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300 Paper-Pieced Quilt Blocks

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Carol Doak is often called the Queen of paper-piecing, and "300 Paper-Pieced Quilt Blocks" is the most recent reason why. The introductory pages contain a list of tools and supplies, suggestions for choosing fabrics and charts for calculating how much you will need. There are clear instructions - with pictures - on how to paper-piece, and tips on putting the blocks together.
The blocks are letters and numbers, houses, hearts, baskets, flowers and flower-pots, trucks and ducks, geometrics and graphics, and many more kinds of things. Besides being in the books, they are on the included CD-Rom disk, so they can be printed in any desired size. And here's a first - the disk is available for either Windows or Mac OS X.

This is a great resource for quilt blocks. There is a huge variety to choose from and examples are given how to arrange the blocks. They are easy to make and fun to do. The CD-ROM is great too -- no more photocopying!!! Just print the patterns out.

Oh my goodness! I am so excited about this book! I have NEVER paper pieced before, I'm not even an experienced quilter, but this book will allow even me, to make a quilt that looks like a pro made it! I just finished my very first paper-pieced square, and it looks great! The directions were clear and easy to follow and included pictures throughout the directions. The first 36 blocks are letters and numbers and are 3" in size. The remaining 264 blocks are 4" in size (you put 4 of these together to create an 8" finished square) and include flowers, flags, ducks, firetrucks, houses, tea cups, geometrics and much, much more. There is a great full color gallery of each and every square, nicely layed out and numbered. Best of all? It includes a CD-Rom for your computer that absolutely ROCKS! It downloads all of the blocks into your computer giving you the ability to increase or decrease their size and print them out directly onto the foundation paper. I made block #182 because it looked simple, only 6 pieces, for my first try. You actually end up making 4 of these for the finished square and I decided to just hand trace them. After I made sure I really could paper piece, I downloaded the CD, and I can tell you, printing them out sure beats hand copying them, especially if you're paper piecing an entire quilt!!! If you buy this book, I recommend 2 things: 1-make sure you have a '6" Add-A-Quarter Ruler' (recommended in supplies list on page 7). I could see how paper piecing without it would be a pain in the patooty. 2-I highly recommend this foundation paper I got at Joanne's. This paper fed right through my finicky printer with no hassles, yet was very transparent. The name of the paper is "Fun-dation" and it's made by HCTW. If you're interested in paper-piecing, this is a GREAT book, even for a beginner!

The book exceeding my expectations. It comes with a CD so you can print out the patterns and not have to trace or copy anything.

Do you like to paper piece but hate the copying and tracing? Well
this book is for you. With over 300 quilt blocks it is a great bargain. Make sure you get the disk with the book if you buy used. You'll get all the info you need to complete some beautiful blocks.

I am very excited about this paper-pieced book and CD. It is a great value ($10 cheaper than the local bookstore), easy to follow even if you are not an experienced paper-piecer, and loaded with great patterns. The CD makes it really easy to change the block size and if you register it online you get some bonus patterns. If you have thought at all about trying this fast and fun technique, this is a great first book for you to go with. Or if you are an experienced piecer, it has tons of new and traditional designs. You will be busy for a long time with this Paper-Pieced Smorgasbord and will not be disappointed!

I really like this book. The directions are very clear. The patterns run from just a few pieces to lots of pieces. This was my first introduction to paper pieceing. Even though this is not Mrs. Doak's first book, its written so that if you have never paper pieced before you can easily start. If you are experienced you can easily skip right to the patterns and get started. I created one on the blocks as the envelope portion of a quillow. With the software I easily changed the size of the block to fit my needs.

I own several paper-piecing books, some by Carol Doak. All of hers have been wonderful. This one stood out to me because of the smaller size blocks (3" to 4") and the CD which includes copies of the patterns. The size was important to me because I can now include beautiful paper-pieced blocks or portions of blocks in my borders easily. Many other books include patterns for larger blocks & you must reduce pattern, etc. So for those of us who dislike recalculating pattern sizes and accompanied set-in pieces, this makes it a breeze. Carol once again gets an A+.

There are the best paper pieced patterns in a format of the book along with a CC. They can be used in many many variations. The color graphics are impressive.

Beatiful assortment of blocks and all easy to use. Carol Doak always makes her patterns easy enough for all to use.