Customer Reviews

Quiltagami: The Art of Fabric Folding

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This book looks wonderful and the quilts the author has made are beautiful, however the directions for the "origami" are nearly incomprehensible. I have become completely frustrated by the written instructions and the drawings only make sense on the first few steps of each project. An origami duck, which should take 15 minutes to produce, had four adults completely stumped for an hour. I only recommend this book if the author comes with it to explain how the pieces are made. Perhaps a video would be a good solution.

This book has some negatives but also some pros. First the pros: the color photos of the finished projects are quite lovely and there seems to be lots of information. Now the negatives: there are too many dissimilar projects included, no suggestions on making the project your own, projects organized in a stiff and formal manor, instructions feel as if you have to dive right in rather than testing the waters to see if you enjoy the process, no rating system (i.e. beginner, intermediate, challenging) to gage how difficult the project is, and it seems to assume you already are familiar with the technique already. I wanted to like the book and the technique, but it felt like an intermediate or advanced text rather than for a beginner. You might have better luck if you already know the technique.

I got this book because all the beautiful picture and thought I could make that too. It took me over and hour and 2 failed attempts (the fabric was complete ruinned) to make a simple spirl flower that I could have done with paper in no time. It was annoying. She gave no helpful tips or suggestions almost like she expected you to know what you were doing already even though the patterns she gives out are pretty "simple". don't get this book. I'm buying a few other books from amazon that have gotten higher reviews.

My mother bought this book. She gave up in frustration over the simple fish. I tried and got stuck on step 5 or so. The diagrams are not clear. THE FABRIC IS FOLDED which way? I attempted the instructions with paper and still could not complete it. I was able to do another of the projects, in paper only. I think the author could have used better diagrams or the series of photos illustrating hands, material and folds. I found better explanations online(free) while researching.

The ideas are wonderful. The photos are enticing and beautiful. If you have issues with frustration, don't bother.

This book has great photos of finished products; however, the instructions for recreating the origami portions are absolutely worthless! I would definitely NOT recommend this book to anyone who is not already an origami expert!

All of Mary Jo Hiney's books and individual patterns are extremely hard to follow - if not impossible. Some needed to review this book before it got published.

There are lots of beautiful pictures, but the directions are impossible to follow, just horrible. The cats look like dachsunds, the fish seems to be wearing a scarf, and I never found the "snail" in the picture at the end of the book. Seriously, does no one test the directions? Or proof-read before publishing?
The origami are tacked onto the quilts like afterthoughts, when they could be incorporated into the designs, or at least the seams, in many cases.
Overall a very poor effort, only good for the coffee table and conversation about what not to do when writing a quilting book.

I found this book to be outstanding. Although used you would not be able to tell it.
The direction are clear and precise. Enjoying this book I am going to send a personal thank you to the seller.