Customer Reviews

Not Your Grandmother's Log Cabin

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Not what I thought. It's very complicated. The instructions are daunting and I wouldn't even begin. I tried to give it to a quilting friend and she agreed. Definitely not for the timid.

Anything Sara Nephew produces is always top quality. She combines a wonderful mathematical solution to assembly quilt pieces along with a terrific color sense. She's a joy to learn from

I bought this book just before going on a road trip, and my daughter and I spent 2 days in the car oohing and aahing over all the gorgeous quilts. Then we bought some fabric, and started making sample blocks. The blocks take a little effort, but are well worth it, and the directions are very good. I highly recommend the clearview triangle ruler and the qtools corner cut 60 tool to help you make the blocks. I did 2 of the flower petal blocks, and added some extra triangle blocks to the edges to make them into a lap quilt. I received many compliments on that quilt! I look forward to making many more of the quilts in this book.

I've made one quilt out of this book in a class and glad I did because I would not have been able to visualize the way the teacher did. There's a lot of prep work & cutting before you ever sew but once you do start the quilt goes really fast. I made the Shield first and this winter plan to make Fireworks out of Kaffe fabrics, I think it will be awesome!

Like anything else, it's always fun to be challenged and this book does that. When you finish a quilt from this book, you will feel like you went another step up in the ladder of quilting. Got it at Amazon.

I haven't made any of the quilts in this book yet, but have read through the basic instructions and look forward eagerly to the time when I am able to begin a new project!
Love the contemporary spin.

I am very happy with my purchase of this book from Amazon. I checked out quite a few sites, and this one had the best deal for me. I haven't been quilting very long, but I think even a beginner would be able to make some of the lovely quilts in this book. There are very clear instructions, many, step by step, and I have started one of the quilts, so far no problems! I really, really like this book.

Sara's book is well illustrated and has lots of great directions for many projects. I took a workshop with Marci Baker and the book was a requirement. It is not intended for a beginner unless you just like to look a pretty quilts!

Confusing at times - too much description and instruction at times... beautiful quilts but instructions are confusing