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Once Upon A Season

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it took me a while to warm to piece o cake--their colors are definitely not mine. after seeing what another quilter had done with their designs, however, i had to check them out. i'm now an enthusiastic fan.

this particular book has one of the most beautiful applique designs i have seen--the poppies quilt. it is not only gorgeous, it is innovative in the best sense. their version of a four block applique quilt is modern and exciting.

the other eight patterns range from slightly updated traditional to definitely contemporary. the colors are not as bright as in some of their previous work.

this is not a book for beginners. some experience with piecing, applique and quilting is necessary for all the designs. even the easiest need a decent amount of knowledge and skill to be completely successful. there are at least two designs that would challenge all but the expert. one design is paper pieced.

as in the other piece o cake books, there is a lot of useful information and many handy tips. the directions are wonderfully detailed and include line drawings of the quilting--one part of the process usually dismissed as 'quilt as desired.' the line drawings of other aspects are also extremely good.

the only annoying part of this book is the nearly endless advertising of the authors' 2001 fabric line. in most of the quilting books i have, if there is any need to mention or thank fabric companies, it occurs once in the first few pages of the book. here, it's every pattern. since this book is now five years old, there's no hope of finding the fabrics called for.

that aside, this book offers quilters a broad range of choice and a lot of inspiration.