Scrap Therapy Cut the Scraps!: 7 Steps to Quilting Your Way through Your Stash [Paperback]

Joan Ford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2011 | Series: Scraptherapy

All quilters know one thing for sure: a fabric stash is a living thing. It grows imperceptibly at first, but soon takes over your sewing room, and, if you’re not careful, your life. Joan Ford is a quilt designer who recognized a need to clear the clutter among her fellow quilters and came up with a fun and effective way to deal with it. Enter ScrapTherapy™, Ford’s feel-good method for organizing the mounds of fabric — from yards and fat quarters to skinny scraps — and turning them into quilts and a wide array of accessories. In this innovative book, Ford offers step-by-step instructions for cutting a fabric stash down to size — quite literally — and provides 20 original patterns for quilts, pillows, table runners, and more.

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About the Author

Innovative quilt designer JOAN FORD cleverly founded the ScrapTherapy™ program in 2006 as a way to help quilters get organized and cope with the clutter of fabric collected over the years. Ford travels around the country lecturing and teaching quilt classes and cutting workshops. Visit her website at www.scrap-therapy.com

 

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Taunton Press (March 1, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600853331
• ISBN-13: 978-1600853333
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,734 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exactly what I needed!, April 16, 2011

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When I saw this book was on the way out, I was excited. I have needed someone to teach me how to deal with all the fabric scraps I have collected for the past 20 years. I had to read the book first, but now I am ready to really get moving on my stash. The suggestions were good ideas, right to the point, and easy to do. This is a great book for beginners, just learning how to quilt, because the author goes into great detail and the pictures make the instructions easy to follow. I can't wait to actually get started on some of the projects.

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Little Disappointed, April 17, 2011

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I was expecting something new. Most of the quilting patterns are not recent, but are the "Scrap Therapy" patterns that came out with the concept. The misc. projects in the book weren't anything I haven't already made or ones I don't want to make. I may later pass this book along as a "re-gift" to someone. I was disappointed and wouldn't suggest buying unless you don't already have the original "Scrap Therapy" patterns .

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great New Idea, August 28, 2011

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This book has a good concept about organizing and cutting your small fabric scraps into ready to use squares for use in one or more of the patterns provided. I also enjoyed the author's refreshing comments about her relaxed quilting style and techniques.