Rule-Breaking Quilts [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Kathryn Schmidt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 3, 2010

Step away from the world of traditional quiltmaking! Learn how to create quilts that are truly your own, relying on your love of color and fabric to guide you. Kathy's techniques are quick and easy to master, all starting with just six fat quarters. No pins, no patterns! Easy enough for new quilters and fascinating for experienced quilters. The expectation throughout is for guaranteed success. There are no mistakes-- - only alternate design choices. Beginners can expand their technique skills and more experienced quilters will find new ways to tap into their creativity. Each of the projects is small enough to be completed quickly, yet each can easily be expanded into a larger project.

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About the Author

A prolific quilter for over 35 years, Kathryn Schmidt believes that everyone can be a fearless quilt designer with just a bit of creativity and a good sense of adventure. She markets her patterns through her own company, Quirks, Ltd. Kathryn and her husband live in Michigan.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: American Quilter's Society (February 3, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574326562
• ISBN-13: 978-1574326567
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #601,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Will find a fine home in any quilter's library, April 12, 2010

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This review is from: Rule-Breaking Quilts (Paperback)

Rule-Breaking Quilts offers tips on how to use pattern-free, template-free and pin-free techniques and just 6 fat quarters to achieve superior quilt results. From ten sample quilt projects to using the author's stack-slash-and-move sewing techniques, this provides a revolutionary, different approach to quilt making and will find a fine home in any quilter's library.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Useful techniques, unappealing quilts, February 5, 2011

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Crafty reader (Ottawa, ON Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rule-Breaking Quilts (Paperback)

The good - The quilts in this book are made from 6 fat quarters, which makes them very accessible. The book taught me several new techniques, including how to easily sew curves, and the lessons build nicely from one to the next. Lastly, it was interesting to try making an unstructured quilt.

The not-so-good - The author didn't get rid of the quilt police. To properly construct these quilts you still have to be matchy-matchy with your seams (using curved intersections and blocks that are not necessarily uniform in size). The quilts themselves are not to my taste. In fact, the book does not show a single quilt that I wish I had made and/or want to try. FYI, the quilt featured on the cover is misleading in that it includes printed fabrics that are made to appear as if they were sewed together. These are the sections that includes the author's and publisher's names and the horizontal panel immediately above.

The in-between - it is virtually impossible to anticipate what your finished quilt will look like until it is sewn together; unless you've made so many of them you know what works for you and what doesn't. Some people will love that, others will not.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rule-Breaking Quilts, July 19, 2010

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This review is from: Rule-Breaking Quilts (Paperback)

At last a book for those who fear the Quilt Police will find out that they do not make perfect quilts. Well written, directions are clear. Can't wait to start.