 3 sizes. Most are presented in 6 or 7 sizes! Each sampler is shown in 3 sizes: wall, twin, and queen. Each size is done in a different beautiful coloring and comes with complete yardage information, cutting instructions, and piecing diagrams.

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About the Author

Judy Martin's name is synonymous with quilt blocks. In 1988 Judy rocked the quilting world with her landmark volume, Judy Martin's Ultimate Book of Quilt Block Patterns. She followed that with Scraps, Blocks & Quilts in 1990. Eight years later came The Block Book. Now Judy adds to her impressive block legacy with Knockout Blocks and Sampler Quilts. This is Judy Martin's 17th book on quilting.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Crosley-Griffith Publishing Co. (October 22, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0929589106
• ISBN-13: 978-0929589107
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #924,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and Different, January 11, 2007

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tomcatjj (Marienthal, KS) - See all my reviews

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I am impressed with this book and a little dissapointed. The book is filled with stars that look different and very neat. Also, the settings are wonderful and something you don't see everyday. The things I didn't like were the pictures of the quilts. The quilts are not real quilts but filled in with color. I guess I get more inspired by the real thing. And these quilts would take an exceptional amount of time to make. I didn't care for the layout of the directions either. I am glad that I purchased it for the different ideas.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wealth of Quilting Projects and Ideas, February 6, 2007

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Mary Templeton (Paris, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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This book does just what the author intended. It shows you a large variety of blocks and layouts, and inspires you to try your own layouts and color schemes, although you can certainly make the quilts just as Judy Martin shows them. Even my husband got into the act, saying he liked this or that layout, or suggesting a different color scheme.

I really like star blocks to begin with, so I really enjoyed finding a source showing so many variations, some good alternate blocks to go with them, and some traditional and not-so-traditional layouts. There are instructions for cutting each block in a variety of sizes. This allows you to plan a quilt with a few large blocks, which would highlight special prints or quilting, or a "scrappy" quilt with many smaller blocks, or anything in between.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Group Purchase, June 18, 2008

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D. Waggoner (Columbia, TN) - See all my reviews
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My Quilting Group ordered copies of this book. We are very excited at the versatility and possibilities contained in this book.