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Measure the Possibilities with Omnigrid(c)

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I also got this book for a class in basic rotary cutting. For the price it's wonderful. She tells you the math formula you need and the layout is realy great. A name, photo, formula, hints for cutting, etc. all on one page for each shape. And the star patterns in the back are beautiful. I wish she included some of the shortcuts though, like sewing 2 squares together, drawing a line on the diagonal and sewing 1/4 inch from line on both sides then cutting to make 2 half trianges...it would make the book so much more useful. I paid $$$ just for a pamphlet on what size to cut for what finished size...this one tells you the formula and includes some projects as well. I give it a 4 for content and value. Beginners would gain the most from it.

I teach rotary cutting and HIGHLY recommend this book as I teach out of it. Sure there may be easier ways to make half-square triangles, but is the best rotary cutting reference book I have seen in all my years of quilting.

I was delighted to find this book still in print. I had bored it from a friend of mine and wanted one of my own because of all the quick reference material contained within it. The book came in excellent condition.

Nancy has taken all the "fear" of figuring of the math as to what size to cut for a certain size of a triangle,etc... thank you, Nancy!

Think of this as your basic math book. Once you get a calculator, you'll probably keep it around but it won't get used much. That's what this book is to quilting.

My quilt teacher strongly suggests her students purchase this book when they start quilting. It provides good, easy-to-follow lessons in rotary cutting. And it's important to know how to cut triangles and hexagons and such with your basic Omnigrid ruler.

Sooner or later (it was sooner for me), you'll end up investing in a few good plastic templates. That time will come when you do your first quilt with a lot of triangles. I bought my triangle and hexagon templates when I needed to cut over 200 triangles and almost 100 hexagons. Sure, I could have done it with the methods taught in this book, but I wanted to finish my quilt some time this year!

Having said that, I would still recommend you buy the book. If there's ever a chance that you'll be without your fancy gadgets, you're best off having this book in your collection. For the price, you're better off safe than sorry. Besides, the book has close to a dozen nice quilt patterns in it. Most of the patterns involve stars and there are some nice quilts in there. Again, for the price it's hard to justify not adding this book to your collection.

I gave this book an overall rating of 3, but it's only because my plastic templates mean this book sits on a shelf more often than not. The information presented in the book is clear and easy-to-follow. There are a lot of good illustrations and color pictures of the quilt projects.

Do I sound wishy-washy? It's only because it's hard to sell an abacus when you can buy a calculator or computer. Then again, if those gadgets break, will you still know how to do math? Get the book.