Layer Cake, Jelly Roll & Charm Quilts [Paperback]

Pam Lintott (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 15, 2009

Jelly Roll, Layer Cake and Charm Quilts provides seventeen beautiful projects that show you how to get the most from pre-cut fabric bundles. The projects range from smaller lap quilts to full-sized bed quilts and each is made from one jelly roll, layer cake or charm pack (or a combination), making the quilts quick and economical. Using the latest fabrics, the authors provide a main quilt and an alternative color way for added versatility. Simple step-by-step instructions and illustrations make creating quilts from bundles fun and easy, regardless of your skill level.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Pam Lintott owns and runs The Quilt Room, one of Europe's largest specialty quilt shops. Nicky Lintott is Pam's daughter, part owner of The Quilt Room, and a skilled quilter in her own right. They are the authors of several popular quilting titles including, Jelly Roll Quilts; Layer Cake, Jelly Roll & Charm Quilts; Jelly Roll Inspirations; Two from One Jelly Roll Quilts and Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: David & Charles (June 15, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0715332082
• ISBN-13: 978-0715332085
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 0.4 x 10.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Pam Lintott opened her shop The Quilt Room, Dorking, Surrey in 1981, which she still runs today with her daughter Nicky. Pam is the author of The Quilt Room Patchwork & Quilting Workshops as well as The Quilter's Workbook.

Over the last few years she has written eight books for David & Charles with Nicky - Jelly Roll Quilts, Layer Cake, Jelly Roll & Charm Quilts, Jelly Roll Inspirations, Two from One Jelly Roll Quilts, Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts, More Layer Cake, Jelly Roll & Charm Quilts, Jelly Roll Dreams and their latest book Antique to Heirloom Jelly Roll Quilts.

She and Nicky and working on a new book for David & Charles called Dessert Roll Quilts which is due to be published in May 2013

Pam now lives in Cornwall leaving Nicky the day to day running of the shop, mail order and longarm quilting business. This leaves Pam more time for her Hebridean and Manx Loaghtan sheep, dogs, chickens, guinea fowl, golf..... and husband!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

65 of 65 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Layer Cake, Jelly Roll & Charm Quilts July 6, 2009

By M. Harrington

Format:Paperback

This is an excellent resource book for those of us who have lots of fabrics, layer cakes, jelly rolls and charm packs and don't know what to do with them!! I am a pattern/book person - I need suggestions and ideas from patterns/books, and this is just the book for me. I like the color photos and detailed instructions to make several different kinds of quilts. I would highly recommend this book to everyone - those who need the suggestions from books and those who just need some fresh, new ideas for their fabric stash.

66 of 67 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book! May 28, 2009

By Barbara Bomberger

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I just got the book in the mail, sat down and went through it and I love almost every pattern!! The patterns are origial, bright, and most of them are easy to intermediate. I have the first book and while I like it, I can see already that this book will get used more. If aready started on the flower quilt made with two charm packs.

70 of 72 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Chech their math with this book June 28, 2010

By 3AM Mom

Format:Paperback

I was excited to get this book. The patterns while nothing new are pleasant and I thought nice to have a number of simple ones all in one place. I also thought it might be a good book to recommend to a new quilter. They often purchase these cuts of fabric to get lots of variety at a lower price tag.
This morning I decided to dive into the Charming Flowers pattern from the book. I pulled the fabrics from my stash, I was excited. Then reality hit. I had read the preface to understand what sizes, shapes and amounts were standard for the book. the first pattern talked about making 4 1/2 inch finished squares from the 5 inch charm patches. I have been quilting long enough to know that you cannot make right triangles that way. In the text of the directions you are instructed to cut 5 3/8 inch squares. That is ok if you are cutting from yardage but I thought the premise was to use the packs you buy at the quilt store. Sorry I did not see the 3/8 inch supplements to the pack when I bought them, nor would it look good to sew that on.
All right I will look at another. I skipped to Diamonds at Large. What a pretty quilt and since they are all right triangles, I figured we would not have the same problem. The directions tell you to save the 2 1/2 by 7 1/2 inch strip that you trim off to use for the borders and binding. Once again the math does not quite work. You will not have enough strips even if you cut the remaining 4 pieces from the layer cake stack.
Well I gave up after that. Any quilt book that fails so miserably at basic math cannot get my recommendation. It would make any newbie quilter tear their hair out.
If you are looking for some great straight forward patterns get one of Eleanor Burns books in at least the second edition.Egg Money Quilts: 1930's Vintage Samplers